| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor on the Muslim Brotherhood, plus a study into privately educated young women.(R) 00:45The bells of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/6Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali remembers his first experiences of Europe.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/6German writer Julia Franck reflects on her move from East Germany to West Berlin.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/6Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra, now living in France, reflects on personal identity.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/6Zafer Senocak, born in Turkey but long resident in Germany, offers a personal perspective.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/6Swedish novelist Henning Mankell reflects from his home in France on the state of Europe.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3AL Kennedy draws a surprising comparison when she visits luxury hotel Chateau Marmont.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45Can UK farmers improve their stewardship of water as a natural resource? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michael Palin presents the northern cardinal from a New York's Central Park.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45Scientists have developed a new strain of barley to withstand long-term waterlogging. 05:58Michael Palin presents the Asian koel's arrival to an Indian orchard.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45MEPs vote on whether or not to label processed meat with its country of origin. 05:58Michael Palin presents the avian record breaking ostrich in the Kalahari Desert
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45Farming minister George Eustice on the 'dairy summit' with NFU, banks and producers. 05:58Michael Palin presents the Mauritius kestrel, from the island of Mauritius.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45A dairy farmer in Staffordshire says he could be paid just 13 pence per litre for his milk 05:58Michael Palin presents the secretive chowchilla from Queensland, Australia.
| 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 Johnston McKay. 05:45A mother describes how she felt when her son was told he was cured of cancer.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. 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 explores Tump 53, a family-friendly nature reserve with an intriguing history.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Somerset that has installed a £1.5m water recycling plant 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy reflects on the feeling of euphoria and where it comes from. 06:35Trai Anfield visits Wytham Woods, where wood mice have been studied since 1943. 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. 07:10Scottish Catholics, the pope and the mafia, plus Icelandic pagans. 07:55Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React. 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 for Valentine's Day from St Luke's, West Holloway, with writer Dave Tomlinson. 08:48Will Self finds himself driven to reconsider the nature and purpose of satire.(R) 08:58Michael Palin presents the avian record breaking ostrich in the Kalahari Desert(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy with Adam Thirlwell, Nick Hubble, Richard McGuire and Hannah Starkey. 09:451/6Moroccan-Dutch writer Abdelkader Benali remembers his first experiences of Europe.
| 09:002/2Robert Peston explores the alarmingly widening gap between rich and poor since the 1980s. 09:30Charlotte Smith looks at the role of self-help groups for those suffering emotional trauma 09:452/6German writer Julia Franck reflects on her move from East Germany to West Berlin.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Pam St Clement and Professor John Sutherland. 09:453/6Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra, now living in France, reflects on personal identity.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the photon, the fundamental particle of light. 09:454/6Zafer Senocak, born in Turkey but long resident in Germany, offers a personal perspective.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to garden designer Dan Pearson.(R) 09:455/6Swedish novelist Henning Mankell reflects from his home in France on the state of Europe.
| 09:00TV Presenter and cookery writer Rachel Khoo joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey talks to American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge. 10:45Quirky tales and ‘goings on’ concerning the residents of Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town.
| 10:00Author Fay Weldon; Lorin LaFave on internet safety for children; cultural appropriation. 10:45Bertie has a problem with Ulysses, and Domenica wants to take the law into her own hands.
| 10:00Sharleen Spiteri from Texas, Lynne Segal and self harm scars. With Jenni Murray. 10:40Domenica goes behind enemy lines while 'perfect' parent Irene is in trouble. 10:55A survivor of Auschwitz reflects with her granddaughter on its impact on them both.(R)
| 10:00Janet and Graham Walton on being the parents of sextuplet girls, born in 1983. 10:45Bertie's confused about his brother, Angus needs legal advice and Domenica is troubled.
| 10:00Discussions on Labour's pink bus and dogs discovering breast cancer. Jenni Murray presents 10:45The police summon Angus and six year-old Bertie has some words of wisdom.
| 10:302/3Dustin Hoffman's 1969 post-Graduate role as a sleazy pimp stands the test of time.
| 10:00Jennifer stands triumphant, and Shula has a shock.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Steph McGovern explores the rich, perhaps unexpectedly diverse history of salt. 11:302/4Matt and Tim are sent to restyle a Premier League footballer's mansion.
| 11:00Helen Keen explores selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking. 11:30Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.
| 11:003/3Anne-Marie Duff narrates stories of survival and resilience from the roads around Bedford. 11:303/4Alun's house tour arrives in his bathroom.(R)
| 11:00Talks aimed at bringing peace to South Sudan restart in Ethiopia, plus other stories. 11:30David Almond argues that more European children's books should be translated into English
| 11:00Bradford GP Dr Alastair Bavington explores how we deal with the health needs of immigrants 11:30Another beautiful story of everyday life from John Osborne, creator of John Peel's Shed.(R)
| 11:00Jim Waterson of BuzzFeed looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondents tell their stories from South Africa, Italy, the USA and Nigeria.
