| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the commodity chains in high fashion and second-hand clothing.(R) 00:45The bells of St Olave's, Hart Street in London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Robert Macfarlane's describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Nick Walker. It is 1965, and something odd is happening to Margaret at the Savoy Hotel.(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.
| 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 with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 05:45Fishermen in England fear a new online-only logging system could spell chaos. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the Canada goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 05:45New measures are being put in place to tackle the most common cause of abortion in cattle. 05:58John Aitchison presents the skylark.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Caz Graham. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chough.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 05:45Scotland gets control over its own food safety, standards and labelling. 05:58John Aitchison presents the parrot crossbill.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury. 05:45Charlotte Smith finds out how British farmers are responding to climate change. 05:58John Aitchison presents the Slavonian grebe.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection with the Rev Dr Ian Bradley of the University of St Andrews. 05:45A listener and her brother talk to iPM about the unsolved murder of their sister in 1965.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury. 05:45The South African comedian set to take over from Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show.(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. 06:07Helen Mark discovers the Oxfordshire woodland that once belonged to author CS Lewis.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is on a smallholding that sells turkey, goose, duck and chicken eggs. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the sacrifices people have to make to become wise. 06:35A sunrise service for Easter Day from the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Caroline Wyatt presents a special edition on the mass killing of Armenians in 1915. 07:54David Baddiel presents an appeal on behalf of Eric. 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 female Church of England Bishop, Rt Rev Libby Lane, with her first Easter sermon 08:58John Aitchison presents the chough.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Gillian Beer, Katherine Rundell, Damien Kempf. 09:451/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.
| 09:00The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Christina Lamb talks to Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter Malala was shot by the Taliban. 09:452/5Robert Macfarlane's describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Sir Anthony Seldon and former rock critic Richard Goldstein. 09:453/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. 09:454/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Paul Hollywood, baker and co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off(R) 09:455/5Robert Macfarlane describes some vivid places and the words they conjure up.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein are joined by garden designer and TV presenter Diarmuid Gavin.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Self-harming and social media, and life at a food bank. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Shop assistant Hanna does a little bit of wealth redistribution.
| 10:00Poldark, autism and siblings, Clare Grogan and Charlotte Metcalf. With Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Hanna continues with her little bit of wealth redistribution.
| 10:00Katie Brayben, raising boys in the US after Ferguson, Unity Spencer, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. 10:413/5by Mike Bartlett. Hanna's mission to help out some friends is gathering pace. 10:55A father and son reflect on working in a bar and the pressures to emigrate from Ireland.
| 10:00British sexual lifestyle and ageism in teacher recruitment. With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Now things are out in the open, Hannah is feeling exhilarated.
| 10:00Food Writer Rosemary Moon on her passion for whisky and why it is perfect with food. 10:455/5Hanna is really in trouble now and she's increasingly isolated.
| 10:30Henning Wehn looks at the difficulties of speaking and understanding English.
| 10:00It is all go at the Bull.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jolyon Jenkins asks why UK children are hooked on the computer game Minecraft. 11:305/6Sandy is haunted by the song Green Grow the Rushes, Oh.(R)
| 11:00An investigation into why the MOD still uses a drug that can cause serious side effects. 11:30Izzat Majeed could have retired quietly, but he formed a Pakistani jazz ensemble instead.
| 11:00The story of a mysterious find on Morecambe beach by one man and his dog. 11:301/6When a groom-to-be mysteriously vanishes, Milton leaps in.(R)
| 11:00The story of a Tanzanian safe house where girls find refuge from female genital mutilation 11:30Jessica Lack explores public art in the UK through a city's attempt to commission new work
| 11:00The story of the worst volcanic eruption in human history and its continuing significance. 11:303/10Steve takes an eventful taxi ride to a louche Mayfair nightclub.(R)
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests explore how cells, molecules and robots achieve complexity. 11:30The struggle for control in Yemen, the deal on Iran's nuclear programme and more.
| 11:16Sue MacGregor's guests remember the epic battle to ban the MI5 memoir Spycatcher.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how to live a good life. 12:16The value of the pink pound, and land sales in the Lake District. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Philosopher Jules Evans asks Gus O'Donnell how to measure the good life. 12:16Will the Nursing and Midwifery Council's revised code of practice change NHS standards? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Justin Champion looks at the roots of our culture's belief in the moral power of hard work 12:16How the NHS can fine itself, unclear pet food labels and the growth in organic food sales. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Naomi Appleton explores the Buddha's Four Noble Truths. 12:16The cost of e-cigarettes when regulations change, plus the pitfalls of buying a title. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Neuropsychologist Paul Broks looks at the idea of leading a good life by being selfish. 12:16Consumer news with Peter White. How do we unblock the housing supply? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:307/7Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Holly Walsh, Mark Steel and Romesh Ranganathan.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:048/8Stephen Fry and David Tennant join regulars on this long-running comedy panel game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon asks if the humble egg is breaking free of a once-tarnished reputation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Dr Michael Dixon argues healthcare needs to be less reliant on patients seeing a doctor.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Dr Charles Alessi argues for patients to be given more control over their care.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Dame Carol Black argues for a new drive to promote good health and wellbeing at work.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Professor John Ashton argues for radical changes to the way older people are housed.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:455/5Former NHS chief executive Nigel Crisp sets out his vision for a health-creating society.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby hosts political debate from the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Naomi Alderman looks a the advantages of thinking algorithmically.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Shula has a donkey at the ready.(R) 14:15Tom Hollander as eccentric amateur Patrick Moore, battling to be the BBC's astronomer.
