| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores gender and the military as women go into the frontline of battle. 00:45The bells of St Stephen's Church, Brannel, Cornwall. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her extraordinary mother Vivian Baxter. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5After nine years with her grandmother, Maya reluctantly returns to live with her mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A teenage Maya Angelou stays out late and gets into trouble with her feisty mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By the age of 22, Maya has left home with her five-year-old son to live in rented rooms. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Maya is in Sweden for the filming of her screenplay and in need of some motherly support. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A former cinema employee decides to create a 'cinema' of his own inside a refugee camp.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Anna Magnusson, writer and broadcaster, with spiritual comment and prayer to start the day 05:45Dwindling pig numbers in the UK, but farmers are optimistic. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Anna Magnusson, writer and broadcaster, with spiritual comment and prayer to start the day 05:45Robin Markwell watches the willow harvest, and discovers that there is a bumper crop.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Anna Magnusson, writer and broadcaster, with spiritual comment and prayer to start the day 05:45Plants worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are being thrown away because of bad weather.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Anna Magnusson, writer and broadcaster, with spiritual comment and prayer to start the day 05:4550,000 tonnes of meat is recalled across Europe, as the horsemeat scandal continues.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Anna Magnusson, writer and broadcaster, with spiritual comment and prayer to start the day 05:45Caz Graham hears how struggling Scottish tenant farmers are calling for rent freezes.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Monsignor Tony Rogers. 05:45'Sex is funny' - Ray Cooney on farce. Plus, Mrs Thatcher's green credentials.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury, Worcestershire. 05:45Mary Ann Seighart profiles Elizabeth Llewellyn, the late-blossoming opera star.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Margaret Thatcher remembered, including Kens Clarke and Livingstone, and Beatrix Campbell.
| 06:00Is Afghanistan facing civil war? Plus Guides v Page Three, and James Naughtie in Liberia.
| 06:00Organ donations increase, plus goal-line technology and China's involvement in Liberia.
| 06:00Cameron-Merkel meeting, children and paid apps, plus Graham Greene's 'sacred waterfall'.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans follows the Pembrokeshire footsteps of abstract artist Graham Sutherland. 06:30The UK pig herd is at its smallest since 1952, but some farmers are still making it work. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed reflects on the different ways 'threads' can lead us and connect us. 06:35Younger farmers are tempted to livestock auctions with an offer of loaned animals. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Do child neglect laws need changing? Plus celebs and charity, and the 'late-life crisis'.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Keira Bartlett, who suffers from OCD, presents an appeal on behalf of OCD Action. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Whom do you seek? A service from Chester Cathedral exploring the Benedictine tradition. 08:50Adam Gopnik on the difference between magic and science.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Goodhart, Indhu Rubasingham and Michael Symmons Roberts. 09:451/5The story of Maya Angelou's relationship with her extraordinary mother Vivian Baxter.
| 09:00Andrew Neil offers a portrait of Margaret Thatcher via the voices of those she governed. 09:452/5After nine years with her grandmother, Maya reluctantly returns to live with her mother.
| 09:00James Naughtie thinks now is a timely moment for a reappraisal of Sir Walter Scott. 09:30Writer Ian Sansom explores his own and others' enduring obsession with notebooks.(R) 09:453/5A teenage Maya Angelou stays out late and gets into trouble with her feisty mother.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Amazons, formidable female warriors of classical myth. 09:454/5By the age of 22, Maya has left home with her five-year-old son to live in rented rooms.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five people who played key parts in the early years of Doctor Who. 09:455/5Maya is in Sweden for the filming of her screenplay and in need of some motherly support.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with author Lindsey Davis, and travel with Ben Fogle.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Northern Irish MP Naomi Long talks to Samira Ahmed, and Isy Suttie on her Radio 4 comedy. 10:451/5Bruce has returned from America and is living at the Knightsbridge house.
| 10:00What's been the impact of 15 years of Northern Ireland's peace agreement on women's lives? 10:452/5Edith comes up with a radical proposal.
| 10:00Jenni Murray and guests discuss the life and legacy of Baroness Thatcher. 10:453/5Bruce feels abandoned by both Edith and Madame Frabelle.
