| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the impact of sex work on local residents and businesses.(R) 00:45The bells of St John the Baptist Church, Mathon, Herefordshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's long struggle with dementia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's long struggle with dementia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving memoir of her mother's long struggle with dementia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sally Magnusson reads the heart-rending account of her mother's struggle with dementia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A divorced woman tries to break free from the painful ties that bind.(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 the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45English dairy farm profits are forecast to almost double this year. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the grey heron.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Should farmers change how they farm the Somerset Levels to reduce the impact of flooding? 05:58Chris Packham presents the great bustard.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45African Swine Fever, and what it could mean for Britain's pig herds. With Anna Hill. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mallard.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Should we manage our countryside for food or for wildlife? We ask the NFU and the RSPB. 05:58Chris Packham presents the avocet.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. 05:45Floodwaters force some farmers to remove their livestock from the Somerset Levels. 05:58Chris Packham presents the great spotted woodpecker.
| 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 Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45'My daughter woke from her coma and hit me in the face.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Andrew's Church in Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire. 05:4537/3Heaven Crawley argues for a different approach in our attitude towards asylum seekers.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00NHS data sharing in England, plus Afghan talks and cancer 'tidal wave' prediction.
| 06:00A decade on from the Morecambe Bay cocklepicker deaths what has changed for workers?
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With Evan Davis in London, and Mishal Husain in Porthleven in Cornwall.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark hears why Dorset was used as a laboratory by the arts group Common Ground.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a 10,000-hectare nature improvement area farmed for wildlife. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed reflects on the creative and destructive power of fire. 06:35Chris Sperring goes to Dorset to see how one butterfly in particular survives the winter. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Mishal Husain reports on Somerset's ongoing flood relief effort.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Nick Clegg has been in Manchester visiting minority groups. 07:55Lilly Cook presents an appeal for the charity Heart n Soul. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Columbanus, Bangor, County Down, led by the Rev Alistair Morrison. 08:48Adam Gopnik explains his indifference to Twitter and social media.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the grey heron.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy with Luke Harding, Sir David Omand, Annette Dittert and Alain de Botton. 09:451/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's long struggle with dementia.
| 09:001/2Invasion and atrocity in 1914 transformed Britain's entry into the war into a moral cause. 09:452/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's long struggle with dementia.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Mandy Rice-Davies and novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford. 09:452/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving memoir of her mother's long struggle with dementia.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean. 09:454/5Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to broadcaster Bob Harris.(R) 09:455/5Sally Magnusson reads the heart-rending account of her mother's struggle with dementia.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with Simon Reeve, plus Marjorie Wallace's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Angel Haze on using her music to help others. Jane Garvey presents the female perspective. 10:451/5Drama about Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered in 2006.
| 10:00Women and homophobia in Russia; fashion and gardens; Beth Chatto; relationships in fiction 10:452/5Anna gets an important interview in Chechnya - but then disappears...
| 10:00Kate Adie and Baroness Shirley Williams join Jenni Murray to discuss the impact of the war 10:452/5When Chechen rebels kidnap a theatre audience in Moscow - Anna is asked to negotiate.
| 10:00Sheryl Crow on cancer, adopting and her music; New government measures to tackle FGM. 10:454/5Journalist Anna Politkovskaya heads for a school under siege in Beslan but doesn't arrive.
| 10:00Addiction, women and quizzes, women to watch out for at Sochi 2014, and who was Jane Drew? 10:455/5Anna's attention is on her family but she is still being followed. Concluding episode.
| 10:303/3Amit Chaudhuri offers a different vision of Calcutta, a city he's loved all his life.
| 10:00Clarrie fears the future. Meanwhile Helen makes a fresh start.
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| 11:00 | 11:00David Goldblatt discovers how one snowless Yorkshire city turned out Olympic skiers 11:301/6Damien is nominated for an award and Anthony auditions for a production of Hay Fever.
| 11:00Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the dramatic sounds of Iceland's dynamic landscape. 11:30Record producer Joe Boyd profiles New Orleans pianist James Booker aka The Black Liberace.
| 11:002/3Giles Fraser asks if we have always been nostalgic about community.(R) 11:305/6Clare is forced to confront an old phobia after her client meeting takes an odd turn.
| 11:00Reporters around the world examine news developments in their region. 11:301/2Ballet star Carlos Acosta's greatest role - to save a crumbling ballet school in Havana.
| 11:00Midge Ure explores the art and craft of the bridge, or middle 8, in popular songwriting.(R) 11:304/4Pam Ayres looks at beauty and that newly coined term 'wellness'.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent talks to MPs caught up in the floods. 11:30Reporters look behind the headlines in the USA, Spain, Denmark, Sri Lanka and China.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews lawyer Dame Elish Angiolini.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson, including how to design a high street from scratch. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should parents be penalised for taking their children on holiday in term-time? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Green energy savings are revised, and the wait to be switched back on after the storms.
