| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Exploring a hidden horticultural history, and why England fails at international football.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Helena Attlee's travelogue exploring the Italian love affair with citrus fruit.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Citrus and Sicily: how the Mafia had its origins in the lemon groves of the Conca d'Oro.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The extraordinary story of the Lake Garda lemon – prized for its bitterness.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Battle of the Oranges. The joyously messy carnival of Ivrea, a town in northern Italy.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A journey to the citrus groves of Calabria in search of liquid green gold: bergamot oil.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Alison Fisher. The 8.51 to Brighton has meant more to one family than they'll ever know(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.
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| 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 Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Caz Graham meets the 90-year-old in Yorkshire who pioneered the idea of the farm shop. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the little grebe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Animal feed enriched with maggots, and Essex Young Farmers release a charity single. 05:58Kate Humble presents the stock dove.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Small-scale farmers demand a greater share of subsidy payments. With Anna Hill. 05:58Kate Humble presents the capercaillie.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Could farmers help tackle the obesity crisis through the type of food they grow? 05:58Kate Humble presents the ruddy duck.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Could reducing the number of livestock herds by half help reduce nitrogen pollution? 05:58Kate Humble presents the goosander.
| 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 Andrew Martlew. 05:45'He says I'm a liar and it's all made up. I'm going to have to prove that it isn't.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church, York. 05:45Jo Fidgen profiles the Glazer family, American owners of Manchester United.(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, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark walks between Tresco and Bryher on the Isles of Scilly on a low spring tide.(R) 06:30Marking Great British Beef Week with a herd of Hereford and Dexter cattle in Wales. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully investigates the spiritual and cultural power of the elephant. 06:35Chris Sperring searches for one of the most abundant mammals in the UK, the vole. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Historic double canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II; Sharia Courts and Wonga 07:55Jon Snow and Lyn Knapton present an appeal for the Prison Radio Association. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mass from Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. 08:48Mary Beard looks forward to the 60th anniversary of the first 'four-minute mile'. 08:58Kate Humble presents the little grebe.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy looks to the future with James Lovelock, Joanna Haigh and George Monbiot. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Peter White meets 2012 Paralympian triple gold medallist, horse rider Sophie Christiansen. 09:30In April 1967, seven years of military dictatorship began in Greece. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Baroness Jean Trumpington and science writer David Adam. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne's comic novel Tristram Shandy. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Pastor Alex Robertson.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites Sir David Attenborough with the team behind Life on Earth.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Andrea Catherwood with Alex Bellos; Judy Finnigan's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jenni Murray discusses how we think and feel about our clothes. 10:451/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the confusing world of reality TV star Danielle Simmons.
| 10:00NHS campaigner Julie Bailey talks to Jenni Murray about why she took action. 10:452/5Jeremy meets MI5 whistleblower Helen McKee, who's holed up in a Manuellan Embassy cupboard
| 10:00Victoria Coren Mitchell on her poker wins and Juliette Binoche on her new film. 10:453/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front introduce us to singing legend Rita Rayner.
| 10:00A midwives special - live from the Liverpool Women's Hospital. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Jeremy Front meets Australian-born fashion guru Tish Watts.
| 10:00Why 70% of all those who defect from North Korea are women, with Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Rebecca Front and Clare Balding introduce us to Olympic equestrian Annabel de Lacy.
| 10:304/4Will Gompertz meets Sonia Friedman, the prolific West End and Broadway producer.
| 10:00Helen and Alice come to the rescue.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein zigzags Britain hot on the heels of a wrestler breaking into the big time. 11:303/6A Polish evening in the cafe ends with heart trauma and kleptomaniac Lizzie in charge.
| 11:00The moon is under threat. It belongs to all of us and urgently needs protection. 11:30A range of people explain what the hauntingly beautiful Welsh song 'Myfanwy' means to them
| 11:00Jane Garvey's world of knitting - full of rebels, musicians, jailbirds and reality TV. 11:304/6Flushed with her recent success, Ginny holds a literary salon at Vera's castle.
| 11:00Why are some older South Korean women turning to prostitution? 11:30John McCarthy explores the fascinating life of British author Derek Tangye.(R)
| 11:00Olga Betko finds out why London has become the favourite destination of Russia's elite. 11:303/4The useless officers' crackdown on fly-posting leads to a disappearance.(R)
| 11:00Bridget invites listeners to zoom out into space, to gain new perspectives on reality. 11:30Agonising decisions for Syrians, and other stories from the US, Brazil, Qatar and France.
| 11:15Three of England's 1966 World Cup winners join Sue MacGregor to recall the triumph.(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Are apprenticeships delivering on tackling the persistent youth unemployment problem? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Who would be a teacher? Call You and Yours and share your point of view. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04An advert for a family holiday that can only be taken during term time is banned. 12:30The desperate measures some are taking to get themselves a home in the capital.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The planned rise in tuition fees in England may not save the taxpayer any money. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04An energy provider is suspending its free boiler scheme, and the thieves who steal houses. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a mother and son who share a love of travel and adventure. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis asks why share platform Selftrade needs to know so much about its customers. 12:302/7Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team present a comic take on the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6With Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, John Finnemore and Jack Dee. David Mitchell hosts.(R) 12:32Tim Hayward on the evolution of Jamaican food in the UK with chefs and cooks in Bristol. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:45Martin Sixsmith examines the government's plan for a national 'happiness index'.
