| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A study into the dynamics of art auctions, and a Guatemalan cemetery with no more room. 00:45The bells of All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Jared Diamond asks what traditional cultures can teach us about modern society. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5What can be learned from traditional societies about conflict resolution and peacekeeping? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Traditional cultures' attitudes towards children compared with those of modern society. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5What can traditional societies teach us about dealing with an ageing population? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5What can traditional societies teach us about living healthier lives? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Mark Burgess. A man in his 60s, embracing retirement, remembers his teenage years.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 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 Father Martin Graham. 05:45Tesco commits to sourcing more meat from Northern Ireland - what will it mean for farmers? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Martin Graham. 05:45Anna Hill hears about a government rethink on compensating farmers for HS2.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Martin Graham. 05:45Illegal sheepmeat from the UK has been found at a French food company. Anna Hill presents.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Martin Graham. 05:45Will English farmers do worse than their neighbours in the UK if CAP reform goes ahead?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Martin Graham. 05:45The Soil Association says supermarkets are to blame for a fall in organic sales.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. 05:45Two listeners discuss the options for the future of press regulation. Eddie Mair presents.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Martin's Church, Desford, Leicester. 05:45Imam Asim Hafiz, Muslim Chaplain to HM Forces, explores the abandonment created by war.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Cyprus bailout, press regulation, plus middle-aged rock stars.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00George Osborne and Ed Balls on the Budget, plus doctors and placebos, and monster love.
| 06:00Cyprus MPs to vote on debt deal, plus soldiers honoured, and would you pay for a snuggle?
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the landscape and shoreline of the Inishowen Peninsula. 06:30Getting school students acquainted with the farming life. Could it become theirs? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Poet Stewart Henderson reflects on our inner contradictions. Can they ever be helpful? 06:35Caz Graham visits a Welsh dairy farmer with controversial plans for expansion. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Geraldine James presents an appeal for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | 08:57John McCarthy presents a Syria Crisis Appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Last in the Lent series and marking Palm Sunday, from Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. 08:50Adam Gopnik reflects on why we overrate masters and underrate mastery.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Lisa Jardine with David Cannadine, Margaret MacMillan, Aleksandar Hemon and Ed Vulliamy. 09:451/5Jared Diamond asks what traditional cultures can teach us about modern society.
| 09:00A debate on the issues facing the new Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury. 09:452/5What can be learned from traditional societies about conflict resolution and peacekeeping?
| 09:00Libby Purves meets interior designer Nicky Haslam, and composer and producer Nitin Sawhney 09:453/5Traditional cultures' attitudes towards children compared with those of modern society.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. 09:454/5What can traditional societies teach us about dealing with an ageing population?
| 09:00Actress Julie Goodyear is castaway by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5What can traditional societies teach us about living healthier lives?
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Mark Haddon, plus John Taylor's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Teenage mothers on postnatal depression, plus Baroness Sue Campbell and the Baker Brothers 10:451/5After much turbulence, Rosie and Tom are now living together in Bolton.
| 10:00Jane Garvey joins country music singers Little Big Town, and talks bereavement leave. 10:452/5Rosie's unexpected redundancy means Tom has to look far afield to bring home the bacon.
| 10:00Boudoir photography, Professor Tanya Byron on sleep, and women in South African politics. 10:453/5By Sue Teddern. Rosie and Tom's relationship is under strain now that he works in London.
| 10:00Teenagers co-present with Jenni Murray, discussing safety on buses, sport, school dinners. 10:454/5Tom is working four days a week in London to pay the mortgage in Bolton.
| 10:00Ukrainian Easter eggs, the Newton Women's Boat Race and why girls abuse. 10:455/5Tom's plans to propose are scuppered when Rosie discovers he has accepted a job in London.
| 10:30Phill Jupitus journeys back to the steam-powered future to party like it's 1899.(R)
| 10:00David is angry. And will Tom's arguments win the day?
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Jolyon Jenkins reports on the extreme treatments bald men are putting themselves through. 11:303/4Sarah meets a handsome and charming Dutch pilot. Has she found the man of her dreams?(R)
| 11:003/3Erica McAlister explores how insect technology can solve human design problems. 11:30Robin Denselow hears the music of the Saharawi people in the refugee camps of Algeria.
| 11:00Why did the steely Russian revolutionary reputedly visit the first English garden city? 11:30Guy Browning and Tom Mitchelson's comedy follows a wildlife crew in the Serengeti.
| 11:00The black cowboy film star who wasn't black, and other stories, presented by Kate Adie. 11:30Profile of the pioneering 1940s civil rights radio series Destination Freedom.
| 11:00Sarfraz Manzoor goes in search of America's black cowboys 11:305/6Sam and Peter invest more of their lottery cash, in haute cuisine.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The banking crisis in Cyprus, and other despatches from around the world.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews Jasvinder Sanghera, campaigner against forced marriage.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Why a gardening charity is calling for a weedkiller to be banned. With Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The future of the energy market, and a return to traditional men's shaving. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Live coverage of the Chancellor's Budget speech with analysis and reaction.
