| 00:00 | | | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5In 2002, Chavez's presidency was rocked as the opposition united against him. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Chavez's connection with Cuba grew ever closer. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Chavez's near-sequestration of the media proved an invaluable political tool. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5In 2009, Chavez guaranteed his political future. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3With the help of his son, a recently disabled man gets his confidence back to go sailing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. 05:45New planning laws could impact the countryside. Does it need protection or development? 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. 05:45Farmers struggle, as the worst snow in a generation hits Northern Ireland.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. 05:45The struggle to rescue sheep from snowdrifts in Antrim and on the Isle of Man.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. 05:45Farmers in the Isle of Man may need compensation as they struggle with heavy snow.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury. 05:45The Prince of Wales lends a sympathetic ear to snowbound farmers. Presented by Caz Graham.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Worcester Cathedral. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Lucy Winkett, a favourite to become the first female bishop.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Cyprus banks reopen, plus vaccine breakthrough and who is Britain's biggest traitor?
| 06:00Leeds child heart ops suspended, plus Thought for the Day with Justin Welby.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits the sisters of the environmentally-friendly Stanbrook Abbey in Yorkshire 06:30Charlotte Smith is in Somerset to assess new government plans to build in the countryside. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses the meaning of Resurrection, in a programme about moving on. 06:35Service to mark the dawning of Easter Day. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Teachers' concerns at new pay model, plus are we 'too posh to push' for growth?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Looking to the future and ways of breathing new life into the Good Friday Agreement. 07:55Thandie Newton presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Freedom from Torture. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Susan Hulme presents the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Easter Eucharist live from Liverpool Cathedral. Preacher: Bishop James Jones.
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| 09:00 | 09:001/6Christian Marclay reimagines how broadcast space might be used at the Open arts initiative 09:05Allan Little talks to Mohsin Hamid, Bruce Norris, Katherine Boo and Peter Moffat. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:002/6Ruth Ewan reimagines how broadcast space might be used to mark the Open arts initiative. 09:05Prof Michael Sandel is in India to discuss the philosophy of violence. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:003/6Peter Strickland reimagines how broadcast space might be used for the Open arts initiative 09:05Libby Purves meets nature writer Richard Mabey and author Ellen Ullman. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:004/6Susan Hiller reimagines how broadcast space might be used to mark the Open arts initiative 09:05Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss water, one of the most remarkable of all molecules. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins.
| 09:005/6Mark Wallinger reimagines how broadcast space might be used for the Open arts initiative. 09:05Kirsty Young interviews Jasvinder Sanghera, campaigner against forced marriage. 09:45Presented by the Most Rev David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
| 09:00Suzy Klein and JP Devlin with author Sebastian Faulks; Kerry Katona's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey asks if we're making too much of the makeover, and talks to Emma Brockes. 10:451/5Carl Grose's wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, hard lives and country music.
| 10:00Getting girls into netball. Rachel Johnson and Bidisha discuss being a modern-day 'lady'. 10:452/5By Carl Grose. A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times and C & W music.
| 10:00Jodi Picoult talks to Jenni Murray about her new novel The Storyteller. 10:453/5A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times and C & W music.
| 10:00Powerlister Lucy Heller chief executive of Ark; Foreign Secretary William Hague. 10:454/5A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times and C & W music.
| 10:00Jenni Murray takes a look at the history of the Blue Peter presenter. 10:455/5A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times plus country and western music.
| 10:30Roger Law, co-creator of Spitting Image, discovers South Africa's satirical puppets.
| 10:00Elona is desperately worried. Meanwhile Pip receives a wake-up call.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Can the dead talk to us? Jolyon Jenkins looks into EVP - alleged voices from the far side. 11:304/4Sarah meets maths professor Tony - aka 'Midnight Magic' - at a speed-dating evening.(R)
| 11:00How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops. 11:30Spain's current economic crisis is seeing the return of flamenco as a form of protest.
| 11:00The alien mountains, canyons and craters, inspiring scientists and writers to explore Mars 11:30New comedy by Jim Poyser and Neil Griffiths set in a struggling architects' office.
| 11:00How will the world's fastest-growing economy manage its dramatic transformation? 11:30Writer and avid shoe collector Rowan Pelling unveils the extraordinary story of shoes.
| 11:00Emily Buchanan meets parents who adopted children from overseas orphanages. 11:306/6Sam and Peter agree they need variation. But will a doorbell ring herald major change?
| 11:006/6Round-up of five works by artists broadcast throughout the week on BBC Radio 4. 11:30Marching through the Mali desert with the French Foreign Legion, and other despatches.