| 11:15Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Edie is excited about her new job, not least as it allows her to escape friction at home. 12:15Diesel car pollution and the building of houses using straw bales. With Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Not everyone at Collingwood Park is in favour of Marshalls manufacturing munitions. 12:15Are cash in hand payments as bad as hiding cash in offshore accounts to evade tax? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04There is unrest within the Chadwick family. 12:15Stealing online profiles, gadget insurance issues and making fashion from roadkill. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Councillor Maud Burnett's controversial scheme is gathering pace. 12:15The high street retailer fined for forcing customers to hand over their house keys.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A budding local reporter cannot believe his luck. 12:15Cosmetic surgery, Audi oil consumption and student rent costs. With Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Free online pension help questioned. Energy pricing wrangles. Solar investors lose cash. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/8Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Julian Clary and Paul Merton take the Just a Minute challenge.(R) 12:32Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:451/4Alan Read explores the 'dreadful trade' on Shakespeare Cliff in Kent.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:452/4Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson recalls his ascent of Skellig Michael.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/4The geological history of the earth as revealed by three cliffs and some boreholes.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/4Martin Palmer reflects on the spiritual responses evoked by cliffs.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:456/6French novelist Lydie Salvayre reflects on the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Debate with Sir Ming Campbell MP, Harriet Harman MP, Alex Salmond MSP and Anna Soubry MP.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15A fashion designer captivated by the Psyche story brings the myth to life through her work
| 14:00David is on a history trip.(R) 14:152/3The get-rich-quick plan to kidnap the child of a corrupt politician begins to unravel.(R)
| 14:00Jennifer stands triumphant.(R) 14:15Sean Grundy's satirical take on attitudes towards poverty and the poor.
| 14:15Desperate last-ditch deals on football's transfer deadline day.
| 14:15Magical family comedy about dementia.
| 14:00When it comes to tax avoidance, is there one rule for the rich and another for the rest? 14:30Charting the auteur film director's long career following his mysterious disappearance.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Baslow, Derbyshire.(R) 14:45A special omnibus featuring conversations with a Holocaust survivor and a poem she wrote.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies hosts the seventh heat of the long-running general knowledge quiz. 15:30The UK's guilty secret? Sheila Dillon charts the 60-year shift from pot to ping.(R)
| 15:00How did the devastation of Dresden 70 years ago create changing and contested histories? 15:30Australia has big plans to develop the Northern Territory. Julian Rush reports.
| 15:00Ruth Alexander presents advice on energy bills, help with switching and home insulation. 15:30Low NHS staff morale, flying when pregnant, sugary drinks and menarche, FGM.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores Tump 53, a family-friendly nature reserve with an intriguing history. 15:27Simon Callow presents an appeal on behalf of Target Tuberculosis.(R) 15:30SJ Watson, best-selling author of Before I Go to Sleep, discusses new novel Second Life.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Baslow, Derbyshire. 15:453/6A woman sworn off relationships finds her resolve tested to the limit.
| | 15:002/2The lies that Fanta's husband Rudy told in Senegal begin to catch up with them both.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Writer Jonathan Coe chooses his favourite pieces of poetry, prose and comedy. 16:30Why is quantum physics often so popular with purveyors of pseudoscience and quackery?
| 16:00Is the system for dealing with miscarriages of justice good enough? With Joshua Rozenberg. 16:30Harriett Gilbert, Susie Dent and Janice Langley choose some favourite books.
| 16:00Harvard Business School: profit versus morality. Also, the cultural meaning of pain. 16:30Protecting journalists' sources, American news anchors, football rights and sports radio.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke presents a valentine to the cinema in a special edition about love in film. 16:30Adam Rutherford investigates new insights into what lies at the centre of the Earth.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist. 16:30Was Radio 4 right to air ten hours of War and Peace? Plus do we need more good news? 16:55A conversation about the joy of finally being able to read and write in your sixties.(R)
| 16:00Fay Weldon talks about her life, plus a discussion on Labour's pink bus. With Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Anne Tyler talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread. 16:30Roger McGough with a bubble and squeak of listeners' poetry requests.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30From mining in west Africa to jewellery-making in London: three links in the gold chain.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00With rising numbers of asylum seekers, are some UK communities struggling to cope?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green.(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. 18:301/8Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Julian Clary and Paul Merton take the Just a Minute challenge.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Ruth gets to perform her favourite sketch - she just has to get Lucy to understand it.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Comedian and quizzer Paul Sinha examines our most important legal document.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Comedy panel game show in which British comedians compete against comics from overseas.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on 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. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00David is on a history trip. 19:15Harriet Walter and Guy Paul in Boa, The Casual Vacancy, Amit Chaudhuri and the Folio Prize 19:45Quirky tales and ‘goings on’ concerning the residents of Edinburgh’s Georgian New Town.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer stands triumphant. 19:15Jennifer Aniston on new film Cake, artists as collectors and a review of Indian Summers. 19:45Bertie has a problem with Ulysses, and Domenica wants to take the law into her own hands.(R)
| 19:15AN Wilson reviews an exhibition of John Singer Sargent's work at the NPG. With Kirsty Lang 19:45Domenica goes behind enemy lines while 'perfect' parent Irene is in trouble.(R)
| 19:15A special edition of Front Row from the reopened Whitworth Art Gallery. 19:45Bertie's confused about his brother, Angus needs legal advice and Domenica is troubled.(R)
| 19:00Ambridge remembers the 1940s. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Bob Odenkirk, star of the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul. 19:45The police summon Angus and six year-old Bertie has some words of wisdom.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green. 19:15Anne Tyler's A Spool of Blue Thread, Indian Summers, Love Is Strange and History Is Now.
