| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie explores how webcams are changing human life. Also, the 'generational' divide.(R) 00:45The bells of Sheffield Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Highlights from a collection of essays by James Wood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Highlights from a collection of essays by James Wood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Highlights from series of essays from James Wood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Highlights from an entertaining and idiosyncratic series of essays from James Wood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Highlights from a series of essays from James Wood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Jan is pleased with his new office, but none of his colleagues want to work alone there.(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.
| 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. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45UK pork exports hit a 14-year high due to increasing demand from China. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the St Kilda wren.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Anna Hill asks how the political situation in Ukraine is affecting global grain markets. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the blackbird.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45The farming minister on why some flooded farms are not eligible for his recovery fund. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Plans to prevent more floods devastating Somerset farms are presented to the government. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the lapwing.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45As floodwaters begin to subside, the clear-up of farms, countryside and coast begins. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the nuthatch.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45'The worst thing would be if I crash the car and we'll both die.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Church of St David, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. 05:4541/3Becky Manson discusses the meaning of home, as home ownership becomes less common.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes 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 walks with a mental health walking group in Shrewsbury.(R) 06:30Feeding cattle and discussing gender issues with the NFU's first female deputy president. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05A time of exile or renewal? Samira Ahmed explores the impact of periods away from society. 06:35Caz Graham visits the Yorkshire's 'rhubarb triangle', to find out about an unusual crop. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00What should we expect from the inquiry into undercover policing?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton looks at same-sex marriage, church treasure and a fatwa on illegal hunting 07:55Patrick Stewart presents an appeal for Amnesty International UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Monday in the Commons and the Lords, with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31The best of Thursday in the Commons and the Lords with Sean Curran.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Lichfield Cathedral. Bishop Stephen Oliver explores the nature of temptation. 08:48Roger Scruton believes the way to improve schools is through middle-class volunteers.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the St Kilda wren.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Wood, Rose George, David Barrie and Yrsa Sigurdardottir. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Prof Vikram Patel. 09:30Emma Barnett discovers if you can be a feminist if you are an orthodox Jew. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to author and illustrator Mairi Hedderwick.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music, led by Anna Magnusson.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Anita Anand with Lynne Truss, and Danielle de Niese's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Kelis on bringing together her life-long love of food and music for her latest album. 10:451/5James, inspired by Austen, plots how to win his girlfriend back.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to Carol Lee about the difficulties of caring for parents long-distance. 10:452/5Rosie Cavaliero stars as a modern day Charlotte Lucas.
| 10:00A play about the woman who claimed to be responsible for creating the first London A-Z. 10:453/5Danielle Vitalis is a modern-day Lydia in Charlotte Jones's take on Pride and Prejudice.
| 10:00Sharon Hardy, sister of Cpl Anne-Marie Ellement, responds to the inquest into her death. 10:454/5City boy James takes inspiration from Austen in plotting how to win his girlfriend back.
| 10:00Jenni Murray chats to three of the oldest baronesses in the House of Lords. 10:455/5Faye Castelow is a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet in Charlotte Jones's fresh take on Austen.
| 10:301/3In 1914, intellectuals and authors were soon seen as crucial to the war effort.
| 10:00Jennifer reaches the end of her tether, and Alan mobilises the village.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Why do so many women think their men have Asperger's syndrome? Jolyon Jenkins investigates 11:305/6Damien reluctantly helps out at one of Anthony's barbecues.
| 11:00Professional tree climber James Aldred visits Morocco to climb a giant Atlas cedar tree. 11:30Catherine Bott on software that corrects out of tune singing but is also a creative tool.(R)
| 11:002/3Ed Stourton finds out if the Battle of Luding Bridge lives up to its mythical status. 11:303/6Outrageous fun as Sam, Peter and Kate go to salsa lessons for the over-60s.
| 11:00Why Somalis give frank nicknames, and other stories from across the globe. 11:30Mukti Jain Campion visits a unique London collection of work by Indian painter Jamini Roy.