| 11:15Sir Sydney Kentridge QC is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The company that sends health supplements to the elderly, whether they want them or not. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson hosts a programme on how to cope with redundancy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04New wine self-regulator promises to combat investment fraud. Bank loses family jewels. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How far will the National Trust go to let visitors treat historic houses as their own? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Fewer tests on food, and insurance for mountaineers. Consumer news with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Some pension savers can access more cash, and the listener who took on HSBC wins £65,000. 12:307/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comical look at everything 'now'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:047/8Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation? 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting from a religious and medical perspective. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:456/30David Hendy discovers how epic tales were remembered and passed down.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:457/30Prof David Hendy explores the power of the orator.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:458/30David Hendy listens to the babble of ancient Rome.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:15Did the 1916 Dublin Rising catch the cabinet by surprise? Author Nick Rankin investigates.(R) 13:459/30Prof David Hendy considers the visceral impact of a stadium full of noisy humans.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:4510/30David Hendy eavesdrops on the private lives of early Christians.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Ritula Shah presents political debate and discussion from Chatham in Kent on Good Friday.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Will the book that classifies mental illness lead to the medicalisation of grief?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Ruth tries to get a sense of perspective. 14:151/2Two-part drama about two British girls on the wrong side of the law in Mexico.
| 14:00Helen's night out takes an unexpected turn. 14:152/2Friendship is tested, as Sally and Rachel await trial in Mexico for insurance fraud.
| 14:00Elona is desperately worried. 14:15By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. The search for a mystery figure said to live with 250,000 bees.
| 14:00Pip receives a wake-up call. 14:15By Nicola McCartney. Drama about the IRA's attempted assassination of the Queen in 1981.
| 14:15Verse drama by Welsh poet RS Thomas to mark the centenary of his birth.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Homesteader Marian is caught between her dependable husband, and a mysterious stranger.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs is in the chair at the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. 14:453/3Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of writer Edward Thomas.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Three Anglia Ruskin University students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Tim Hayward asks if Britain can still hold its own in the competitive marmalade stakes.
| 15:004/6Michael Blastland explores the mistakes humans make when they act in groups. 15:30Miranda Krestovnikoff asks if the trade in pet reptiles and amphibians should be banned.
| 15:00A panel of experts answer questions about running or developing a small business. 15:30Dr Mark Porter reports on the new changes to the NHS. What do they mean for patients?
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the sisters of the environmentally-friendly Stanbrook Abbey in Yorkshire 15:27Geraldine James presents an appeal for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics 15:30Aminatta Forna, the Russian literary scene, and 150 years of The Water-Babies.
| 15:00Bishop Stephen Oliver explores the often inadequate language of grief and bereavement. 15:301/3Matthew Oates follows in the footsteps of the writer Edward Thomas. 15:451/3A mother watches from the corner as her daughter fights in a brutal boxing match.
| 15:302/3Matthew Oates follows in the literary cycle tracks of writer Edward Thomas.
| 15:001/2A young student arrives at Oxford and is drawn helplessly into his own imaginative world.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Amanda Roocroft explores the impact of Madame Butterfly in performance and popular culture 16:30Ernie Rea and guests debate the meaning of the term evangelical.
| 16:00Michael Rosen explores propaganda and the language of persuasion in media old and new. 16:30Writers Gervase Phinn and Moni Mohsin talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
| 16:00Industrial ruination - a global study into urban decline. Also, gang labour in the UK. 16:30Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, on the risk of being drawn into press regulation.
| 16:00Danny Boyle looks back on his career to date and talks about his new film Trance. 16:30Quentin talks about 'dangerous' ideas at Edinburgh's International Science Festival.
| 16:00John Wilson remembers Richard Griffiths, Boris Berezovsky, Zillur Rahman and Angela Bond. 16:30Confusion, frustration, abdication and revolution in this week's Feedback.
| 16:00How to be a lady, and foreign secretary William Hague on sexual violence as a war crime.
| 16:00Patrick Ness talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel The Crane Wife. 16:30Poet and DJ Mr Gee talks to songwriters about poetry and how it influences their work.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Robert Winston traces the impact of DNA - from its discovery 60 years ago to today.(R) 17:57The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Education and how to make a profit from it is the subject for Evan Davis and his guests. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00A police whistleblower claims last year's Rochdale child grooming case failed victims. 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Lucy Winkett, a favourite to become the first female bishop. 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. 18:307/8Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Coming of age in post-apartheid South Africa, Trevor Noah explores race and place.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Sue Perkins sets posers for Miles Jupp, Isa Guha, Sarah Kendall and Annie Nightingale.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Laughter, poetry, music and audience creativity in the company of Matt Harvey and guests.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/8Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comical look at everything 'now'.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Flamenco takes centre stage in the protests against banks.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen's night out takes an unexpected turn. 19:15Danny Boyle's film Trance, choreographer Gillian Lynne, The NHS in a Day, delaying films. 19:451/5Carl Grose's wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, hard lives and country music.
