| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Sacrifice - from Christ's crucifixion to Salafi jihadist suicide bombers.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Margaret's, Dunham Massey, Cheshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The view from the famous White Cliffs through millennia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30From Dickens to Barnes, Professor Dominic Rainsford explores the literature of the Channel(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Memories of crossing the Channel in childhood, and how the means have changed over time.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The fluid frontier. Where in the Channel does England end and France begins?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30From the Beaujolais Run to the building of the Tunnel, a journalist's tales.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30When Annie skives off school, she hides in the cathedral.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Sarah Teather, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK 05:45How could British farming help improve the health of the nation? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Nature writer Mark Cocker revels in the windblown melancholy of the meadow pipit's song.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Sarah Teather, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK 05:45Dog owners are warned to control their pets as farmers feel the impact of sheep worrying. 05:58Mark Cocker laments on the loss of the twite, once a familiar sight during his schooldays.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Sarah Teather, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK 05:45Anna Hill asks who should be responsible for making sure the food we eat is healthier. 05:58For nature writer Mark Cocker spring has not arrived until he hears his first wood warbler
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Sarah Teather, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK 05:45Anna Hill asks how farmers can balance the books as agricultural costs rise. 05:58Mark Cocker on the evocative song of a curlew floating over the Derbyshire moorlands.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Sarah Teather, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK 05:45Emma Campbell asks how cuts to rural bus services affect patients travelling to hospital. 05:58Listening to the ring ouzel's call takes Mark Cocker back to his childhood.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day. 05:45Listener Robert Ashton on why he wants to keep making mustard in Norwich.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Lincoln Cathedral. 05:45Mark Coles explores the life of the adult film actress who is taking on President Trump.(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 walks along the banks of the Severn with writer, Christopher Somerville.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe looks at the relationship between farming, food and public health. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Robin Griffith-Jones presents an Easter special recorded in the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. 06:35A Sunrise Service for Easter Day from St Martin-in-the-Fields led by the vicar Sam Wells. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Paul Boateng makes an appeal on behalf of Y Care International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A celebration of the Eucharist for Easter Day live from St Albans Cathedral. 08:58Comedian Ed Byrne tees up his choices for a week curating his favourite episodes of Tweet.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Sue Black, Kit de Waal, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jack Hartnell. 09:45The view from the famous White Cliffs through millennia.
| 09:00Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if a citizen of the world is a citizen of nowhere. 09:45From Dickens to Barnes, Professor Dominic Rainsford explores the literature of the Channel
| 09:00Actor and writer Maxine Peake meets musician and performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti. 09:30Adam Buxton looks at 'the decline of the family', and wonders if it's such a bad thing? 09:45Memories of crossing the Channel in childhood, and how the means have changed over time.
| 09:00The Long View marks a year to go with a Brexit special edition. 09:45The fluid frontier. Where in the Channel does England end and France begins?
| 09:00Anne-Marie Duff, actor, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:45From the Beaujolais Run to the building of the Tunnel, a journalist's tales.
| 09:00Arthur Smith, Nell Gifford, Brindley Sherratt and shepherds Holly and Hannah Jackson.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Emily Wilding Davison, BBC2 documentary series Hospital, and life in the forces as a woman 10:451/5Powerful drama tracing the days leading up to Jesus's death, written by Lucy Gannon.
| 10:00Woman's Hour explores the subject of coercive control and what to do about it. 10:452/5Judas struggles to weigh his love for his master against growing impatience and doubts.
| 10:00How do you start a family using a surrogate? 10:413/5A fierce young rebel desperate to overthrow Rome, Judas begins to doubt Jesus's teaching. 10:55Growing up wanting an older brother, she didn't know she had one.
| 10:00Goldfinches, Sometimes Just The Sky, Warboys ruling, 'Married Love', Shorts under skirts. 10:454/5Judas's doubts overwhelm him, and his resentments tip the balance to action.
| 10:00Stars of Ruthless Tracie Bennett and Anya Evans, Infertility taboos, Surfing equality. 10:455/5The consequences of his betrayal are more catastrophic than Judas could have imagined.
| 10:30Gyles Brandreth explores the alchemy, art and craftiness of the great persuaders.
| 10:00The Aldridges implode, and one villager makes a shocking admission.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Nina Plapp takes her cello Cuthbert to Rajasthan in search of the roots of gypsy music.(R) 11:302/4Poet and entertainer Pam Ayres presents poems, sketches and anecdotes on the theme of home
| 11:00Claudia Hammond follows the 'vet with two brains' before, during and after brain surgery. 11:30Deborah Coughlin explores the influence of performance art upon popular culture.
| 11:003/3Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network. 11:30Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Gandhi.
| 11:00Why is troubled Catalonia now opening up civil war mass graves? 11:30Exploring an unlikely exhibit of artworks from Guantanamo Bay.