| 12:00What the 2013 Budget will mean for you - email your questions to youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Theft at cashpoints, cheapest train fares and cold callers. Presented by Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. 12:306/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic run through the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/8How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation? 12:32Tim Hayward asks if Britain can still hold its own in the competitive marmalade stakes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:451/30David Hendy begins his 30-part series in the prehistoric cave.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:452/30Humans have found many ways to communicate. David goes to Ghana to hear the talking drum.
| | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:454/30David Hendy listens to ancient sounds in Orkney's Ring of Brodgar.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/30David Hendy explains why sound is central to the shaman's power.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Ellesmere Port.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Vicki Butler-Henderson recalls James Hunt's epic on-track battle with Niki Lauda in 1976.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pip turns over a new leaf. 14:15Harriet Walter stars as poet and traveller Clare Holtham in a moving docu-drama.
| 14:00Elona tries to be proactive. 14:15Pushed to the brink, is there any hope Geordie and Jane can ever find each other again?
| 14:00Alan is down in the dumps. 14:151/2Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi receive a visit from an extremely important person.
| 14:152/2A visiting detective helps the ladies uncover the truth at the Orphan Farm.
| 14:00Tom is full of surprises. 14:15When Rhona Forrester restores some Victorian recordings, a terrifying reality emerges.
| 14:00Topics include Cyprus, immigration bond, childcare tax relief, and Pryce and Huhne. 14:30Elmore Leonard's classic western about John Russell, a white man raised by Indians.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT panel visit the Edible Garden Show in Warwickshire. 14:45Nicolae Ceausescu controlled Romania through his feared secret police - the Securitate.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the grand final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30How our sense of taste develops throughout our lifetimes and what happens when we lose it.
| 15:003/6Michael Blastland looks at humans' insatiable desire for change and the new. 15:30Alice Roberts asks if a UK baby boom could damage the planet.
| 15:00Wondering where to invest your money? Should you take advice or do it yourself? 15:30Does minimum pricing of alcohol actually work? With Mark Porter.
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the landscape and shoreline of the Inishowen Peninsula. 15:27Jane Garvey presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Comic Relief. 15:30Kate Atkinson on her new book Life After Life and classic and modern Western novels.
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT panel visit the Edible Garden Show in Warwickshire. 15:453/3A tale of friendship and factions set against evolving attitudes to violence and peace.
| 15:30Robin Denselow hears the music of the Saharawi people in the refugee camps of Algeria.
| 15:00Paul Farley updates Charles Kingsley's tale of a child labourer's underwater adventures.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Arthur Smith pieces together an unreliable portrait of Arthur Cravan, the Dada James Dean. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss spiritual approaches to the treatment of alcohol addiction.
| 16:00Michael Rosen asks how English spoken by foreign students equips them for university life. 16:30Konnie Huq and Pat Kane talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love and return to.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores an Italian food market and the language of food politics. 16:30Helena Kennedy of the Media Standards Trust on a Royal Charter - compromise or confusion?
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to director Francois Ozon about his new film In the House. 16:30Adam Rutherford discusses new science results from the Planck space telescope.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister remembers Chinua Achebe, James Herbert, Frank Thornton and Barbara Firth 16:30How good is BBC science reporting? Plus complaints about a Radio 1 Newsbeat report.
| 16:00Comedian Jenny Eclair shares her experience of the menopause. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Aminatta Forna, the Russian literary scene, and 150 years of The Water-Babies. 16:30Irma Kurtz tells the story of poet Ursula Vaughan Williams, composer Ralph's second wife.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests explore the challenges and pitfalls of the wine trade. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Can we rely on the NHS to uncover hospital scandals? Presented by Gerry Northam. 17:40Chris Bowlby looks at the highest-rated chess player ever, 22-year old Magnus Carlsen. 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. 18:306/8How hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition or deviation?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6The Questers discover the Sword of Asnagar. But will it help them..?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Sue Perkins with Jason Cook, Cerys Matthews, David Aaronovitch and Sara Pascoe.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:27John McCarthy presents a Syria Crisis Appeal for the Disasters Emergency Committee. 18:304/4Jeremy Hardy looks at when to speak and when not to speak - via the medium of speaking.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/8Steve 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 and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15John Waite chooses the best of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Elona tries to be proactive. 19:15Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Jack the Giant Slayer, Shakespeare's weddings, Philip Roth at 80. 19:451/5After much turbulence, Rosie and Tom are now living together in Bolton.
| 19:00Alan is down in the dumps. 19:15Writer Kay Mellor on her TV drama The Syndicate, plus Hedda Gabler becomes Heather Gardner 19:452/5Rosie's unexpected redundancy means Tom has to look far afield to bring home the bacon.