| 13:00David Moyes is sacked as manager of Manchester United. How hard is it to follow a legend? 13:45Martin Sixsmith visits Sigmund Freud's apartments and Europe's oldest mental asylum.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:45Martin Sixsmith examines Sigmund Freud's legacy.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:45Martin Sixsmith explores the development of an alternative to the Freudian way of thinking
| 13:00The Shadow Cabinet goes to Glasgow to join battle over Scottish independence. Too late? 13:45Martin Sixsmith considers therapies that combined psychoanalysis and behaviourism.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Great Casterton, Rutland.(R)
| 13:00News and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Can the radical new 'Party of the Common People' clean up Indian politics?
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's Easter Day, and Tom and Kirsty get a special mention.(R) 14:15Out celebrating his mother’s birthday, Kenneth Williams bumps into Charles Hawtrey.
| 14:00Kirsty's got a surprise for Tom.(R) 14:15An elderly widow, about to remarry, goes on a hen party to Venice with two old friends.
| 14:00Tom and Tony have heart to heart.(R) 14:15An ex-student turned rock-star disrupts life for two retired teachers.
| 14:00Last minute trouble shooting for Alice.(R) 14:152/3When the defendant in a rape case is found innocent, Max just cannot seem to let it go.
| 14:00We delve into The Archers’ archive to revisit Kirsty and Tom's big day.(R) 14:15A story of corruption in Spain as an expat's house faces demolition. By Eugenio Amaya.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:30Twenty-six years on, and Roddy Doyle's iconic Jimmy Rabbitte is back.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs presents GQT from the Nissan Car Factory in Sunderland. 14:45Fi Glover hears about life with epilepsy, mountain rescue dogs and the urge to travel.
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| 15:00 | 15:003/6Students from the University of Bedfordshire take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30A special tribute to the late Derek Cooper who started the food programme back in 1979.(R)
| 15:004/6Josie Long explores what happens when nobody knows your true identity 15:30How would an independent Scotland power itself? Tom Heap investigates.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer your welfare benefit questions. 15:30Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark walks between Tresco and Bryher on the Isles of Scilly on a low spring tide. 15:27Tanya Byron presents an appeal for Get Connected.(R) 15:30Orange short-listed author Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel A God in Every Stone.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs presents GQT from the Nissan Car Factory in Sunderland. 15:451/3Jenni Fagan's story of a young Ugandan boy trying to make sense of life in a tower block.
| | 15:002/2Can Bill pay back the money he owes Captain Biggar? Jeeves to the rescue?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sarfraz Manzoor explores a fascinating period of jazz music history in India. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if the the digital world has ushered in an age of misinformation.
| 16:00Michael Rosen goes to Glasgow to hear about the Scots language with Sanjeev Kohli. 16:30Blind Argentinian writer Borges is championed by Marcus de Sautoy.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor looks at academic research shortlisted for our new annual ethnography award. 16:30Steve Hewlett discusses media news, including coverage of the of Cambridges' day off.
| 16:00Joanna Hogg discusses middle-class alienation in a modernist house in Exhibition. 16:30Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a writer, a broadcaster and a branding consultant. 16:30Your questions answered by The Archers editor. And did radio news go OTT on footie? 16:55Fi Glover introduces a conversation about working with search-and-rescue dogs.
| 16:00Juliette Binoche. Midwife shortages in England. Game Changer Julie Bailey. Breton stripes.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Sadie Jones about her latest novel Fallout. 16:304/4Paul Farley hears from some poets about the appeal of prose.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Carolyn Quinn. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, presented by Eddie Mair. 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, presented by Emma Jane Kirby. 17:30'He says I'm a liar and it's all made up. I'm going to have to prove that it isn't.'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Assessing 70 years of conflict and consensus since secondary education became free to all.(R) 17:40Jo Fidgen profiles the Glazer family, American owners of Manchester United.(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. 18:303/6With Alex Horne, Lucy Beaumont, John Finnemore and Jack Dee. David Mitchell hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/7The ground-breaking phone-in show, hosted by the legendary Gary Bellamy.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Susan asks if you can really describe a person by simply stating their genetic code.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Captain Martin Crieff's mum is sick. Can he deal with the consequences?(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team present a comic take on the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Gerry Northam makes his selection of the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty's got a surprise for Tom. 19:15John Wilson talks to Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil about writing Miss Saigon. 19:451/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the confusing world of reality TV star Danielle Simmons.(R)
| 19:00Tom and Tony have heart to heart. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to James Graham, whose play Privacy explores fears in the digital age. 19:452/5Jeremy meets MI5 whistleblower Helen McKee, who's holed up in a Manuellan Embassy cupboard(R)
| 19:00Last minute trouble shooting for Alice. 19:15Arts news, including artist Richard Wilson on his vast new Heathrow sculpture Slipstream. 19:453/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front introduce us to singing legend Rita Rayner.(R)
| 19:00We delve into The Archers’ archive to revisit Kirsty and Tom's big day. 19:15Arts news including the BBC Proms line-up and the Museum of the Year shortlist announced. 19:454/5Jeremy Front meets Australian-born fashion guru Tish Watts.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang discusses Hinterland, a dark crime series filmed in both English and Welsh. 19:455/5Rebecca Front and Clare Balding introduce us to Olympic equestrian Annabel de Lacy.(R)
| 19:00Jo Fidgen profiles the Glazer family, American owners of Manchester United. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe chairs sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events with guests.