| 11:00The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode. 11:301/6Sandy is feeling bereft, as his lodger has gone to live with her new man.(R)
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times on the political events of the week. 11:30Kim Jong Un's train rolls into Beijing as the North Korean leader meets President Xi.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the Battle for Basra in 2003.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Alice is not feeling enamoured with Bill. 12:15One year to Brexit, Royal Albert Hall tickets, Engine problems. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adeline Lumley is distracted by something in the newspaper. 12:15The programme asks listener about their experience of maternity care. 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04On the Leas, Marion feels far from home. 12:15Retirement debt, Help to buy, Renting out your car while you are away on holiday. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Ivy Monk is praying that everything runs smoothly at the Pleasure Gardens theatre. 12:15Flight delays, Silver sharers, Prison baristas. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At the Bevan Hospital, Howard Argent is faced with a different epidemic. 12:15Pet shops are banning the sale of rabbits over Easter because so many end up abandoned.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04As bank branches close and bank apps open, where will customers bank in the future? 12:305/6Steve 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. 12:046/6Nicholas Parsons chairs, with Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino reports from the Parabere Forum, with five life-changing food stories. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Two people with different views come together to see if they empathise with each other.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Landlords and tenants: who holds the power?(R)
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney including the court decision on black cab rapist John Worboys. 13:45Two people with different views come together to see if they empathise with each other.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Two people with different views come together to see if they empathise with each other.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ritula Shah with political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Psychotherapist Philippa Perry examines the influence of humiliation today.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian is put on the spot.(R) 14:15An astonishing act of creativity frees one woman to live the life she has always wanted.(R)
| 14:15A love story held together by paper by Oliver Emanuel.(R)
| 14:00Will takes a step backwards.(R) 14:15In the face of a German advance, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps decide whether to stay.
| 14:00The Aldridges implode.(R) 14:15The real-life story of one mother's courageous journey to find and save her son.
| 14:15Where are we in our imaginations when at our desks? Songs and true stories of office life.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30Martin Jarvis directs Toby Stephens and a stellar cast in this latest 007 adventure.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs presents a correspondence edition from Compton Acres in Dorset. 14:45The changes over time in having a baby out of wedlock.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Meet the medical students and doctors who want more training on diet and nutrition.(R)
| 15:007/8Josie Long presents short documentaries drawn from the silver screen. 15:30Tom Heap asks how dangerous plastic microfibres from clothes are and explores solutions.
| 15:00Is the squeeze on incomes over? 15:30Dr Mark Porter talks to Andrew who was blinded by a robber in an acid attack.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks along the banks of the Severn with writer, Christopher Somerville. 15:27Nick and Rachel Christian make the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Epilepsy Research UK.(R) 15:30Uzodinma Iweala on his new novel Speak No Evil.(R)
| 15:00Good Friday after Grenfell. The Rev Mike Long reflects on the importance of Lament. 15:30A journey in sound from the summit to the valley floor of Cima Verde in northern Italy.(R) 15:45When Annie skives off school, she hides in the cathedral.
| | 15:001/2Martin Jarvis directs Alfred Molina and an all-star cast in Ibsen's thriller.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/4Natalie Haynes stands up for the Greek poet Sappho.(R) 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores living in a digital world.
| 16:00Reverend Kate Bottley investigates the growth of professional funeral singers in Britain.(R) 16:30Phill Jupitus and Robin Ince talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love. Dada, anyone?
| 16:00Hook-up culture: dating at university. Also, how online dating has changed our world. 16:30Can we trust technology companies to look after our personal information?
| 16:00Steven Spielberg, Julie Delpy, Virtual Reality. 16:30How could Britain change after Brexit?(R)
| 16:00Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died. 16:30Listeners concerned about coverage of anti-Brexit marches. And Lynn Bowles says farewell. 16:55Being a single parent in 1974 carried a lot of stigma.
| 16:00Stories of coercive control and Mary Chapin Carpenter performs a song from her new album.
| 16:00Sarah Perry discusses her hit novel The Essex Serpent with James Naughtie and readers. 16:30Fiona Sampson presents a poetic exploration of all things muddy.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Rebecca Jones with coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and David Aaronovitch present a programme looking at the EU after Brexit.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Alvin Hall tells the story of an African American travel guide during the segregation era.(R) 17:40Mark Coles explores the life of the adult film actress who is taking on President Trump.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The US and EU nations have announced the expulsion of more than 100 Russian diplomats. 18:306/6Nicholas Parsons chairs, with Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton.
| 18:00A report revealed that it took nearly two hours for firefighters to be deployed. 18:302/6The group have a visitor with a story to tell.(R)
| 18:00Parole board review ordered as High Court stops sex offender Worboy's release 18:304/4Joe Lycett tests Russell Kane, Fern Britton and Ivo Graham on who they know, not what.
| 18:00Melrose Industries has won control of the UK engineering giant GKN 18:304/6Ford Prefect calls upon Arthur Dent for help. Now, there’s desperation...
