| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor asks if and why some people refuse to grow up.(R) 00:45Bells from the Church of St Eustachius, Tavistock in Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Was James English or American? Letters reveal why he felt like an outsider to both.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Henry James's enthusiastic entry into English society, as revealed by entertaining letters(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Henry James on feminism, female suffrage and how his friendships with women inspired him.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Letters and memoirs recount encounters with Dickens, Tennyson and Thackeray.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Henry James reflects on his extraordinary childhood and family in old age.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Jim Perrin. A young boy's obsession with taming birds of prey leads him into danger.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45Farming Today embarks on a week of programmes about lambing, based at a Welsh sheep farm. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the great tit.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45Anna Hill presents from a sheep farm in the Brecons during lambing time. 05:58David Attenborough presents the song thrush.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45Anna Hill goes on the lambing night shift. Plus criticism of the Rural Payments Agency. 05:58David Attenborough presents the starling.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45On a sheep farm in the Brecons, Charlotte learns how the farmer is helping local wildlife. 05:58David Attenborough presents the collared dove.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Dr Sarah Rowland Jones. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks sheep farmers Richard and Helen Roderick how the future looks to them 05:58Chris Packham presents the coot.(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 Shirley Jenner. 05:45The programme speaks to a listener who was burgled.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. 05:45Dr Michael Banner visits the dining hall at Trinity College to reflect on the Last Supper.(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.
| 06:00Includes 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 with a group of Samaritans' volunteers and their families.(R) 06:30A round-up from the Welsh sheep farm where Farming Today has spent a week. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy explores the act of encountering one's own self-image. 06:35Nancy Nicholson meets goat farmer Adam Wright in the north-east of Scotland. 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. 07:10What needs to be done to support unaccompanied child migrants to the UK? 07:54Dr Jill Barber presents an appeal on behalf of All We Can. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Reflections for Mothering Sunday on Lent pilgrimage. 08:48Adam Gopnik reflects on our age-old love of honours and prizes in every walk of life.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the great tit.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Mary-Ann Sieghart with Helen Pearson, Oliver James, Marcus Munafo and Joseph Bullman. 09:451/5Was James English or American? Letters reveal why he felt like an outsider to both.
| 09:00Epidemiologist Prof George Davey-Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about health inequalities. 09:30Mark Lawson talks to blogger and vlogger Hannah Witton. 09:452/5Henry James's enthusiastic entry into English society, as revealed by entertaining letters
| 09:00Libby Purves meets shepherd James Rebanks and Helen Scott from the Three Degrees. 09:453/5Henry James on feminism, female suffrage and how his friendships with women inspired him.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company. 09:454/5Letters and memoirs recount encounters with Dickens, Tennyson and Thackeray.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to actor Hugh Bonneville.(R) 09:455/5Henry James reflects on his extraordinary childhood and family in old age.
| 09:00Featuring Rebecca Front, Allegra McEvedy and the inheritance tracks of David Troughton.
| 09:00News programme presented by Paddy O'Connell. Including guess the Radio 4 mother.
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| 10:00 | 10:00We discuss the phenomenon that is Zoella, the fashion and beauty vlogger. 10:451/10A fantastic mix of injustice, romance, passion and danger wrapped up in a love story.
| 10:00Jess Glynne sings live. Disabled teenagers Emily and Zoe on growing up with disabilities. 10:452/10Jane tries to overcome hardship through a close friendship with Helen.
| 10:00Emma Bridgewater discusses her use of pattern. 10:413/10Who is the tall dark stranger? Jane finally finds out. 10:55Is it where you're born or where you live that provides your national identity?
| 10:00Mother-and-baby bonds, menstrual leave, Adele Patrick, and stealing friends. 10:454/10Jane has saved Rochester's life, but something's not quite right?
| 10:00The legacy of iconic 1920s film star Louise Brooks. 10:455/10Everyone wakes to a ghastly cry in the night.
| 10:301/4Laura Barton visits Northumberland and the coastal city of Sunderland on Tyne and Wear.
| 10:00Ambridge looks back to the floods of a year ago.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows pop star and mum Stacey Jackson as she launches a career in business. 11:302/4A little East End snotling finds her way into the War Rooms. How will Dot dispose of her?
| 11:002/2Graham Easton asks what US Vice President Biden's cancer moonshot can achieve. 11:30Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.
| 11:00Each year disadvantaged pupils get the opportunity to enter the hallowed corridors of Eton 11:304/4The team try to overcome their greatest challenge - exiting a lift.(R)
| 11:00Migrants who have reached Greece find it is the end of the road. 11:30Lauren Laverne celebrates Kenneth Grahame's classic tale, 'The Wind in the Willows'.
