| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By Kit de Waal. A short story about emigration, backstory and new beginnings. 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 short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Why there is a pork glut in the EU, and why it is cheaper on the continent than UK pork. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the curlew.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45New research is published that could inform the debate over halal meat. 05:58Kate Humble presents the bittern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45One farmer shares their experience accessing the new online system for farm subsidies. 05:58Kate Humble presents the grasshopper warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Budget reactions as farmers welcome the change in averaging farm income over five years. 05:58Kate Humble presents the great grey shrike.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Climbdown for the Rural Payments Agency amid problems with the new online system. 05:58Kate Humble presents the common whitethroat.(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 Steve Clifford. 05:45'I like the pandas, but I prefer the squirrels.' iPM speaks to an Edinburgh Zoo worker.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wambrook, Somerset. 05:45Theatre critic and parliamentary sketch writer Quentin Letts reflects on the Passion story(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. 06:07Clare Balding joins a group of Nordic walkers in Bramcote Park, Nottingham.(R) 06:30Views on the British pig industry as seen by Wiltshire pig farmer Cameron Naughton. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Marie-Louise Muir reflects on the inevitable changes woven into the fabric of life. 06:35Helen Mark visits the most northerly part of the UK to find out about farming in Shetland. 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. 07:10Richard III, church repairs fund and coroner services for faith groups. 07:54Maureen Lipman presents an appeal on behalf of Penny Brohn Cancer Care. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The fifth in a Lent series exploring what it means to be made in God's image. 08:48Tom Shakespeare thinks that reformed select committees have revitalised Parliament.(R) 08:58Kate Humble presents the grasshopper warbler.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Jennifer Jacquet, Jon Ronson, Peter Stanford and Michael Buffong. 09:451/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.
| 09:00Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission. 09:30Zubeida Malik speaks to Sister Christine Frost about her life and work in east London. 09:452/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets cartoonist Gerald Scarfe and actor Greg Wise. 09:453/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali. 09:454/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's guest is record producer Robin Millar.(R) 09:455/5One man's attempt to survive a global catastrophe by setting up a commune in Scotland.
| 09:00TV presenter and health expert Dr Christian Jessen joins Rev Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Caitlin and Caz Moran on the new TV sitcom they have written together. With Jane Garvey. 10:456/10Delia Grinstead's new job draws her into the business of another fractured family.
| 10:00A possible backlash against natural childbirth, plus author Jill Leovy. With Jenni Murray. 10:457/10Delia Grinstead's new life and equilibrium are disturbed by an unexpected visitor to town.
| 10:00Nick Clegg on what the Liberal Democrats have to offer women voters. Jenni Murray presents 10:418/10Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger. 10:56A conversation about the uncertainties of old age from Northern Ireland.(R)
| 10:00Diana Gabaldon on the TV adaptation of her best-selling Outlander books. With Jenni Murray 10:459/10After more than a year away, Delia feels herself drawn back to the family in Baltimore.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to Nicola Sturgeon about the general election. 10:4510/10After more than a year away, Delia is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family
| 10:30On the trail of a musical mystery: the rumoured thousands of unreleased tracks by Prince.
| 10:00Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Emma Griffin examines the lives of working women during the industrial revolution. 11:303/6Sandy determines to discover the truth behind his neighbour Ken's winning ways.(R)
| 11:001/2Why are increasing numbers of antibiotics failing? Where are the new ones to replace them? 11:30Satirist Gareth Gwynn has an identity crisis as he investigates Welsh-language rock.
| 11:00Sound designer Glenn Freemantle, who worked on Gravity, commemorates the first spacewalk. 11:30A spy is on the loose! Comedy in the Cabinet War Rooms. Stars Fenella Woolgar.
| 11:00Nigerian soldiers claim successes in their battle against Boko Haram. 11:30Nick Baker explores how humans like to consume culture, away from the PR.
| 11:00Imagine an entire country staying silent for 24 hours - listen to Bali on New Year's Day. 11:301/10The daughter of an eminent physician disappears after a night out at the Alpine Club.(R)
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Head of state to enemies of the state - how the Muslim Brotherhood's fortunes have fallen.
