| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Street Politics and 'performing' the revolution in Tahrir Square. 00:45The bells of All Saints, East Pennard, Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5An eloquent meditation on ageing by esteemed French psychologist Marie de Hennezel. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Marie de Hennezel tests her thesis on ageing in conversation with inspiring older people. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Marie de Hennezel shares strategies that we can all learn to help us age gracefully. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Marie de Hennezel outlines her belief that old age can be a time of great freedom. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Marie de Hennezel tackles problems of old age including our fear of nearing death. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting explores the unmet appetite for justice. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45Claims pollution is costing everyone living in Europe hundreds of pounds a year. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45Reports that the UK native oyster population could wiped out by a parasite.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:45Presented by Anna Hill. Farmers could see an end to their half-price diesel.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45Presented by Anna Hill. Asparagus is making an early appearance this year.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45Plans for a large scale rabbit farm are in Nottinghamshire are meeting local objections.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Most Rev David Chillingworth. 05:45'I found my real mum on Facebook.' A listener tells of a family reunited. iPM@bbc.co.uk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Edward, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles the former News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Can government help people become happier? Plus Gagarin's first space flight remembered.
| 06:00With detained Chinese artists Ai Weiwei's wife Lu Qing and William Hague on Libya.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating middle age loneliness, the Greek debt crisis and the alternative to Gaddafi.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark is in Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire to find out about Horseback UK. 06:30Farming Today This Week discovers the best way to produce beef and dairy calves. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully asks if we should rely on first impressions or take more time to form opinions. 06:3525 years after Chernobyl, Caz Graham visits Wales, where radiation still affects farmland. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Is there a stalemate in Libya? Plus teaching West Country accents to US actors.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Richard Branson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Anti-Slavery International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The last of our series for Lent live from St Arvan's Church, near Chepstow. 08:50David reflects on seeing 'whitey' - a blackbird with a white feather - in his garden.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe and Anne Dudley, Elif Batuman, Martin Sixsmith and David Runciman. 09:45From Cardiff led by the Rev Peter Baker.
| 09:002/4The owners of two of Britain's finest stately homes in discussion with Olivia O'Leary. 09:301/8Nick Robinson looks at how William Pitt the Younger handled the top job in politics. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Linda Nolan. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutrino, the so-called 'ghost particle'. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Film director Terry Gilliam joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. 09:45Presented by the Rev Johnston McKay.
| 09:00The Rev Richard Coles with poker ace Victoria Coren; Anne-Marie Duff's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jenni Murray presents. Including maternity services - are super units the way forward? 10:451/5Charles Dance narrates a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Celia Imrie.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including Celia Imrie on her autobiography The Happy Hoofer. 10:452/5Charles Dance narrates a comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Ronald Pickup.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including the actress and singer Michelle Gayle. 10:453/5Charles Dance narrates a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Chris Emmett
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including Cat Deeley on So You Think You Can Dance. 10:454/5Charles Dance narrates a comic tale of adultery. With Kerry Shale and Lorelei King.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents. A Muslim Miss Universe GB? Women on Fleet Street; new play 5 @ 50. 10:455/5Charles Dance narrates a dark tale by the master of the bizarre. With Doreen Mantle.
| 10:00John McCarthy goes looking for moonlight and hears about travelling the world with a harp. 10:30Islington-born Sylvie Simmons talks to Nick Barraclough about her life as a rock writer.
| 10:00Kathy makes an apology and Caroline's in a bad mood.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Random Edition Special to mark the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's first manned spaceflight. 11:302/6Alok gets engaged to the daughter of a successful rival shop owner.
| 11:00Could infection by parasites be at the root of human behaviour and even mental illness? 11:302/3James Naughtie explores how the Royal Shakespeare Company started in 1961.
| 11:001/2Bronzeville, a city within a city: Three generations of Chicago's Black Metropolis speak. 11:302/6'A British care home is basically a big house named after a tree'. Beauty's new job.
| 11:00The unfolding Egyptian revolution through the eyes of five extraordinary women. 11:30A year after the ash cloud, Chris Watson goes on his own volcanic adventure.
| 11:00Alan Dein joins a group of female friends in an exclusive south-west London reading circle 11:302/4Memories of a snowy childhood and the experience of being in a long-term relationship.(R)
| 11:00Sheena McDonald takes stock of devolution in Scotland and Wales ahead of the elections. 11:30Kate Adie hosts correspondents' tales from around the world.
