| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the role of music in our lives with Prof David Hesmondhalgh.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood, Staffordshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Germaine Greer tells the story of her search for a patch of her native Australia to heal.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Germaine Greer is taken to see an abandoned dairy farm on the Gold Coast.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Germaine Greer has bought a piece of battered rainforest on the Gold Coast.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Germaine Greer talks about the hero of her rainforest, the rare White Beech tree.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Germaine Greer returns from England to find a welcome surprise in her rainforest.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A young girl makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her guilt-ridden brother.(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 Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45The wet weather is causing major problems for the UK's apple producers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the shoveler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45Will farmers take legal action as flooding continues on the Somerset Levels? 05:58Chris Packham presents the blue tit.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45Should meat slaughtered under Kosher and Halal rules be specifically labelled? 05:58Chris Packham presents the grey wagtail.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45A leading plant science group says a skills shortage could damage British agriculture. 05:58Chris Packham presents the hen harrier.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. 05:45Somerset Levels farmers look to Holland for flood control inspiration. 05:58Chris Packham presents the great northern diver.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45'This isn't just a story about plants, this is a love story' - inheriting a greenhouse.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St John the Baptist Church, Mathon, Herefordshire. 05:4536/3Matthew Engel makes a secular case for reclaiming the peace and quiet of the Sabbath.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits the Gloucestershire village that inspired Edward Thomas's famous poem.(R) 06:30From oats to eggs, where does your breakfast come from? Anna Hill investigates. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Are cities paved with gold or sinks of iniquity? Mark Tully examines the call of the city. 06:35Trai Anfield visits the grey seals at Blakeney Point on the Norfolk coast. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Andrew Marr presents the Radio 4 Appeal for International Development Enterprises UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, live from Leeds Cathedral. 08:48Adam Gopnik reflects on the nature of sportsmanship ahead of the American Super Bowl.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the shoveler.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Trevor Cox, Waldemar Januszczak and Victoria Williamson. 09:451/5Germaine Greer tells the story of her search for a patch of her native Australia to heal.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland and his team goes on location to investigate the floods of 1953. 09:30Anita Anand talks to solicitor Mathew Waddington, who specialises in children's law. 09:452/5Germaine Greer is taken to see an abandoned dairy farm on the Gold Coast.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets broadcaster Sally Magnusson and cellist Steven Isserlis. 09:453/5Germaine Greer has bought a piece of battered rainforest on the Gold Coast.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the geological theory of Catastrophism. 09:454/5Germaine Greer talks about the hero of her rainforest, the rare White Beech tree.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews English sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie.(R) 09:455/5Germaine Greer returns from England to find a welcome surprise in her rainforest.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Anita Anand, with special guest actress and writer Natascha McElhone.
| 09:00French and German war poetry, floods, and live from the Severn Bore.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Three magazine editors talk about fashion, feminism and how the glossies are changing. 10:451/5Dame Laura decides to bring in her huge canvas and paint the trial from the tiny press box
| 10:00Irma Kurtz on 'My Life in Agony'; dealing with anxiety; flexible working for men. 10:452/5Laura is delighted to find her old circus friends the Carollis are living in Nuremberg.
| 10:00Suzanne Vega plays live and talks about her new album. Jenni Murray presents. 10:453/5January 1946. Laura Knight takes a commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials.
| 10:00Germaine Greer joins Jenni Murray for a special programme about women and the land. 10:454/5Dame Laura takes a break from painting the trials to explore the city of Nuremberg.
| 10:00After the economic downturn, which way is up? Is the recession really over for women? 10:455/5Dame Laura's painting of the trial is almost finished.
| 10:302/3Lavinia Greenlaw offers a personal vision of London, a city she's loved all her life.
| 10:00Peggy is taken aback, and there is a late-night phone call at Brookfield.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr Kat Arney meets a new generation of virtual cartographers, making maps to save lives. 11:306/6A funeral focuses everyone's mind in Wadenbrook.
| 11:00Monty Don asks who is responsible for the life in our oceans. 11:30Jude Rogers and Ruth Barnes look at the empowering flipside of pop fandom.
| 11:001/3Giles Fraser explores the importance of community in our lives.(R) 11:304/6Clare is facing a disciplinary tribunal after a seemingly straightforward job goes awry.
| 11:00Looking behind the headlines in China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Guyana and Syria. 11:30Matthew Sweet explores the creative rivalry between the two great British horror studios.