| 19:154/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest welcomes the writer of naughty books, DH Lollipop, to Sizzlinghurst.(R) 19:45A minister is asked to commit a shocking crime for one of his parishioners.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Can the Conservatives increase their share of the minority vote? Hugh Muir investigates. 20:30Is there a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton explores the limits of free expression.
| 20:00With rising numbers of asylum seekers, are some UK communities struggling to cope? 20:40How accessible is the Royal Yacht Britannia? Plus cruises and extreme travel.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:452/3Dominic Lawson asks Tim Montgomerie why he now supports same-sex marriage.
| 20:00Is the system for dealing with miscarriages of justice good enough? With Joshua Rozenberg.(R) 20:30From mining in west Africa to jewellery-making in London: three links in the gold chain.
| 20:00Debate with Sir Ming Campbell MP, Harriet Harman MP, Alex Salmond MSP and Anna Soubry MP. 20:50Will Self finds himself driven to reconsider the nature and purpose of satire.
| 20:00Jonathan Powell explores the secret language of politicians.
| 20:00Was Radio 4 right to air ten hours of War and Peace? Plus do we need more good news?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Claudia Hammond investigates sporting concussions and asks how safe our sports are.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy with Adam Thirlwell, Nick Hubble, Richard McGuire and Hannah Starkey.(R)
| 21:00Low NHS staff morale, flying when pregnant, sugary drinks and menarche, FGM. 21:302/2Robert Peston explores the alarmingly widening gap between rich and poor since the 1980s.(R)
| 21:00Australia has big plans to develop the Northern Territory. Julian Rush reports.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Pam St Clement and Professor John Sutherland.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford investigates new insights into what lies at the centre of the Earth.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the photon, the fundamental particle of light.(R)
| 21:00The mayor of Tynemouth honours the first local soldier to be awarded a VC.
| 21:007/10Pierre believes that he alone can save Russia from Napoleon. John Hurt stars.(R)
| 21:00Free online pension help questioned. Energy pricing wrangles. Solar investors lose cash.(R) 21:26Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React.(R) 21:30Is there a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton explores the limits of free expression.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Obama says the US is considering supplying weapons to Ukraine if diplomacy fails 22:456/10As the Helmand mission begins, Luke is worried about his commanding officer Scullion.
| 22:00Bashar al-Assad says Syria has had "indirect contact" with the US in battle vs. IS 22:457/10After witnessing Major Scullion's horrific battlefield injuries, Luke has left the army.
| 22:00We'll ask why Barack Obama has sought a new mandate from Congress 22:458/10Luke plans a trip to Blackpool in search of his grandmother's missing photographs.
| 22:00Deal brokered at marathon session in Minsk with help of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. 22:459/10Anne is on the way to Blackpool with her grandson Luke, who is in search of answers.
| 22:00BBC learns that the man didn't file tax return or pay income tax between 1987 and 2011 22:4510/10In Blackpool, Luke finds Anne's archive and discovers why she abandoned photography.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Mary Riddell of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the news.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/3An ex-policeman doesn't believe an old woman's tale of a serial killer in her village.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Why is quantum physics often so popular with purveyors of pseudoscience and quackery?(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4King Larry Lonshach hides a terrible, gag-inducing secret beneath his crown. 23:156/6The group leave the meeting room to try to rescue one of their members - from the pub. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Brian Gulliver relives his experiences in Lessington, a land where ignorance reigns.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert, Susie Dent and Janice Langley choose some favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation about the lasting impact of facing living death in Auschwitz(R)
| 23:00Russell Davies hosts the seventh heat of the long-running general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough introduces poems requested by listeners on the theme of love.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke presents a valentine to the cinema in a special edition about love in film. 23:30John McCarthy reflects on the feeling of euphoria and where it comes from.(R)
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