| 11:15Fashion journalist Felicity Green joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Tips on how to cut your mobile phone bill. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Who is to blame for poor classroom discipline? Students, parents or education staff? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Winifred Robinson. Could the annual MOT on your car become a thing of the past? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why council tenants are being offered money for DIY and how to get a flight upgrade. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A year after ash cloud disrupted air travel, are we prepared for the future? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:301/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:042/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game 12:32Sheila Dillon charts the success of London's Borough Market and asks, 'Where now?'. 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. 13:302/13Paul 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. 13:30An exploration of the strange (and strangely familiar) sound world of 'Library Music'.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Danny Cohen, controller of BBC1; phone hacking apology; John Whittingdale.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Tom Heap looks at the environmental impact of Deepwater Horizon one year on.
| 13:00Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world. 13:30Tim Harford and the team on tuition fees and drugs testing.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:15Jonathan Dimbleby dips into the archives of the early 1950s.(R)
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. 13:30Claudia Hammond with more experiments that changed our understanding of the human mind.
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| 14:00 | 14:15A wry look at how the British deal with their responsibility for an Afghan interpreter.
| 14:15The story of Gagarin's first space flight through the eyes of his training partner Titov.
| 14:00Caroline's in a bad mood. 14:15By Judy Upton. Resourceful mum Shanice takes up the bizarre sport of jelly wrestling.
| 14:00Jolene is caught red-handed. 14:152/4Warwick can't help interfering in the kitchen and is driving his son mad as a result.(R)
| 14:00Will isn't happy with what he hears. 14:15Audio-describer Hazel seeks romance and freedom in Lou Ramsden's romantic drama.
| 14:00Bill Bryson meets readers to discuss his book A Short History of Nearly Everything. 14:303/5Now in prison, can Mick find salvation in his treasured memories of a night in 1977?(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a horticultural discussion in Powys, Wales. 14:453/4Joe Queenan meets the brains behind the businesses bucking the downturn.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Technology makes keeping a record of our lives easy. Toby Amies asks what is it all for? 15:4536/90The end of the Civil War and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
| 15:00Helen Castor with your stories that are changing the way we see the past. 15:301/3A woman confesses to a gypsy fortune-teller her deepest fears about her marriage. 15:4537/90The North attempts to force change upon the South.
| 15:00Put your pension questions to Vincent Duggleby and a team of experts. 15:302/3A woman's relationship with a recently released criminal takes a turn for the worse. 15:4538/90Former slaves enjoy a brief period of political equality in the South.
| 15:00Richard Uridge finds out that there's more to Sherwood Forest than Robin Hood. 15:27Richard Briers presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Action on Elder Abuse. 15:303/3A woman's bittersweet memories of the rise and fall of her relationship with her mother. 15:4539/90The birth of segregation.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a horticultural discussion in Powys, Wales. 15:4540/90How the Civil War became etched on the American consciousness for generations to come.
| 15:30An exploration of the strange (and strangely familiar) sound world of 'Library Music'.
| 15:003/3Britain and France are bitterly engaged in protecting their trade routes around Africa.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon looks at the role of food businesses in combating the Sicilian mafia. 16:303/5Crowdsourcing radiation and the algorithmic arms race.
| 16:00Michael Rosen takes a well-mannered look at politeness. 16:30Conductor Charles Hazlewood chooses Leonard Bernstein.
| 16:00Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland and Facebook in Trinidad. 16:30How chemist Fritz Haber saved billions from starvation - and pioneered gas warfare too.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Orange prize nominee Jennifer Egan. 16:30Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Sidney Lumet, Baruch Blumberg, Roger Nichols and Ishbel MacAskill. 16:30Tom Hiddleston on Thor and Shirley Henderson on women and the Wild West.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jenni Murray.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to former journalist Annalena McAfee about her novel The Spoiler. 16:302/4Brian Patten rediscovers the moving First World War poetry of Herbert Read.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:50Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the No campaign regarding changing the UK voting system. 17:55The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:53A campaign broadcast for the referendum on changing the UK voting system on 5th May. 17:55The 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. 17:30'I found my real mum on Facebook.' A listener tells of a family reunited. iPM@bbc.co.uk. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Tom Mangold investigates the growing ruthlessness of piracy in the Indian ocean. 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the former News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks. 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. 18:302/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/7The groundbreaking Radio 4 phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Simon Mayo hosts a three-way battle to find out which is the funniest comedy generation.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Charlie Brooker presents the comedy panel show that seeks the finest wrong answers.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran is joined by Brian May, Kerry Ellis, Simon Day, Ben Fogle and Shelley Conn.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Martin Wainwright makes his selection from the week's radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Oranges and Sunshine writer Rona Munro, and new western Meek's Cutoff. 19:451/5Charles Dance narrates a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Celia Imrie.