| 11:00Robin Lustig investigates the controversies surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. 11:303/4Pam Ayres talks about her love of allotments, beekeeping and knitting.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondents around the world tell their stories and examine news developments.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to broadcaster Bob Harris.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Winifred Robinson looks at e-cigarette use by children and getting the best ski insurance. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Is marriage declining? Consumer phone-in with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The energy minister Greg Barker on saving money and the green deal. With Winifred Robinson 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Open all hours? Newsagents struggle for survival. Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Today we're live from Liverpool asking people if things feel any better moneywise. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis investigates set-up fees for cancelling insurance even before cover starts. 12:304/5Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic look at the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6David Mitchell hosts. With Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, John Finnemore and Rufus Hound.(R) 12:32The ready meal after horsemeat, why it was good news for chilled but a problem for frozen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Bettany Hughes examines changing ideas of liberty in her archaeology of philosophy.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Bettany listens to a rat laughing and giggles at schoolboy jokes from Ancient Mesopotamia.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Bettany gazes into outer space and invites poet Ben Okri round to her house for supper.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Bettany attends a women's football game and visits a synagogue to hear the Song of Deborah
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Bettany Hughes explores changing ideas of peace in her archaeology of philosophy.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Purfleet in Essex.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Writer Colm TóibÃn explores the Dublin locations haunted by James Joyce's Dubliners.
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Michael Symmons Roberts. A noir crime drama in verse. Starring Jason Done.(R)
| 14:00Kirsty has a favour to ask.(R) 14:15By Deirdre Kinahan. When a body is found in her street, Maeve begins her own investigation
| 14:00There is a late-night phone call at Brookfield.(R) 14:15Custom and morality collide when a shocking discovery is made in Samina Baig's drama.
| 14:00The Ambridge rumour mill gets to work.(R) 14:15By Audrey Gillan. Fifteen-year-old Siobhain is taken into care. Will she ever feel secure?
| 14:00There is a terrifying night in store for the Grundys.(R) 14:15Tennis ace Baron Gottfried Von Cramm offends Hitler by refusing to join the Nazi party.(R)
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30A medium stages a kidnap to draw attention to her psychic powers.
| 14:00Eric Robson presents the horticultural panel programme from the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton.(R) 14:45In 1985, the celebrated gorilla expert was murdered at her research station in Rwanda.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon finds out why humble Greek yogurt triggered a worldwide food craze.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor joins guests to discuss the latest historical research from across the UK. 15:303/4What is fairness and are we naturally fair to each other? Michael Blastland investigates.
| 15:00Splitting up? How do you divide your money and assets fairly? Paul Lewis takes your calls. 15:30E-cigarette advertising, and could MRI revolutionise the diagnosis of prostate cancer?(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the Gloucestershire village that inspired Edward Thomas's famous poem. 15:27Alexei Sayle presents an appeal on behalf of the Simon Community.(R) 15:30Deborah Levy revisits her early work and explores her relationship with her writing.
| 15:00Eric Robson presents the horticultural panel programme from the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton. 15:452/2Sybil will do whatever it takes to see her daughter fall in love.
| 15:30Jude Rogers and Ruth Barnes look at the empowering flipside of pop fandom.(R)
| 15:001/3The Archdeacon wants to be bishop, but will his sponsor, be in power?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Poet Paul Farley talks about the words and sounds that have inspired his writing. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between Christianity and the law.
| 16:00It's a word that can start a war. Michael Rosen explores the meaning of 'terrorist'. 16:30Sara Cox nominates the American hip hop artist and rapper Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the impact of sex work on local residents and businesses. 16:30Steve Hewlett looks at the BBC's failed Digital Media Initiative, and the image of News UK
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to director Scott Cooper about Out of the Furnace and masculinity. 16:30Adam Rutherford asks: What did the Neanderthals ever do for us?
| 16:00A singer and activist, an architect, a British Steel chairman and a movie mogul. 16:30Tim Harford looks at how much revenue the 50p rate of tax would raise.
| 16:00Germaine Greer on women's passion for the land. Dealing with anxiety. Being a Man.
| 16:00Khaled Hosseini talks about his global bestselling novel The Kite Runner. 16:30Roger McGough introduces poems about dreams and sleep.
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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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 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. 17:30Making money in the 'sharing' economy is discussed by Evan Davis and guests.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00After last year's horsemeat scandal, have enough lessons been learned?(R) 17:404/8Breakfast becomes a set of delicate negotiations for a young delegate who is running late.(R) 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. 18:305/6David Mitchell hosts. With Marcus Brigstocke, Holly Walsh, John Finnemore and Rufus Hound.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Comedy writer and director Graham Linehan talks to comedian and actor Adam Buxton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Mark Steel visits Southall in Middlesex for another programme of travelling stand-up.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Zoo music and a sketch that only a fool wouldn't find funny.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/5Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic look at 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. 18:15Andy Kershaw makes his selection of highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty has a favour to ask. 19:15Arts news, interviews and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:451/5Dame Laura decides to bring in her huge canvas and paint the trial from the tiny press box(R)
| 19:00There is a late-night phone call at Brookfield. 19:15Arts news with Juliet Stevenson in Beckett's Happy Days, and documentary The Armstrong Lie 19:452/5Laura is delighted to find her old circus friends the Carollis are living in Nuremberg.(R)
| 19:00The Ambridge rumour mill gets to work. 19:15Matthew McConaughey on Dallas Buyers Club; Nathan Filer; Mary Chapin Carpenter. 19:453/5January 1946. Laura Knight takes a commission as war artist to the Nuremberg Trials.(R)
| 19:00There is a terrifying night in store for the Grundys. 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including Ralph Fiennes on directing The Invisible Woman. 19:454/5Dame Laura takes a break from painting the trials to explore the city of Nuremberg.(R)
| 19:00Ed turns over a new leaf. 19:15Arts news with Mark Thomas, including the strange case of RS Thomas and the crisp packet. 19:455/5Dame Laura's painting of the trial is almost finished.(R)
| 19:004/8Breakfast becomes a set of delicate negotiations for a young delegate who is running late. 19:15Jeremy Paxman on WW1, Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, Turner Prize winner Martin Creed.
