| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Why Nations Fail. Plus boxing, UK and US style. 00:45The bells of St Vedast, Foster Lane in London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Josef Stalin's daughter relates the searing memory of her father's final hours. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Svetlana describes her early childhood, which slowly turned from idyll to nightmare. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Svetlana describes her paradoxical adoration for a strict and judgmental mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Svetlana writes to her friend of the heartbreaking period before and during the war. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Svetlana and her father become estranged after her first love is exiled. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Barbara feels she must take action, after falling out of love with her husband. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 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 to begin the day with Methodist minister Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Saying it with British flowers, and the problems farmers still have with Chinese lanterns. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Methodist minister Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45How hi-tech horticulture powered by LEDs could bring rose growing back to Britain.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Methodist minister Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45How the battery cage ban is eating into bakers' profits.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Methodist minister Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45UK beef could be sprayed with a natural acid to kill E. Coli bacteria.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Methodist minister Rev Roger Hutchings. 05:45Troublesome beavers - how escaped animals are causing problems for Scottish farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Edward's, Eggbuckland, Plymouth. 05:45Prof John Lennox describes how God is encountered through science.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Gillian Hargreaves on her husband's right to die. And debating Gaza and Afghanistan.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding is joined by the former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion. 06:30In the busiest week of the year for florists, could the UK grow more flowers? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock reflects on the influence of the moon. 06:35Anna Hill finds out how farmers in East Sussex are coping with a new livestock disease. 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. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Mark Tully presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Child in Need India. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Jo Shinn with the latest news from Westminster - including a row over police cars.
| 08:31Sean Curran with news from Westminster, where Vince Cable rejects a 'fire-at-will culture'
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports as the House of Lords debates the Middle East.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10In the fourth of the Lent series, Bishop Donal McKeown reflects on Church as Community. 08:50Historian David Cannadine reflects on the power of the press, past and present.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Colm Toibin, AS Byatt, Will Eaves and Mark Pagel. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Johnston McKay.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to ecologist John Lawton. 09:30Lucy Mathen tells Samira Ahmed about a tale of charitable endeavour, with a twist. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and singer Gilbert O'Sullivan. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins.
| 09:00American comedian Jackie Mason is the latest castaway interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:45An act of worship led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Richard Coles with musician Pauline Black, and comedian Ben Miller's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00With Paddy O'Connell. News, views and discussion ... with a difference.
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| 10:00 | 10:00A business special live from Liverpool. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Idealistic teacher George Harpole opts to shake things up as he becomes acting head.
| 10:00Joan Bakewell; Vintage clothes; Disabled children leaving home. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Harpole's zeal is dented by a lost moveable spanner and disappointing 11-plus results.
| 10:00Part-time work; the secrets of sexual attraction; 1,000 reasons. Presented by Jenni Murray 10:453/5Caretaker Mr Theaker reacts badly to Harpole's reforming efforts.
| 10:00Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/5The Widmerpool children run riot in class until Harpole succeeds in teaching them to read.
| 10:00Rosie Garland, The Awkward Squad and Shaken Baby Syndrome. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Councillor Blossom makes an improper suggestion to Harpole.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores SW France via a medieval wine trail, the Black Prince, and Lourdes. 10:306/8Will explores the relationship the institution of the monarchy has had with change.
| 10:00Pat blames herself and David finds that appearances can be deceptive.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Across Britain, cremation ashes remain uncollected. Amanda Mitchinson investigates why. 11:304/6Michael Rosen, Arthur Smith, Paul Sinha and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy
| 11:001/2Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole, but science was the real winner. 11:30Catherine Bott explores the Bronte sisters' musical world through their restored piano
| 11:002/2Giles Edwards follows a big social enterprise as it splits from the public sector. 11:301/4It's the works day out for the staff of Blakeley Industrial Museum.(R)
| 11:00A chilling encounter with the spirit world for our man in the west African state of Benin. 11:30Ian Kelly explores the drama and architecture of food.
| 11:00What does the response to last year's tsunami and meltdown tell us about modern Japan? 11:303/4Charles enlists Frances' help to solve the mystery of the discovery on another limb.
| 11:00Jackie Ashley of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondents around the world take a look behind the headlines.
| 11:15Journalist Anna Ford is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Is contracted out overnight veterinary care harming pets? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Julian Worricker hosts a phone-in on drought in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Richard Branson, shoppers who 'de-shop', and cardboard cycling helmets. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Breast implant refund, the unregulated 'live' blood test business, and magic mirrors. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The 'hidden' costs of using pre-paid cash cards abroad, motorhome holidays and food waste. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Paul Lewis. No buildings insurance: a cautionary tale of two cottages. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with a mix of topical sketches and stand-up. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence, Kit Hesketh-Harvey. 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:451/5Is the Bronx still the site of moral and physical desolation? Alvin Hall takes a tour.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the latest national and international news. 13:452/5Do arrogant traders like Bonfire's Sherman McCoy still populate Wall Street today?
