| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the disproportionate rates of HIV infection in young African women.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wambrook, Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A journey through the Northwest Passage.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Kathleen Winter. A Viking Funeral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5By Kathleen Winter. In the Sermermuit Valley, the author is thrilled by a symphony of ice.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Kathleen Winter. On Dundas Island, the arctic animals lay claim to their habitat.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5by Kathleen Winter. An unscheduled stop as the passengers prepare for journey's end.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A mother forces a visit on her son, and a clash of attitudes ensues. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Steve Clifford. 05:45Calls for honesty from the government over the Rural Payments Agency computer problems. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the treecreeper.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Steve Clifford. 05:45Two men are sentenced in the first cases connected to the horsemeat scandal in 2013. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the peregrine.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Steve Clifford. 05:45A strong pound and zero inflation rate present challenges for British farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Steve Clifford. 05:45Defra is quizzed over its handling of the troubled new online-only subsidy claims system. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Cetti's warbler.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Steve Clifford. 05:45Shoppers express confusion about the meaning of the Red Tractor food labelling scheme. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the woodlark.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 05:45'Yemen is a stunning country.' A British man gives a personal account of life in Yemen.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Olave's, Hart Street in London. 05:45Author Sarah Perry 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 walks with a group of families in Derbyshire.(R) 06:30A panel discussion about the influence of Westminster politics on farming and rural life. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the political and religious value of confession. 06:35Second chance salad. How farming in the industrial heart of Bristol is changing lives. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Anne Reid presents an appeal on behalf of Independent Age. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Sixth service in a series for Lent, exploring what it means to be made in God's image. 08:48Tom Shakespeare says that disabled people's right to independent living is under threat.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy with Susan Pinker, Nicholas Lovell, Sam Riviere and Daniel Dennett. 09:451/5A journey through the Northwest Passage.
| 09:00Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the teenage brain 09:30Christina Lamb explores family legacy, talking to Adam Hargreaves about the Mr Men books. 09:452/5By Kathleen Winter. A Viking Funeral.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets archaeologist Deirdre O'Sullivan and pilot Mark Vanhoenacker. 09:453/5By Kathleen Winter. In the Sermermuit Valley, the author is thrilled by a symphony of ice.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family. 09:454/5By Kathleen Winter. On Dundas Island, the arctic animals lay claim to their habitat.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews designer Pat Albeck.(R) 09:455/5by Kathleen Winter. An unscheduled stop as the passengers prepare for journey's end.
| 09:00Presenters Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by actor and singer Jason Donovan.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Fashion designer Alexander McQueen through the eyes of his sister Janet. With Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of a distraught Richard Fallon MP.
| 10:00Kim Cattrall discusses dark comedy Sensitive Skin with Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Martha is astonished when Tony turns up for another patient's session.
| 10:00New families, plus differences between feminism and equalism. With Jenni Murray. 10:413/5Caroline is more determined than ever to take over her therapist Martha's job. 10:56The secrets of how to make a marriage last 65 years are revealed.
| 10:00Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek on her new thriller Bloodline. With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Philip's elderly mum has moved in so he can look after her. Or is it the other way round?
| 10:00Cinderella; Tina Brown; Mel Greig; political differences in relationships; Caroline Brown. 10:455/5Richard Fallon MP has been held hostage by an angry constituent.
| 10:30Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.
| 10:00It is a difficult week for Bert, and Rob has a confession to make.
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| 11:00 | 11:00William Crawley tells the story of Northern Ireland's so-called 'Gay Cake' row. 11:304/6Son-in-law Blake secretly fits Sandy's new wristwatch with a tiny transponder.(R)
| 11:002/2The world needs new antibiotics, but drug companies do not want to make them. What to do? 11:30Debbie Wiseman delves into the world of the song lyricist
| 11:00Isis Thompson talks to others who share their name with the radical Islamist State group. 11:30Comedian Miles Jupp climbs his family tree, and skins his knee in the process.
| 11:00Gaza's only grand piano is lovingly restored as music offers hope to troubled children. 11:30Jack Monroe examines the often obsessive relationships people have with their crockery.
| 11:00The story of an adoption which became an international scandal in the 1950s 11:302/10Paul and Steve take a walk to a lonely clifftop cottage.(R)
| 11:00Peter Oborne looks at the state of the parties in the run-up to the general election. 11:30Iran nuclear talks reach a critical phase, plus more reports from around the world.
