| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Why does live music now make more money than recorded? Also, Mafias on the move. 00:45The bells of St Michael's Cornhill, London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The writer, director and maverick's life, from Gants Hills to repertory theatre. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Campbell's disastrous experience at the Royal Court Theatre shapes his career. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The nine-hour drama 'Illuminatus!' becomes Ken Campbell's first epic production. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5During production of 'The Warp', Campbell made arduous demands. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Michael Coveney. In Cambell's later years, his work focuses on improvisation. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A personal reflection on elements of conflict found in the story of Jesus' ministry. 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. 05:43With the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Irish farmers try to make pre-nuptual agreements legal in order to keep farms intact. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Presented by Anna Hill. Sales of organic food are the lowest they've been since 2005.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45A dyed-in-the-wool approach to combating sheep rustling on Dartmoor. With Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Claims that insecticides aren't to blame for a decline in the number of honeybees.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45The price of farm land is at a record high.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45We all hoard. But what happens when hoarding becomes a health hazard?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of All Saints, East Pennard, Somerset. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating the Social Mobility Strategy, plus an interview with Saif al Islam Gaddafi.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating Portugal's economic crisis, rising rates of depression and striking teachers.
| 06:00Discussing drinking and cancer risk, training Libyan fighters, and NI's shifting politics.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Richard Uridge finds out that there's more to Sherwood Forest than Robin Hood. 06:30Charlotte Smith discusses how farmers are reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully attends Holi and asks what the religious significance of colour is. 06:35Caz Graham meets John Geldard, who claims a boom in local food has saved his livelihood. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Can News International draw a line under the phone-hacking scandal?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Richard Briers presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Action on Elder Abuse. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Part of our series for Lent live from New Life Christian Centre, Derby. 08:50Hummingbirds are brilliantly coloured with aeronautical skills that defy the imagination.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Archbishop Vincent Nichols, David Eagleman, Lisa Appignanesi and Michael Collins. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:001/4An illuminating discussion between two people who have Asperger's Syndrome. 09:305/5Europe's most unusual minority TV stations with Nigel Cassidy. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Tom Renouf. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop Stephen Oliver.
| 09:00Actor Martin Sheen joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
| 09:00Richard Coles with writer Joanna Trollope; Inheritance Tracks of poet Benjamin Zephaniah.
| 09:00News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. How to cook the perfect simnel cake, with Mary Berry. 10:451/5Bruce and Edith live in a very new, very small, very white flat in Knightsbridge
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Including what's going on in the middle-aged brain. 10:452/5Aylmer Ross makes an impression on both Bruce and Edith Ottley.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Featuring singer Mary Byrne from The X-Factor. 10:453/5Aylmer and Edith have fallen madly in love...
| 10:00Jane Garvey presents. The working women in Germany who are tagged as Raven Mothers. 10:454/5Edith misses Aylmer terribly and asks him to return - but will he?
| 10:00Sofie Grabol; elections in Saudi Arabia; women and cycling; testosterone deficiency in men 10:455/5To Alymer's dismay, Edith has forgiven Bruce.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores The Philippines, walking in Ireland and the power of a pilgrimage. 10:30Paul Gambaccini tells the story of Keith Jarrett's 1975 live album The Cologne Concert.
| 10:00Kathy tries to make amends and Emma has a lot on her mind.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Yasmeen Khan investigates the UK's close-protection and bodyguard industry. 11:301/6Ramesh and his son Alok compete to design a sweetie.
| 11:00A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats. 11:301/3James Naughtie follows the Royal Shakespeare Company for a new production of Macbeth.
| 11:00Gavin Esler on the legacy of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, architect of the Holocaust. 11:301/6Zimbabwean care worker Beauty Oolonga returns to tend to the elderly of Britain.
| 11:00Ecuador's radical plan to keep oil reserves in the ground, and save the rainforest. 11:30Adam Thorpe wrestles with translating one of the world's greatest novels, Madame Bovary.
| 11:00Alan Dein follows the fortunes of Iraq veteran turned wedding photographer Stefan Edwards. 11:306/6It is not Hope's birthday, so why is everyone bringing her presents?
| 11:00Peter Oborne of The Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Despatches from Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, the United States, Australia and Romania.
