| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Commercial surrogacy in India and beyond, plus new kinds of money. With Laurie Taylor.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury, Worcestershire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani's magical mystery tour through the world of maths(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani's magical mystery tour through the world of maths(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani's magical mystery tour through the world of maths(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani's magical mystery tour through the world of maths(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani's magical mystery tour through the world of maths(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A short story by Kate Clanchy. 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 03:00 | 03:15Commentary on England v Bangladesh in the ICC World Cup from Adelaide.
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| 05:00 | | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Preb Edward Mason. 05:45The Rural Payments Agency responds to farmers' criticism of the new online claim system. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the blackbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Preb Edward Mason. 05:45Farmers' fears that the reintroduction of the lynx could harm livestock. With Anna Hill. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Preb Edward Mason. 05:45Farmers complain about the rural payment online system, as it is defended in Parliament. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the lapwing.(R)
| | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Does hearing voices mean you are mentally ill? Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of the Church of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon. 05:45Michael Symmons Roberts reflects on the Passion story.(R)
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| 06:00 | | 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. 06:07Clare Balding walks with a group who share a passion for bell-ringing.(R) 06:30How farmers are harnessing the power of renewable energy. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy explores the way people's senses can summon memories and emotions. 06:35Anna Hill meets a pig farmer whose whole herd was wiped out by swine dysentery. 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. 07:10A report on the role and impact of chaplains. Plus a 'burning temple' and Jean Vanier. 07:54Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief. 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.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Fourth in a Lent series exploring what it means to be made in God's image. 08:48Tom Shakespeare says wisdom in middle age is some compensation for cognitive decline.(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:002014 Nobel Prize-winner John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili. 09:30Zubeida Malik interviews Raja Tahir Masood about Peterborough's Pakistani community. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Paul Mathole.
| 09:00Mariella Frostrup meets entrepreneur Michelle Mone and comedian Tony Hawks. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss dark matter, the 'missing mass' of the universe. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Katharine Longworth.
| 09:00Commentary on England v Afghanistan in the ICC World Cup from Sydney. 09:45An act of worship led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Wildlife cameraman and presenter Gordon Buchanan joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Commentary on England v Bangladesh in the ICC World Cup from Adelaide.
| 10:00Julie Andrews, Chelsea Clinton, black feminism, Leanne Wood, Dina Brawer and agony aunts. 10:452/10Delia's chance meeting with a younger man focuses her dissatisfactions with her home life.
| 10:00BringBackOurGirls activist; daughterhood; Gina Yashere; SNP women candidates. 10:413/10Delia Grinstead makes an impulsive decision on the annual family vacation. 10:55The modern world has made itself felt in the cloisters of Buckfast Abbey.
| 10:00Kristin Scott Thomas discusses her latest film, Suite Francaise, with Jenni Murray. 10:454/10Delia Grinstead starts a new life alone in the small town of Bay Borough.
| 10:00Commentary on England v Afghanistan in the ICC World Cup from Sydney.
| 10:30Did Douglas Adams predict the future in the year 2000?
| 10:00Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
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| 11:00 | 11:452/6The spot which Auntie chose for her last resting place is not what it was.(R)
| 11:00A century ago the last passenger pigeon died. What drove billions of birds to extinction? 11:304/4Frances Fyfield examines the score of Beethoven's beautiful sonata for violin and piano.
| 11:00Bola Mosuro follows four African students as they begin courses at British universities. 11:303/4Boswell meets playwright Harold Pinter but finds himself the victim of a betrayal.
| 11:00Immigrants in limbo as their US court hearings are put on hold. 11:30Sarah Cuddon looks at, and through, a diversity of frames to understand what they are for.
| 11:454/4Sitcom about a group of night-time cleaners in Manchester. Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The British men who have joined the fight against Islamic State, plus other despatches.
| 11:16Kirsty Young's guest is record producer Robin Millar.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Some news close to home leaves Geoffrey reeling. 12:15Including hearing aids, digital rights, men living longer, and personal contract purchase. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Luke refuses to tow the line with his father. 12:15When are people really ready to get behind the wheel? Presented by Andrea Catherwood. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Lyles are in for a nasty shock. 12:16UK car manufacturing is at a record high but just how British are the cars? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Collingwood Park is prepared for a homecoming. 12:16How people in abusive relationships are trapped by debts forced on them by their partners. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The men at Marshalls are spoiling for a fight. 12:16Why do so few people complain about public services? Plus costly drama school auditions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Twenty firms queue up to join the challenge to the big high street banks. 12:304/7Sandi Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy are joined by Andy Hamilton, Sara Pascoe and Andrew Maxwell(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:045/8With Alun Cochrane, Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 BBC Food and Farming Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45David Graeber examines debt during the medieval period, when coinage largely disappeared.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:45David Graeber examines the influence of debt during the conquest of South America.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45David Graeber examines the influence of debt during the birth of capitalism.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45David Graeber examines the rise of virtual money since the 1970s.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45David Graeber examines the crash of 2008 in the context of the history of debt.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby hosts Ken Clarke MP, Suzanne Evans, Tim Farron MP and Phil Redmond.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Neil Pearson and Anne-Marie Duff star in Matthew Hurt's drama about a love in crisis.