| 12:00Demand for mass-produced electric cars rises. Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Peter White asks if solar panels could make sense for people planning their retirement. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis asks if a novice can invest their money without financial advice. 12:305/5Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis conclude the current run of topical stand-up, sketch and song.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game(R) 12:32Claudia Roden talks about her life, cooking and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/10Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science.(R)
| 13:00David Cameron calls on everyone to urge Scots to stay in the Union. 13:455/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Altrincham Grammar School.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Seymour, a repeat offender, thrives in prison but struggles to cope with life outside.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Can Tony keep his temper?(R) 14:152/2Tony is hopeful of starting contact with his two boys, who are living with foster carers.
| 14:00Clarrie fears the future.(R) 14:15Philip Palmer's drama reveals the true story of Mr C, whose case made legal history.
| 14:00Jolene seeks inspiration.(R) 14:15A new two-part dramatisation of Alexander McCall Smith's latest book.
| 14:00Helen makes a fresh start.(R) 14:15A new two-part dramatisation of Alexander McCall Smith's latest book.
| 14:00Kenton is getting competitive.(R) 14:15What happens when a brilliant dancer loses his will to dance?
| 14:00Anita Anand on state vs private schools, flooding and boycotting the Winter Olympics. 14:30In a future Britain, people have gradually lost the gift of sleep - or have they?(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel visit the Italianate village of Portmeirion, North Wales.(R) 14:45At the 1988 Winter Olympics, an East German and an American ice dancer were vying for Gold
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30The ready meal after horsemeat, why it was good news for chilled but a problem for frozen.(R)
| 15:00Meet the extraordinary people behind some of the world's most discussed legal cases. 15:304/4Every day we complete a myriad of tiny negotiations, only noticing when they go wrong.
| 15:00Fraud, identity theft and money scams - Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer queries. 15:30Do the hours spent on laptops or tablets before bedtime disrupt your sleep?(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark hears why Dorset was used as a laboratory by the arts group Common Ground. 15:27Andrew Marr presents the Radio 4 Appeal for International Development Enterprises UK.(R) 15:30Khaled Hosseini talks about his global bestselling novel The Kite Runner.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel visit the Italianate village of Portmeirion, North Wales. 15:451/2Roger Eckersley's account of life behind the scenes in the new Broadcasting House of 1932.(R)
| 15:30Record producer Joe Boyd profiles New Orleans pianist James Booker aka The Black Liberace.(R)
| 15:002/3Will the Archdeacon's new vicar be a challenge to the slippery chaplain?
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| 16:00 | 16:00The popular writer Alexander McCall Smith chooses his favourite prose, poetry and music. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of the Ahmadi community within Islam.
| 16:001/4Shumi Bose examines the qualities we consider to be most desirable in design. 16:30Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir reveal their favourite books to Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00The power of numbers in global politics, plus gay rights and religion in Belfast. 16:30Steve Hewlett on the DMI project, Royal pictures, media ownership and journalists in Egypt
| 16:00Matthew Sweet talks to screenwriter Abi Morgan about The Invisible Woman. 16:30Adam Rutherford asks architects and engineers how to protect homes against floods.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister recalls an actor, a journalist, a Motown exec and a boxing administrator 16:30Who sets the news agenda, and why did Radio 4 spoil the result of BBC's Fake or Fortune?
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including World War One and its impact on women.
| 16:00Adam Foulds on his novel In the Wolf's Mouth, set in Sicily during the Second World War. 16:30Poems on islands and high seas sail through this show, with Roger McGough at the helm.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 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 with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Paddy O'Connell. 17:30Business school or school of life? Evan Davis debates with guests.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are the old and vulnerable paying the price of cuts in home care?(R) 17:405/8When the Pope's motorbike is auctioned, two women see it as their mission to buy it.(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. 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6With Kerry Godliman, John-Luke Roberts, Julia Hartley-Brewer and Clarke Carlisle.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Mark visits Birkenhead, Wirral, where the local life has included monks and a Bantam Army.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Mitch explores his comedy connections to the story of the Beatles.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/5Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis conclude the current run of topical stand-up, sketch and song.
