| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Is democracy failing women? Also, how 'normality' is established in language.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Olave's Hart Street, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:306/10Hans Ulrich Obrist on the overlooked Sudanese modernist painter Ibrahim El-Salahi.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:307/10Iwona Blazwick profiles installation artist and photographer Helen Chadwick.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:308/10Curator Naomi Beckwith profiles overlooked artist and Fluxus founder-member Ben Patterson.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:309/10Hans Ulrich Obrist profiles overlooked visual artist Dorothy Iannone.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:3010/10Iwona Blazwick examines the legacy of photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Joan Smith's story inspired by this week's news.(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.
| 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 Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister. 05:45A fresh approach to livestock pain relief - and the debate over fishing with electricity. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Andy Clements is captivated by the excited chatter of pink-footed geese.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with the Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister. 05:45One sausage producer explains why it is changing its labels. 05:58Jennifer Border recalls how looking for whinchats resulted in a broken road sign.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with the Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister. 05:45A new method of stunning animals in abattoirs is being tested. 05:58Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with the Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe asks how farming is affected by the diplomatic row with Russia. 05:58Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer, with the Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister. 05:45Forty years after the Amoco Cadiz oil disaster, Caz Graham asks if it could happen again. 05:58Andy Clements is entranced by the song of the garden warbler.
| 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 Simon Doogan. 05:45One listener on missing her mother's funeral after finding out she had secretly remarried.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Mary's Dunsford, Devon. 05:45Another violent arrest - Rev Dr Tammy Williams on alternatives to gun violence.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding joins Maxwell Ayamba and the Black Men's Walking group he set up.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe visits a sheep and daffodil farm at the foot of the Black Mountains. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the meaning of Joseph Campbell's exhortation to follow your bliss. 06:35Peter France is in Essex with Graeme Underwood and Chris Tyas. From 2005. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Rwandan church closures, BBC school reporters and ancient graffiti in Winchester. 07:54Tom Daley makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for the Fifth Sunday in Lent from First Lisburn Presbyterian Church, Co Antrim. 08:48Kamila Shamsie explores the meaning of the word 'civilisation'.(R) 08:58Andy Clements is captivated by the excited chatter of pink-footed geese.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Lionel Shriver, Linda Yueh, Bev Skeggs and Sean O'Brien. 09:456/10Hans Ulrich Obrist on the overlooked Sudanese modernist painter Ibrahim El-Salahi.
| 09:00Psychologist Stephen Reicher talks to Jim al-Khalili about how we behave in crowds. 09:30Playwright David Greig finds out what it takes to be an extreme runner.(R) 09:457/10Iwona Blazwick profiles installation artist and photographer Helen Chadwick.
| 09:00Artist Humphrey Ocean meets painter Mark Alexander. 09:30Adam Buxton looks at our eating habits: low-carb, high-fat, raw-food, vegan diets. Help! 09:458/10Curator Naomi Beckwith profiles overlooked artist and Fluxus founder-member Ben Patterson.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity. 09:459/10Hans Ulrich Obrist profiles overlooked visual artist Dorothy Iannone.
| 09:00Philosopher and writer John Gray is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:4510/10Iwona Blazwick examines the legacy of photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode.
| 09:00Kim Wilde and the inheritance tracks of Henry Blofeld.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The Ruth Ellis Files, grassroots politics and the gender gap, WH Craft Prize Tour. 10:451/5Meera Syal returns as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell.
| 10:00Rooney Mara plays Mary Magdalene, Child sexual exploitation and Lily Bailey on OCD. 10:452/5Jackie Hartwell (Meera Syal) continues to investigate the death of some joyriders.
| 10:00The inner lives of doctors. What can you allow your kids to do and when? Labiplasty. 10:413/5Jackie has some news about the death of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal. 10:55Outsourcing problems instead of fixing them.
| 10:00Champion jockey, menopause, German law, Off the Rails, and Cult of the Clitoris. 10:454/5Jackie has found more evidence about the death of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal.
| 10:00Food writer Claire Thomson explains why a well-stocked larder is key to good home cooking. 10:455/5A shocking truth emerges about the murder of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal.
| 10:30How phone phreaking teenagers hacked the USA's phone system.(R)
| 10:00Joe makes a shocking admission, and Alistair's world collapses.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Rajesh Mirchandani goes on an exploration of coincidence. 11:304/4Sophie auditions for a part in the New Hull Theatre panto.
| 11:00What happened when a nail bomb exploded in the Soho pub and what has happened since? 11:30Yousra Elbagir and a new wave of Sudanese musicians explore the current cultural climate.
| 11:00Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network. 11:30Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Simone de Beauvoir.
| 11:00Former Farc rebels stand for election, but for many Colombians it's too soon to forgive. 11:30Errollyn Wallen meets artists working in places of conflict and danger around the world.
| 11:00Matthew Taylor continues his series on what charities are for, examining service delivery. 11:304/4The actor-cum-amateur sleuth battles to unmask the murderer.
