| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor asks what can be learnt about nationalism from cultural institutions.(R) 00:45Bells from St Martin's Church Desford in Leicester.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Luc Sante's journey through the dark side of the Paris that was.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Luc Sante's study of old Paris focuses on the Zone, the wasteland beyond the city wall.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Luc Sante describes the Paris bohemian, who lived in style - and poverty.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Georges-Eugene Haussmann's refashioning of Paris leaves few buildings standing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Frehel, Damia, Piaf - only one name is needed for the chanteuses of Paris.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5By Linda Ruhemann. Shopping for souvenirs in a small holiday town, a man's past is evoked.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 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 writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson 05:45When a negative TB test result opens up some very difficult decisions for a dairy farmer. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson 05:45The farming minister explains why he is backing the campaign for the UK to leave the EU. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the carrion crow.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson 05:45Farming Today is at the National Farmers Union's annual conference. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the pied wagtail.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45The fight against the slugs munching their way through millions of pounds of farm crops. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mute swan.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Reflection and prayer with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45A hands-on course is giving farmers realistic mock-ups of accidents they might encounter. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the tawny owl.(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 Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the Church of St Eustachius, Tavistock in Devon. 05:45Maxwell Hutchinson on Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem and his confrontation at the temple.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and 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 up Loughrigg Fellm near Grasmere, with the writer Simon Ingram.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith considers the future of farming, visiting Lower Drayton Farm in Staffs. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rikke Houd takes a walk in the forest - a place to get lost and a place to find oneself. 06:35John Terry is a first generation farmer hoping to inspire others. Ruth Sanderson meets him 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, with Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Christian perspectives on the Europe debate, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Jeff Prestridge presents an appeal on behalf of Brathay Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10How can people become more attentive to God's presence around them? 08:48Adam Gopnik thinks future generations will judge us as harshly as we judge our ancestors.(R) 08:58Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Alec Ross, Steve Furber, Paul Mason and Hsiao-Hung Pai. 09:451/5Luc Sante's journey through the dark side of the Paris that was.
| 09:00Dr Nick Lane of UCL talks about studying the origin of life on earth with Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Mark Lawson talks to author and critic Adam Mars-Jones about writing a memoir. 09:452/5Luc Sante's study of old Paris focuses on the Zone, the wasteland beyond the city wall.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets presenter and writer Janet Ellis, and journalist Nina Myskow. 09:453/5Luc Sante describes the Paris bohemian, who lived in style - and poverty.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible 09:454/5Georges-Eugene Haussmann's refashioning of Paris leaves few buildings standing.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews architect Dame Zaha Hadid.(R) 09:455/5Frehel, Damia, Piaf - only one name is needed for the chanteuses of Paris.
| 09:00Author Marian Keyes joins the Rev Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey is joined by food writer Bee Wilson to take questions on fussy eating. 10:451/5Isadora Wing has been married to psychoanalyst Bennett for five years. But she is restless
| 10:00Wendy Cope, one of Britain's bestselling contemporary poets, talks to Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Isadora Wing has overcome her fear of flying to travel to Vienna with husband Bennett.
| 10:00A look at what's life is like for dancers at today's Moulin Rouge. 10:413/5Isadora is torn between her husband and her lover, but is this true sexual liberation? 10:55A ten-year-old and her younger brother reflect on death and stepmothers.
| 10:00Author Jill Murphy; sleeping rough; the Hemsley sisters; wetting the bed. 10:454/5Isadora Wing must choose between her husband and her lover.
| 10:00Lindsay Duncan, the Savile review and Aoife Duffin at the Young Vic. 10:455/5Has running away with Adrian been a mistake?
| 10:303/3The little film that got lucky - how Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire' won 8 Oscars.
| 10:00Is Brookfield all set for change? Rob is always there for Helen.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Black film-maker Michael Jenkins is making a film about a controversial Cornish festival. 11:301/4Agent Bertie Whiff-Whaff is making Dot and the gals from personnel squiffy.
| 11:001/2Graham Easton asks if directed campaigns have ever made an impact on cancer survival. 11:30The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.
| 11:002/2David Reynolds explores how France marked the enormous sacrifice of the battle of Verdun. 11:303/4The agency must grapple with the lowest form of advertising of all - the radio.(R)
| 11:00Turkey points the finger at the Kurds - in Syria. 11:30Natalie Haynes finds out why adultery remains such a regular subject in popular culture.
