| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The psycho-social effects of being poor. Also, small-scale technology in modern India.(R) 00:45The bells of the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, Liverpool.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Family fortunes had dwindled into a genteel memory of former wealth.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Rummaging in the study produced not just books but bullets too.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5National Service in Egypt was an odd sort of prelude to an Oxford degree.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Reviewing television programmes meant having to acquire one.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The perils of being outspoken in the national press sometimes led to unhappy fractures.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3At work on her mural, an artist adds detail to a priest's robes.(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.
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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 Janet Wootton. 05:45A new industry for Scotland? We meet a seaweed farming entrepreneur with big ideas. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the ring ouzel.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45The latest report on climate change is released. What will changes mean for agriculture? 05:58Kate Humble presents the woodcock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45New research into mastitis could save the UK dairy industry millions of pounds. 05:58Kate Humble presents the black grouse.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Campylobacter gives half a million people food poisoning every year. What can be done? 05:58Kate Humble presents the willow warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45The pilot badger cull will not be extended to more TB areas in 2015. 05:58Kate Humble presents the snipe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection presented by the Most Rev David Chillingworth. 05:45Can you remember the first time when someone, anyone, said to you 'I love you'?
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Parish Church of St Mary, Andover, Hampshire. 05:45The Power and the Passion: Andrew Adonis reflects on people 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 discovers Indian heritage amongst the hills of the Peak District National Park.(R) 06:30Anna Hill reviews the badger culling developments and the UK chicken industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Should we care that everything is impermanent? Samira Ahmed explores ideas of transience. 06:35Judging continues in the Outstanding Farmer of the Year category. 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. 07:55Nigel Planer presents an appeal on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31The business secretary defends the privatisation of Royal Mail.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from John Keble Church, Mill Hill, London, as part of Radio 4's Inside Lent series. 08:48For Lent, William Dalrymple compares Eastern and Western views of self-discipline.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the ring ouzel.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with AL Kennedy, Lavinia Greenlaw, David Sedaris and Simon Blackburn. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to Veronica van Heyningen about the gene that builds the eye. 09:30Jane Hill meets Caroline Harding, who has two children with a rare genetic condition. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Nick Bundock.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets ventriloquist Steve Hewlett and singer-songwriter Ayo. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the states of matter, from solids to plasmas. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir Andre Geim.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Irma Kurtz joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir to reflect on 40 years as an agony aunt.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 09:15Commentary on the ICC World T20 women's final between Australia and England in Dhaka.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey talks to Sheila Jeffreys about how other countries deal with prostitution. 10:451/5With their wedding imminent, things should be looking up for single parents Rosie and Tom.
| 10:00Jane Garvey talks to Courtney Love about her life, music and what's next. 10:452/5With days to go to the wedding, Tom is helping his ex-wife Ginny with the flood damage.
| 10:00Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw tells Jenni Murray why feminism can't ignore race. 10:453/5Rosie and Tom are running a B&B business in his mother's house, but have not yet told her.
| 10:00Baroness Shirley Williams, Dawn O'Porter and Jane Plume talk about friendship. 10:454/5With two days to go to their wedding, Tom's ex-wife Ginny has turned up on the doorstep.
| 10:0065% of Brazilians think women deserved to be attacked or raped if they dress provocatively 10:455/5With one day to go to their wedding, Rosie really doesn't want Tom's ex-wife in the house.
| 10:301/4Will Gompertz meets Marina Abramovic, self-proclaimed 'grandmother of performance art'.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Peter Curran tells the story of the Enfield 8000, Britain's pioneering electric car.(R) 11:303/3Now Philip has been found dead, Dr Calgary is believed, and everyone is on their guard.
| 11:002/2Peter Curran tells the story of the Enfield 8000, Britain's pioneering electric car.(R) 11:30Soul Music examines Gershwin's 'experiment in modern music', 90 years after its premiere.
| 11:00Richard Hollingham meets the pioneers building spacecraft in the Mojave Desert. 11:301/6With a general strike looming, the Foxes visit Sizzlinghurst to see how aristocrats live.
| 11:00Lucy Ash reports from Ukraine on the paper trail leading to bribery and corruption. 11:30Director Mehmet Ergen returns home to lift the curtain on Turkish theatre. From 2014.
