| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Harvard Business School: profit versus morality. Also, the cultural meaning of pain.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Tracy-Ann Obernan reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads Alexandra Fuller's follow-up to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads Alexandra Fuller's new memoir, charting her tempestuous marriage.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3On the island of Oscarsborg, a drowned man is found in a very unusual place.(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 Johnston McKay. 05:45Farming Today hears from a farmer in Wales who has been targeted by sheep rustlers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the whooper swan.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45Old fashioned crop rotation as a way to save soils. 05:58Chris Packham presents the barn owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45Warnings that the end of milk quotas in April will mean more bad news for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45A voluntary beef code is introduced in a bid to bring stability to the market. 05:58Chris Packham presents the fieldfare.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45A discussion on whether neonicotinoid pesticides can persist in the soil for years. 05:58Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal.(R)
| 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 Janet Wootton. 05:45'I can't tell my brother not to fight' - A Ukrainian on coping with military conscription.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Paul's Cathedral in London. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the flamboyant and hugely important Greek finance minister.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks to the top of the Stiperstones in Shropshire with a men's group.(R) 06:30Anna Hill looks at the precious resource of soil. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The poet Pejk Malinovski reflects on our various senses of self. 06:35Chris Sperring goes on the hunt for giant bracket fungus in Dommett Wood in Somerset. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Discussions on religion and politics, the Ukraine crisis and a play about a Muslim convert 07:55Mary Nightingale presents an appeal on behalf of Rainbow Trust Children's Charity. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The first in a Lent series exploring what it means to be made in God's image. 08:48Will Self reflects on the power of our relationship with fictional characters.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr talks to Peter Pomerantsev, Anne Robbins and Joseph Nye. 09:451/5Tracy-Ann Obernan reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland examines immigration legislation in the light of the 1905 Aliens Act. 09:30John Harris of the Guardian talks to autism specialist Professor Simon Baron-Cohen. 09:452/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads Alexandra Fuller's follow-up to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
| 09:00Libby Purves meets actor Mark Strong and former England rugby player Maggie Alphonsi. 09:453/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads Alexandra Fuller's new memoir, charting her tempestuous marriage.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations. 09:454/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.
| 09:00Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Ruby Wax. Plus Ray Quinn's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The cost of caring for your family, why is it such a key issue for voters? 10:451/5Drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths.
| 10:00New film Kicked Out Kids, being a model matriach and revenge porn. With Emma Barnett. 10:452/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths
| 10:00The cost of caring for the elderly, Meryl Streep and novelist Helena Coggan. 10:403/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths 10:55Andrew dreamed of joining the Royal Marines but suffered a tragic brain haemorrhage.
| 10:00The Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial: what do French women think? Jenni Murray presents. 10:454/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents discussion on family fertility donors and a Beth Orton performance. 10:455/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths
| 10:303/3Race, class and religion to the rhythm of Vangelis. Best Picture of 1981 revisited.
| 10:00Jennifer has some home truths for Kate, and David is on a quest.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/2Steph McGovern continues her exploration of one of life's essential ingredients - salt. 11:303/4Matt designs a building with a great big turret (possibly).
| 11:00Geoff Watts explores the phenomenon of the nocebo effect and its implications for medicine 11:301/4Frances Fyfield reveals the stories behind one of the world's most valuable manuscripts.
| 11:001/3Old BBC programmes chopped up and recycled into something new. This week- law and lawyers. 11:304/4Alun Cochrane's stand-up tour of his house reaches the bedroom.(R)
| 11:00Imperialist. Boring. A BBC correspondent recalls some of the insults hurled at him. 11:301/3Thabiso Mohare talks to Johannesburg-based writers and poets, including Ivan Vladislavic.
| 11:00Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery. 11:301/4Cleaners set to work in night-time Manchester. Sitcom starring Julie Hesmondhalgh
| 11:00Elinor Goodman talks to five MPs who entered Parliament for the first time in May 2010. 11:30Greece on the brink and other stories from correspondents. Presented by Kate Adie.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews opera singer Jonas Kaufmann.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Cressida wants to be at the forefront of the women's struggle but can't be taken seriously 12:15Winifred Robinson with news of cleaner diesels and the grant available for flood victims. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Johnnie's lowly ambitions meet resistance at all levels. 12:15Call You and Yours answers questions on the new Care Act. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Fraser's day is one of constant negotiation, and not just on union matters. 12:15Nursery waiting list fees, housing, betting terminals and public information films. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Luke has low expectations of an assignment, until he meets Esther O'Leary. 12:15John Waite tracks down people who live as slaves in Britain. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Johnnie Marshall's attentions to Edie do not go unnoticed. 12:15Parking fines which may be unlawful, the fate of hydrogen cars and eBay identity theft. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Personal finance news with Paul Lewis, including the risks and rewards of crowdfunding. 12:301/7A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/8With Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Alun Cochrane. Nicholas Parsons hosts.(R) 12:32A restaurant run by prisoners becomes the most popular in Cardiff. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/10Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/10Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/10Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/10Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/10Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Lumen Christi College in Northern Ireland(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:301/3Film critic Mark Kermode reveals the economic realities behind the film industry.