| 11:00Julia Hobsbawm investigates the idea that we are all connected by only six links. 11:302/6Sue Perkins sets moral posers for Tony Law, Isy Suttie, Gemma Cairney and Tim Harford.(R)
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Downgrading your caste to get privileges in India.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to actor Hugh Bonneville.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Christina Lamb talks to Lady Khadija, daughter of Idi Amin, about family legacy.(R) 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Broadcaster Nihal owns a staffordshire bull terrier, but why is he stereotyped by his dog?(R) 12:15Listeners share their experiences of maternity services in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Carolyn Quinn speaks to Stephanie Slater, who survived a violent kidnapping in 1992.(R) 12:15The Marine Conservation Society says we should stop buying wild seabass, as stocks are low 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Carolyn Quinn speaks to Gillian Duffy, called a 'bigoted woman' in 2010 by Gordon Brown.(R) 12:15The families paying unfair care home fees, because local councils are flouting new rules. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Carolyn Quinn speaks to Claire Derry, whose son went missing in the Australian outback.(R) 12:15What will be the effects of 86 courts closing in the next two years?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Lesley Curwen presents discussion on pension reform and the true cost of paying by cash. 12:308/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6Panellists Paul Merton, Rufus Hound, Graham Norton and Pam Ayres join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino explores the fierce debate over how 1.2bn people will be fed in the future. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani returns with Incarnations, profiling pioneering photographer Deen Dayal.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45How Jamsetji Tata transformed Indian industry and set out to beat the Raj
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani explores the life of Vivekananda, India’s first global guru.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45The journey of Annie Besant, from English social reformer to leader of the Congress Party.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Sunil Khilnani on Indian freedom fighter Chidambaram Pillai.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Simon Schama offers some context for the destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Is Brookfield all set for change? Jolene is making an effort for Lent.(R) 14:15Birmingham, 1975. Susan tries to forge a new life in a commune. By Lucy Catherine.
| 14:00Don't be walking on eggshells around Bert, boys.(R) 14:151995. Emma now works for New Labour. But how new are attitudes to women? By Lucy Catherine
| 14:00It is never too late for a fresh start.(R) 14:152015. Student Katy vows to change the conversation about sexual consent. By Ella Hickson
| 14:15By Charlene James. Award-winning drama about two Somali teenagers who live with a secret.(R)
| 14:00As the Bridge Farm Archers remember John.(R) 14:15A man in a fugue state holds the key to some strange events.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Regency comedy drama by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Royal Academy of Arts, London(R) 14:45Surviving the death of parents through accident or suicide, and the suicide of sons.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the rigorous general knowledge quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon can't stand sake... but she is about to have a revelation.(R)
| 15:00The rise and fall of Syria's largest city, Aleppo, and how the Wild West was tamed. 15:30How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out.
| 15:00Should the state be making better provision for the self-employed? 15:30Patient power and the parental clamour for more children to get the meningitis B vaccine.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks up Loughrigg Fellm near Grasmere, with the writer Simon Ingram. 15:27Noma Dumezweni makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Theatre for a Change.(R) 15:30Meg Rosoff talks about her debut novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Royal Academy of Arts, London 15:452/3Chekhov and Olga Knipper holiday in Yalta, unaware that a reporter is stalking them.
| 15:30The colourful career of British composer and transgender pioneer Angela Morley.(R)
| 15:002/2Ruth will stop at nothing to get her revenge.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/2Alvin Hall explores how gospel music has been affected by commercialisation.(R) 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and special guest Dara O Briain discuss climate change.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication. 16:30Natalie Haynes and David Greig join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up. 16:30Including discussion on the lack of women nominees for the Press Awards.
| 16:00With Antonia Quirke. Including discussion on the Oscars and a video shop in Greenland. 16:30What does a Brexit mean for UK science?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a foster mother, a cinematographer, an author and a parliamentarian. 16:30EU referendum impartiality, diversity in BBC Radio and how to liven up dull sport. 16:55Living with the aftermath of suicide.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Graham Swift about his new book, Mothering Sunday. 16:30Roger McGough presents the late Ken Smith's reading of his long poem, Fox Running.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A look back on how the business world has changed in the past decade. Evan Davis presents.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Has a drive to increase the diagnosis of dementia and find a cure been effective?(R) 17:40Mark Lawson imagines how a football manager might deal with pressure.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00David Cameron appeals to MPs to back keeping Britain in the EU. Syria ceasefire agreed. 18:301/6Panellists Paul Merton, Rufus Hound, Graham Norton and Pam Ayres join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Junior doctors in England announce three more strikes. 18:303/6Ed plans to attend a funeral with his ex-wife, making his children and cat very unhappy.(R)
| 18:00Rotherham gang jailed for abusing teenage girls. 18:301/6Ed Byrne kicks off Series 11 by interviewing the creator of the Pub Landlord, Al Murray.
| 18:00Inquiry says BBC failings allowed abuse by Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall to go undetected 18:301/4Susan Calman tries to learn how to unwind, by going hillwalking with Muriel Gray.