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:453/5Alvin Hall explores the changing role of race in the New York justice system.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:454/5The English Journalist in New York - still the socialite around town?
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/5Race, politics and justice - Alvin asks whether they are as intertwined in New York today.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Bristol.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news. 13:30A celebration of Gerry Rafferty's popular solo hit, Baker Street.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:153/4By Richard Monks. DCI Stone searches for a missing teenager.
| 14:00Jim gets into his stride and Emma has childcare problems. 14:15A snapshot of austerity Britain, based on interviews with those affected by the cuts.
| 14:00David finds that appearances can be deceptive. 14:153/4Warwick is after a celebrity endorsement, but just who does he consider to be a celebrity?
| 14:00Tom has a difficult conversation, and Alice is matchmaking. 14:15A homeowner shines a spotlight on the flaws exposed by the demise of the property market.
| 14:00Eddie gets more than he bargained for, and Kirsty wades in to help. 14:15David Tennant plays Caravaggio's former apprentice as he goes in search of his mentor.
| 14:00Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444, email any.answers@bbc.co.uk or tweet #bbcaq. 14:302/2Inspector Rebus investigates the disappearance of an MP's wife.
| 14:00Christine Walkden, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer questions sent in to the show. 14:45Prof John Lennox describes how God is encountered through science.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Three University of East Anglia students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Richard Johnson reports from Japan on the impact of the Fukushima disaster on food.
| 15:002/4A family of Syrian refugees from Homs talk about daily life in the besieged city. 15:30The peatlands of the British Isles are being destroyed. Tom Heap reports.
| 15:30What's behind the news that red meat eaters have a shorter life expectancy?
| 15:00Clare Balding is joined by the former poet laureate Sir Andrew Motion. 15:27Kay Mellor presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Straight Talking Peer Education. 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Marina Lewycka about her new book, Various Pets Alive and Dead.
| 15:00Christine Walkden, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer questions sent in to the show. 15:451/3Calista Flockhart reads Christine Conrad's devastating new tale of friendship gone awry.
| 15:30Catherine Bott explores the Bronte sisters' musical world through their restored piano
| 15:002/3Anna and Max face the challenges of life as refugees rather better than their parents.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Tom Holland explores the continuing appeal of Homer's Odyssey. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of faith in the lives of travelling people.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg visits London's Family Drug and Alcohol Court and asks how well it works. 16:30Chris Lintott and Neil McCormick discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Professionals and cowboys? UK and US military security workers. Also, 'whisky tourism'. 16:30The Voice v BGT; future of Mashable; Lord Hunt on PCC2; Brooks arrests, the bigger picture
| 16:00Francine Stock meets with Mark Wahlberg to discuss his new film Contraband. 16:30Quentin Cooper with news of a new hominin puzzle from China, and where art meets science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Sherwood Rowland, Lawrence Anthony, James Q Wilson and Joe Thompson. 16:30The Now Show and the Catholic Church - a joke too far? Plus Philip Glass on Glasswatch.
| 16:00Doreen Lawrence on getting justice for Stephen. Plus 'Hitchcock blonde' Tippi Hedren.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup with books, authors and all that is new in the book world. 16:30Roger McGough presents a show from the Radio 4 More than Words listening festival.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Including Weather. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Ritula Shah presents a fresh perspective on the day's news, with sports headlines. 17:30Evan Davis and his guests discuss the essence of good leadership and dematerialisation. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00As the Treasury reviews tax avoidance, Fran Abrams asks - how widespread is the problem? 17:40Claire Bolderson profiles the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. 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. 18:306/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Josie Lawrence, Kit Hesketh-Harvey.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Arthur arrives in Spain to run a friend's bar, but struggles with the language and culture
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Stephen K Amos and his comedian friends build an idiot's guide to first impressions.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4With broadcaster Emma Freud, 6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny and stand-up Tom Wrigglesworth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis with a mix of topical sketches and stand-up.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson with Alex James and Lynne Truss. Music from The Stranglers and Crybaby.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Simon Parkes makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jim gets into his stride and Emma has childcare problems. 19:15Actress Lesley Sharp; tenor Noah Stewart; Matt Damon in the film We Bought a Zoo. 19:451/5Idealistic teacher George Harpole opts to shake things up as he becomes acting head.
| 19:00David finds that appearances can be deceptive. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews Irving Berlin's daughters; Helen Edmundson on Mary Shelley. 19:452/5Harpole's zeal is dented by a lost moveable spanner and disappointing 11-plus results.