| 11:00Grey-haired Professor Mary Beard investigates why fewer people are now "Glad to be Grey". 11:303/6Sue Perkins with Tom Wrigglesworth, Lucy Beaumont, Anne McElvoy and Joel Morris.(R)
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Meeting Donald Trump 2.0 - the conciliatory version.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is the nuclear engineer and scientist Dr Dame Sue Ion.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The 2,700 year old sculpture that guarded the gates of one of antiquity's fabled cities 12:15What happens when your Facebook page is cloned, and how can you avoid it happening? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04One of Palmyra's most iconic structures, and the man who gave his life to protect the city 12:15What do people in their 60s and 70s enjoy about life - and what are their regrets? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The ancient hill in western Syria that became a modern battleground 12:15An investigation into complaints about workmanship and finishing of newly built homes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The unique minaret of Aleppo's Great Mosque, which is now only a waterfall of rubble. 12:15Life after a gastric bypass, plus Natwest's online banking breach. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The fearsome 2,000 year old statue, regarded as one of the symbols of Palmyra 12:15Peter White on the checks to see if pork is British, and second-hand vinyl sales.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The investors paying huge fees for managed funds that aren't really managed. 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in news through stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice and Esther Rantzen join Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon unveils the list of the 2016 BBC Food and Farming Awards finalists. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the gifted mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the Bengali writer and thinker Rabindranath Tagore.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Sunil Khilnani explores the life and work of engineer Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of Periyar, the rationalist and social activist.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the poet and philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Thornbury, Gloucestershire(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Meteorologist Peter Gibbs returns to Antarctica where he spent two years in the 1980s.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Bert looks back to the floods of a year ago.(R) 14:151/5The first of five dark fantasy adventures featuring the immortal William Palmer.
| 14:00Blossom Hill is alive with the sound of interfering.(R) 14:152/5Paul Hilton stars as the immortal Pilgrim in the final series of dark fantasy adventures
| 14:00Rob enjoys acting as a mentor.(R) 14:153/5A dark fantasy adventure starring Paul Hilton as the troubled immortal William Palmer
| 14:154/5Things are coming to a head for immortal William Palmer in his long battle with the King
| 14:00Johnny makes a decision.(R) 14:155/5The final episode of the final series of dark fantasies featuring the immortal Pilgrim
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the EU referendum and decriminalising the sex industry. 14:30Rob Brydon is Peter Brough the ventriloquist, in the true story behind Educating Archie.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Hadlow College in Kent.(R) 14:45What is it like to leave your home country to live somewhere else?
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the time-honoured general knowledge quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino explores the fierce debate over how 1.2bn people will be fed in the future.(R)
| 15:00The latest historical and archaeological research. 15:30Can the sound of the Amazon help to save it? Peter Gibbs reports.
| 15:00How well do personal budgets work? 15:30Talc use and ovarian cancer. PBC causes fatigue and itching but is often missed.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a group of Samaritans' volunteers and their families. 15:27Jeff Prestridge presents an appeal on behalf of Brathay Trust.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Graham Swift about his new book, Mothering Sunday.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Hadlow College in Kent. 15:453/3Now very ill, Chekhov travels with Olga to a spa town in Germany.
| 15:30Joseph Harker asks why Britain's classical music scene remains so resolutely white.(R)
| 15:001/2Sylvia falls in love with whaler Charlie Kinraid, but he's captured by the Press Gang.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Deborah Coughlin examines the value of art to communities and cities. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religion of Saudi Arabia.
| 16:00Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue. 16:30Harriett Gilbert and guests Sam Leith and Deborah Bull discuss their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores what happens when everyday forms of borrowing go bad. 16:30Race and TV viewing, should Ofcom replace the BBC Trust, and the BBC impact on the market.
| 16:00The Coen brothers talk to Antonia Quirke about communism in the early 1950s. 16:30Babies from the longest-running cohort study turn 70 this month.
| 16:00Reeta Chakrabarti on a TV writer, an author, a conservationist, an actor and a musician 16:30A new look for Radio 4 comedy and ten years of The Bottom Line. 16:55The cost that economic migrants pay in terms of family life.
| 16:00Pottery designer Emma Bridgewater explains why her business is a homage to her mum.
| 16:00Michael Holroyd talks to James Naughtie about his book A Strange Eventful History. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry written by women.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30How much tax should global companies like Google and Starbucks pay in the UK?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Placing children with relatives is an alternative to adoption. But does it always work?(R) 17:40Becky Milligan on costume designer Jenny Beavan, winner at the 2016 Baftas and Oscars.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Teargas fired on the Greek-Macedonian border and at "the Jungle" camp in Calais. 18:302/6Gyles Brandreth, Tim Rice and Esther Rantzen join Paul Merton and Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Seamus Daly is released from prison after the case against him collapses 18:304/6While wandering along the canal, Ed finds the inspiration for a perfect Sunday TV drama.(R)
| 18:00Campaigners accused of not explaining 'Brexit' plans / Coronation Street creator dies 18:302/6Al Murray, the Pub Landlord creator, passes the baton to comedian and satirist Ian Hislop.
| 18:00President Hollande has warned of "consequences" if Britain votes to leave the EU 18:303/4John Finnemore takes Susan Calman on a spontaneous holiday to help her learn to unwind.
