| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie investigates New Orleans' disaster relief failure. Also, the capitalist personality(R) 00:45The bells of Winchester Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5January 1991 to the eve of the 1992 general election - 'I think Kinnock will be PM'. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The aftermath of the 1992 General Election and the Labour leadership contest. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5It's 1997 and the election is looming but there is graver news on a personal front. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5August 1997 to April 1999, covering the death of Diana and peace in Northern Ireland. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Tony's beloved wife Caroline's cancer starts to dominate both their lives. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Decades after Neverland, Tinkerbell the fairy is online, in panto and pining for Peter Pan 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Would Scottish farmers be better off in the UK or out of it? Charlotte Smith investigates. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Scientists have developed a new on-farm TB test, using software and a mobile phone. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the great crested grebe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45A deadly pig disease is sweeping across America, affecting thousands of farms. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the sand martin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Food fraud is back as Anna Hill investigates a big meaty mix-up. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the goldeneye.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray. 05:45Do the UK's hills have the right number of sheep and cattle to preserve wildlife habitats? 05:58Bill Oddie presents the snow goose.
| 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 Richard Littledale. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Ilminster, Somerset. 05:45The Power and the Passion: Novelist Catherine Fox on the power of submission.(R)
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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.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with the 'Over the Hill club', a group of veteran hockey players.(R) 06:30Making a living from the hills - Charlotte Smith looks at farming in the Peak District. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Chris Brookes reflects on how not to let the past imprison us. 06:35Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Somerset, where the post-flood clear-up is now underway. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. 07:55Mariella Frostrup presents an appeal for Sport Relief. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the continuing Budget debate.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the Syrian Orthodox Cathedral in London, Martin Palmer explores the nature of anger. 08:48Sarah Dunant compares our reaction today to climate change with historic responses.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Kahneman, Michael Ignatieff, Henry Marsh and Lisa Appignanesi. 09:45An act of worship from the Chapel of Unity, Methodist College, Belfast.
| 09:00Anne Glover talks to Jim Al-Khalili about glow-in-the-dark bacteria and advising ministers 09:30BBC Kabul correspondent David Loyn talks to Afghan women's rights campaigner Soraya Pakzat 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Professor John Carey and comedian Lynn Ruth Miller. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to motor racing commentator Murray Walker.(R) 09:45An act of worship led by Martyn Atkins.
| 09:00John McCarthy and Suzy Klein are joined by photographer Don McCullin.
| 09:00The Sunday morning magazine programme with Britain's best newspaper review.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey speaks to men who pay for sex in ongoing series on laws on prostitution. 10:456/10Robert has suddenly left Yorkshire, unaware that Caroline has fallen into a deep sickness.
| 10:00Marlene Dietrich's life and legacy, Clarissa Dickson Wright remembered, and more. 10:457/10Shirley is horrified that her uncle is determined to find her a husband of his choosing.
| 10:00Fashion game changer Mary Quant, plus the impact of government help with childcare. 10:458/10Something is very wrong with Shirley, but she refuses to tell anybody what ails her.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Peter Lawrence about his daughter Claudia, missing for five years. 10:459/10Shirley and Caroline stay awake all night waiting to hear whether Robert will survive.
| 10:00Bonding with your baby - why it is important to form 'secure attachments'. 10:4510/10For Shirley, it's a time of change, and decisions need to be made.
| 10:303/3Francine Stock explores how artists and the publishing world responded to the war.
| 10:00It is a moment of truth for Ruth, and there's a very special visitor to Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Will Robson looks at the Army's regimental system as evolving war and cuts force change. 11:301/3The Argyle Family is visited by a stranger with unwelcome news.
| 11:00Matthew Hill is on the trail of possibly the world's most elusive creature, Bigfoot. 11:30Christopher Cook explores the history of rejected movie music.
| 11:00Robert Peston explores what happens when family and business mix. 11:305/6Peter plans to alienate Sam's new partner Ed. But will he succeed?
| 11:00Bringing up the bodies in El Salvador, scrumming in Sri Lanka and other stories. 11:30Author Rosie Dastgir explores how home and roots shape an artist's work and creativity.
| 11:003/3Where do the pioneer generation call home now and how do they hold onto their own culture? 11:302/4Brutalist Sir Lucien's staff are left to juggle ambition, principles and scary Americans.
