| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor on the growing medicalisation of everyday life, and subcultural 'oldies'. 00:45The bells of St Petrock's Church, South Brent, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Mark Binelli returns to live in Detroit, after 16 years away, to see if it has a future. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Writer Mark Binelli settles in to living in Detroit again and meets his new neighbours. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Writer Mark Binelli sits in on a gun proficiency and safety class in Detroit. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In the Detroit public school system, writer Mark Binelli finds a beacon of hope. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Mark Binelli asks if Detroit has a future and surprises even himself with the answer. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3On a windswept Spanish terrace a woman waits.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45The last-minute dash to plant crops before it's too late. With Charlotte Smith. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Anna Hill asks if the use of antibiotics on farms animals is putting human health at risk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45MEPs vote on reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy. Anna Hill asks what is at stake.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Farmers will have to do more for the environment to get farm subsidies.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45European Commission experts weigh up a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Martin Graham. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent. 05:45Director of Christian Aid Loretta Minghella considers the abandonment of self.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Minimum drink price in England 'to be dropped', plus how warm is it in your office?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00'Violence risk' after military tours. Plus, what should press regulation look like?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Michael Weltike tries to persuade Clare Balding of the benefits of barefoot walking. 06:30Charlotte Smith meets farmers battling against the elements to plant out crops. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Poet John Agard reflects on what it means to embrace the darkness. 06:35Caz Graham visits the Roslin Institute, the world-leading centre for genetic research. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Hospital death rates 'ignored', plus government to make tax loophole pledge.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Jane Garvey presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Comic Relief. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Fifth in a series for Lent from St Anne's Church, Dungannon. Led by the Rev Andrew Forster 08:50Lisa Jardine reflects on comets and the lessons to be learned from early astronomers.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jonathan Freedland talks to Ken Loach, James Graham, David Boyle and Harriet Sergeant. 09:451/5Mark Binelli returns to live in Detroit, after 16 years away, to see if it has a future.
| 09:002/2Gus O'Donnell on why we should be proud of our civil service. 09:305/5Roger concludes his journey in Beijing, visiting the city's Tap Water Museum.(R) 09:452/5Writer Mark Binelli settles in to living in Detroit again and meets his new neighbours.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets actor Leslie Jordan and Dr Kevin Fong. 09:453/5Writer Mark Binelli sits in on a gun proficiency and safety class in Detroit.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov. 09:454/5In the Detroit public school system, writer Mark Binelli finds a beacon of hope.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to children's author David Almond, creator of the award-winning Skellig 09:455/5Mark Binelli asks if Detroit has a future and surprises even himself with the answer.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Alain de Botton and JJ Williams' Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sisters growing up in the shadow of writer Daphne du Maurier. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Dramatisation of the journals of Yorkshire farm labourer and aspiring writer Fred Kitchen.
| 10:00Call the Midwife writer Heidi Thomas discusses the hit TV series with Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Frequent moves are often the lot of the rural worker.
| 10:00Being followed in the street, Roller Derby, and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. 10:453/5Fred is now the Poet of the Cowshed.
| 10:00Women in Iraq 10 years on, the female lobby in Rome, and introducing partners to parents. 10:454/5Fred has been encouraged in his writing by a WEA tutor.
| 10:00The real prisoner's wives, double-whammy pensioners and hooray for Bollywood. 10:455/5Writing is beginning to take a bigger role in Fred's life.
| 10:30Samira Ahmed meets British Asian women who, like her, were inspired by David Bowie.
| 10:00Alice faces an anxious wait, and Tom hears some home truths.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Mark Tully joins the vast crowds of pilgrims at the world's largest religious festival. 11:302/4Undeterred by her first internet date disaster, Sarah is invited out by a high court judge(R)
| 11:002/3Erica McAlister asks if we should be eating more insects. 11:30David Grant revisits a unique era in British music with the Jazz-funk explosion.
| 11:00Alan Dein meets Terry, in a wheelchair after a stroke, and Robert, who pushes him along. 11:30An exploration of spring fever and the season of romance.(R)
| 11:00Colouring in the spaces between the headlines from Australia and around the world. 11:30Ian McMillan reveals the heart of Poetry and Jazz and detects its strong beats today.
| 11:00An oil bonanza could be on the cards for Ireland, but who will benefit and at what cost? 11:304/6Musicals can fly. Or crawl. Should Sam invest his lottery win in one?