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| 14:00 | 14:15A musician is found dead with the only clue, a message saying 'Phonophone active'.
| 14:00Plans for Hadley Haugh go on apace.(R) 14:153/3Teachers Mark and Rachel are on the run from the vengeful politician - who keeps a tiger.(R)
| 14:15Two men settle old scores, 35 years after their involvement in the Northern Soul scene.
| 14:15By Furquan Akhtar. Shabana is determined to support her son, arrested for a serious crime.
| 14:00It is the SAVE jumble sale.(R) 14:15Donna Franceschild's real-time drama about a woman and the stranger she cannot shake off.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:30Samantha Bond and Toby Jones star in the classic First World War adventure.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team are in the village of Galleywood, Essex.(R) 14:45A life cut short, marriage second time round, and parenting children with Down's Syndrome.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies asks the questions in the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.(R)
| 15:00Archaeologists and planners do battle over an Iron Age stronghold. 15:30Iceland is warming faster than most countries. Tom Heap finds out why.
| 15:00Financial phone-in answering listeners' questions about mortgages. 15:30Can running too much be bad for you? Plus a psychological approach to weight loss.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks to the top of the Stiperstones in Shropshire with a men's group. 15:27Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React.(R) 15:30Anne Tyler talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team are in the village of Galleywood, Essex. 15:45What is the secret that Vilhelm Hammershoi’s wife Ida is hiding from us and her husband?
| 15:301/4Frances Fyfield reveals the stories behind one of the world's most valuable manuscripts.(R)
| 15:001/2Victor Torres faces a dilemma when another man's wife suddenly dies in his arms.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Chef Raymond Blanc chooses his favourite pieces of writing, with reader Sinead Cusack. 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests ask, 'What's the point of plants?'.
| 16:00The salty snack that led to a six-year-old's exclusion from school. What does the law say? 16:30John Sergeant, Helen Lewis and Harriett Gilbert champion favourite books.
| 16:00Conservatism: its roots and meaning. Also, the emotional impact of working in a care home. 16:30The influence of advertisers, British drama overseas and Immigration Street is shortened.
| 16:00Three Oscar hopefuls on their journey to the Academy Awards. With Antonia Quirke. 16:30The need for new treatments for Alzheimer's, a twin space experiment and false memories.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a confectioner, an engineer, a composer, an actor, a pianist 16:30Radio 4's coverage of the Dresden bombings and shocking audio from Copenhagen. 16:55Friends recognise how similar their children with Down's syndrome are to all children.
| 16:00Including revenge on revenge porn, the difficulties of leaving care at 18, and Beth Orton.
| 16:00Rabih Alameddine talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel An Unnecessary Woman. 16:30Roger McGough presents poetry by, for and about teenagers.
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| 17:00 | 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Hairbrushes, fake snow and baby beakers: How to turn an idea into a successful business.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is Islamic State profiting from the global trade in antiquities looted from Syria?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the flamboyant and hugely important Greek finance minister.(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. 18:302/8With Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Alun Cochrane. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Anja and Benjio happily show a hapless robber around the Fings and Bobs shop.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Comedian and actor Adam Buxton talks to The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Hal Cruttenden and Holly Walsh take on Henning Wehn and Swedish stand-up Fredrik Andersson(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/7A 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. 18:15Catherine Bott chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Plans for Hadley Haugh go on apace. 19:15Vasily Petrenko, a review of The Duke of Burgundy, Gurinder Chadha and Lynda Benglis. 19:451/5Drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths.(R)
| 19:15Jacqueline du Pre's recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto 50 years on. 19:452/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths(R)
| 19:15Director John Madden, singer-songwriter Kwabs and Bethlem Museum of the Mind. 19:453/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths(R)
| 19:00It is the SAVE jumble sale. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including Johnny Vegas on going from potter to comic. 19:454/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths(R)
| 19:15Countertenor Iestyn Davies, actress Sheila Hancock, London Fashion Week and Kumiko. 19:455/5Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the flamboyant and hugely important Greek finance minister. 19:15A review of the week's cultural highlights, with Sarah Crompton and guests.