| 11:00Peter Oborne of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Hirsute history, desert verse, rioting middle classes and Goan trash mobs.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to nurse and humanitarian Dame Claire Bertschinger.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Why Royal Mail destroyed a cycle helmet, and the electric buses that charge themselves. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Help to Buy scheme has been extended, but will it help you buy a house or move home? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Live coverage of the chancellor's Budget speech with analysis and reaction.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04DIY divorces you can complete online, and iBeacon software hits the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04People planning to retire will shortly have more freedom over their pension pots. 12:306/9A 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. 12:046/8Sheila Hancock, Richard Herring, Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence try to talk for 60 seconds(R) 12:32The rise & rise of the micro-bakery. How home baked bread became a business opportunity. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Ukraine's foreign minister says his country will use force to defend itself from incursion 13:452/25Martin Sixsmith charts the history of Russia's relationship with Ukraine.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/25Russia struggles to survive as the warring Polovtsians threaten its borders.(R)
| | 13:00National and international news. 13:456/25Martin Sixsmith shows how collectivisation led to the deaths of millions of Ukrainians.(R)
| 13:00Does Europe need to get tougher to impress Russia? Plus the first prosecution for FGM. 13:4522/25Martin Sixsmith describes the tumultuous events that took place in Moscow in 1991.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Birmingham City University(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30The serious business of moving pianos. Laurel and Hardy need not apply.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00It is a moment of truth for Ruth.(R) 14:151/3Two teachers at an international school in Manila kidnap a child in their care.
| 14:00Jennifer is determined.(R) 14:152/3The get-rich-quick plan to kidnap the child of a corrupt politician begins to unravel.
| 14:00Brian faces a stark choice.(R) 14:153/3Teachers Mark and Rachel are on the run from the vengeful politician - who keeps a tiger.
| 14:00Tom can't hide his anger.(R) 14:15Rumpole's new pupil creates trouble in a case of blackmail. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
| 14:00Tom and Kirsty are celebrating.(R) 14:15Rumpole leaves his wife Hilda, sleeps in chambers and defends a case of attempted murder.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:30Drama about Dalton Trumbo's ordeal in the Hollywood communist witch-hunts.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team tackle questions sent in by post, email and social media.(R) 14:45Princess Anne escaped a kidnap attempt by a lone gunman in London in March 1974
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the third semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon investigates the government's latest plans to improve food in the NHS.(R)
| 15:006/7Jay Rayner and the team are in Lewes for this episode of the culinary panel programme. 15:30Tom Heap investigates whether we're running out of phosphorus, an element vital for life.
| 15:00Wondering where to put your money? Call or email Paul Lewis about saving and investing. 15:30BBC Kabul correspondent David Loyn talks to Afghan women's rights campaigner Soraya Pakzat(R) 15:4515/25Martin Sixsmith charts the history of Russia's relationship with Ukraine.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with the 'Over the Hill club', a group of veteran hockey players. 15:27Andy Hamilton presents an appeal for Target Ovarian Cancer.(R) 15:30Acclaimed Canadian author Mary Lawson discusses her latest novel Road Ends.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team tackle questions sent in by post, email and social media. 15:452/4A coffee shop owner lets her calm persona slip in spectacular fashion.
| 15:30Christopher Cook explores the history of rejected movie music.(R)
| 15:00Niccolo Machiavelli is in the dock to appeal against the treatment of his book The Prince.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Writer Suzi Feay explores the power of literary estates over our cultural life. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual importance of Stonehenge.
| 16:00Appeal courts on TV, the job of a judge's clerk, and how feudal law affects homeowners. 16:30Julie Burchill and Fred MacAulay argue about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Perceptions about ethnic minority officers. Also, evangelical fishermen in Scotland. 16:30Lenny Henry on the need for greater ethnic diversity in broadcasting.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Ben Mendelsohn about British prison drama Starred Up. 16:30Gareth Mitchell explores the compelling new evidence for the Big Bang Theory.
| 16:00Julian Worricker remembers a chef, an entrepreneur, a lyricist, a statesman and a designer 16:30Why did Tony Benn knock Rebus off R4? And John Finnemore on the final Cabin Pressure.
| 16:00Men who pay for sex tell us why, and Grace Dent on Growing Up a Girl.
| 16:00Anita Shreve discusses her new novel The Lives of Stella Bain, and the joys of Middlemarch 16:30Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.
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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.
