| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the way war and violence invades our lives. Also, riding the subway(R) 00:45The bells of All Saints Church, East Pennard, Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3Tony Lidington tells a tragic tale set in the boxing booth of a Victorian fairground.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45Dairy farmers meet at the SEMEX trade show amidst further troubles in the industry. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents an Antarctic specialist, the delicate-looking snow petrel.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45Presented by Anna Hill. Farming Today reports from a dairy conference. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the black-footed albatross of Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45GM crops could be grown in England following a historic vote at the European Parliament. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45New research on tackling bovine TB: culling badgers versus increased testing of cows. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45The chairman of First Milk assures farmers it is a business with a long-term future. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo from Australia.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrew Graystone. 05:45'It's just a silly cartoon'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Matthew's Church, Stretford, Greater Manchester. 05:45David Baddiel tries to understand the puzzling phenomenon of cryptic crosswords.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news, including a Democracy Day edition of BBC Radio 4's Public Philosopher.
| 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 the clay mining history of Dorset's picturesque Isle of Purbeck.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is in Cambridgeshire, where scientists are breeding new strains of crops. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Melissa Viney reflects on people's need to express 'the song inside'. 06:35Brown, blue and rainbow - the world of commercial trout farming. 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. 07:10The Pope's mass in Manila, Parisian Jews, Church and politics. 07:55Jonathan Dimbleby presents an appeal on behalf of Book Aid International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Reports from Westminster.
| 08:51The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow, with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 08:48AL Kennedy reflects on the importance of learning languages and listening to one another.(R) 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the Tudors. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:001/3Nick Robinson examines if we actually want as much democracy as we have. 09:30Adrian Goldberg explores the topic of mixed marriage. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Paul McKenna, Jonathan Church, Judy Joo and Rear Admiral Kit Layman. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Mark Coffey.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to businesswoman Jo Malone.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music led by Canon Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00A campaign to get women playing sport, nail biting, and is Denmark a happy place to live? 10:456/15Alfred and Enid are on board a cruise ship in the North Atlantic.
| 10:00Jane Garvey explores freedom of expression and the ban on the burqa in France. 10:457/15Gary Lambert is determined to right the wrongs done to his father.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents an update on the Saudi women being held for driving. 10:408/15Enid is determined to enjoy the cruise, but Alfred is behaving increasingly unpredictably. 10:55Roddy, who died just before he turned 17, remembered by his father and sister.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents. Reese Witherspoon and novelist Cheryl Strayed discuss Wild. 10:459/15Teenager Denise Lambert forms a relationship with a married man.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents stories on illegal sperm donation and a study into older lesbians. 10:4510/15When chef Denise Lambert is headhunted, her romantic life becomes increasingly complicated
| 10:306/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Peterborough.
| 10:00Rob has got a lot on his mind, and Lilian is horrified.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jolyon Jenkins meets the women of Verona who answer letters sent to Shakespeare's Juliet 11:302/4Smallbone is set to lead a cycling protest against a new multi-story car park.
| 11:00Should half the earth be set aside for wildlife? Monty Don and panel of experts discuss. 11:30Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener
| 11:00Hitler's Mein Kampf comes out of German copyright this year. What happens next? 11:303/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival - amateur sleuth Mrs Edith Marchmont
| 11:00The cleaners who have raised their rubber gloves in defiance of Greek public sector cuts. 11:30What happened to the musicians who poured their hopes and savings into a DIY 7" single?
| 11:00Writer Rachel Trezise looks at the effects of class B drug MCAT on the South Wales Valleys 11:303/6Mark's travelling stand-up town show arrives in coastal Pembrokeshire.(R)
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondents around the world tell their stories and examine news in their region.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews campaigner Dame Julia Cleverdon.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of everything. 12:15Winifred Robinson investigates the row over new laws for ticket re-sellers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How did the world begin? Jessica Frazier canvases the views of the great religions. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks listeners if their cancer was diagnosed at the first opportunity. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What put the bang in the Big Bang? Can scientists tell us what happened before creation? 12:15Should families whose relatives die in care or custody get legal aid for inquests? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Theologian Giles Fraser on brilliant medieval scholar St Thomas Aquinas. 12:15How councils broker care needs for people with disabilities.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Historian Justin Champion on William Whiston, the spiritual father of the Philae lander. 12:15Tired of your fitness regime already? Is GoodGym the answer? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest on pension reforms, savings and energy prices. 12:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon and guests discuss what a food market needs for success in 2015. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Brett Westwood reflects on changes in his local patch over 40 years.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:452/5Brett Westwood reflects on changes to the local landscape in the valley over 40 years.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Brett reflects on changes to a local former sewage farm over 40 years.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Brett Westwood reflects on changes in his local woodland over 40 years.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5Brett Westwood reflects on changes around his local canal over 40 years.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Political debate with Norman Baker MP, Dia Chakravarty, Sadiq Khan MP, Francis Maude MP.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Food journalist Andrew Webb charts food shopping trends since 1947.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Rob has a lot on his mind.(R) 14:154/4The last episode in this series of dark fantasy adventures featuring the immortal wanderer
| 14:15Psychological thriller by Kellie Smith about a man's craving for control in his marriage.