| 11:001/3Migrants from the Indian subcontinent recall coming to the UK in the '50s with just £3. 11:304/4No one's quite who they seem, in this life swap comedy. Stars Stephen Harvey.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Trying on the height of Renaissance fashion, and other stories from around the globe.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the Defence Staff.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Childcare can cost more than your mortgage. We discuss the choices parents are making. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What's causing blockages in some diesel fuel filters, PPI claims and Paris Fashion Week.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Some music players offer high-resolution sound, but can everyone hear the difference? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter White looks at cosmetic dentistry problems and criticism of estate agent fees. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Finance news. Paul Lewis asks whether the new discounted funds are worth investing in. 12:304/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/8Miles Jupp, Paul Merton, Graham Norton and Holly Walsh compete to speak on a subject.(R) 12:32A rundown of who has made it through to the final stage of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Latest on the Ukraine crisis and its impact on global markets. 13:451/5Author Anne Enright reflects on the nature of failure in her life.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Former Air vice-marshal Sean Bell on how the forces teach recruits to tackle failure.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:15Commentary on the third One Day International between West Indies and England from Antigua
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Entrepreneur Keith Cotterill on understanding the value of failed start-ups.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Cricketer Ed Smith on his failure to play more than three times for England.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Pocklington in Yorkshire.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Irma Kurtz looks at painter Henri Matisse's creative relationship with poetry and words.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jennifer reaches the end of her tether.(R) 14:15By Ian Kershaw. Drama documentary featuring interviews with Sophie's mother Sylvia.
| 14:00David leaps into action.(R) 14:153/4An expansion of the docks threatens to change Leith forever - and brings a visitor.
| | 14:00Alan mobilises the village.(R) 14:15By David Lemon. A young artist, obsessed with the 1960s, goes in search of his hero.
| 14:00Brian tries to escape.(R) 14:153/3By James Goss. Jack and Ianto end up at the most haunted pub in Wales.(R)
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:304/8Marlowe is hired to tail a woman without knowing why.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson is in the chair, as the GQT panel takes questions in Derbyshire.(R) 14:45A former left-wing Sandinista soldier talks about the war against US-backed Contras.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Did the horsemeat scandal really did halt the decline of the high street butchers?(R)
| 15:004/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Brixton, London. 15:30Nuclear power is back on the UK's agenda, but radioactive waste remains the problem.
| | 15:00Clare Balding walks with a mental health walking group in Shrewsbury. 15:27Alex Thomson presents an appeal for Epilepsy Action.(R) 15:30Naomi Alderman talks about her novel Disobedience. With James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson is in the chair, as the GQT panel takes questions in Derbyshire. 15:454/4By Michele Forbes. Two sisters' relationship changes as one becomes increasingly forgetful
| 15:30Miranda Sawyer explores the impact of the Beatles' movies on popular film and culture.(R)
| 15:003/3Elizabeth has misjudged Wickham's character. Can she hope to ever see Mr Darcy again?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Mukti Jain Campion explores the surreal world of experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss Pope Francis' first year in the Vatican.
| 16:00Locking up bankers, 'get out of jail free' letters, and is justice a luxury for the rich? 16:30Writers Penelope Lively and Will Smith talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.
| | 16:00Francine Stock talks to Tilda Swinton about Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. 16:30Dr Lucie Green on how Syria's chemical weapons are being neutralised and made safe.
| 16:00Aasmah Mir remembers a guitarist, a firefighter, an artist, a soldier and a director. 16:30Bono! Bono! Or was it Oh No? And how much does Broadcasting House listen to listeners?
| 16:00Kelis on feminism and her new album. Caring for elderly parents. The politics of afro hair
| 16:00Tobias Hill talks to Mariella Frostrup about his latest novel What Was Promised. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poems by Czeslaw Milosz and Emily Dickinson.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss cocoa, chocolate and how to feed a global sweet tooth.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What role do accountants play in managing modern Britain? Simon Cox investigates.(R) 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart explores what has shaped Vladimir Putin's view of the world.(R) 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. 18:304/8Miles Jupp, Paul Merton, Graham Norton and Holly Walsh compete to speak on a subject.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Sue Perkins puts four guests through the moral, ethical and comical wringers.
| 18:00Commentary on the third One Day International between West Indies and England from Antigua
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Jason Cook gives tips on the terrible task of dumping to the happy ask of proposing.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Emma Freud and Nikki Bedi with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Simon Cox selects highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news. Samira Ahmed talks to author Marie Darrieussecq about her new novel All the Way 19:451/5James, inspired by Austen, plots how to win his girlfriend back.(R)
| 19:00There's an unexpected boost to business at The Bull. 19:15John Wilson hears a review of 37 Days, a new drama series set just before World War One. 19:452/5Rosie Cavaliero stars as a modern day Charlotte Lucas.(R)
| | 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including three poets laureate and a review of The Widower. 19:454/5City boy James takes inspiration from Austen in plotting how to win his girlfriend back.(R)
| 19:15Arts news with Samira Ahmed. Alexander McCall Smith discusses The Forever Girl. 19:455/5Faye Castelow is a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet in Charlotte Jones's fresh take on Austen.(R)
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart explores what has shaped Vladimir Putin's view of the world. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel.