| 19:154/4Comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th-century bet, attempting to travel 25mph on water 19:453/3By Anita Sullivan. Lem waits tables at a restaurant, but delivers more than food.
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| 20:00 | 20:00An examination of the causes of the dramatic fall in crime over the last 20 years. 20:30Shilpa Kannan investigates the phenomenon of paid news in India.(R)
| 20:00Assessing 70 years of conflict and consensus since secondary education became free to all. 20:40A panel of four people 60 years apart in age share their experiences of visual impairment.
| 20:004/4Claire Bolderson explores the Japanese time-banking system of fureai kippu. 20:4543/3Benet Brandreth criticises the bankruptcy of current political discourse.
| 20:00Was David Cameron right to order an investigation into the Islamist organisation? 20:30Peter Day reports on how South Korea is trying to make a 'creative economy'.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Great Casterton, Rutland. 20:50Mary Beard looks forward to the 60th anniversary of the first 'four-minute mile'.
| 20:00In 1954, at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, French soldiers lost both a battle and an empire.
| 20:00Your questions answered by The Archers editor. And did radio news go OTT on footie?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a conservationist, a writer, a broadcaster and a branding consultant.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is prolonged sitting bad for us? Chris Bowlby gets up from his desk to find out.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy looks to the future with James Lovelock, Joanna Haigh and George Monbiot.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter on how Baclofen stopped a listener drinking 6-8 bottles of wine a day. 21:30Peter White meets 2012 Paralympian triple gold medallist, horse rider Sophie Christiansen.(R)
| 21:00How would an independent Scotland power itself? Tom Heap investigates.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Baroness Jean Trumpington and science writer David Adam.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Laurence Sterne's comic novel Tristram Shandy.(R)
| 21:001/5Martin Sixsmith presents a history of psychology and the mind.
| 21:001/2Rosalind Ayres directs an all-star cast in Archie Scottney's sparkling dramatisation.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis asks why share platform Selftrade needs to know so much about its customers.(R) 21:26Jon Snow and Lyn Knapton present an appeal for the Prison Radio Association.(R) 21:30Peter Day reports on how South Korea is trying to make a 'creative economy'.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Is the diplomatic deal on Ukraine falling apart? News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Virgil must find some sort of job in Faha, while Ruth undergoes more tests.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Ruth recounts the arrival of herself and her twin Aeney into her father's story.
| 22:00Obama backs Japan in China dispute, Shakespeare at 450, and Brazil riots. 22:458/10Ruth relates the events which led to a devastating family tragedy.
| 22:00Russia starts military exercises near border with Ukraine. With Philippa Thomas. 22:459/10When Virgil stops writing poetry Ruth and her mother devise a scheme to help.
| 22:00The CBI changes its mind over joining the 'No' vote campaign. With Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10As Ruth nears the end of Virgil's story is she any closer to finding her father?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Claire Bolderson explores the Japanese time-banking system of fureai kippu.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Mirror looks at how newspapers covered the week's big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Do we change the way we speak according to the person we are speaking to?(R) 23:30Alan talks to a Saudi woman and Russian man yearning to escape from oppressive regimes.(R)
| 23:00Shedtown meets the road to wig and pier. 23:30Alan Dein hears the story of Bryan and Anna, who met using Google Translate.(R)
| 23:004/4Astronomical errors - how mistakes have shaped the history of rocket science. 23:154/5Patrick Marber and Peter Curran lie in the darkness, sharing a bunk bed and wondering. 23:30Alan hears from a nurse awaiting injured troops, and an Icelander finds paradise in a pool(R)
| 23:002/4Robert woos Elizabeth with a carpet.(R) 23:30Ordinary Egyptians share their stories of the recent tumultuous events.(R)
| 23:00Les Dawson's interview with Dr Anthony Clare recorded the week before his death in 1993.(R) 23:422/3Fernando, a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War, comes to stay with an English family(R) 23:55Fi Glover with a couple who refuse to let unstable epilepsy disrupt their wedding plans.
| 23:003/6Students from the University of Bedfordshire take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:303/4Paul Farley and fellow poets remember Seamus Heaney in Belfast.(R)
| 23:00Joanna Hogg discusses middle-class alienation in a modernist house in Exhibition.(R) 23:30Mark Tully investigates the spiritual and cultural power of the elephant.(R)
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