| 14:00Susan wants the best for Emma.(R) 14:151/3By Lizzie Nunnery. Researcher Nina starts to find herself haunted by the city she loves.
| 14:00Kate is high maintenance.(R) 14:152/3By Alan Harris. Crime thriller set around Cardiff's Victoria Park.
| 14:00Kenton is full of plans.(R) 14:153/3By Oliver Emanuel. Darkly comic journey through Glasgow's infamous Necropolis.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30A magical, musical fairy tale about selling your soul at the crossroads.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from North Cumbria.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about anorexia, second chances and dealing with loss.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Heat three of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon and 2015's judging team open nominations for the BBC Food and Farming Awards(R)
| 15:005/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Hastings.(R) 15:301/4Michael Blastland and the team explore the psychology of thinking that things get worse.
| 15:00Looking for a cheaper credit card, loan, help with borrowing costs or your credit report? 15:30Treating alcohol dependence with a pill, predicting heart attack risk and dental visits.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the clay mining history of Dorset's picturesque Isle of Purbeck. 15:27David Hare presents an appeal on behalf of Multiple System Atrophy Trust.(R) 15:30American novelist Ben Lerner talks about his new book 10:04.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from North Cumbria. 15:452/3Bucharest-based Philip O Ceallaigh reflects on post-boom Ireland.
| 15:30Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener(R)
| 15:002/2Gods and mortals squabble among themselves for the spoils of war and the hand of victory.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Art critic Louisa Buck lifts the lid on the Painting By Numbers craze of the 1950's. 16:30Is it correct to describe the killers of Charlie Hebdo staff in Paris as fundamentalists?
| 16:00Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing. 16:30Michael Dobbs looks back at the life of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor examines the rights and wrongs of the Research Excellence Framework. 16:30The dilemma facing editors on whether to republish Charlie Hebdo's controversial images.
| 16:00Nick Hornby on Wild, and director Damien Chazelle on Whiplash. 16:30Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.
| 16:00Obituaries of a club owner, a horseman, a choreologist, a curator and a screenwriter. 16:30Post-election spending, terrorism victims, Nigeria death toll and the worst board games. 16:55One teenager survived anorexia with her friend's help, now both campaign on the issue.
| 16:00Reese Witherspoon talks about her new film Wild.
| 16:00Canadian writer Emma Hooper on her first book, Etta and Otto and Russell and James. 16:30Roger McGough presents poetry to make you laugh.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'It's just a silly cartoon'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00With serious assaults at a record high, is there a crisis unfolding in the prison system?(R) 17:405/8By Amanda Whittington. After Je suis Charlie, two women fight fear to speak with freedom.(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. 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Marcus Brigstocke persuades actor Rebecca Front to try out new experiences.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Stephen K Amos's sitcom about growing up black, gay and funny in 1980s London.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Bridget Christie takes her activism to a whole new level. Well, sort of.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 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. 18:15Stewart Henderson chooses the best of this week's BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Wild reviewed, the TS Eliot poetry prize, Oppenheimer at the RSC, singer Barbara Hannigan. 19:456/15Alfred and Enid are on board a cruise ship in the North Atlantic.(R)
| 19:00Susan wants the best for Emma. 19:15Wolf Hall on TV and former RSC director Michael Boyd on his first opera, Orfeo. 19:457/15Gary Lambert is determined to right the wrongs done to his father.(R)
| 19:00Kate is high maintenance. 19:15Bradley Cooper on American Sniper, Adventures of the Black Square and Paula Hawkins. 19:458/15Enid is determined to enjoy the cruise, but Alfred is behaving increasingly unpredictably.(R)
| 19:15News of the nominations for the 2015 Oscars. Presented by John Wilson. 19:459/15Teenager Denise Lambert forms a relationship with a married man.(R)
| 19:00It is double trouble for Rob and Lilian. 19:15Russell T Davies talks about his new shows and PJ Harvey talks about recording his album. 19:4510/15When chef Denise Lambert is headhunted, her romantic life becomes increasingly complicated(R)
| 19:005/8By Amanda Whittington. After Je suis Charlie, two women fight fear to speak with freedom. 19:15Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Reese Witherspoon in Wild and Wolf Hall on TV.