| 19:00Elona is desperately worried. 19:15John Logan on Skyfall and Peter and Alice; In the House review; Suggs on his one-man show. 19:452/5By Carl Grose. A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times and C & W music.
| 19:00Pip receives a wake-up call. 19:15Glenn Patterson on Ulster's punk pioneer and John Yorke on the secrets of story-telling. 19:453/5A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times and C & W music.
| 19:15Penny Woolcock on trying to resolve gang conflict in Birmingham; singer Michael Bolton. 19:454/5A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times and C & W music.
| 19:00Jennifer speaks her mind. 19:15Novelist Anne Tyler reflects on her career, in conversation with Mark Lawson. 19:455/5A wild Cornish comedy about scrap metal, tough times plus country and western music.
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Lucy Winkett, a favourite to become the first female bishop. 19:15Judi Dench in Peter and Alice and Danny Boyle's film Trance.
| 19:00Easter Day inspires rivalry. 19:156/6Alex and his band explore the theme of seasons. 19:455/5By Katherine Mitchell. Comic monologue recorded at the Bath Literature Festival.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Former City analyst Geraint Anderson examines the story behind bankers' bonuses. 20:30How well have politicians' attempts to 'nudge' us into doing what they want worked?
| 20:00A police whistleblower claims last year's Rochdale child grooming case failed victims. 20:40Peter White talks to ophthalmologist Tim Jackson about the latest treatments for AMD.
| 20:00Should history lessons teach patriotism, national humility, citizenship or scepticism? 20:45Canon Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James's, Piccadilly, reflects on spiritual abandonment.
| 20:00Investigating the lifting of restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian migrants in 2014. 20:30Education and how to make a profit from it is the subject for Evan Davis and his guests.
| 20:00Ritula Shah presents political debate and discussion from Chatham in Kent on Good Friday. 20:50Adam Gopnik presents his formula for a happy marriage - lust, laughter and loyalty.
| 20:00Daniel Finkelstein listens to the world's greatest unmade speeches, aided by Jon Culshaw.
| 20:00Confusion, frustration, abdication and revolution in this week's Feedback. 20:30John Wilson remembers Richard Griffiths, Boris Berezovsky, Zillur Rahman and Angela Bond.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Commentary on the final day of the third Test between New Zealand and England.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter reports on the new changes to the NHS. What do they mean for patients? 21:30Prof Michael Sandel is in India to discuss the philosophy of violence.
| 21:00Miranda Krestovnikoff asks if the trade in pet reptiles and amphibians should be banned. 21:30Libby Purves meets nature writer Richard Mabey and author Ellen Ullman.
| 21:00How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss water, one of the most remarkable of all molecules.
| 21:006/30David Hendy discovers how epic tales were remembered and passed down.
| 21:00Paul Farley updates Charles Kingsley's tale of a child labourer's underwater adventures.
| 21:00Some pension savers can access more cash, and the listener who took on HSBC wins £65,000. 21:26Thandie Newton presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Freedom from Torture. 21:30How well have politicians' attempts to 'nudge' us into doing what they want worked?
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| 22:00 | | 22:00David Miliband leaving UK politics for charity job in New York. Presented by David Eades. 22:452/10Love threatens to derail the quest to become filthy rich.
| 22:00The government loses the Abu Qatada deportation appeal. Presented by Ritula Shah. 22:453/10Idealism presents a further hurdle in the quest to become filthy rich.
| 22:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R) 22:454/10Learn from a master. Read by Paul Bhattacharjee.
| 22:00The day's news, with David Eades. A UN force gets a mandate to 'neutralise' DRC rebels. 22:455/10The next step in becoming filthy rich in Asia - work for yourself.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should history lessons teach patriotism, national humility, citizenship or scepticism?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Sam Coates of the Times reflects on how the papers have covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | | 23:00Comedian James Acaster presents the results of his research into the subject of 'bread'. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Looking for more action, Eric and Rincewind find it at their next destination. 23:156/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Bridget answers that old chestnut, 'Are Women Funny?' 23:301/2Martha Kearney tells the story of Britain's GI years during the Second World War.(R)
| 23:00Writers Gervase Phinn and Moni Mohsin talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love. 23:302/2Martha Kearney tells the story of Britain's GI years during the Second World War.(R)
| 23:001/6Three Anglia Ruskin University students take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30Irma Kurtz tells the story of poet Ursula Vaughan Williams, composer Ralph's second wife.
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