| 19:00Caroline's in a bad mood. 19:15Joan Miro on show at Tate Modern and Henning Mankell on writing the last Wallander novel. 19:452/5Charles Dance narrates a comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Ronald Pickup.
| 19:00Jolene is caught red-handed. 19:15Mark Lawson meets the creators of the play, London Road, about the five murders in Ipswich 19:453/5Charles Dance narrates a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Chris Emmett
| 19:00Will isn't happy with what he hears. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews Betty Blue Eyes, the new stage musical based on an Alan Bennett film. 19:454/5Charles Dance narrates a comic tale of adultery. With Kerry Shale and Lorelei King.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang, who reviews David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel The Pale King. 19:455/5Charles Dance narrates a dark tale by the master of the bizarre. With Doreen Mantle.
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the former News International chief executive, Rebekah Brooks. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00Oliver has cause for complaint. 19:15As US companies celebrate record growth, Matt Frei examines the gap between rich and poor. 19:452/3By Kellie Jackson. A royal visit has a disturbing impact on two young Gurkha brothers.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Chris Dennis asks what it would take to run 26.2 miles in under 2 hours. 20:30Ecuador's radical plan to keep oil reserves in the ground, and save the rainforest.
| 20:00Tom Mangold investigates the growing ruthlessness of piracy in the Indian ocean. 20:40We ask why there are no accessible pregnancy tests available for blind people.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests analyse the legal issues of the day. 20:45Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting explores the unmet appetite for justice.
| 20:00Are the government's plans to stop illegal downloading of music unravelling? 20:30Peter Day visits two rival German pencil companies in Nuremberg.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby dips into the archives of the early 1950s.(R) 20:50David reflects on seeing 'whitey' - a blackbird with a white feather - in his garden.
| 20:00Steve Hewlett examines the response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
| 20:00Tim Harford and the team on tuition fees and drugs testing. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Sidney Lumet, Baruch Blumberg, Roger Nichols and Ishbel MacAskill.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe and Anne Dudley, Elif Batuman, Martin Sixsmith and David Runciman.
| 21:00How chemist Fritz Haber saved billions from starvation - and pioneered gas warfare too. 21:302/4The owners of two of Britain's finest stately homes in discussion with Olivia O'Leary.
| 21:00Tom Heap looks at the environmental impact of Deepwater Horizon one year on. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Linda Nolan.
| 21:00Could infection by parasites be at the root of human behaviour and even mental illness? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the neutrino, the so-called 'ghost particle'.
| 21:005/5Henri is faced with an impossible choice. 21:16Local reporter Gemma uncovers the truth behind the disappearances of women in Manchester.
| 21:002/3Aubrey leads a squadron of ships to take Mauritius and Réunion from the French.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Richard Branson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Anti-Slavery International. 21:30Peter Day visits two rival German pencil companies in Nuremberg.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:451/10It is a rainy night in 1625, Tom Neave's life nearly ends as soon as it has begun.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:452/10Tom goes on the run after his life is threatened by two mysterious strangers.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Tom battles to understand his connection with the Stonehouse family.
| 22:00Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis. 22:454/10Tom is elated when Anne admits she loves him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/10Tom finally learns the truth behind his connection to the Stonehouse family.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests analyse the legal issues of the day.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Hugo Rifkind analyses how the broadsheets and red tops are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores the complex and difficult relationship between language and sport. 23:301/4The historic first visit by a Pope to England, Scotland and Wales.(R)
| 23:004/6Unwelcoming neighbour Annabelle quizzes an unsuspecting soul over his wind chimes.(R) 23:301/4Young idealists try to set up their own political party.(R)
| 23:002/4A bittersweet story of a keen golfer who decides it's time his mother went into a home. 23:152/4The UK's 19th most powerful wizard's jam-making venture is nominated for a gong.(R) 23:302/4The second episode sees the young idealists wrangling over their party's Foreign Policy.
| 23:001/2Mark pieces working policies together with the aid of you, the people.(R) 23:303/4The Party sets out to clarify its policies on climate change.
| 23:00Conductor Charles Hazlewood chooses Leonard Bernstein. 23:304/4The Party take to the streets with their inaugural protest.(R)
| 23:002/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the 25th series of the general knowledge music quiz. From 2011. 23:301/4Brian Patten explores the life and poetry of Anne Ridler. Reader Juliet Stevenson.
| 23:00Tom Hiddleston on Thor and Shirley Henderson on women and the Wild West. 23:30Mark Tully asks if we should rely on first impressions or take more time to form opinions.
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