| 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. 18:15Liz Barclay makes her selection of highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Clarrie fears the future. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to actress Angela Lansbury, who is about to star in Blithe Spirit. 19:451/5Drama about Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya murdered in 2006.(R)
| 19:00Jolene seeks inspiration. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to actor and comedian Reece Shearsmith about his new series Inside No 9. 19:452/5Anna gets an important interview in Chechnya - but then disappears...(R)
| 19:00Helen makes a fresh start. 19:15Arts news. Kirsty Lang reviews David Bailey's Stardust exhibition. 19:452/5When Chechen rebels kidnap a theatre audience in Moscow - Anna is asked to negotiate.(R)
| 19:00Kenton is getting competitive. 19:15Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on their TV drama Babylon; a review of The Mistress Contract. 19:454/5Journalist Anna Politkovskaya heads for a school under siege in Beslan but doesn't arrive.(R)
| 19:00Tom tries to break the news gently. 19:15John Wilson talks to Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson about their new joint project. 19:455/5Anna's attention is on her family but she is still being followed. Concluding episode.(R)
| 19:005/8When the Pope's motorbike is auctioned, two women see it as their mission to buy it. 19:15Dallas Buyers Club starring Matthew McConaughey, and Hanif Kureishi's The Last Word.
| 19:151/4Avoid eBay, descale kettle, buy jeans, tone upper arms, retrieve asthma pump from hoover.(R) 19:452/4A disappointing sandwich is the start of a slow unravelling for a put-upon mother.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Seymour, a repeat offender, thrives in prison but struggles to cope with life outside. 20:30Jeremy Cliffe encounters the ideas and personalities behind a new 'anarcho-populism'.
| 20:00Are the old and vulnerable paying the price of cuts in home care? 20:40Aspirant MPs Mark Higgins and Ellie Southwood talk about a fund to assist disabled people.
| 20:00Are sporting boycotts of events like the Winter Olympics effective or just empty gestures? 20:4537/3Heaven Crawley argues for a different approach in our attitude towards asylum seekers.
| 20:00Edward Stourton investigates Turkey's most powerful grassroots Islamic network. 20:30Business school or school of life? Evan Davis debates with guests.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Altrincham Grammar School. 20:50Adam Gopnik explains his indifference to Twitter and social media.
| 20:00Sir Nicholas Kenyon reflects on the life of composer Sir John Tavener.
| 20:00Who sets the news agenda, and why did Radio 4 spoil the result of BBC's Fake or Fortune?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister recalls an actor, a journalist, a Motown exec and a boxing administrator(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don asks who is responsible for the life in our oceans.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy with Luke Harding, Sir David Omand, Annette Dittert and Alain de Botton.(R)
| 21:00Do the hours spent on laptops or tablets before bedtime disrupt your sleep? 21:301/2Invasion and atrocity in 1914 transformed Britain's entry into the war into a moral cause.(R)
| 21:00Alex Bellos looks at the science behind learning maths and if school lessons reflect this. 21:30Libby Purves meets Mandy Rice-Davies and novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford asks architects and engineers how to protect homes against floods.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Phoenicians of the ancient Mediterranean.(R)
| 21:001/2Stephen Poliakoff's drama about an engineer's relationship with his children.(R)
| 21:001/3The Archdeacon wants to be bishop, but will his sponsor, be in power?(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis asks if a novice can invest their money without financial advice.(R) 21:26Lilly Cook presents an appeal for the charity Heart n Soul.(R) 21:30Jeremy Cliffe encounters the ideas and personalities behind a new 'anarcho-populism'.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Michael Gove says he wants state schools to become as good as private schools. 22:451/20A young boy must deal with the death of his great friend Father Flynn.
| 22:00BP chief exec warns over Scottish independence. With Ritula Shah. 22:452/20Two schoolboys have their day off playing truant derailed by an unusual meeting.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/20A boy hopes to impress his first love by bringing her a present back from a bazaar.
| 22:00More funds for flood repairs, Turkey web controls, Sony ditches laptops. With David Eades. 22:454/20A young boy must deal with the death of his great friend Father Flynn.
| 22:00Thousands of Muslims flee capital of Central African Republic. Presented by David Eades. 22:455/20A night out with his wealthy friends takes an unexpected turn for student Jimmy Doyle.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Are sporting boycotts of events like the Winter Olympics effective or just empty gestures?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Zoe Williams of the Guardian looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00It's a word that can start a war. Michael Rosen explores the meaning of 'terrorist'.(R) 23:30The environment secretary faces some direct questions over the flooding crisis.
| 23:001/6The sketch show that reveals what life will be like in 2525. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the subject of music, through the medium of poetry. 23:155/6Another parallel Earth is obliterated when Ian has a half day.(R) 23:30David Cameron and Ed Miliband do battle at Prime Minister's Question time.
| 23:004/6Brian tells the story of his visit to a country where alternative therapies abound.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir reveal their favourite books to Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy with a round-up of the day at Westminster.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems about dreams and sleep.(R)
| 23:00Matthew Sweet talks to screenwriter Abi Morgan about The Invisible Woman.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed reflects on the creative and destructive power of fire.(R)
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