| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Perceptions about ethnic minority officers. Also, evangelical fishermen in Scotland.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Ilminster, Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Beirut, 1963: double agent Kim Philby is interrogated by his best friend from MI6.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A mole at the heart of MI6. His career on the rise, Philby plots his deadliest betrayal.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Talk of a Third Man grows louder, and the suspicion around Kim Philby grows stronger.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Philby is back. Posted to Beirut, a spy once more. But the net is closing in.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Beirut 1963, in a bugged room. Nicholas Elliott finally confronts traitor Kim Philby.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Dorothy de la Rue has become a waspish Grande Dame of Romantic fiction. 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 Richard Littledale. 05:45Could warmer, wetter winters mean more agricultural pollution in our rivers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Egyptian goose.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45The first case of cattle scab since the early 1980s has been found in Scotland. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the alpine swift.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45British lamb - a seasonal treat or on the menu all year round? Anna Hill investigates. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the ruff.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45Speculation grows about the future of the badger culls in England. With Charlotte Smith. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the little ringed plover.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Richard Littledale. 05:45What impact will climate change have on our crops over the next 100 years? 05:58Bill Oddie presents the black redstart.
| 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 Janet Wootton. 05:45'To be told 'we are all living longer' is an insult to those who may not.'. 05:58As part of Radio 4's Character Invasion, Chris Packham presents Big Bird.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool. 05:45The Power and the Passion: Nicholas Shakespeare on worldly power.(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. 06:07Helen Mark explores Chelford Cattle Market in Cheshire.(R) 06:30A typical morning in the lambing shed. Charlotte Smith helps out on a Worcestershire farm. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05In his second special programme for Lent, Mark Tully discusses Temptation. 06:35Adam Henson meets the first of this year's BBC Farmer of the Year finalists. 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, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Lorraine Kelly presents an appeal for Sightsavers. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St George's College Weybridge, the 4th of our Lent series for Mothering Sunday. 08:48Sarah Dunant reflects on fame and the cult of celebrity, following 20 Feet From Stardom.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the Egyptian goose.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy with Richard Evans, Malu Halasa, Scott Anderson and Ali Allawi. 09:45Christian worship from St German's Church, Cardiff, led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30David Loyn talks to Hekmat Karzai, Afghan political analyst and cousin of the president. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop Chris Edmondson.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Mike McCartney and Gary Morecambe, son of Eric. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to nurse and humanitarian Dame Claire Bertschinger.(R) 09:45An act of worship led by Michael Ford.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with Paul Whitehouse; Francis Urquhart's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Anita Roddick - a game changer in the beauty world? Jane Garvey presents. 10:451/5Exploring ancient ideas about malaria and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease
| 10:00School Reporters Emily and Isobel join us to talk exam pressure, online bullying and more. 10:452/5A countess and quinine in another drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.
| 10:00Salma Yaqoob, Mirina Paananen, Sara Khan and Julie Bindel on Islam and equality for women. 10:453/5Bad air, bad water and sad lives in another drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.
| 10:00Elsa Hammond who hopes to be the fastest woman to row from California to Hawaii. 10:454/5A canal and a mosquito in another drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.
| 10:00With same-sex marriage, how comfortable will lesbians be with calling their spouse 'wife'? 10:455/5The old ones are still sometimes the best. Drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.
| 10:15Live on stage, Douglas Adams's enduring sci-fi characters relive some of their adventures.
| 10:00Fallon sees red, and will Ian and Rob bury the hatchet?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Nick Baker explores co-working - a new way of working and a new kind of workspace. 11:302/3Dr Calgary joins forces with Huish to find out the truth about Rachel Argyle's murder.
| 11:00Justin Rowlatt meets people who believe there are business opportunities in climate change 11:30Courtney Pine travels to Ethiopia to uncover one of world music's most remarkable stories.
| 11:00Jolyon Jenkins speaks to the unsung enthusiasts on a mission to protect us from asteroids 11:306/6Can a visit to a psychiatrist sort out relationship woes?
| 11:00The war in Syria has created a silent enemy for those fleeing the fighting - disease. 11:30Poet Murray Lachlan Young goes in search of his Scottishness.
| 11:00Philip Dodd boards a Chinese tour-bus of Britain.(R) 11:303/4Has Sir Lucien finally found love again after being dumped by the formidable Juanita?