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Reports on Zimbabwe's referendum, plus events in India, Burma, Egypt and Israel.
| 11:15Actress Julie Goodyear is castaway by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Couples who have split but are forced to stay living together. With Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Has women's equality in the workplace stalled? And if so, should we be worried? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Supermarkets drop petrol prices, and making sure you book the right package holiday. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Green Deal take-up, fuel economy and the footballer who lost £10 million. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002012's top consumer gripes; Asda Mums tell it like it is. Consumer news with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00DWP premium phone lines, loyalty and insurance, Share ISAs, and council tax on empty homes 12:305/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic run through the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/8Comedy panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons with Stephen Mangan and Paul Merton. 12:32How our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes and what happens when we lose it. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:451/530 January 1649, Charles I walks to his execution under Rubens's Banqueting House ceiling.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:452/5Was the Great Fire of London a missed opportunity to create Europe's finest Baroque city?
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:453/5It's 1711, and an opera premiere by Handel is about to set a new course for British opera.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:454/5It's 1734, and a 'battle of the buildings' breaks out on the outskirts of Barnsley.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/5Might the Baroque still be with us? Tim Marlow meets the Baroque-inspired artists of today
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Ayr in Scotland.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30The Robert Wyatt song from 1982, written by Elvis Costello and Clive Langer.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alice faces an anxious wait. 14:15Fiona cannot wait to show her boyfriend around her hometown, but something is not right.
| 14:00Jazzer and Ed are celebrating. 14:15Ellis returns to his childhood home in Snowdonia to confront a troubled past.
| 14:15Today is the day that street sweeper Charles has to say goodbye to Brighton.
| 14:154/4by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. It's time for Pilgrim's showdown with Birdie at Merlin's lake.
| 14:00Tom hears some home truths. 14:15How in 1968 Noel Coward surprised the world of film by taking a role in The Italian Job.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:301/6An act of kindness catapults Richard from his ordinary life into a subterranean world.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT team visit Alexandra Palace in North London. 14:45In 1991 Giandomenico Picco went to Beirut to try to free Western hostages.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the last semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores Africa's forest foods, emergency larder and source of flavour.
| 15:002/6Status quo bias - do you prefer things, whether personal or political, the way they are? 15:30Miranda Krestovnikoff looks at new building materials for eco-friendly homes.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests take your calls on retirement income choices. 15:30Antibiotic resistance, preventing premature labour, smear tests and joint replacements.
| 15:00Michael Weltike tries to persuade Clare Balding of the benefits of barefoot walking. 15:27Ben Brooks-Dutton presents an appeal for Winston's Wish. 15:30AL Kennedy talks to Mariella Frostrup about her book On Writing.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT team visit Alexandra Palace in North London. 15:452/3On a bus journey, one woman's travelling rituals are upset by an unexpected companion.
| 15:30David Grant revisits a unique era in British music with the Jazz-funk explosion.
| 15:002/2Esther is determined to support her baby. A tale of survival in Victorian England.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Matthew Wells tells the story of the tragedy of a 20th-century comic masterpiece. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious principles behind restorative justice.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg investigates government powers to strip Britons of their citizenship. 16:30Robert Peston, Bernadine Evaristo join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their good reads.
| 16:00A study into the dynamics of art auctions, and a Guatemalan cemetery with no more room. 16:30Steve Hewlett talks with Ed Richards, chief exec of Ofcom, on the future of broadcasting.
| 16:00Ken Loach's documentary The Spirit of '45, and how to make a second film with Eran Creevy. 16:30Drinking water on Mars, big eyes in Neanderthals, cholera history and tapeworm genetics.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Ieng Sary, Princess Lilian of Sweden, Tony Gubba and John Shine. 16:30When is censoring music appropriate? And are analogue listeners missing out on new drama?
| 16:00Jane Garvey presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including Heidi Thomas.
| 16:00Kate Atkinson on her new book Life After Life and classic and modern Western novels. 16:304/4Are the middle years tough for poets? Paul Farley listens to new poems on the subject.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Paddy O'Connell. 17:30Evan Davis asks his guests what it takes to rescue a sinking company. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Does Europe face a new terror threat after military action in Mali? Jenny Cuffe reports. 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles the British-educated Chinese property billionaire Zhang Xin. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/8Comedy panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons with Stephen Mangan and Paul Merton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6The Questers get a chance to kill Lord Darkness, but face a challenge first.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Sue Perkins sets more moral and ethical posers for Roisin Conaty, Samira Ahmed, David Reed
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4How men go about acquiring their skills in DIY, self-confidence and violence.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic run through the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson joins Joey Skaggs, Kevin Eldon and Arthur Smith, with music from Julie Hawk
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15The best of BBC Radio, chosen by Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jazzer and Ed are celebrating. 19:15Author Stephenie Meyer talks Twilight; The Incredible Burt Wonderstone; Simon Starling. 19:451/5Dramatisation of the journals of Yorkshire farm labourer and aspiring writer Fred Kitchen.
| 19:15Edmund de Waal, The Paperboy reviewed, the art of George Bellows, and bookshops fight back 19:452/5Frequent moves are often the lot of the rural worker.
| 19:15New prize for writers around the world, Pompeii at the British Museum, and maths in music. 19:453/5Fred is now the Poet of the Cowshed.
| 19:00Tom hears some home truths. 19:15Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel on his career and the importance of music education. 19:454/5Fred has been encouraged in his writing by a WEA tutor.
| 19:00Darrell is put on the spot. 19:15Our Queen, a TV documentary with rare access; poet John Ashbery; Beyond the Hills review. 19:455/5Writing is beginning to take a bigger role in Fred's life.