| 18:00The diplomatic row over the Salisbury nerve agent attack has intensified. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Families of hostages murdered by IS group are angry at complaints from British suspects 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Israel rejects calls for an independent inquiry into deaths on the Gaza border 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Anna Chancellor on her new TV drama, Ordeal by Innocence, and singer Harshdeep Kaur. 19:451/5Powerful drama tracing the days leading up to Jesus's death, written by Lucy Gannon.(R)
| 19:00Will takes a step backwards. 19:15Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's return to the sci-fi genre, is reviewed. 19:452/5Judas struggles to weigh his love for his master against growing impatience and doubts.(R)
| 19:15Wes Anderson on his film, Isle of Dogs, set on a trash island in Japan. 19:453/5A fierce young rebel desperate to overthrow Rome, Judas begins to doubt Jesus's teaching.(R)
| 19:15American playwright, director and novelist David Mamet on his book Chicago. 19:454/5Judas's doubts overwhelm him, and his resentments tip the balance to action.(R)
| 19:00One villager makes a shocking admission. 19:15100 years after Bernstein's birth, his son, biographer and pupil discuss his life and work 19:455/5The consequences of his betrayal are more catastrophic than Judas could have imagined.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles explores the life of the adult film actress who is taking on President Trump. 19:15Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, The Inheritance, To Throw Away Unopened, Hope to Nope.
| 19:00Jill struggles to accept the truth. 19:156/6Anthony gears up for his first night. Meanwhile, a dangerous prisoner is on the loose.(R) 19:45There is widespread fall-out from the murder and arson attack at Velvey's carpets.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Yasmin Alibhai-Brown retells the story of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin. 20:30Existing arms control treaties are under threat - just as new weapons emerge.
| 20:00How could Britain change after Brexit? 20:40Pete Coffey and Cathy Yelf discuss Macular Degeneration stem cell trials.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Archbishop Justin Welby reflects on Jesus's cry of dereliction on the cross.
| 20:00Evan Davis and David Aaronovitch present a programme looking at the EU after Brexit.
| 20:00Ritula Shah with political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London. 20:50John Gray argues that the idea that empire has had its day is a delusion of our age.
| 20:00From top brass to gunners, pilots and ground crew, the voices of a much-respected service.
| 20:00Listeners concerned about coverage of anti-Brexit marches. And Lynn Bowles says farewell.(R) 20:30Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Alan Dein investigates the aftermath of the 1971 Ibrox stadium disaster.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Sue Black, Kit de Waal, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jack Hartnell.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter talks to Andrew who was blinded by a robber in an acid attack. 21:30Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if a citizen of the world is a citizen of nowhere.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap asks how dangerous plastic microfibres from clothes are and explores solutions.(R) 21:30Actor and writer Maxine Peake meets musician and performance artist Cosey Fanni Tutti.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford looks at the latest study on genetics and education. 21:30The Long View marks a year to go with a Brexit special edition.(R)
| 21:00Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
| 21:00An irreverent riff on James Boswell's Corsican journals. By David Ashton.(R)
| 21:00As bank branches close and bank apps open, where will customers bank in the future?(R) 21:26Paul Boateng makes an appeal on behalf of Y Care International.(R) 21:30Existing arms control treaties are under threat - just as new weapons emerge.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00We report on the biggest mass expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War. 22:456/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby reads Jon McGregor's multi-award-winning novel.
| 22:00Britain has been joined by 26 countries in expelling diplomats after Salisbury attack. 22:457/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby reads Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
| 22:00Black cab rapist Worboys' release is blocked as chairman of the Parole Board quits. 22:458/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby reads Jon McGregor's multi-award-winning novel.
| 22:00Russia announces its response to expulsions of diplomats by more than 25 countries. 22:459/10The story of a disappearance. Jon McGregor's acclaimed novel, read by Lee Ingleby.
| 22:00UN security council calls for an emergency meeting to discuss Gaza-Israel border violence. 22:4510/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby concludes Jon McGregor's acclaimed novel.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Live political discussion with Carolyn Quinn and guests.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Writer Tracy Chevalier joins Libby Purves for live, late-night conversation. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Bobby's 63-year-old mum turns up unannounced, seeking the Sex and the City lifestyle. 23:30A whistle-blower has claimed the Brexit referendum outcome was influenced by 'cheating'.
| 23:002/4Break-out comedy star Sophie Willan looks at how 'normal' it is to have a job. 23:153/4John tells a story about darts and remembers a few of his old one-liners.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with reaction to the release of the serial sex offender John Worboys.
| 23:004/4Jocelyn talks about family, and a spiritual medium goes over to the other side.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00You iron your knickers? Seriously? It must be spring. Lauren and guests discuss cleaning. 23:55If you have a weak relationship, then having a baby can totally explode all that.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Poet Mab Jones explores the concept of hiraeth in the poetry of Wales.(R)
| 23:001/10Radiolab takes a long hard look at the body's system for getting out of trouble.
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