| 19:156/6Frank Skinner on funny moments in history. With Josh Widdicombe and Roisin Conaty. 19:452/3By Tom Connolly. A trip to the Paris catacombs does not go entirely to plan.
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| 20:00 | 20:00For Israelis and Palestinians everything is politicised, even the olive harvest.(R) 20:30Why are cartoons depicting children in explicit sexual situations still legal in Japan?(R)
| 20:00With serious assaults at a record high, is there a crisis unfolding in the prison system? 20:40Peter White talks to Ted Ellerton on living alone with blindness at the age of ninety.
| 20:00Clive Anderson asks if we need new laws to make citizens become good samaritans. 20:45David Baddiel tries to understand the puzzling phenomenon of cryptic crosswords.
| 20:00Have UK intelligence agencies been involved in torture? Is enough being done to find out? 20:30Peter Day explores the future of money and digital currencies.
| 20:00Political debate with Norman Baker MP, Dia Chakravarty, Sadiq Khan MP, Francis Maude MP. 20:50AL Kennedy reflects on the importance of learning languages and listening to one another.
| 20:00Writer Bidisha explores how complaining has become such an important part of British life.
| 20:00Post-election spending, terrorism victims, Nigeria death toll and the worst board games.(R) 20:30Obituaries of a club owner, a horseman, a choreologist, a curator and a screenwriter.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Coral reefs are renowned for their beauty and diversity, but what is their future?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the Tudors.(R)
| 21:00Treating alcohol dependence with a pill, predicting heart attack risk and dental visits. 21:301/3Nick Robinson examines if we actually want as much democracy as we have.(R)
| 21:001/2Freddie, Mitchell and Blade, who were raised female, seek treatment as trans men.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Paul McKenna, Jonathan Church, Judy Joo and Rear Admiral Kit Layman.(R)
| 21:02Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.(R)
| 21:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the origins of life, the universe and everything.
| 21:003/10Andrei is injured and Pierre risks his life in a duel. John Hurt stars.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest on pension reforms, savings and energy prices.(R) 21:26Jonathan Dimbleby presents an appeal on behalf of Book Aid International.(R) 21:30Peter Day explores the future of money and digital currencies.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Deployment aimed at protecting potential targets after last week's attack in Paris. 22:451/10Mutual attraction propels Stephen Wyley and Nina Land towards a rendezvous in a hotel.
| 22:00What does this mean for Labour's election strategy ? 22:452/10A young woman is found strangled near Russell Square. Nina needs to meet Stephen urgently.
| 22:00Extremists said the killings were "vengeance" for insults against the prophet Muhammad. 22:453/10We meet a renowned theatre critic and learn more about failed shop girl Madeleine Farewell
| 22:00Men were on verge of committing major terrorist attack after returning from Syria. 22:454/10Paths cross and feelings deepen.
| 22:00Several brokerage firms around the world have made large losses 22:455/10Soho in 1936. A story of love, murder and a society dancing towards the abyss.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson asks if we need new laws to make citizens become good samaritans.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Leading journalists analyse how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen looks ahead, with the help of linguists Bas Aarts and Laura Wright.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/2As the crew embark on a race against time, just what is Gerti's secret?(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Merriment, melancholy and witty wordplay. Quirky sketches and poems. 23:152/6Julie's husband comes back after six years, and the rest of the group pick up the pieces. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash over election TV debates.
| 23:002/4The sinister ringmaster presents a bizarre and hilarious world of sketches and characters. 23:30Sean Curran reports on a row over mobile phone reception.
| 23:00Michael Dobbs looks back at the life of Cambridge spy Guy Burgess.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55An accident ended Fiona's career as a dancer, but her father helped her to become a singer
| 23:00Heat three of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Phill Jupitus, John Cooper Clarke and Johnny Green at the first day of the Tour de France.(R)
| 23:00Nick Hornby on Wild, and director Damien Chazelle on Whiplash.(R) 23:30Melissa Viney reflects on people's need to express 'the song inside'.(R)
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