| 11:16Kirsty Young talks to Paul Hollywood, baker and co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Joyce confronts two of her demons. 12:16The whopping bill run up by civil servants for a service that is free online. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A man's job and a woman's honour hang in the balance. 12:16As personal debt levels rise, we want to know if you are spending money you don't have. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Fraser has got the wrong idea about Marion altogether. 12:16The freelance delivery drivers being forced to work six-day weeks and bank holidays. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A day of arrivals and departures in Collingwood Park. 12:16The future of the high street, A1 National Van Hire and recycling in prison. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In the final episode of Season 3, Marshalls loses two of its best female employees. 12:16Why are some disabled people being denied blue badges? With Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Lewis presents a special programme on pension liberalisation. 12:306/7Sandi Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy are joined by Fred MacAulay, Hugo Rifkind and BJ Novak.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:047/8With Sheila Hancock, Robin Ince, Paul Merton and Graham Norton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon asks what is still driving British people's love affair with sweets. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Chris Watson’s audio postcards from around the world capturing natural sound spectacles.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the sounds of Newcastle upon Tyne on match day.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the sounds of the tidal spectacle on The Wash.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sound recordist Chris Watson introduces the extraordinary sounds of a glacier calving.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Sound recordist Chris Watson introduces a dawn chorus from Suffolk.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Doncaster.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30How Vladimir Putin's experience as KGB agent in Germany shaped his career and behaviour.
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| 14:00 | 14:152/2The school governors struggle to reconcile their religious and cultural differences.
| 14:00It is a difficult day for Bert.(R) 14:153/4Jean Brash is confronted by a former lover back from the dead.(R)
| 14:00Jim is still cleaning up.(R) 14:154/4Brian Cox and Siobhan Redmond star in the Victorian detective series.(R)
| 14:15Intense drama exploring male anger and how men become victims of victims.
| 14:00Peggy has an unwelcome visitor.(R) 14:15In 1962, comedian Frankie Howerd tries a controversial treatment for his depression: LSD.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:303/3Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Helen Baxendale.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Buckingham Palace.(R) 14:45Marriage, illegitimacy, families, food and death all feature in this round-up of the week.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The first semi-final in the current season of the quiz, with Russell Davies. 15:30Dan Saladino hears how three individuals are reimagining the potential of food waste.(R)
| 15:00Why was Robert Bruce writing letters to Edward II? Plus Europe's first Enigma machine. 15:30Tom Heap asks what the falling price of oil means for the environment.
| 15:00Ruth Alexander and guests tackle personal or small business tax questions. 15:30Listener feedback; numbers of hospital beds decline as admissions go up; frailty diagnosis(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a group of families in Derbyshire. 15:27Maureen Lipman presents an appeal on behalf of Penny Brohn Cancer Care.(R) 15:30Nigerian novelist Chigozie Obioma discusses his debut novel The Fishermen.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Buckingham Palace. 15:45Eimear McBride’s story of dark family secrets and a long-awaited act of revenge.
| | 15:002/3Four strangers form a bond that takes them through one of India's most turbulent periods.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Cathy FitzGerald tries to rescue the Wicked Queen from the mirror's spell. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the revival of Confucianism in China.
| 16:00Battle of Britain fighter pilots recall the summer of 1940. Presented by Misha Glenny. 16:30Harriett Gilbert talks about favourite books with Christopher Frayling and Abi Morgan.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing. 16:30The BBC's creative director Alan Yentob on dropping Jeremy Clarkson. With Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00Kenneth Branagh talks about Cinderella, and Noah Baumbach discusses While We're Young. 16:30Should people embrace the changes resulting from invasive alien species?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a prime minister, a BBC executive, an ichthyologist and an author. 16:30Behind the scenes at BBC Westminster and a nostalgic look back at the Sunday chart show. 16:55Cooks who cater for gatherings of all kinds on what they want served at their own funerals
| 16:00Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall on her new role as Davina in the TV series Sensitive Skin.
| 16:00Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Dust. 16:30Lemn Sissay explores the increasing amount of poetry in Britain's outdoors.
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| 17:00 | 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 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. 17:30Phone hacking, financial mis-selling and fraud: How to recover after negative headlines.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00After terrorist shootings in Europe, how vulnerable is the UK to a similar attack?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood.(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. 18:307/8With Sheila Hancock, Robin Ince, Paul Merton and Graham Norton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Pam Ayres talks about her love of allotments, beekeeping and knitting.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Writer and actress Sharon Horgan talks to theatre and TV writer Dennis Kelly.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Ed starts applying for real jobs to try to get back into ex-girlfriend Fiona's good books.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/7Sandi Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy are joined by Fred MacAulay, Hugo Rifkind and BJ Novak.