| 11:00Sam Coates of the Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Is this going to be the moment when China's trajectory changed forever?
| 11:15David Byrne, musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Folkestone, Alec Poole feels a bit put upon. 12:15With buy-to-let in decline, are investors turning to house development instead? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Folkestone, Adeline furthers their interests in her own way. 12:15Have you had cosmetic surgery or procedures like botox and fillers? How safe was it? 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Sylvia Graham establishes a new friendship. 12:15The shortage of NHS dentists, Spending on 'big ticket' items, Student mental health. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Ivy Monk encounters some formidable women. 12:15Food quality, car finance deals and the costs of going to university. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Folkestone, Kitty Lumley's dearest wish comes true. 12:15Charity workers are being asked to sign non-disclosure agreements when they speak out.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The cost of being single, the end of mortgage interest support & pension transfer letters. 12:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/6Nicholas Parsons chairs, with Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino and Nathan Myhrvold discuss one of the biggest bread projects ever undertaken 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45How the Konik became the answer to a 21st-century environmentalist dream.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Clare Balding explores the history of the performing horse.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Clare Balding on the past, present and future of the military horse.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Clare Balding discovers the secrets of the thoroughbred race horse.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Clare Balding discovers how horses are helping with mental, physical and social problems.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate and discussion from Leicester.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Rural banks, a Cornish saint, sports cheats, living in border country, kitchen worktops.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Shula is left disappointed.(R) 14:15Daniel Mays stars in a bittersweet drama about a first-time offender's day in court.(R)
| 14:00Toby has a cunning plan.(R) 14:15Jane says she has found the man who attacked her five years ago, but he denies it.(R)
| 14:00Joe makes a shocking admission.(R) 14:151/4A failing school tries to turn itself around by staging Romeo and Juliet.(R)
| 14:00Alistair's world collapses.(R) 14:152/4Has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart turns out to have an unusual attitude to risk assessment.(R)
| 14:00Jim is caught in the middle.(R) 14:153/4Has-been TV star Geoff Cathcart is not quite who he seems.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:304/4Romeo and Juliet - as performed by the pupils of Deer Park Academy.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Hailey, Oxfordshire.(R) 14:45Being a parent is a rollercoaster ride of love, acceptance, and responsibility.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge tournament, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Food writer Zoe Adjonyoh wants you to think again about saying 'African food'.(R)
| 15:005/8Josie Long listens for the sounds that lurk in the darkness. 15:30The UK needs 300,000 new homes a year, Tom Heap asks if building big can also be green.
| 15:00Will April's tax and benefit changes affect your finances? 15:30Dr Mark Porter busts some of the myths surrounding recovery from a heart attack.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding joins Maxwell Ayamba and the Black Men's Walking group he set up. 15:27Emma Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Lullaby Trust.(R) 15:30Literary critic James Wood talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel Upstate.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Hailey, Oxfordshire. 15:45Joan Smith's story inspired by this week's news.
| 15:30Yousra Elbagir and a new wave of Sudanese musicians explore the current cultural climate.(R)
| 15:00Hattie Naylor's version of the Gothic novel full of dark deeds and dastardly villains.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Behind the scenes with Ulrich Gerhartz, piano technician to the world's best pianists. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if there are some things that we would be better off not knowing.
| 16:00If a driverless car has a crash, who is responsible - the owner or the manufacturer? 16:30Novelists Kit de Waal and Nina Stibbe talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language. 16:30George Osborne explains his redesign of The Evening Standard.
| 16:00Mary Magdalene, The Square, Raiders of the Lost Archaeologist. 16:30With Brexit approaching, what stance will the UK take on bee-harming pesticides?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a cosmologist, a designer, a columnist, a biologist and a comedian. 16:30Was the BBC slow to report allegations of sexual abuse in Telford? 16:55A text from her son was the last piece of a jigsaw puzzle that made sense of who he is.
| 16:00The knitted village of Woolly Bush, Rooney Mara as Mary Magdelene and Lily Bailey on OCD.
| 16:00Joseph Knox talks to Mariella Frostrup about his follow-up to his successful debut Sirens. 16:30Roger McGough presents a pot luck of poetry from Byron and Keats to Charles Tomlinson.(R)
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Luke Jones with coverage of the day's news. 17:30What does a corporate HQ tell us about a business? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Have private contracts for prison maintenance made our jails more dangerous?(R) 17:40The life story of Margarita Simonyan, head of the controversial Russian news network RT.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Theresa May says it is "highly likely" Russia was behind the poisoning of a former spy. 18:304/6Nicholas Parsons chairs, with Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Jenny Eclair and Tony Hawks.
| 18:00Donald Trump sacks Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after series of public disagreements 18:304/4Sara looks at examples of altruistic behaviour and feats of generosity.
| 18:00Theresa May sets out her response to the nerve agent attack in Salisbury 18:302/4Joe Lycett tests Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Kendall and Phil Wang on who they know, not what.
| 18:00Britain's major allies back the decision to confront Russia over the nerve agent attack. 18:302/6One head is better than two - as long as you have a spare in a jar.