| 18:00The Chancellor, George Osborne, has warned of further cuts in public spending. 18:308/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00G20 leaders warn of shock to global economy of "Brexit" Russia halts Syria air-strikes 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Allies of moderate president Rouhani on course to claim victory in a parliamentary poll. 18:15John McCarthy chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Don't be walking on eggshells around Bert, boys. 19:15Katie Mitchell on directing Cleansed, Secret in Their Eyes review, and AB Yehoshua's novel 19:451/5Isadora Wing has been married to psychoanalyst Bennett for five years. But she is restless(R)
| 19:00It is never too late for a fresh start. 19:15Including a review of feature-length ITV drama Churchill's Secret. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:452/5Isadora Wing has overcome her fear of flying to travel to Vienna with husband Bennett.(R)
| 19:15Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and the Globe theatre's Dominic Dromgoole. 19:453/5Isadora is torn between her husband and her lover, but is this true sexual liberation?(R)
| 19:00As the Bridge Farm Archers remember John. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to The Maids actresses Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton. 19:454/5Isadora Wing must choose between her husband and her lover.(R)
| 19:00Rob is always there for Helen. 19:15John Wilson talks to Barney Hoskyns about his book on Woodstock - the town. 19:455/5Has running away with Adrian been a mistake?(R)
| 19:00Mark Lawson imagines how a football manager might deal with pressure. 19:15Including Sacha Baron Cohen's Grimsby and Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marias.
| 19:00Bert looks back to the floods of a year ago. 19:152/6Katy Brand, Alex Horne, Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.(R) 19:45Richard Beard's story follows Martin as he seizes the opportunity to recalibrate.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Maria Margaronis examines Hungary's hardline response to migration in Europe. 20:30Sonia Sodha explores how two of the UK's most multicultural places are managing diversity.
| 20:00Has a drive to increase the diagnosis of dementia and find a cure been effective? 20:40Another Pocklington Trust home for blind people is due to shut. Why, and what's to come?
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Maxwell Hutchinson on Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem and his confrontation at the temple.
| 20:00How did Jimmy Savile get away with sexual abuse when so many people knew so much? 20:30A look back on how the business world has changed in the past decade. Evan Davis presents.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Penkhull in Stoke-on-Trent. 20:50Adam Gopnik thinks future generations will judge us as harshly as we judge our ancestors.
| 20:00Naomi Alderman presents a history of interactive fiction in which YOU are the Listener!
| 20:00EU referendum impartiality, diversity in BBC Radio and how to liven up dull sport.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a foster mother, a cinematographer, an author and a parliamentarian.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How traumatic experiences in childhood contribute to poor health and shorter lives.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Alec Ross, Steve Furber, Paul Mason and Hsiao-Hung Pai.(R)
| 21:00Patient power and the parental clamour for more children to get the meningitis B vaccine. 21:30Dr Nick Lane of UCL talks about studying the origin of life on earth with Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets presenter and writer Janet Ellis, and journalist Nina Myskow.(R)
| 21:00What does a Brexit mean for UK science?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mary Magdalene, one of the best-known figures in the Bible(R)
| 21:00Sunil Khilnani presents audio portraits of figures who have shaped Indian history.
| 21:001/2Fay Weldon’s darkly comic fairy tale about revenge, sex and power.(R)
| 21:00Lesley Curwen presents discussion on pension reform and the true cost of paying by cash.(R) 21:26Jeff Prestridge presents an appeal on behalf of Brathay Trust.(R) 21:30Sonia Sodha explores how two of the UK's most multicultural places are managing diversity.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Three senior European politicians are asked what they think about the British referendum. 22:456/10Jonathan is seriously stressed out by his forthcoming nuptials and a looming work deadline
| 22:00Can President Obama close Guantanamo? 22:457/10Jonathan's breakdown leaves him unable to form coherent sentences.
| 22:00Andrew Hosken investigation; Fifa candidate in human rights row; Rotherham abuse scandal. 22:458/10Jonathan and Julie's wedding day arrives.
| 22:00Will the influx of refugees change how people vote in the UK referendum? 22:459/10Dante and Sissy come to Jonathan's rescue once again.
| 22:00George Osborne indicates that more austerity may be on its way. 22:4510/10Jonathan looks to Greeley to help him decide what to do next.
| 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. 22:45Miranda Green analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen hears about a project to turn interviews recorded in Parliament into songs.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports on David Cameron's lively statement on the EU referendum.
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and special guest Dara O Briain discuss climate change.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/2Imagine if London's genteel literary scene had a bit more swag and a gangsta's lean. 23:156/6The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Comic monologues written and performed by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan with star guests. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Who invented leisure time? Who gets it? Who wants it? And why is 'me time' just for women? 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Losing their sons to suicide has forged a strong friendship between two women.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the rigorous general knowledge quiz. 23:30Roger McGough presents poetry old and new, happy and sad, and everything in between.(R)
| 23:00With Antonia Quirke. Including discussion on the Oscars and a video shop in Greenland.(R) 23:30Rikke Houd takes a walk in the forest - a place to get lost and a place to find oneself.(R)
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