| 11:16Kirsty Young interviews designer Pat Albeck.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Kitty's life feels like a gothic novel, complete with footprints in the snow. 12:16Insult to injury: the dentists working without insurance. With Andrea Catherwood. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Cressida hits the roof when she realises what her mother and aunt have kept from her. 12:16Is enough being done to control dogs in the UK? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Some particularly mean bullying on the factory floor reveals an extraordinary truth. 12:15Live coverage of the chancellor's Budget speech with analysis and reaction.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like Joyce Lyle scorned. 12:16Business rates, handbags as investments, credit ratings and a privately run medical school 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04An exotic and exciting cargo washes up on Long Sands in Tynemouth. 12:16Ikea hide-and-seek is banned and price comparison sites must stop exclusive deals. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Regulator acts against airlines, budget news on savings and help for first-time buyers. 12:305/7Jeremy Hardy is joined by Bob Mills, Hugo Rifking, Elis James and Samira Ahmed.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/8Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino hears how three individuals are reimagining the potential of food waste. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/4Peter Hennessy talks to Gus O'Donnell about the implications of a hung parliament.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/4Peter Hennessy and guests discuss how a government is formed if there is a hung parliament
| 13:56The latest weather forecast.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/4Peter Hennessy and guests discuss how a government is formed if there is a hung parliament
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:454/4Peter Hennessy and guests discuss how a government is formed if there is a hung parliament
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby with political debate and discussion from Aston University in Birmingham(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Winifred Robinson investigates government plans to target the education of young prisoners
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| 14:00 | 14:15Recently divorced Denise falls for an older Polish man. But is he who he says he is?
| 14:00Kenton and Jolene return.(R) 14:151/4Inspector James McLevy investigates the kidnap of a women's rights campaigner.(R)
| 14:00There is a surprise visitor in the village.(R) 14:152/4Inspector McLevy investigates a curious case of grave robbing.(R)
| 14:00It is time for the village to stand together.(R) 14:15Thriller by Anna Maloney. A detainee in Guantanamo claims he briefly escaped his captors.
| 14:00Charlie deals with a delicate situation.(R) 14:151/2A new head teacher battles with a governor over the inclusion of faiths and cultures.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Julian Worricker. 14:302/3Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Helen Baxendale.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from Oxford.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with some surprising decisions involved in being a parent, even one about wolves(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the twelfth and last of the 2015 heats. 15:30Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 BBC Food and Farming Awards.(R)
| 15:00Pirates, wolves and Manchester, the city that shaped world politics. 15:30Tom Heap meets the scientists trying to lessen the impact of volcanic eruptions.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer savings and investment queries. 15:30Mark Porter visits a laboratory to find out how gut bacteria could be influencing weight.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding joins a group of Nordic walkers in Bramcote Park, Nottingham. 15:27Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup on a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from Oxford. 15:45Niamh believes there are fairies on the hill behind her house, but all is not as it seems.
| | 15:001/3Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's life-changing novel about India's underclass.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Will Trevor Cox, a professor of acoustic engineering, be able to give up music for Lent? 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss what makes a religiously literate society.
| 16:00Sarfraz Manzoor asks if moderate Muslims exist and, if not, where did they go? 16:30Claire Skinner and Louise Welsh discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the disproportionate rates of HIV infection in young African women. 16:30How the BBC is handling the latest Jeremy Clarkson controversy. With Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00Francine Stock meets the men who brought Paddington to the big screen. 16:30Genetic map of British Isles, drones for conservation, lab photosynthesis, solar eclipse.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a diplomat, a revolutionary, a politician, a musician. 16:30Reporting from Putin's Russia and Radio 4's Listeners' Election. 16:55Jaswant and Jasmit, proof, after 34 happy years, that arranged marriage can work.(R)
| 16:00Caitlin Moran and her sister Caroline, and young women and voting in Scotland.
| 16:00Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma discusses his debut novel The Fishermen. 16:30Hannah Lowe looks at the poetry of James Berry, who came to the UK from Jamaica in 1948.
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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. 17:30Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore joins Evan Davis to discuss the business of football.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why are so many teachers off work with stress? Jane Deith investigates.(R) 17:40Becky Milligan profiles Italy's famous couture couple Dolce & Gabbana.(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. 18:306/8Nicholas Parsons hosts the popular panel game.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Pam shares her love of horses. Poetry and sketches.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Actress Olivia Colman talks to Sharon Horgan, writer and star of sitcom Pulling.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Stand-up from Alex Edelman, Winner of Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Festival
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/7Jeremy Hardy is joined by Bob Mills, Hugo Rifking, Elis James and Samira Ahmed.