| 19:00Can Tony keep his temper? 19:154/4Old age has come to the horses and Marengo is sick. Copenhagen gallops to his side. 19:302/4Barney reveals how George Bush broke his heart by being unfaithful with another man.(R) 19:451/4A young footballer from a broken home seeks escape through Argentina's urban art scene.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Could an independent Scotland align itself with the Nordic Pact? Allan Little investigates 20:30Andrew Brown asks if the Church of England has become fatally disconnected from society.
| 20:00After last year's horsemeat scandal, have enough lessons been learned? 20:40Advice on dealing with inaccessible forms and a new tactile watch, the Bradley Timepiece.
| 20:003/3Dad at home and mum back to work? Mariella Frostrup focuses on shared parental leave. 20:4536/3Matthew Engel makes a secular case for reclaiming the peace and quiet of the Sabbath.
| 20:00What does the popularity of controversial comedian Dieudonne tell us about France today? 20:30Making money in the 'sharing' economy is discussed by Evan Davis and guests.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Purfleet in Essex. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on the nature of sportsmanship ahead of the American Super Bowl.
| 20:00Ian McMillan on the telephone's uncanny past and unsettling future.
| 20:00Tim Harford looks at how much revenue the 50p rate of tax would raise.(R) 20:30A singer and activist, an architect, a British Steel chairman and a movie mogul.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don discusses discovering new medicine in the natural world.(R) 21:30Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Trevor Cox, Waldemar Januszczak and Victoria Williamson.(R)
| 21:00E-cigarette advertising, and could MRI revolutionise the diagnosis of prostate cancer? 21:30Jonathan Freedland and his team goes on location to investigate the floods of 1953.(R)
| 21:00Andrew Luck-Baker reflects on Antarctica, being trapped in ice for 10 days and the rescue. 21:30Libby Purves meets broadcaster Sally Magnusson and cellist Steven Isserlis.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford asks: What did the Neanderthals ever do for us?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the geological theory of Catastrophism.(R)
| 21:001/2By Esther Wilson. Based on true stories, a biting and humorous play about homeless people.
| 21:00Danny Marks volunteers for speed reaction tests. A friend on the same course goes missing.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis investigates set-up fees for cancelling insurance even before cover starts.(R) 21:26Andrew Marr presents the Radio 4 Appeal for International Development Enterprises UK.(R) 21:30Andrew Brown asks if the Church of England has become fatally disconnected from society.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Latest on the stand-off between the government and protestors in Ukraine. 22:456/10Letters between Miriam in America and her father Albert in Germany shed new light.
| 22:00The Ukraine PM and government resign and the strongest economic growth figures since 2007. 22:457/10A poignant glimpse into Miriam and Tommy's personal experience of revolution.
| 22:00Debate over Scottish currency, refugees detained, and the latest from Ukraine. 22:458/10Alone in a Quaker boarding school, Sergius tries to accept the loss of his family.
| 22:00Tory rebellion on immigration, Scarlett Johannson Israel boycott row, US Afghan pullout. 22:459/10A moving glimpse into the relationship between Rose and her stepson Cicero.
| 22:00UK and France deepen defence cooperation. News and analysis with Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10The story concludes with Rose's stepson Cicero, and her grandson Sergius.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Dad at home and mum back to work? Mariella Frostrup focuses on shared parental leave.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45George Parker of the FT looks at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Is gravity really like a bowling ball on a sheet? Michael Rosen on scientific metaphors.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Shappi takes a wry comedic look at politics with guests Ian Stone and John O'Farrell.(R) 23:30Sean Curran hears Ed Balls and George Osborne respond to improving growth figures.
| 23:004/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the subject of survival, through the medium of poetry. 23:154/6David Soul and Simon Day star in a series of fantastical comedy apocalypses.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Brian tells of his trip to a land where marriage is outlawed.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Sara Cox nominates the American hip hop artist and rapper Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents listeners' requests with poets reading their own work.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Scott Cooper about Out of the Furnace and masculinity.(R) 23:30Are cities paved with gold or sinks of iniquity? Mark Tully examines the call of the city.(R)
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