| 11:30George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir Andre Geim.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The extra charge on theatre tickets which maintains historic buildings like the Apollo. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04With Winifred Robinson. Is where we choose to shop based on trust, price or convenience? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news, including the man fined for claiming he could cure cancer.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson has an exclusive report into doctor staffing in the NHS at weekends. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Solar panel problems, and Peter White meets Ed Reardon (as played by Christopher Douglas). 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Humphrey Hawksley reports from a part of Europe where Russian influence would be welcome. 12:307/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R)
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:047/8Classic comedy panel game with Paul Merton, Rebecca Front, Alun Cochrane and Russell Kane.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino meets the brewers transforming the flavours and styles of British beer. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/15Dr Thomas Dixon compares social networks in the 16th century with those of today.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/15Dr Thomas Dixon explores the history of friendship over the centuries.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/15Dr Thomas Dixon explores Biblical contradictions on friendship.
| 13:00England's Chief Medical Officer warns that we now see obesity as normal. 13:454/15New 18th-century ideas about 'what friends are for'.
| 13:00The search for flight MH370 switches nearly 600 miles after new calculations are made. 13:455/15The 18th-century origins of a famous question about men, women and friendship.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Sedgeford in Norfolk.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Courtney Pine travels to Ethiopia to uncover one of world music's most remarkable stories.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen tries to broker a peace.(R) 14:151/5The king of Denmark has died, and the throne has been claimed by his brother Claudius.
| 14:00Kirsty is getting excited.(R) 14:152/5The ghost of Hamlet's father has told Hamlet he was murdered by Claudius. But is it true? 14:551/5Adil Ray talks about why his favourite character is Citizen Khan.
| 14:00Tony is on the back foot.(R) 14:153/5Hamlet arranges for a play to be performed that features a similar murder to his father's.
| 14:00Will Ian and Rob bury the hatchet?(R) 14:154/5After Hamlet's accidental murder of Polonius, Laertes returns to Elsinore bent on revenge. 14:552/5Alexander McCall Smith talks about why Precious Ramotswe is his favourite character.
| 14:155/5Hamlet returns unexpectedly to Elsinore, where Claudius and Laertes plan to murder him. 14:553/5Lee Hall talks about why Billy Elliot is his favourite character.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:30Esther Wilson's drama is inspired by a true story of a woman with learning difficulties.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson is in the chair, as the panel takes questions in Nottinghamshire.(R) 14:45In the 1960s, Germany recruited hundreds of thousands of foreign workers, many from Turkey
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the fourth semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30The rise & rise of the micro-bakery. How home baked bread became a business opportunity.(R)
| 15:007/7Jay Rayner and the team are in Leicester for this episode of the culinary panel programme. 15:30In 2015 Bristol will be European Green Capital. We discover exactly what that means.
| 15:00Has the Budget overhaul brought new life to your pension plans? Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:30Why insomnia is often mismanaged despite there being an effective drug-free treatment.(R)
| 15:00Mariella Frostrup presents an appeal for Sport Relief.(R) 15:05Helen Mark explores Chelford Cattle Market in Cheshire. 15:30Anita Shreve discusses her new novel The Lives of Stella Bain, and the joys of Middlemarch(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson is in the chair, as the panel takes questions in Nottinghamshire. 15:453/4By Martin Meenan. Missing jigsaw pieces bring three generations of a family together.
| 15:30Paul Allen meets authors to discuss releasing their best-loved characters.
| 15:001/3Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood in extreme personal and spiritual crisis.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/4A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss Christian attitudes to the environment.
| 16:00A panel of experts and an audience in Liverpool ask: can we trust the police? 16:30DJ Annie Mac and author Kathy Lette talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00The psycho-social effects of being poor. Also, small-scale technology in modern India. 16:30Is BBC Arts really 'the greatest commitment to arts for a generation'?
| 16:00Director Sally Potter on a life in film, and secrets from the Muppets' production designer 16:30Gareth Mitchell is joined by BBC School reporters to get their take on the week’s science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a boxing promoter, an explorer, a music exec and a cinematographer. 16:30Evan Davis vs Iain Duncan Smith, and why is Radio 3 in a box on the South Bank?