| 19:00Neil offers some unsolicited advice. 19:151/2Martin Jarvis performs a classic Jeeves story in front of a Cheltenham Festival audience. 19:452/3Tony Lidington tells a tragic tale set in the boxing booth of a Victorian fairground.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Sarah Montague asks what the university of the future will look like. 20:30As Scotland votes on independence, Douglas Fraser asks if there's a vision for Britain.
| 20:00What role do accountants play in managing modern Britain? Simon Cox investigates. 20:40Peter White hears about a new plan to improve access to Microsoft Windows for blind people
| | 20:00Locking up bankers, 'get out of jail free' letters, and is justice a luxury for the rich? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss cocoa, chocolate and how to feed a global sweet tooth.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Pocklington in Yorkshire. 20:50Roger Scruton believes the way to improve schools is through middle-class volunteers.
| 20:00What does the Ukrainian revolution mean for Britain, Russia and the world? 20:4539/3Byron Vincent discusses nature versus nurture, and society's obligations to its weakest.(R)
| 20:00Bono! Bono! Or was it Oh No? And how much does Broadcasting House listen to listeners?(R) 20:30Aasmah Mir remembers a guitarist, a firefighter, an artist, a soldier and a director.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00When a dragonfly landed on him in 1985, it changed Ruary MacKenzie Dodds's life!(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Wood, Rose George, David Barrie and Yrsa Sigurdardottir.(R)
| 21:00Psychological trauma after intensive care, overtreating stroke, and scarlet fever. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Prof Vikram Patel.(R)
| | 21:00Dr Lucie Green on how Syria's chemical weapons are being neutralised and made safe.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman gladiator and rebel leader Spartacus.(R)
| 21:00Rory Bremner in conversation with his friend and collaborator the late John Fortune.(R) 21:45Emma Barnett discovers if you can be a feminist if you are an orthodox Jew.(R)
| 21:002/3Elizabeth is determined to hate Mr Darcy but finds her ridiculous cousin even more vexing.(R)
| 21:00Finance news. Paul Lewis asks whether the new discounted funds are worth investing in.(R) 21:26Patrick Stewart presents an appeal for Amnesty International UK.(R) 21:30As Scotland votes on independence, Douglas Fraser asks if there's a vision for Britain.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Russia tells UN troops were invited into Crimea by Yanukovych. Presented by Carolyn Quinn. 22:451/10A gothic horror from Lynne Truss about a grieving widower and a supernatural cat.
| 22:00The USA steps up pressure on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:452/10Alec discovers Roger's incredible life story through interviews transcribed by Wiggy.
| 22:00Presented by Carolyn Quinn. No breakthrough in US-Russian talks on Ukraine. 22:453/10In Roger's story, the cats embark upon a grand tour ending abruptly at the Parthenon.
| 22:00David Eades has the Ukraine latest; Ritula Shah hosts a debate on India's elections. 22:454/10Wiggy's sister Jo and her dog Jeremy are still missing. Suspicion falls on Wiggy himself.
| 22:00Some police behave like 'sulky teenagers' when being investigated by the IPCC. 22:455/10Alec returns to the library, where a terrible shock awaits him.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the role of morality and principle in foreign policy.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Tom Newton Dunn of The Sun looks at how papers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/6Tales of keeping quiet, being lost for words and struggling to raise your voice.(R) 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:005/6From the last of the royal family to 26th-century ebook readers. 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:003/4How did Pharaoh Khufu build such a feat of engineering while maintaining a hashtag game? 23:153/6The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/6Charlie Brooker's panel show celebrating glorious failure. With Mark Watson, Holly Walsh.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Writers Penelope Lively and Will Smith talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents the winner of the 2014 TS Eliot prize and poetry from West Africa.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Tilda Swinton about Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.(R) 23:30A time of exile or renewal? Samira Ahmed explores the impact of periods away from society.(R)
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