| 18:00Police in London say they're treating the death of a Russian businessman as murder. 18:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Russia has expelled 23 British diplomats and closed a British consulate. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says Russia's been stockpiling the poison used in the Salisbury attack 18:15Anna Foster chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Eleanor Bron at 80, The Great Wave at the National Theatre and the comic art of Ken Dodd. 19:451/5Meera Syal returns as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell.(R)
| 19:00Joe makes a shocking admission. 19:15Paddy Considine on Journeyman, Gemma Bodinetz on the Everyman Rep, and integrated casting. 19:452/5Jackie Hartwell (Meera Syal) continues to investigate the death of some joyriders.(R)
| 19:00Alistair's world collapses. 19:15A review of film Mary Magdalene, and the rich world of Icelandic fiction. 19:453/5Jackie has some news about the death of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00Jim is caught in the middle. 19:15The verdict on the return of video game heroine Lara Croft to the big screen. 19:454/5Jackie has found more evidence about the death of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:15Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson discuss their role as judges on the TV talent show The Voice 19:455/5A shocking truth emerges about the murder of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal.(R)
| 19:00The life story of Margarita Simonyan, head of the controversial Russian news network RT. 19:15Frankenstein, Palme d'Or winner The Square, The Immortalists, Tacita Dean, Annihilation.
| 19:154/6Cookery writer Damien Trench dips his toe into the world of travel journalism.(R) 19:452/3Dale stays in his house, thinking bad things are happening in the yard.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Emma Griffin takes a historical look at the gender pay gap. 20:30Sonia Sodha considers if it is time to rethink the fundamental purpose of university.
| 20:00Have private contracts for prison maintenance made our jails more dangerous? 20:40The Partially Sighted Society's Anita Plant on their relaunch and Louise Gaw on lighting.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Another violent arrest - Rev Dr Tammy Williams on alternatives to gun violence.
| 20:00If a driverless car has a crash, who is responsible - the owner or the manufacturer?(R) 20:30What does a corporate HQ tell us about a business? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate and discussion from Leicester. 20:50Kamila Shamsie explores the meaning of the word 'civilisation'.
| 20:00Phil Tinline mines the long history of disinformation to identify techniques in use today.
| 20:00Was the BBC slow to report allegations of sexual abuse in Telford?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a cosmologist, a designer, a columnist, a biologist and a comedian.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00How a devastating air crash in Switzerland disrupted tightly-knit Somerset communities.(R) 21:30Kirsty Wark with Lionel Shriver, Linda Yueh, Bev Skeggs and Sean O'Brien.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter busts some of the myths surrounding recovery from a heart attack. 21:30The story behind the fatal poisoning in London of Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko.(R)
| 21:001/2Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his BBC Reith Lectures on black holes.(R) 21:30Artist Humphrey Ocean meets painter Mark Alexander.(R)
| 21:00With Brexit approaching, what stance will the UK take on bee-harming pesticides?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.(R)
| 21:00Set in the week in 1918 when the Times published details for women registering to vote.
| 21:00Omar Yussef helps the chief of police in Nablus to solve the murder of a young Samaritan.(R)
| 21:00The cost of being single, the end of mortgage interest support & pension transfer letters.(R) 21:26Tom Daley makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief.(R) 21:30Sonia Sodha considers if it is time to rethink the fundamental purpose of university.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Nerve agent used to poison former double agent and his daughter 'likely' to be Russian. 22:456/10The Glasgow underworld is closing in on William Watt and Peter Manuel.
| 22:00Trump says US is with the UK 'all the way' over the poisoning of a former Russian spy. 22:457/10Manuel's trial reaches a critical stage as the court hears his disputed confessions.
| 22:0023 'undeclared intelligence officers' given a week to leave the country. 22:458/10Glasgow, 1958. Peter Manuel has sacked his legal team and is conducting his own defence.
| 22:00As Moscow considers its response to UK expulsions allies issue joint statement. 22:459/10William Watt is horrified to be recalled to the witness box at Manuel's murder trial.
| 22:00Body of Nikolay Glushkov found at his London home on Monday. 22:4510/10The verdicts are due in Denise Mina's reimagining of the trial of Peter Manuel.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts topical discussion with politicians and pundits.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Nature writer and owl enthusiast Miriam Darlington joins Libby Purves. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Plans unravel when comic poet Tim Key and his friend Tom Basden pick up a hitchhiker. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd. 23:151/4Stand-up John Moloney tells a joke about a bank robber and a story about his cat Edward.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Jocelyn talks about dating, and Kingston's takeaway caters for a vegan customer.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Novelists Kit de Waal and Nina Stibbe talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Decisions we'd never have thought about back then are now our responsibility.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge tournament, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Poet Thabiso Mohare looks at the ways digital platforms are serving poets in Africa.(R)
| 23:00Mary Magdalene, The Square, Raiders of the Lost Archaeologist.(R) 23:30Mark Tully investigates the meaning of Joseph Campbell's exhortation to follow your bliss.(R)
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