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles the British-educated Chinese property billionaire Zhang Xin. 19:15Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy and Kevin Maher's novel The Fields.
| 19:00Pip turns over a new leaf. 19:154/6Alex and his band explore the theme of destiny. 19:453/5By Kerry Hood. Peta has just lost a mother and is about to find a neighbour.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Did the 1916 Dublin Rising catch the cabinet by surprise? Author Nick Rankin investigates. 20:30Is Britain a good country to grow old in? Chris Bowlby investigates.
| 20:00Does Europe face a new terror threat after military action in Mali? Jenny Cuffe reports. 20:40Peter White talks to the new editor of NB magazine and Lee Kumutat on being guide dog-less
| 20:00Bishops attack the government's welfare plans. Are the cuts immoral? With Michael Buerk. 20:45Director of Christian Aid Loretta Minghella considers the abandonment of self.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg investigates government powers to strip Britons of their citizenship. 20:30Evan Davis asks his guests what it takes to rescue a sinking company.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Ayr in Scotland. 20:50Lisa Jardine reflects on comets and the lessons to be learned from early astronomers.
| 20:00David Taylor and Charles Wheeler's probe into Johnson and Nixon's clash over Vietnam.
| 20:00When is censoring music appropriate? And are analogue listeners missing out on new drama? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Ieng Sary, Princess Lilian of Sweden, Tony Gubba and John Shine.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is a deer cull the solution to controlling ever-increasing numbers? With Quentin Cooper. 21:30Jonathan Freedland talks to Ken Loach, James Graham, David Boyle and Harriet Sergeant.
| 21:00Antibiotic resistance, preventing premature labour, smear tests and joint replacements. 21:302/2Gus O'Donnell on why we should be proud of our civil service.
| 21:00Miranda Krestovnikoff looks at new building materials for eco-friendly homes. 21:30Libby Purves meets actor Leslie Jordan and Dr Kevin Fong.
| 21:002/3Erica McAlister asks if we should be eating more insects. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov.
| 21:00Dreaming of a dead colleague, firefighter Scott must confront his biggest fear.(R)
| 21:001/2Forced to leave the home of her brutal stepfather, Esther takes a job as a maid.
| 21:00DWP premium phone lines, loyalty and insurance, Share ISAs, and council tax on empty homes 21:26Jane Garvey presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Comic Relief. 21:30Is Britain a good country to grow old in? Chris Bowlby investigates.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Liam Fox says government should end ring-fencing and freeze spending. With Ritula Shah. 22:451/10After her mother's death, Lara sets out to try to understand her parents' relationship.
| 22:00Cameron hints at arming Syrian rebels, and cardinals begin to vote. News with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Lara recounts the events of a memorable family holiday in Fuengirola.
| 22:00Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio elected Pope. Ed Stourton in Rome and Ritula Shah in London. 22:453/10Lara makes a startling discovery about her father whilst on a childhood holiday in Spain.
| 22:00News round-up with David Eades. David Cameron pulls the plug on Leveson talks. 22:454/10Lara recollects a trip to Belfast with her mother to visit her father's other family.
| 22:00News and analysis with David Eades. The US boosts its defences against North Korea. 22:455/10Lara recalls the death of her father and the family upheaval that followed in its wake.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Bishops attack the government's welfare plans. Are the cuts immoral? With Michael Buerk.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Steve Richards of the Independent analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories
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| 23:00 | 23:00Laura Barton tells the true story behind By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. 23:30Iain Duncan Smith accuses Labour MPs of being like 'monkeys jumping around'.
| 23:00Comedy starring Jenny Eclair as jaded community website journalist Ros Moss. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Rincewind tries to fulfil his client Eric's wish to be Ruler of the World. 23:154/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches. 23:30Ed Miliband challenges the PM over reports of unrest in the Cabinet ahead of the Budget.
| 23:002/4Bridget's comic look at how women treat each other in their day-to-day relationships. 23:30Rachel Byrne with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Robert Peston, Bernadine Evaristo join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their good reads. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the last semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 23:303/4The Echo Chamber resounds to translations and hopes to topple the Tower of Babel.
| 23:00Ken Loach's documentary The Spirit of '45, and how to make a second film with Eran Creevy. 23:30Poet John Agard reflects on what it means to embrace the darkness.
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