| 11:15Film director Terry Gilliam joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Julian Worricker. Proposals to stop bullying by some debt collectors. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Presented by Julian Worricker. What is the role of the royal family in modern Britain? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Patients as consumers, the NHS as a business. Is this the right way forward for the NHS? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson investigates how copper is being used in the fight against superbugs. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Cancelled ski trips; all-inclusive holidays; travel insurance and Yorkshire Cricket. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news on personal finance. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis inspect AV and the NHS, Alun Cochrane ponders Oliver Letwin. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:041/6David Mitchell chairs. With Alan Davies, Jack Dee, Marcus Brigstocke and Lucy Porter. 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the role of food businesses in combating the Sicilian mafia. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:301/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the 25th series of the general knowledge music quiz. From 2011.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30The story of the great Victorian organ builder 'Father' Henry Willis.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Phone hacking; Katie Price's response to C4; Sir Michael Lyons on 'ship of fools'.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Tom Heap asks whether the UK is ready for a solar goldrush.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Tim Harford and the team look at more numbers in the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Nova Hreod School in Swindon.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30Food writer Stefan Gates investigates what was on the menu at The Last Supper.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kathy tries to make amends. 14:15How many ways are there to say goodbye? An adventurous new play about parting.
| 14:00News travels fast in Ambridge. 14:15By Alexis Zegerman. Love and the language barrier, an Anglo-French romance.
| 14:00Jim struggles to keep order. 14:15Murder mystery set in India in 1709.
| 14:00Emma has a lot on her mind. 14:151/4By Nick Warburton. Trevor Peacock stars as idiosyncratic chef Warwick Hedges.(R)
| 14:00Will is unhappy with the new state of affairs. 14:15By Matthew Hurt. In South Africa, Pete is mugged for his phone - a local woman intervenes.
| 14:00Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:302/5An attempt to relaunch Mo Motormouth's ailing career brings some unwelcome attention.(R)
| 14:00Round at Bunny's: The GQT panel answer listener questions sent in by post and email. 14:452/4Joe Queenan investigates recession busting business ideas.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Shaun Ley examines the history of referendums in the UK. 15:4531/90The start of the Civil War: a fight for Southern independence and the end of slavery.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor with your stories that are changing the way we see the past. 15:301/3By Joan Smith. Stella is horrified when her practical mother invests in an outlandish hat. 15:4532/90The leading men on either side of the battle lines: Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant.(R)
| 15:00Put your welfare benefit questions to Paul Lewis and a panel of experts. 15:302/3By Hannah McGill. A lady writes to her bank manager after an unexpected spending spree. 15:4533/90Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the transformed landscape of the Durham Heritage Coast. 15:27Joan Bakewell presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Children's Trust. 15:303/3By Reginald Hill. A chief constable looks back on her career at her retirement dinner. 15:4534/90The Battle of Gettysburg.(R)
| 15:00Round at Bunny's: The GQT panel answer listener questions sent in by post and email. 15:4535/90The burning of Atlanta.(R)
| 15:30The story of the great Victorian organ builder 'Father' Henry Willis.
| 15:002/3Aubrey leads a squadron of ships to take Mauritius and Réunion from the French.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon explores a food story behind the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. 16:302/5Creating the next silicon valley, and meeting part of the granny cloud, with Simon Cox.
| 16:00Michael Rosen explores the complex and difficult relationship between language and sport. 16:30Sir Clive Sinclair discusses fellow inventor Thomas Edison with Matthew Parris.
| 16:00Street Politics and 'performing' the revolution in Tahrir Square. 16:30Claudia Hammond investigates the science of face recognition.(R)
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Jennifer Johnston about her novel The Gingerbread Woman. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Juliano Mer Khamis, Leslie Collier, Pinetop Perkins and Andrew Tait. 16:30Francine Stock discusses the French hit, Little White Lies and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
| 16:00Jane Garvey presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Orange prize nominee Jennifer Egan. 16:301/4Brian Patten explores the life and poetry of Anne Ridler. Reader Juliet Stevenson.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30We all hoard. But what happens when hoarding becomes a health hazard? 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00When a plane crashes, does the investigation always get to the real reasons? 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6David Mitchell chairs. With Alan Davies, Jack Dee, Marcus Brigstocke and Lucy Porter.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/7The groundbreaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Simon Mayo hosts a three-way battle to find out which is the funniest comedy generation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show about the wrong side of life.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis inspect AV and the NHS, Alun Cochrane ponders Oliver Letwin.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran 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 makes her selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00News travels fast in Ambridge. 19:15David Lodge discusses his new novel about HG Wells; a review of TV drama The Kennedys. 19:451/5Bruce and Edith live in a very new, very small, very white flat in Knightsbridge
| 19:00Jim struggles to keep order. 19:15Bob Marley photos, and Danish documentary Armadillo, following troops in Afghanistan. 19:452/5Aylmer Ross makes an impression on both Bruce and Edith Ottley.