| 17:00Full 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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30New energy firms tell Evan Davis about the challenge of taking on established companies.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Richard Coles asks if gay marriage is the last crusade of the campaign for gay rights.(R) 17:40Edward Stourton asks if Matteo Renzi, Italy's dynamic new PM, can fulfil his promises.(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. 18:306/8Sheila Hancock, Richard Herring, Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence try to talk for 60 seconds
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/7The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Milton Jones is on hand to give advice when he hears ugly rumours about the local farm.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Jason Cook examines the best way to behave at funerals and the subtleties of sex education
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay selects highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15John Wilson talks to Harry Hill and Sean Foley about their new musical I Can't Sing. 19:456/10Robert has suddenly left Yorkshire, unaware that Caroline has fallen into a deep sickness.(R)
| 19:00Brian faces a stark choice. 19:15Sarah Dunant reviews the new National Gallery exhibition featuring artist Paolo Veronese. 19:457/10Shirley is horrified that her uncle is determined to find her a husband of his choosing.(R)
| 19:00Tom can't hide his anger. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including Kylie Minogue on her career and her new album. 19:458/10Something is very wrong with Shirley, but she refuses to tell anybody what ails her.(R)
| 19:00Tom and Kirsty are celebrating. 19:15Arts news, including ballet stars Roberto Bolle and Marcelo Gomes on Kings of the Dance. 19:459/10Shirley and Caroline stay awake all night waiting to hear whether Robert will survive.(R)
| 19:00There's a very special visitor to Ambridge. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Kristin Davis, who is making her West End debut in Fatal Attraction. 19:4510/10For Shirley, it's a time of change, and decisions need to be made.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton asks if Matteo Renzi, Italy's dynamic new PM, can fulfil his promises. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe chairs cultural discussion, including Angela Lansbury in Blithe Spirit.
| 19:00Helen tries to broker a peace. 19:151/2Martin Jarvis performs the first of two comic classics at Cheltenham Festival. 19:451/3A boy sees tensions rise when his mother visits the family in Russia.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What drives extremist violence? Daniel Pick reveals the story of an attempt to find out. 20:30An interview with psychologist Eldar Shafir about the concept of scarcity.
| 20:00Richard Coles asks if gay marriage is the last crusade of the campaign for gay rights. 20:40Medal-winning Winter Paralympian Jade Etherington, and TFL's new 'Turn Up and Go' scheme.
| 20:00How do we use the law when there's a conflict between individual liberty and social norms? 20:45The Power and the Passion: Novelist Catherine Fox on the power of submission.
| 20:00Appeal courts on TV, the job of a judge's clerk, and how feudal law affects homeowners. 20:30New energy firms tell Evan Davis about the challenge of taking on established companies.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Birmingham City University 20:50Sarah Dunant compares our reaction today to climate change with historic responses.
| 20:00How the kidnapping of a newspaper heiress captivated and transformed the American media.
| 20:00Why did Tony Benn knock Rebus off R4? And John Finnemore on the final Cabin Pressure.(R) 20:30Julian Worricker remembers a chef, an entrepreneur, a lyricist, a statesman and a designer(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Howard Stableford finds out how the midland brown snake is getting help to cross the road.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Kahneman, Michael Ignatieff, Henry Marsh and Lisa Appignanesi.(R)
| 21:00Why cervical cancer screening in the UK could change, and is there a right time to eat? 21:30Anne Glover talks to Jim Al-Khalili about glow-in-the-dark bacteria and advising ministers(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates whether we're running out of phosphorus, an element vital for life.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Professor John Carey and comedian Lynn Ruth Miller.(R)
| 21:00Gareth Mitchell explores the compelling new evidence for the Big Bang Theory.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.(R)
| 21:00Sharon Charde's poems in response to her son's death. Performed by Anne Undeland.(R)
| 21:00A run-down housing estate fizzes with supernatural forces. The original Candyman.(R)
| 21:00People planning to retire will shortly have more freedom over their pension pots.(R) 21:26Mariella Frostrup presents an appeal for Sport Relief.(R) 21:30An interview with psychologist Eldar Shafir about the concept of scarcity.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00EU and US impose sanctions on selected Russians and Crimeans. With Ritula Shah. 22:451/10A bookshop owner struggles with a devastating loss and a baby is found abandoned.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10An unlikely discovery in the children's section of the bookshop presents AJ with a dilemma
| 22:00Budget day analysis, latest from Ukraine, and Singapore's compassion deficit. 22:453/10AJ acts out of love when he makes a commitment.
| 22:00David Eades reports on tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the US. 22:454/10Reading leads to opportunity and delight for Maya and AJ.
| 22:00Figures suggest nearly half student loans won't be paid back. Presented by David Eades. 22:455/10Amelia's favourite book finds AJ planning a trip to Providence with Maya and Lambiase.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How do we use the law when there's a conflict between individual liberty and social norms?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph looks at how papers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/6Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about the pain of growing up.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Does Humphrey Partridge harbour a dark secret?(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/317-year-old Julian's blog on his weird limbo between school and university.(R) 23:155/6The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster, as the chancellor delivers his Budget.
| 23:003/6Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that revels in glorious failure.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Julie Burchill and Fred MacAulay argue about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the third semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poems written one hundred years ago.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Ben Mendelsohn about British prison drama Starred Up.(R) 23:30Chris Brookes reflects on how not to let the past imprison us.(R)
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