| 19:00Tom has a difficult conversation, and Alice is matchmaking. 19:15Miro in Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Ken Russell's The Devils on DVD; speaking Shakespeare. 19:453/5Caretaker Mr Theaker reacts badly to Harpole's reforming efforts.
| 19:00Eddie gets more than he bargained for, and Kirsty wades in to help. 19:15John Wilson visits the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings; TV drama One Night review; Tobias Jones. 19:454/5The Widmerpool children run riot in class until Harpole succeeds in teaching them to read.
| 19:00Helen asks a big favour, and Christine is feeling wary. 19:15Andrew Motion's Treasure Island sequel; violinist David Garrett; 1001 analogue TV sets. 19:455/5Councillor Blossom makes an improper suggestion to Harpole.
| 19:00Claire Bolderson profiles the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales. 19:15Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:151/4Life and recipes from cookery writer Damien Trench's kitchen diary.(R) 19:452/3Kathleen embarks on European adventures before meeting the figure she has been seeking.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson unearths the motives behind the 1949 murder of a British colonial governor. 20:30Examining the ideas of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
| 20:00As the Treasury reviews tax avoidance, Fran Abrams asks - how widespread is the problem? 20:40Craig Lundberg on how he coped with sudden blindness and a preview of 'Sheer'
| 20:00Should gay people be allowed to marry, or will that irreparably damage society? 20:45Prof John Lennox describes how God is encountered through science.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg visits London's Family Drug and Alcohol Court and asks how well it works. 20:30Evan Davis and his guests discuss the essence of good leadership and dematerialisation.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a discussion of news and politics from Bristol. 20:50Historian David Cannadine reflects on the power of the press, past and present.
| 20:00Can state-sponsored killings and assassinations ever be justified?
| 20:00The Now Show and the Catholic Church - a joke too far? Plus Philip Glass on Glasswatch. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Sherwood Rowland, Lawrence Anthony, James Q Wilson and Joe Thompson.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Aliens in Antarctica, meteor impacts, nasty noises and star-quakes. 21:30Andrew Marr with Colm Toibin, AS Byatt, Will Eaves and Mark Pagel.
| 21:00What's behind the news that red meat eaters have a shorter life expectancy? 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to ecologist John Lawton.
| 21:00The peatlands of the British Isles are being destroyed. Tom Heap reports. 21:30Libby Purves is joined by former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and singer Gilbert O'Sullivan.
| 21:001/2Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole, but science was the real winner. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura.
| 21:00Fast-paced thriller by Chris Thorpe, set in one of Rio de Janeiro's most crowded favelas.
| 21:001/3The story of a Jewish family fleeing Germany in 1933 told through a child's eyes.
| 21:00With Paul Lewis. No buildings insurance: a cautionary tale of two cottages. 21:26Mark Tully presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Child in Need India. 21:30Examining the ideas of Downing Street's favourite intellectual, Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
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| 22:00 | 22:00UN condemnation of Syria; US soldier kills 16 Afghan civilians; Chinese overtaking English 22:456/10At No 42 Pepys Road, Zbigniew, the Polish builder, makes an amazing discovery.
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Shahid faces up to interrogation, while Zbigniew comes face to face with Matya.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:458/10At the police station Shahid gets a nice surprise, while at work Roger gets a terrible one
| 22:00The mission in Afghanistan, the Syrian uprising, and a choir that bans musical instruments 22:459/10Life is changing for the residents of Pepys Road.
| 22:00Is it time for a rethink on the qualities of leadership the Church of England needs? 22:4510/10The perpetrator sending the menacing postcards to Pepys Road is finally revealed.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should gay people be allowed to marry, or will that irreparably damage society?
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn speaks to the political editor of the Financial Times, George Parker. 22:45Anne McElvoy of the Economist analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories
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| 23:00 | 23:002/4Faded Broadway diva Candi Karmel, plus more characters from the 'one-woman Fast Show'.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/5A married couple reflect on their lives as they wait for Princess Diana's funeral cortege. 23:30Joanna Shinn with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/6The comic poet considers the concept of superstition via another of his poetic works. 23:154/6Nathan struggles with his family, who disapprove of both his career and his girlfriend. 23:30Sean Curran reports as Nick Clegg is urged to block the health and social care bill.
| 23:008/8Belasco is close to capture, but there's still a trick or two up their sleeve.(R) 23:30Sean Curran on Labour trying to embarrass Vince Cable, and tributes to the Queen.
| 23:00Chris Lintott and Neil McCormick discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as the House of Lords debates the Middle East.
| 23:001/6Three University of East Anglia students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Stephen Henry Gill follows poet Basho's path to areas of Japan devastated by the tsunami.
| 23:00Francine Stock meets with Mark Wahlberg to discuss his new film Contraband. 23:30The space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock reflects on the influence of the moon.
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