| 19:00Emma has a lot on her mind. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with actress Stephanie Powers. 19:453/5Aylmer and Edith have fallen madly in love...
| 19:00Will is unhappy with the new state of affairs. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews film-maker Molly Dineen; Roger Michell discusses one-take films. 19:454/5Edith misses Aylmer terribly and asks him to return - but will he?
| 19:00Jamie has a favour to ask. 19:15TV thriller The Reckoning, and director of Iraq film Son of Babylon. 19:455/5To Alymer's dismay, Edith has forgiven Bruce.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:15A look at how the political, social and racial tensions of the Civil War resonate today. 19:451/3By Emma Barnes. In 1820s Brighton an elderly lady has a very particular story to tell.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space. 20:30Investigating the human trafficking of Ugandan women to work as virtual slaves in Iraq.
| 20:00When a plane crashes, does the investigation always get to the real reasons? 20:40How accessible are social networks for visually impaired users?
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests analyse the legal issues of the day. 20:45A personal reflection on elements of conflict found in the story of Jesus' ministry.
| 20:00James Silver investigates the voting change referendum campaigns. 20:30Indonesia is heading up the world's economic league table. Peter Day reports.
| 20:00Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Nova Hreod School in Swindon. 20:50Hummingbirds are brilliantly coloured with aeronautical skills that defy the imagination.
| 20:00Technology makes keeping a record of our lives easy. Toby Amies asks what is it all for?
| 20:00Tim Harford and the team look at more numbers in the news. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Juliano Mer Khamis, Leslie Collier, Pinetop Perkins and Andrew Tait.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Archbishop Vincent Nichols, David Eagleman, Lisa Appignanesi and Michael Collins.
| 21:00Why are black and Asian people in Britain reluctant to act as blood and organ donors?(R) 21:301/4An illuminating discussion between two people who have Asperger's Syndrome.
| 21:00Tom Heap asks whether the UK is ready for a solar goldrush. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Tom Renouf.
| 21:00A fascinating insight into one of Nature's greatest cheats. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian social reformer Octavia Hill.
| 21:00By ER Braithwaite. London 1960: Teddy boys pull a knife but this victim fights back.(R)
| 21:001/3Jack Aubrey gains promotion and is to lead a squadron of ships against the French.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news on personal finance. 21:26Richard Briers presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Action on Elder Abuse. 21:30Indonesia is heading up the world's economic league table. Peter Day reports.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:456/10A miracle leads to a second encounter between Natalia's grandfather and the deathless man.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:457/10As Natalia recalls her grandfather's past, the truth about the failed tiger hunt emerges.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10There is a bid to save the tiger's wife, but it has an unwanted outcome.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:459/10Natalia's grandfather relates his third encounter with the deathless man.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Natalia connects her father's childhood, the tiger's wife and the deathless man.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests analyse the legal issues of the day.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn chairs political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Andrew Porter analyses how the broadsheets and red tops are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen looks at the world of words. 23:30Rachel Byrne with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Featuring a woman who is so useless, she's been snapped up for a job in government.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports on the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Michael is 41 with no girlfriend, but desperate mum Susan has a plan. 23:151/4A 2000-year-old wizard living in the modern world is recruited to deal with a pesky dragon(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne reports on the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00John Waite returns to his childhood home to meet his literary hero, Alan Garner.(R) 23:30Alan Dein uncovers the history of the Keskidee, the first black arts centre in Britain.
| 23:00Sir Clive Sinclair discusses fellow inventor Thomas Edison with Matthew Parris. 23:30Toby Young asks why his father was trying to establish a Martian colony on the South Bank.(R)
| 23:001/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the 25th series of the general knowledge music quiz. From 2011. 23:30150 years after the first shot was fired, how poetry reflected the American Civil War.
| 23:00Francine Stock discusses the French hit, Little White Lies and The Man Who Fell to Earth. 23:30Mark Tully attends Holi and asks what the religious significance of colour is.
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