| 14:15Amanda Dalton's drama looks at three teenagers whose lives have been affected by war.
| 14:15A London family discover that digging another room under their flat isn't so simple.(R)
| 14:15A documentary fiction about Marcel Duchamp's groundbreaking work The Fountain.
| 14:00Kenton is assertive. Meanwhile, the villagers count the cost.(R) 14:15Stephen Tompkinson stars as Lester in Richard Lumsden's verse drama of secrets and lies.
| 14:00Sheila McClennon answers listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30A group of jobseekers pool their skills to steal a Ming vase and return it to its owner.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Newcastle. 14:45Emigrating for economic reasons or retirement purposes and things to do when you reach 100
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the second semi-final of the 2015 series. 15:30Sheila Dillon asks what is still driving British people's love affair with sweets.(R)
| 15:00Mike Thomson reports from Northern Iraq on the changing role of child soldiers. 15:30With Antarctic sea ice growing, Tom Heap asks what is happening to the climate.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer questions on how to make the most of your pension. 15:30Anjana Ahuja examines the use of polygraphs, or lie detectors, on sex offenders.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark discovers the Oxfordshire woodland that once belonged to author CS Lewis. 15:27Anne Reid presents an appeal on behalf of Independent Age.(R) 15:30Author Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Dust.(R)
| 15:00Ebola doctor Nathalie McDermott tells the story of Good Friday from Eyam plague village. 15:30How apartheid destroyed one of the last multiracial communities in 1950s South Africa. 15:451/3Will a shy chanteuse have more success on a date if she acts more like Carmen?
| 15:30The story of the first lady of bass, who worked with Phil Spector and the Beach Boys.
| 15:003/3Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's life-changing novel about India's underclass.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Zareer Masani asks if censorship and religious fanaticism are threatening India's freedom. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious role of the scapegoat.
| 16:00Jane Little explores why thousands suffer reactions to common man-made chemicals. 16:30Harriett Gilbert talks about favourite books with Ian Rankin and Joe Boyd.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the way in which states use public rituals to create new citizens. 16:30The reporter at the heart of the 'spider memos' case, plus Dermot is to leave The X Factor
| 16:00Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock return in a new edition of the film and science special
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a Beatles wife, a barrister, a musician and the man behind the Booker. 16:30How Radio 1 is engaging young voters, and a Radio 4 sound man's close shave with a lion. 16:56A centenarian considers her future plans with her daughter.
| 16:00Katie Brayben as Carole King, and Clare Grogan on her children's books. With Jenni Murray.
| 16:00Adam Foulds discusses his novel The Quickening Maze with James Naughtie and readers. 16:30Poet John Cooper Clarke looks at Vorticism, a radical but short-lived British art movement
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| 17:00 | 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news, presented by Andrew Peach. 17:30A listener and her brother talk to iPM about the unsolved murder of their sister in 1965.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Film-maker Rex Bloomstein looks at how sex offenders are rehabilitated in HMP Whatton.(R) 17:40The South African comedian set to take over from Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show.(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. 18:308/8Stephen Fry and David Tennant join regulars on this long-running comedy panel game.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Pam Ayres looks at beauty and that newly coined term 'wellness'.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th-century bet - can he navigate central London blindfolded?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Ed finds himself the oldest intern in town and sharing an office with Ping.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/7Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Holly Walsh, Mark Steel and Romesh Ranganathan.
| 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. 18:15John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:16John Wilson talks to Tracey Emin as her infamous artwork My Bed returns to public display. 19:451/5Shop assistant Hanna does a little bit of wealth redistribution.(R)
| 19:16New Zealand film The Dark Horse and novelist Sara Taylor. With Kirsty Lang. 19:452/5Hanna continues with her little bit of wealth redistribution.(R)
| 19:16Nick Cave, Sweeney Todd review, Peter Ackroyd on Hitchcock, an Eric Ravilious exhibition. 19:453/5by Mike Bartlett. Hanna's mission to help out some friends is gathering pace.(R)
| 19:00Kenton is assertive. Meanwhile, the villagers count the cost. 19:16Roger McGough on the National Poetry Competition, plus a review of Code of a Killer. 19:454/5Now things are out in the open, Hannah is feeling exhilarated.(R)
| 19:00It's all go at the Bull, and Heather comes to Brookfield. 19:16Clive James talks to Kirsty Lang about his new poetry collection, Sentenced to Life. 19:455/5Hanna is really in trouble now and she's increasingly isolated.(R)
| 19:00The South African comedian set to take over from Jon Stewart as host of The Daily Show. 19:15The RSC production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, plus While We're Young.