| 10:00Helena Morrissey, laddish uni culture, and Zainab Hawa Bangura. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Bruce's curiosity has left him being trapped in Aylmer's pantry when he's due on stage.
| 10:00Maureen Lipman, Scottish artist Joan Eardley, and China's first lady Peng Liyuan. 10:455/5Aylmer is desperate for Edith to stay and break her promise.
| 10:30Gary Younge tracks down US prisoners who released records from behind bars in the 1970s.
| 10:00Tom keeps himself busy. Meanwhile, there's good news for Eddie and Clarrie.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Older generations of immigrants share their stories from the heart of their communities. 11:302/4Rita meets some bizarre hotel guests and has dinner with David Baddiel and Morwenna Banks.
| 11:00Exploration of the experience of loneliness through interwoven personal accounts. 11:30Laura Barton presents a portrait of the iconic French singer Juliette Greco.
| 11:00Ali versus Frazier: John McDonald explores the complex story behind the great 1975 fight. 11:302/6Katy Brand, Alex Horne, Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.
| 11:00Lucy Ash on why battling HIV and AIDS in Ukraine - Europe's hotspot - is so challenging. 11:30The unlikely career and startling fall from grace of a great writer.
| 11:00James Pennebaker proved that simply writing about how you feel can improve your health. 11:302/4Professor Tony is struggling to understand the mathematical basis for social interaction.
| 11:00Elinor Goodman explores Margaret Thatcher's life after she ceased to be prime minister. 11:30Tending the violin trees of the Jura and other reporters' tales, presented by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the Kings Cross fire.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The calls abroad made by criminals hijacking phone lines, plus more with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker, discussing curbing pensioner benefits. 12:55Barbara Castle's view as Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first female party leader. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson hears about the growing trade in products derived from rare animals. 12:55Prime Ministers find it difficult deciding when to call an election. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00A young mother stuck abroad without insurance, and why phone contracts are getting longer. 12:55Lady Thatcher appointed Nigel Lawson as Chancellor and gave him some surprising advice. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Peter White, on 'bedroom factories', ATOS and ebooks from the library. 12:52Val and Kellymarie came from different backgrounds to face life's hardest challenges. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Excessive card charges continue despite a ban, and Mrs Thatcher's personal finance legacy. 12:301/5A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6With panellists Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Katherine Ryan and Graeme Garden. 12:32Tim Hayward bites into Britain's growing chilli scene, from growers to expert eaters. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00A look back at the life of Margaret Thatcher, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4517/30Professor David Hendy explains how cramped conditions led to a brutal massacre of cats.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4518/30Professor David Hendy eavesdrops with the servants in an 18th-century home.
| 13:00National and international news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:4519/30David Hendy explores the history of slavery through sound.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4520/30The soundscape of civil conflict in 18th-century Paris and 19th-century America.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Exeter.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Why did the steely Russian revolutionary reputedly visit the first English garden city?(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:152/2Retired thespians William and Sandy tackle the theft of a rather famous pipe.(R)
| 14:00Maurice turns out to be Job's comforter. 14:15Escaping revolution in Paris, composer Frederic Chopin gets more than he bargained for.
| 14:15Fr Richard Mercer must convince a fellow priest, accused of child abuse, to face justice.
| 14:00Helen enjoys an evening out. 14:15Fact and fantasy combine in an imagined day of Beatrix Potter as a child.
| 14:00Lilian receives an apology. 14:151/2The probate detective duo return to hunt down the rightful heirs to an unclaimed estate.
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions. 14:30Stephen Tompkinson stars in the story of the post-war manhunt to avenge the Great Escape.
| 14:00The team visits Stony Stratford in North Buckinghamshire, with Peter Gibbs in the chair. 14:45Fi Glover with the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/6Three University of Edinburgh students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, returns to India and tells her food life story.
| 15:006/6Michael Blastland uncovers the way we think, exploring our relationship with ambiguity. 15:30Tom Heap finds out how DNA analysis can help prevent illegal trade in Rhino horn.
| 15:00Paying for childcare isn't cheap, but for many families it's a necessity. 15:30Red meat and heart disease; measles outbreak in Swansea; head injury and pituitary damage.