| 11:001/2Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann, meet Ben Hammersley, who coined the term 'podcast' in 2004. 11:304/4As Sir Lucien pursues a vanity project, Sarah is about to take minimalism to the max.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster, with Isabel Hardman of the Spectator. 11:30Journalists around the world examine news developments in their region.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04New financial products to cover care costs in later years. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Are we still too reliant on consumer debt? Consumer phone-in with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Winifred Robinson on smart meters and the most complained about energy company.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04News and discussion of consumer affairs 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How to save thousands when buying a new car, and assessing collective energy switching. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a pair of teenage sweethearts who decided to take a second chance. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis asks what can be done about zombie pensions. 12:308/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on the ICC World T20 women's final between Australia and England in Dhaka. 12:45Sheila Dillon looks at the controversial subject of raw milk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:456/15Dr Thomas Dixon explores friendship and self-help among the 19th-century poor.
| 13:00Did the government underprice shares when it privatised Royal Mail and lose billions? 13:45The dangers of friendship as conveyed to children in the 18th and 19th centuries.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:458/15Thomas Dixon explores the origins of the idea of friendships between humans and animals.
| 13:00The badger cull plan to curb TB is suspended after a critical scientific report. 13:459/15Exploring the Victorian borderland between Platonic friendship and homosexual love.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4510/15Dr Thomas Dixon explores the impact of World War One on male friendship.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Chepstow in Wales.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Denis Murray looks at the impact of smoke-free laws around Europe over the last decade.(R) 13:45Commentary on the World T20 final from Dhaka: Sri Lanka v India.
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| 14:00 | 14:00David tries to help Ruth.(R) 14:15By Melissa Murray. A young writer discovers literary criticism is a dangerous business.
| 14:00Brian's being pestered by Borchester Land.(R) 14:151/3Jake finds himself in the firing line after double-crossing head clerk Billy.
| 14:15Deborah Davis takes us back to 1965, when British bridge players are accused of cheating.
| 14:00Shula's speculating about Dan.(R) 14:15By Alan Harris. Two men become trapped on a lighthouse, 20 miles off the Welsh coast.(R)
| 14:00Brian's on the back foot.(R) 14:15Drama about a controversial portrait of Winston Churchill painted by Graham Sutherland.(R)
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:301/3In 1920s London, a debt-ridden bank clerk commits a heinous crime.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The 2014 final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Dan Saladino meets the brewers transforming the flavours and styles of British beer.(R)
| 15:001/6Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries in which reality becomes dreamlike. 15:30A panel of climate experts debates how we will have to adapt in the face of climate change
| 15:00Need help paying for childcare or a nanny? Paul Lewis and guests answer calls and emails. 15:30Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark discovers Indian heritage amongst the hills of the Peak District National Park. 15:27Lorraine Kelly presents an appeal for Sightsavers.(R) 15:30Man Booker-listed South African writer Damon Galgut on his latest novel Arctic Summer.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs GQT from the Edible Garden Show at Alexandra Palace, London. 15:451/3Old Sam hopes to earn a bit of cash by helping a police officer catch a couple of crooks.(R)
| 15:30Soul Music examines Gershwin's 'experiment in modern music', 90 years after its premiere.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:002/4A fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the role Hindu Nationalism is playing in India's elections.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to writers about how character is created through language. 16:30English Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre is championed by solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the cultural meaning and history of the romantic kiss. 16:30The Mail on Sunday wins scoop of year for its 'Crystal Methodist' story.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to director Darren Aronofsky about his controversial film Noah. 16:30Tracey Logan unpicks new research on calorie restriction.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister remembers a politician, a DJ, a historian, an actress and a president. 16:30Ruth Archer's miscarriage, Radio 4 Long Wave drops off air and Hitchhiking with John Lloyd 16:55Fi Glover with a grandfather and grandson who understand each other very well.
| 16:00Courtney Love on Kurt Cobain and the 'insanity' of fame. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage 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. 17:30Can you remember the first time when someone, anyone, said to you 'I love you'?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:30Aditya Chakrabortty imagines a future Britain in which London has become independent.(R) 17:40Alan Ayckbourn is a celebrated comedy playwright. But what is behind his acerbic wit?(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. 18:308/8Classic comedy panel game with Miles Jupp, Paul Merton, Graham Norton and Holly Walsh.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/7The groundbreaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Susan Calman explains that she has never been interested in having children.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6It's Birling Day once more, where the crew traditionally swap their dignity for cash.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/9A 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. 18:15Hardeep Singh Kohli selects his highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Brian's being pestered by Borchester Land. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Russell Crowe in Noah. 19:451/5With their wedding imminent, things should be looking up for single parents Rosie and Tom.(R)
| 19:15Broadchurch creator on his new play Worst Ever Wedding; Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova 19:452/5With days to go to the wedding, Tom is helping his ex-wife Ginny with the flood damage.(R)
| 19:00Shula's speculating about Dan. 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Kate Winslet on playing an arch villain in Divergent 19:453/5Rosie and Tom are running a B&B business in his mother's house, but have not yet told her.(R)
| 19:00Brian's on the back foot. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including Richard Ayoade on his film The Double. 19:454/5With two days to go to their wedding, Tom's ex-wife Ginny has turned up on the doorstep.(R)
| 19:15Rory Bremner on Noel Coward, and a peek at Jacqueline Wilsons' childhood bedroom. 19:455/5With one day to go to their wedding, Rosie really doesn't want Tom's ex-wife in the house.(R)
| 19:00Alan Ayckbourn is a celebrated comedy playwright. But what is behind his acerbic wit? 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss cultural highlights, including the Biblical epic Noah.