| 19:00Easter dawns on Lakey Hill. 19:165/6Some moth-based lunacy and a heartwarming tale of the days before health and safety.(R) 19:451/3By Peng Shepherd. A man visits a 'villain-hitter' witch in to cast a spell on his wife.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Inside the booming and lucrative business of multinational companies suing governments. 20:30Gaza's only grand piano is lovingly restored as music offers hope to troubled children.(R)
| 20:00Film-maker Rex Bloomstein looks at how sex offenders are rehabilitated in HMP Whatton. 20:40Jessica Luke talks about the charity Blind in Business and Tom Walker meets Darren Murinas
| 20:00Andrew Rawnsley and top journalists debate what newspaper editorials should say tomorrow. 20:45Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner reflects on the Passion story.
| 20:00As Amanda Knox is cleared of Meredith Kercher's murder, the case against her is assessed. 20:30Peter Day explores the growing freelance and micro-business economy.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby hosts political debate from the Radio Theatre at BBC Broadcasting House. 20:50Howard Jacobson thinks skimpy suits show men are suffering from a self-image crisis.
| 20:00Grace Dent presents a field guide to failure.
| 20:00How Radio 1 is engaging young voters, and a Radio 4 sound man's close shave with a lion.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a Beatles wife, a barrister, a musician and the man behind the Booker.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2The world needs new antibiotics, but drug companies do not want to make them. What to do?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Gillian Beer, Katherine Rundell, Damien Kempf.(R)
| 21:00Anjana Ahuja examines the use of polygraphs, or lie detectors, on sex offenders. 21:30The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00With Antarctic sea ice growing, Tom Heap asks what is happening to the climate.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Sir Anthony Seldon and former rock critic Richard Goldstein.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock return in a new edition of the film and science special(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush of the 1850s.(R)
| 21:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how to live a good life.
| 21:002/3Four strangers form a bond that takes them through one of India's most turbulent periods.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance.(R) 21:26David Baddiel presents an appeal on behalf of Eric.(R) 21:30Peter Day explores the growing freelance and micro-business economy.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Cameron says voters have a "stark choice" between him and Miliband in Downing Street 22:451/10Molly McGrann's novel about the discovery of a dead man's double life and its dark secrets
| 22:00Buhari wins in Nigeria. We profile the new President. 22:452/10The twists and turns that led Rita to 1960s Soho - and on to Arthur Gillies's brothel.
| 22:00Miliband dismisses a warning by leaders of some of Britain's best-known companies 22:453/10Arthur Gillies invites Rita and Annetta to work for him in his brothel at Primrose Hill.
| 22:00Only chance during campaign for Miliband and Cameron to confront each other face-to-face 22:454/10Arthur's illegitimate son Joseph is shaken by a letter from his late father's solicitor.
| 22:00We ask if the agreement struck by Tehran and Washington will hold 22:455/10Rita meets a punter in a Soho hotel room, unaware that Annetta has gone missing again.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15The romance between the widowed US First Lady and the Greek shipping tycoon in the 1960s. 22:30Jolyon Jenkins asks why UK children are hooked on the computer game Minecraft.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Hugh Muir of the Guardian analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The care given to a new mum by two bossy maternity nurses is somewhat unconventional. 23:30Sanjeev Bhaskar presents his favourite pieces of writing to the Radio Theatre audience.(R)
| 23:00She lost six-and-a-half stone, now comedian Julia Sutherland has another shot at life. 23:30Writer and gardener Carol Klein shares her favourite pieces of writing.(R)
| 23:001/6Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together a rapid-fire sketch show.(R) 23:151/6Nigel inherits a life-changing sum of money and considers jacking it all in.(R) 23:30Writer Jonathan Coe chooses his favourite pieces of poetry, prose and comedy.(R)
| 23:003/6The improvised chat show hosted by Justin Edwards. 23:30Chef Raymond Blanc chooses his favourite pieces of writing, with reader Sinead Cusack.(R)
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert talks about favourite books with Ian Rankin and Joe Boyd.(R) 23:27Sir Terry Wogan chooses his favourite words and music with readings by Sir David Jason.(R) 23:55A couple mull over the pros and cons of leaving their Devon home for a new life in Spain
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the second semi-final of the 2015 series.(R) 23:30Lemn Sissay explores the increasing amount of poetry in Britain's outdoors.(R)
| 23:00Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock return in a new edition of the film and science special(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the sacrifices people have to make to become wise.(R)
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