| 15:00Felicity Evans follows the Pembrokeshire footsteps of abstract artist Graham Sutherland. 15:27Ronni Ancona presents an appeal for the Environmental Investigation Agency. 15:30Elif Shafak discusses her bestselling novel The Forty Rules of Love.
| 15:00The team visits Stony Stratford in North Buckinghamshire, with Peter Gibbs in the chair. 15:453/3By Ian Madden. Quietly moving story of a family feud, and one woman's efforts to heal it.
| 15:30Laura Barton presents a portrait of the iconic French singer Juliette Greco.
| 15:001/3A beautiful glover's daughter struggles to survive in lawless 14th-century Scotland.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Jonathan Glancey finds out about the architects who revolutionised church design. 16:30Aleks Krotoski finds out if what engages us in the real world can ever be digitised.
| 16:00In Delhi and Jaipur, Chris Ledgard explores the passion and politics of language in India. 16:30Bobby Friction champions the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei.
| 16:00'Thatcherism' - was it a distinct ideology? Also, the rise of thrift 'chic'. 16:30Steve Hewlett looks at how laws under Lady Thatcher changed newspapers and TV.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to director Derek Cianfrance on new film The Place Beyond the Pines. 16:30The future of open science? Fewer dusty journals, more research in the cloud.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Baroness Thatcher, Sir Robert Edwards and Marcel Van Cleemput. 16:30Did Radio 4 news go OTT on the death of Baroness Thatcher? And why trail TV on Radio 4? 16:55Two railway managers speak candidly about dealing with fatalities on the network.
| 16:00Shirley Williams, Louise Mensch and Jacqui Smith on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
| 16:00Taiye Selasi on Ghana Must Go, and Gillian Cross on her dystopian future After Tomorrow. 16:30Poet Jean Sprackland visits the Leeds city centre bar, famous for its poetic punters.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'Sex is funny' - Ray Cooney on farce. Plus, Mrs Thatcher's green credentials. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Marking the 25th birthday of Prozac, Will Self asks if the drug has helped or harmed us. 17:40Mary Ann Seighart profiles Elizabeth Llewellyn, the late-blossoming opera star. 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. 18:301/6With panellists Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Katherine Ryan and Graeme Garden.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Thom is fascinated by the strangely lucrative straight-to-DVD faith films.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Alun's house tour arrives in his living room.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Comedian Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto based on suggestions from the audience.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/5A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 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. 18:15Simon Parkes chooses the best from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Maurice turns out to be Job's comforter. 19:15Dancer Tamara Rojo; musician James Blake; The Place Beyond the Pines starring Ryan Gosling 19:451/5Bruce has returned from America and is living at the Knightsbridge house.
| 19:15John Wilson talks to photographer Sebastião Salgado and singer Sarah Brightman. 19:42Lady Thatcher's position as Britain's first female PM was an integral part of her image. 19:452/5Edith comes up with a radical proposal.
| 19:00Helen enjoys an evening out. 19:15Writer Maya Angelou reflects on her life and career in conversation with Mark Lawson. 19:42Working on Lady Thatcher's election broadcasts could be a bruising experience. 19:453/5Bruce feels abandoned by both Edith and Madame Frabelle.
| 19:00Lilian receives an apology. 19:15Royal Court's Dominic Cooke, plus new exhibitions of Rachel Whiteread and Elisabeth Frink. 19:42In 1985, Lady Thatcher clashed with a young government whip named John Major. 19:454/5Bruce's curiosity has left him being trapped in Aylmer's pantry when he's due on stage.
| 19:15Oliver Stone; a new opera with a libretto by David Mitchell; ballet film First Position. 19:455/5Aylmer is desperate for Edith to stay and break her promise.
| 19:00Mary Ann Seighart profiles Elizabeth Llewellyn, the late-blossoming opera star. 19:15The Rijksmuseum reopens, and Once on the London stage.
| 19:152/4Richard Wilson unveils his radiography - revealing, surprising and largely untrue.(R) 19:452/3Introduced a wedding, their meetings will go on for a year - meetings with a difference.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Peter Riddell explores the background to the many extraordinary moments of her premiership
| 20:00Marking the 25th birthday of Prozac, Will Self asks if the drug has helped or harmed us. 20:40What you need to know about PIP and its impact on you, now and in the future.