| 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. 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kenton and Jolene return. 19:16Arts news, interviews and reviews. 19:456/10Delia Grinstead's new job draws her into the business of another fractured family.(R)
| 19:00There is a surprise visitor in the village. 19:16Samuel West on After Electra, Bloodline reviewed, author AD Miller and spring in verse. 19:457/10Delia Grinstead's new life and equilibrium are disturbed by an unexpected visitor to town.(R)
| 19:00It is time for the village to stand together. 19:16Kirsty Lang discusses Xavier Dolan's film Mommy. Plus artist Maggi Hambling on Cy Twombly. 19:458/10Delia's encounter with Noah's mother proves to be fraught with injury and danger.(R)
| 19:00Charlie deals with a delicate situation. 19:16John Wilson talks to Michael Winterbottom about his film The Face of an Angel. 19:459/10After more than a year away, Delia feels herself drawn back to the family in Baltimore.(R)
| 19:00Tony is back where he belongs. 19:16Peggy Seeger on creating the radio ballad, plus artist Sean Scully and Anna Meredith. 19:4510/10After more than a year away, Delia is drawn back into the remnants of her fractured family(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan profiles Italy's famous couture couple Dolce & Gabbana. 19:15Richard Diebenkorn at the Royal Academy of Arts and a debut novel The Shore by Sara Taylor
| 19:163/6A sketch about messengers, a sketch about alchemy and a sketch about the word sketch.(R) 19:452/3Why is a rich woman so keen to offload her precious antique tallboy at any price?
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Tarek Osman considers how the impact of the 2011 Arab uprisings was felt in Saudi Arabia. 20:30Is it time to rethink how older people are cared for to enable fulfilling lives?
| 20:00Why are so many teachers off work with stress? Jane Deith investigates. 20:40Laura Jolliffe on her fight to get Disability Living Allowance for her deafblind daughter.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Theatre critic and parliamentary sketch writer Quentin Letts reflects on the Passion story
| 20:00Is the Daily Telegraph allowing advertisers to influence its news agenda? 20:30Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore joins Evan Davis to discuss the business of football.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby with political debate and discussion from Aston University in Birmingham 20:50Tom Shakespeare thinks that reformed select committees have revitalised Parliament.
| 20:00Adrian Mole's creator, Sue Townsend, is remembered by friends, family and in her own words
| 20:00Reporting from Putin's Russia and Radio 4's Listeners' Election.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a diplomat, a revolutionary, a politician, a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00A century ago the last passenger pigeon died. What drove billions of birds to extinction?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Jennifer Jacquet, Jon Ronson, Peter Stanford and Michael Buffong.(R)
| 21:00Mark Porter visits a laboratory to find out how gut bacteria could be influencing weight. 21:30Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap meets the scientists trying to lessen the impact of volcanic eruptions.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets cartoonist Gerald Scarfe and actor Greg Wise.(R)
| 21:00Genetic map of British Isles, drones for conservation, lab photosynthesis, solar eclipse.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.(R)
| 21:00Some terrible truths and some exotic flotsam wash up on Long Sands.
| 21:002/2Back with his old love, will John Gabriel find happiness or desire power even more?(R)
| 21:00Regulator acts against airlines, budget news on savings and help for first-time buyers.(R) 21:26Maureen Lipman presents an appeal on behalf of Penny Brohn Cancer Care.(R) 21:30Is it time to rethink how older people are cared for to enable fulfilling lives?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Conservatives accuse Labour of trying to get into power on Sturgeon's "coat tails" 22:451/10Magda trains to be an interpreter, as a way to escape from East Germany.
| 22:00Exit polls suggest Likud party running neck and neck with centre-left Zionist Union. 22:452/10Magda's plan to escape to the west suffers a major setback.
| 22:00Osborne announces tax cuts for workers and savers as well as help for first-time buyers. 22:453/10Bob travels to Leipzig and Magda gives Marek some bad news.
| 22:00A special edition of the programme from Chatham House looks at defence in the UK. 22:454/10Bob meets Magda for the first time and is smitten with her.
| 22:002 mosques in Sanaa are hit - more than 130 people killed 22:455/10Bob's dislike of Marek grows. Meanwhile, Magda and Marek make new plans to escape.
| 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. 22:45Dan Hodges of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/6Michael Blastland looks at humans' insatiable desire for change and the new.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Fed up Louly decides to make a fresh start, with a new job and name. 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Hannah shares her affection for and knowledge of David, despite the imperfections. 23:155/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the concept of sleep, through the medium of poetry. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/6Justin Edwards hosts the improvised chat show with guests Susan Calman and Marek Larwood. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Claire Skinner and Louise Welsh discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Michelle discusses her gender identity with her best friend, Cilla.(R)
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the twelfth and last of the 2015 heats.(R) 23:30Roger McGough explores a wide range of poetry about religion.(R)
| 23:0013/13Guy Raz investigates why it is sometimes necessary to make mistakes and face them head-on. 23:50Tom Shakespeare thinks that reformed select committees have revitalised Parliament.(R)
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