| 19:00Shula's got some questions. 19:151/4Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates a 19th-century bet involving a woollen coat. 19:453/3What was in the bag Elena lost on her way back to Moscow after the war?
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| 20:00 | 20:00Denis Murray looks at the impact of smoke-free laws around Europe over the last decade. 20:30The war in Syria has created a silent enemy for those fleeing the fighting - disease.
| 20:00Aditya Chakrabortty imagines a future Britain in which London has become independent. 20:40Will further regulation make the internet more user-friendly for visually impaired people?
| 20:001/4Claire Bolderson asks what the UK can learn from the Estonian electoral process. 20:45The Power and the Passion: Andrew Adonis reflects on people power.
| 20:00How can a plane disappear, and why are we no nearer to solving the enigma of flight MH370? 20:30Peter Day reports from Sheffield on how manufacturing is evolving in globalising world.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Chepstow in Wales. 20:50For Lent, William Dalrymple compares Eastern and Western views of self-discipline.
| 20:00Fi Glover peels the labels off motherhood, from sacred mother to slummy mummy.
| 20:00Ruth Archer's miscarriage, Radio 4 Long Wave drops off air and Hitchhiking with John Lloyd(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister remembers a politician, a DJ, a historian, an actress and a president.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Justin Rowlatt meets people who believe there are business opportunities in climate change(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with AL Kennedy, Lavinia Greenlaw, David Sedaris and Simon Blackburn.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter presents a series that aims to demystify perplexing health issues. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to Veronica van Heyningen about the gene that builds the eye.(R)
| 21:00A panel of climate experts debates how we will have to adapt in the face of climate change(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets ventriloquist Steve Hewlett and singer-songwriter Ayo.(R)
| 21:00Tracey Logan unpicks new research on calorie restriction.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the states of matter, from solids to plasmas.(R)
| 21:002/3The omnibus edition of Thomas Dixon's major history of friendship.
| 21:001/3Dante finds himself in the middle of a dark wood in extreme personal and spiritual crisis.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis asks what can be done about zombie pensions.(R) 21:26Nigel Planer presents an appeal on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation.(R) 21:30Peter Day reports from Sheffield on how manufacturing is evolving in globalising world.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00George Osborne says he will aim for full employment. 22:451/10Brighton, May 1940. Geoffrey comes home with some shattering news.
| 22:00Nato suspends co-operation with Russia. In-depth reporting with Roger Hearing. 22:452/10After a difficult night, Geoffrey tries to reconcile with Evelyn.
| 22:00Nick vs Nigel round two - Carolyn Quinn has the latest from tonight's debate. 22:453/10Who is the other patient, hidden behind a screen, in the internment camp infirmary?
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents a special debate on Brazil's role in the world, from Rio de Janeiro. 22:454/10Evelyn plans a brief diversion from everyday pressures.
| 22:00Hundreds of thousands of troops on the streets for Afghan election. With Carolyn Quinn. 22:455/10Evelyn decides to visit Mr Pirazzini at the internment camp.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Claire Bolderson asks what the UK can learn from the Estonian electoral process.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Caroline Daniel of the FT looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:006/6Josie Long presents a sequence of frightening mini-documentaries.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Not burdened by common sense, our Shedists spot a structure in the distance. 23:30Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:001/4The problem with long space voyages complete with troubleshooting tips. 23:151/5Peter Curran and Patrick Marber share a bunk bed and talk through the darkness. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show about the wrong side of life.(R) 23:30Rachel Byrne and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00English Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre is championed by solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover introduces a mother and son whose lives were changed by a rugby accident.
| 23:00The 2014 final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30William Stafford wrote a poem every day. Katrina Porteous explores his life and his work.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Darren Aronofsky about his controversial film Noah.(R) 23:30Should we care that everything is impermanent? Samira Ahmed explores ideas of transience.(R)
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