| 18:00Facebook set to pay millions more pounds in UK tax after overhauling its tax structure 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in news through stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00George Osborne drops plans to scrap or alter tax relief on pension contributions 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. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Blossom Hill is alive with the sound of interfering. 19:15AS Byatt discusses the enduring legacy of the Bronte's juvenilia. Samira Ahmed presents. 19:451/10A fantastic mix of injustice, romance, passion and danger wrapped up in a love story.(R)
| 19:00Rob enjoys acting as a mentor. 19:15Architect Peter Cook designs his first building in the UK. John Wilson presents. 19:452/10Jane tries to overcome hardship through a close friendship with Helen.(R)
| 19:15Gillian Slovo's new novel, Botticelli Reimagined, Tony Warren obituary, Dr Thorne review. 19:453/10Who is the tall dark stranger? Jane finally finds out.(R)
| 19:15A review of Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere as a homeless man. Plus Tanita Tikaram 19:454/10Jane has saved Rochester's life, but something's not quite right?(R)
| 19:15Including a review of the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!. Kirsty Lang presents. 19:455/10Everyone wakes to a ghastly cry in the night.(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan on costume designer Jenny Beavan, winner at the 2016 Baftas and Oscars. 19:15Including a look at the Coen brothers' Hail Caesar and RSC's Don Quixote in Stratford.
| 19:00On Mother's Day, Rob and Henry roll up their sleeves. 19:153/6Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes compete in the verbal game show(R) 19:45The leap - from truth-telling childish innocence to the more expedient world of stories.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Keith Moore hears how a remote community in northern Sweden copes with 1,000 new residents 20:30Why has Britain's nuclear deterrent been such a difficult issue for the Labour Party?
| 20:00Placing children with relatives is an alternative to adoption. But does it always work? 20:40Justin Tomlinson answers listeners' questions on PIPs, benefits and Access to Work.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Dr Michael Banner visits the dining hall at Trinity College to reflect on the Last Supper.
| 20:00The gangland feud that led to two horrific murders within just four days in Dublin. 20:30How much tax should global companies like Google and Starbucks pay in the UK?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Thornbury, Gloucestershire 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on our age-old love of honours and prizes in every walk of life.
| 20:00Joe Queenan offers a Brief History of Disobedience, follow up to Blame, Anger and Shame.
| 20:00A new look for Radio 4 comedy and ten years of The Bottom Line.(R) 20:30Reeta Chakrabarti on a TV writer, an author, a conservationist, an actor and a musician(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2Graham Easton asks if directed campaigns have ever made an impact on cancer survival.(R) 21:30Mary-Ann Sieghart with Helen Pearson, Oliver James, Marcus Munafo and Joseph Bullman.(R)
| 21:00Talc use and ovarian cancer. PBC causes fatigue and itching but is often missed. 21:30Epidemiologist Prof George Davey-Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about health inequalities.(R)
| 21:00Can the sound of the Amazon help to save it? Peter Gibbs reports.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets shepherd James Rebanks and Helen Scott from the Three Degrees.(R)
| 21:00Babies from the longest-running cohort study turn 70 this month.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dutch East India Company.(R)
| 21:00Sunil Khilnani presents audio portraits of figures who have shaped Indian history.
| 21:002/2Ruth will stop at nothing to get her revenge.(R)
| 21:00The investors paying huge fees for managed funds that aren't really managed.(R) 21:26Dr Jill Barber presents an appeal on behalf of All We Can.(R) 21:30Why has Britain's nuclear deterrent been such a difficult issue for the Labour Party?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00French police clash with migrants as the demolition of the Calais 'jungle' camp begins. 22:451/5Until the murders, there were seven Blackwoods on the family estate. Now there are three.
| 22:00Ros Altmann interview; James Naughtie on Super Tuesday; old Gershwin track, new problem. 22:452/5The Blackwoods hold a tea party. But conversation takes a dark turn.
| 22:00Interview with the UK's UN ambassador and Greece receives 'humanitarian aid'. 22:453/5A stranger comes to the house, bringing with him change.
| 22:00Has Europe run out of ideas concerning the EU migration crisis? 22:454/5Merricat tries to extinguish Cousin Charles, with dire consequences.
| 22:00Will drug traffickers escape execution? Will Lula be charged? And why R2D2 is so loveable. 22:455/5The fire at the Blackwoods' house draws the villagers, a vengeful mob.
| 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 looks at how the papers are covering the big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the row over access to official papers on the EU.
| 23:001/2Comedian and transvestite Andrew O'Neill gives his thoughts on gender identity.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/2Imagine if London's genteel literary scene had a bit more swag and a gangsta's lean. 23:151/4From launch to landing, we follow the crew of Apollo 11 as they cruise to the Moon.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster on differing views among Conservatives on the EU.
| 23:001/4Sketch show with more overblown, melodramatic scenes from modern life. 23:30Keith Macdougall reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Harriett Gilbert and guests Sam Leith and Deborah Bull discuss their favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Whether you migrate to marry or to escape persecution, you are still an immigrant.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the time-honoured general knowledge quiz. 23:30Roger McGough presents the late Ken Smith's reading of his long poem, Fox Running.(R)
| 23:00The Coen brothers talk to Antonia Quirke about communism in the early 1950s.(R) 23:30John McCarthy explores the act of encountering one's own self-image.(R)
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