| 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. 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00It is a difficult day for Bert. 19:16The Folio Prize winner live, a review of Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella and Nick Broomfield. 19:451/5Therapist Martha braces herself for the arrival of a distraught Richard Fallon MP.(R)
| 19:00Jim is still cleaning up. 19:16Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Russell Crowe on directing The Water Diviner. 19:452/5Martha is astonished when Tony turns up for another patient's session.(R)
| 19:16Ben Stiller discusses While We're Young and Martin Rowson reviews Love Bites. 19:453/5Caroline is more determined than ever to take over her therapist Martha's job.(R)
| 19:00Peggy has an unwelcome visitor. 19:16Antony Sher on playing Willy Loman, and Patrick Gale on his novel A Place Called Winter. 19:454/5Philip's elderly mum has moved in so he can look after her. Or is it the other way round?(R)
| 19:00Rob has a confession to make. 19:16John Wilson on Hytner at the National, Spacey at the Old Vic and Noah on television. 19:455/5Richard Fallon MP has been held hostage by an angry constituent.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood. 19:15Rules for Living at the National Theatre and the Richard III reburial.
| 19:00Shula has a donkey at the ready. 19:164/6Sitcom characters feel trapped, and a good point about security numbers on credit cards.(R) 19:453/3Verner requires one last prize acquisition to complete his antique music box collection.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Adam Smith travels through California to discover why being a paradise is so much trouble. 20:30Is Britain's real political divide between the cosmopolitans and the rest?
| 20:00After terrorist shootings in Europe, how vulnerable is the UK to a similar attack? 20:40Steve Tyler explains why RNIB is rolling out changes to Standard English Braille.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Author Sarah Perry reflects on the Passion story.
| 20:00As Tony Blair prepares to quit his diplomatic role in the Middle East, Simon Cox asks why. 20:30Phone hacking, financial mis-selling and fraud: How to recover after negative headlines.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Doncaster. 20:50Tom Shakespeare says that disabled people's right to independent living is under threat.
| 20:00Paul Farley cooks a pot of Scouse as he explores the complex flavours of the Scouse accent
| 20:00Behind the scenes at BBC Westminster and a nostalgic look back at the Sunday chart show.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a prime minister, a BBC executive, an ichthyologist and an author.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2Why are increasing numbers of antibiotics failing? Where are the new ones to replace them?(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy with Susan Pinker, Nicholas Lovell, Sam Riviere and Daniel Dennett.(R)
| 21:00Listener feedback; numbers of hospital beds decline as admissions go up; frailty diagnosis 21:30Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the teenage brain(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap asks what the falling price of oil means for the environment.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets archaeologist Deirdre O'Sullivan and pilot Mark Vanhoenacker.(R)
| 21:00Should people embrace the changes resulting from invasive alien species?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the scientific achievements of the Curie family.(R)
| 21:00Amid appeals for women to join the workforce, Marshalls loses two of its best employees.
| 21:001/3Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's life-changing novel about India's underclass.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis presents a special programme on pension liberalisation.(R) 21:26Anne Reid presents an appeal on behalf of Independent Age.(R) 21:30Is Britain's real political divide between the cosmopolitans and the rest?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00PM tells BBC he will stand for full 2nd term but then "fresh leadership" would be good 22:456/10Bob uncovers more of Magda's past, but she is still keeping secrets from him.
| 22:00No survivors -- we report from the site -- and talk to an air crash investigator. 22:457/10Magda and Bob are each picked up by the Stasi, and Bob makes a decision he will regret.
| 22:00We hear what life is like in Aden 22:458/10Magda's interrogation by the Stasi continues. Back in Scotland, Bob has to move on.
| 22:00Senior executives at Lufthansa react with horror 22:459/10Magda's life changes unexpectedly. Bob confronts his alcoholism.
| 22:00United States supports Saudi action AGAINST Iranian-backed Houthi rebels 22:4510/10Bob returns to Leipzig and uncovers some shocking revelations.
| 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. 22:45George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the news.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/4Character comedy in which Julia Davis and Marc Wootton play couples in therapy. 23:30David Cameron and Ed Miliband trade words over their record on Europe.
| 23:004/4Elmore Leonard's epic tale of cops and robbers in the 1930s. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4The Aussie comic explores Pablo Picasso's angry 1907 masterpiece. 23:156/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the concept of horror, through the medium of poetry. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Justin Edwards hosts improvised chat. With Mel Giedroyc, Max and Ivan, and Nick Mohammed. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert talks about favourite books with Christopher Frayling and Abi Morgan.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A mother's lonely childhood with her single mother influenced her to have a large family.
| 23:00The first semi-final in the current season of the quiz, with Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Stephen Fry takes a look at the history of daylight saving time.(R)
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