| 19:00David and Ruth have a lot to discuss. 19:155/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest endures an emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens.(R) 19:451/3The first of three stories by new radio writers from Africa.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Four voices consider the legacy of Malcolm X in post-Ferguson America. 20:30Social mobility is good for those on the up, but what about those who go down?
| 20:00Is Islamic State profiting from the global trade in antiquities looted from Syria? 20:40How do you go about challenging disability discrimination using the law?
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:453/3Dominic Lawson asks Sean O'Callaghan about why he became an informer within the IRA.
| 20:00The salty snack that led to a six-year-old's exclusion from school. What does the law say?(R) 20:30Hairbrushes, fake snow and baby beakers: How to turn an idea into a successful business.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Lumen Christi College in Northern Ireland 20:50Will Self reflects on the power of our relationship with fictional characters.
| 20:00Will Self explores the appeal of the shopping mall.
| 20:00Radio 4's coverage of the Dresden bombings and shocking audio from Copenhagen.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a confectioner, an engineer, a composer, an actor, a pianist(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Helen Keen explores selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Peter Pomerantsev, Anne Robbins and Joseph Nye.(R)
| 21:00Can running too much be bad for you? Plus a psychological approach to weight loss. 21:30Jonathan Freedland examines immigration legislation in the light of the 1905 Aliens Act.(R)
| 21:00Iceland is warming faster than most countries. Tom Heap finds out why.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets actor Mark Strong and former England rugby player Maggie Alphonsi.(R)
| 21:00The need for new treatments for Alzheimer's, a twin space experiment and false memories.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.(R)
| 21:00The country may be at war, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth.
| 21:008/10Pierre recounts visits the Battle of Borodino. Stars Roger Allam.(R)
| 21:00Personal finance news with Paul Lewis, including the risks and rewards of crowdfunding.(R) 21:26Mary Nightingale presents an appeal on behalf of Rainbow Trust Children's Charity.(R) 21:30Social mobility is good for those on the up, but what about those who go down?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Cairo urges EU nations to join fight against IS in Libya -- or face new terror threat 22:451/10Penny Downie reads acclaimed Australian author Elizabeth Harrower's 1971 novel.
| 22:00Rebels surround hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in strategic town of Debaltseve 22:452/10Penny Downie reads Australian author Elizabeth Harrower's novel set in postwar Sydney.
| 22:00Athens preparing to ask for 6 month extension of bailout loan 22:453/10Penny Downie reads Elizabeth Harrower's 1971 novel, published for the first time now.
| 22:00German, Greek leaders speak for nearly an hour on phone in attempt to reach compromise 22:454/10Penny Downie reads Elizabeth Harrower's 1971 novel, published for the first time now.
| 22:00Ten people killed -- Somali jihadist group, Al Shabaab, claims responsibility 22:455/10Penny Downie reads Elizabeth Harrower's 1971 novel, published for the first time in 2015.
| 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. 22:45Caroline Daniel of the Financial Times analyses how the papers are covering big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/3Luke no longer believes that so many deaths in one small village are a coincidence.(R) 23:301/6Josie Long dives down a rabbit hole in this sequence of short documentaries.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests ask, 'What's the point of plants?'.(R) 23:302/6Josie Long hears stories of making contact.(R)
| 23:003/4Aisling and Yasmine comicly rework the tale of famous young lovers Diarmuid and Grainne. 23:151/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the age-old issue of love, through the medium of poetry. 23:303/6Josie Long peers behind the curtain to reveal stories from behind the scenes.(R)
| 23:003/6Brian relives his adventures in a land where the military are revered above everything.(R) 23:304/6Josie Long presents tales from after the lights go out.(R)
| 23:00John Sergeant, Helen Lewis and Harriett Gilbert champion favourite books.(R) 23:276/6Josie Long hears stories of dopplegangers.(R) 23:55Sometimes marriage works second time round, sometimes it doesn't...
| 23:00Russell Davies asks the questions in the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough with a bubble and squeak of listeners' poetry requests.(R)
| 23:008/13Guy Raz investigates how people are able to go to the brink of human endurance. 23:50Will Self reflects on the power of our relationship with fictional characters.(R)
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