| 20:002/3Mariella explores the significance of character in the parenting of the next generation. 20:452/3William Dalrymple introduces Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Four Thought in Jaipur.
| 20:00Mark Dowd travels to Argentina to probe the background of the new Pope. 20:30Peter Day examines new plans to get people who are off sick back to work more quickly.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Exeter. 20:50Adam Gopnik on the difference between magic and science.
| 20:00Science for the curious - a popular playful American radio show breaks down barriers.
| 20:00Did Radio 4 news go OTT on the death of Baroness Thatcher? And why trail TV on Radio 4? 20:30Matthew Bannister on Baroness Thatcher, Sir Robert Edwards and Marcel Van Cleemput.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Are international treaties keeping up with new biological and chemical weapons? 21:30Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Goodhart, Indhu Rubasingham and Michael Symmons Roberts.
| 21:00Red meat and heart disease; measles outbreak in Swansea; head injury and pituitary damage. 21:302/3Steve Richards explores the speed and voracity of the modern 24-hour rolling news cycle.
| 21:00Tom Heap finds out how DNA analysis can help prevent illegal trade in Rhino horn. 21:30James Naughtie thinks now is a timely moment for a reappraisal of Sir Walter Scott.
| 21:00Exploration of the experience of loneliness through interwoven personal accounts. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Amazons, formidable female warriors of classical myth.
| 21:004/6David Hendy continues his series, exploring 17th and 18th-century sounds.
| 21:002/2One wintery Saturday in wartime Britain, an exiled girl remembers a holiday romance.
| 21:00Excessive card charges continue despite a ban, and Mrs Thatcher's personal finance legacy. 21:26Keira Bartlett, who suffers from OCD, presents an appeal on behalf of OCD Action. 21:30Peter Day examines new plans to get people who are off sick back to work more quickly.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Tonight the political, economic and cultural legacy of Lady Thatcher, who has died aged 87 22:451/5Awaiting his execution, Alexander is allowed pen and paper.
| 22:00Thatcher - was she really a eurosceptic? In-depth reporting and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/5As the war begins, Alexander's mother is determined to persuade her son to enlist.
| 22:00Cameron leads special Parliamentary tributes to Lady Thatcher. Presented by Ritula Shah. 22:453/5In France, Alexander and Jerry manage to borrow horses and escape the horrors of war.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Carolyn Quinn. 22:454/5Jerry's mother writes to say his father has been reported missing in battle.
| 22:00North Korea, Venezuela election and housing benefit changes, with Carolyn Quinn. 22:455/5Jerry's absence is discovered. Major Glendinning believes he may have joined the enemy.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/3Mariella explores the significance of character in the parenting of the next generation.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Dale of the Eastern Daily Press analyses how the papers are covering the news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen asks who we are really talking to when we talk to ourselves. 23:30Singer Cerys Matthews shares some of her favourite pieces of poetry and music.(R)
| 23:002/4Matt Harvey presents his poetry cabaret from the Swindon Festival of Literature. 23:30John Hegley exuberantly shares his most-loved poems and novels.(R)
| 23:002/4Can Dr Berry help Mr Wickle with his fear of cats? With Steve Pemberton. 23:153/4Kim's bad dream sparks a heated debate that incorporates Elvis on fire.(R) 23:30Members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords pay tribute to Lady Thatcher.
| 23:002/5Suspicious of respect for loud extroverts, Jon Ronson asks if brainstorming really works. 23:30John Sessions selects favourite pieces of literature, read by Roger Allam and Amanda Root.(R)
| 23:00Bobby Friction champions the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei. 23:27Comedian, journalist and GP, Dr Phil Hammond selects his favourite books and poems.(R) 23:55Nigel and Roger climbed Everest together yet found it to be a very different experience.
| 23:003/6Three University of Edinburgh students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Lakshmi Holmstrom introduces poetry from Sri Lanka's bitter three-decade civil war.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Derek Cianfrance on new film The Place Beyond the Pines. 23:30Samira Ahmed reflects on the different ways 'threads' can lead us and connect us.
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