| 19:15Alan Bennett, in conversation with Mark Lawson, reflects on his recent work for the stage. 19:453/5By Sue Teddern. Rosie and Tom's relationship is under strain now that he works in London.
| 19:00Tom is full of surprises. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including an interview with violinist Nigel Kennedy. 19:454/5Tom is working four days a week in London to pay the mortgage in Bolton.
| 19:00Brenda is the last to know. 19:15John Wilson reviews the musical The Book of Mormon and talks to comedian Lee Mack. 19:455/5Tom's plans to propose are scuppered when Rosie discovers he has accepted a job in London.
| 19:00Chris Bowlby looks at the highest-rated chess player ever, 22-year old Magnus Carlsen. 19:15The Book of Mormon the musical, Craig Zobel's film Compliance and Mohsin Hamid's new novel
| 19:00Ruth tries to get a sense of perspective. 19:155/6Alex and his band explore the theme of children. 19:454/5Being invisible is no joke, particularly when it is your birthday.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Sarah Richardson discovers a document which shows that women in Lichfield voted in 1843. 20:30Jo Fidgen explores the ideas causing tension between feminists and transgender people.
| 20:00Can we rely on the NHS to uncover hospital scandals? Presented by Gerry Northam. 20:40Peter White is joined by Susannah Hancock and Richard Lane with advice on looking good.
| 20:00Trade versus human rights - should we be squeamish about dealing with repressive regimes? 20:45Imam Asim Hafiz, Muslim Chaplain to HM Forces, explores the abandonment created by war.
| 20:00Simon Cox investigates the dangers of 'pension liberation' schemes. 20:30Evan Davis and guests explore the challenges and pitfalls of the wine trade.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Ellesmere Port. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on why we overrate masters and underrate mastery.
| 20:00Robert Winston traces the impact of DNA - from its discovery 60 years ago to today.
| 20:00How good is BBC science reporting? Plus complaints about a Radio 1 Newsbeat report. 20:30Matthew Bannister remembers Chinua Achebe, James Herbert, Frank Thornton and Barbara Firth
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| 21:00 | 21:00Drinking water on Mars, big eyes in Neanderthals, cholera history and tapeworm genetics. 21:30Lisa Jardine with David Cannadine, Margaret MacMillan, Aleksandar Hemon and Ed Vulliamy.
| 21:00Does minimum pricing of alcohol actually work? With Mark Porter. 21:30A debate on the issues facing the new Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury.
| 21:00Alice Roberts asks if a UK baby boom could damage the planet. 21:30Libby Purves meets interior designer Nicky Haslam, and composer and producer Nitin Sawhney
| 21:003/3Erica McAlister explores how insect technology can solve human design problems. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the biologist Alfred Russel Wallace.
| 21:001/6David Hendy begins his six-week series with cave echoes and talking drums.
| 21:002/2Esther is determined to support her baby. A tale of survival in Victorian England.
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance, presented by Paul Lewis. 21:26Geraldine James presents an appeal for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics 21:30Jo Fidgen explores the ideas causing tension between feminists and transgender people.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The day's news with Ritula Shah. A Leveson deal - but will the papers buy it? 22:456/10Lara is keen to understand why her mother stayed with her father despite his other family.
| 22:00Cyprus votes 'no' on the bailout deal; spending cuts announced on the eve of the Budget. 22:457/10Jane falls pregnant and returns to Yorkshire, where she must tell her family the news.
| 22:00Osborne delivers Budget, with forecast for growth this year halved. Ritula Shah presents. 22:458/10Jane gradually alienates herself from her family, as she gives birth to her daughter Lara.
| 22:00News round-up with Roger Hearing, including possible new financial rescue deal for Cyprus. 22:459/10Lara decides to try and make contact with the children from her father's other family.
| 22:00The day's news with Philippa Thomas. Can the Cypriot Parliament reach a bailout deal? 22:4510/10Lara and her stepbrother Michael discuss their feelings about their father.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Trade versus human rights - should we be squeamish about dealing with repressive regimes?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Richard Coles on the various ways that the voice of God is depicted, and what this reveals(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Paul Gambaccini looks back to the Rolling Stones' Madison Square Garden concert in 1969.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Junior Wizard Rincewind orders an egg and cress sandwich at the Beginning of Time. 23:155/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Women's self-image under discussion via a lap dance, TOWIE and a fish called Michael. 23:30A row breaks out over the Chancellor's Budget plan to help homebuyers get mortgages.
| 23:00African novelist Chinua Achebe returns to Nigeria for the first time in many years.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the grand final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 23:304/4Are the middle years tough for poets? Paul Farley listens to new poems on the subject.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Francois Ozon about his new film In the House. 23:30Poet Stewart Henderson reflects on our inner contradictions. Can they ever be helpful?
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