| 16:00Equality for women in Islam, Fatal Attraction, exam pressure and Sam Roddick on her mother
| 16:00Man Booker-listed South African writer Damon Galgut on his latest novel Arctic Summer. 16:30William Stafford wrote a poem every day. Katrina Porteous explores his life and his 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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 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 how to look after the wealthy elite.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Robinson investigates the continuing costs of the PPI mis-selling scandal.(R) 17:40As a new Hollywood film version opens, Mark Coles profiles the character of Noah.(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. 18:307/8Classic comedy panel game with Paul Merton, Rebecca Front, Alun Cochrane and Russell Kane.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Milton Jones is asked to help out with the local book festival.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Jason Cook doles out life lessons focusing on how to cope with pregnancy and the in-laws.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/9A 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. 18:15Sheila McClennon selects highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty is getting excited. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. 19:451/5Exploring ancient ideas about malaria and scientific attempts to defeat the deadly disease(R)
| 19:00Tony is on the back foot. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including Sir Ian McKellen on playing Estragon. 19:452/5A countess and quinine in another drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.(R)
| 19:00Will Ian and Rob bury the hatchet? 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Anne Hathaway on her role in animated comedy Rio 2. 19:453/5Bad air, bad water and sad lives in another drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.(R)
| 19:15Arts news, including Jane Horrocks on playing Little Voice. 19:454/5A canal and a mosquito in another drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.(R)
| 19:00Fallon is proving popular. 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of the new Muppets movie. 19:455/5The old ones are still sometimes the best. Drama exploring ancient ideas about malaria.(R)
| 19:00As a new Hollywood film version opens, Mark Coles profiles the character of Noah. 19:15As a part of Radio 4's Character Invasion: is this a golden age for fictional characters?
| 19:00David tries to help Ruth. 19:152/2Martin Jarvis performs the second of two comic classics at the Cheltenham Festival. 19:452/3Strange things happen to Professor Lebedev in the middle of the concert hall.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Peter Hitchens examines whether old stigmas have been replaced by new ones. 20:30Do the theories of Hyman Minsky provide a radical challenge to mainstream economics?
| 20:00Michael Robinson investigates the continuing costs of the PPI mis-selling scandal. 20:40Self-directed support - and a listener's thoughts on feeling conspicuous in meetings.
| 20:00Is our obsession with class a sign of a sense of fairness, or a prejudice to be fought? 20:45The Power and the Passion: Nicholas Shakespeare on worldly power.
| 20:00A panel of experts and an audience in Liverpool ask: can we trust the police? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss how to look after the wealthy elite.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Sedgeford in Norfolk. 20:50Sarah Dunant reflects on fame and the cult of celebrity, following 20 Feet From Stardom.
| 20:00Maxine Peake explores the challenges of playing factual characters.
| 20:00Evan Davis vs Iain Duncan Smith, and why is Radio 3 in a box on the South Bank?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a boxing promoter, an explorer, a music exec and a cinematographer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Matthew Hill is on the trail of possibly the world's most elusive creature, Bigfoot.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy with Richard Evans, Malu Halasa, Scott Anderson and Ali Allawi.(R)
| 21:00Why insomnia is often mismanaged despite there being an effective drug-free treatment. 21:30Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00In 2015 Bristol will be European Green Capital. We discover exactly what that means.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Mike McCartney and Gary Morecambe, son of Eric.(R)
| 21:00Gareth Mitchell is joined by BBC School reporters to get their take on the week’s science.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.(R)
| 21:001/3The changing meaning of friendship over the centuries: a timely history by Dr Thomas Dixon
| 21:00A closet becomes a hallway and a hallway a vast labyrinth in a odd house in Virginia.(R)
| 21:002/4David Grossman investigates the ways that savers, investors and consumers pay for the City(R) 21:26Lorraine Kelly presents an appeal for Sightsavers.(R) 21:30Do the theories of Hyman Minsky provide a radical challenge to mainstream economics?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Malaysia says missing plane crashed into the Indian Ocean. 22:456/10Events take a curious turn when AJ plays host to an author.
| 22:00President Obama says that Russia is isolated over Crimea. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:457/10A celebration and a reckoning occur.
| 22:00Reaction to a heated debate on the EU between Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage. 22:458/10Maya reflects on her past and the mother she never knew.
| 22:00Turkey bans YouTube, only a week after it tried to ban Twitter. With Philippa Thomas. 22:459/10A new beginning and some unwanted news.
| 22:00Obama urges Russia to 'move back troops' from Ukraine border. With Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10Secrets are revealed in a touching love story is about the power of books.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Is our obsession with class a sign of a sense of fairness, or a prejudice to be fought?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Ian Burrell of the Independent looks at how newspapers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:005/6Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about unusual journeys.(R) 23:30The controversy over HS-2. Susan Hulme reports on the reaction of MPs to new changes.
| 23:004/4Beth plans to fight tooth and nail for her son's school place.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster with details of Budget clashes.
| 23:003/3Bridget's husband is assaulted by a European leader's ghost.(R) 23:156/6The funny, sad and bewildering interactions of a community psychiatric nurse's rounds. 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:004/6Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show devoted to the art of being wrong.(R) 23:30Sean Curran has reaction in the Commons to the latest developments in the energy market.
| 23:00DJ Annie Mac and author Kathy Lette talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the fourth semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Shahidha Bari goes in search of the biggest poetry competition in the Middle East.(R)
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