| 14:15Hapless accountant Arthur and wife Gwen's new friendship with Reeve takes a sinister turn.(R)
| 14:15TV researcher Mia faces danger searching for a long-lost horror film...
| 14:151/2New mother Mma Makutsi expands her business portfolio in an unexpected direction.
| 14:00Phoebe knows her own mind.(R) 14:152/2Mma Ramotswe puts her intern on the case, while Mma Makutsi's restaurant raises eyebrows.
| 14:00Listeners respond to the issues discussed on this week's edition of Any Questions? 14:301/3Alan Ayckbourn's classic comedy trilogy stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Helen Baxendale.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dartmouth, Devon.(R) 14:45Conversations featuring motor neurone disease, monastic life and being a twin.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Four more contestants join Russell Davies for the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Oysters are receiving renewed attention around the world. Dan Saladino explains why.(R)
| 15:00A great knight, the man behind Magna Carta. 15:30Tom Heap asks if the green belt surrounding UK cities is really green or pleasant.
| 15:00Need help with childcare costs or employing a nanny? 15:30Sex education, cosmetic surgery trends, removing gallstones and cigarette packaging.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with a group who share a passion for bell-ringing. 15:27Benedict Allen presents an appeal on behalf of Environmental Justice Foundation.(R) 15:30Robert Macfarlane on his latest book, which celebrates the language of the landscape.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dartmouth, Devon. 15:45A young writer befriends an elderly man and discovers the beauty within his world
| | 15:002/2Back with his old love, will John Gabriel find happiness or desire power even more?
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| 16:00 | 16:00David Morrissey explores the life Roger Hill, theatre director, DJ and transvestite artist 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss beliefs about the end of time in Islam.
| 16:00Grace Dent explores the modern idea of grace.(R) 16:30Rebecca Front and Laura Dockrill talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood. 16:30Clarkson and the Top Gear brand, older people in the media, and TV election debates.
| 16:00Joanna Hogg on Chantal Akerman and Terence Stamp on Far from the Madding Crowd. 16:30Large Hadron Collider opportunities and the acoustics of the violin. With Adam Rutherford.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator. 16:30The editor of The Archers answers listeners' questions about the show's recent storylines. 16:55A diagnosis of motor neurone disease and a first grandchild led Jan to contact the project
| 16:00Kristin Scott Thomas talks about her new film. With host Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup on a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. 16:30Roger McGough explores a wide range of poetry about religion.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the ups and downs of trading overseas.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Have UK taxpayers been paying over the odds to prop up council pension funds?(R) 17:40Nigel Dodds, the DUP's leader at Westminster, is a possible post-election kingmaker.(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. 18:305/8With Alun Cochrane, Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Pam offers home truths about where we live. Poetry and sketches.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Vic Reeves, of Vic and Bob fame, talks to Bafta Award-winning actress Olivia Colman.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Hal Cruttenden and Roisin Conaty take on Henning Wehn and Christian Schulte-Loh.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/7Sandi Toksvig and Jeremy Hardy are joined by Andy Hamilton, Sara Pascoe and Andrew Maxwell
| 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. 18:15Ernie Rea chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Sean Penn, artist Leonora Carrington, Madonna's new album and a tribute to Albert Maysles. 19:451/10Homely Delia Grinstead has an unexpected romantic encounter in the grocery aisle.(R)
| 19:15The film X+Y reviewed, Tom McCarthy on his new novel and the housing crisis on stage. 19:452/10Delia's chance meeting with a younger man focuses her dissatisfactions with her home life.(R)
| 19:16Kirsty Lang discusses 18th-century artist Joshua Reynolds, plus an opportunity for writers 19:453/10Delia Grinstead makes an impulsive decision on the annual family vacation.(R)
| 19:00Phoebe knows her own mind. 19:16Michael Flatley farewell tour and a remembrance of Terry Pratchett. With Kirsty Lang. 19:454/10Delia Grinstead starts a new life alone in the small town of Bay Borough.(R)
| 19:00Fallon is thinking outside the box. 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Caitlin Moran's series Raised by Wolves. 19:455/10Little by little, Delia's new life in sleepy Bay Borough begins to feel less solitary.(R)
| 19:00Nigel Dodds, the DUP's leader at Westminster, is a possible post-election kingmaker. 19:15Alexander McQueen exhibition, Suite Francaise, X+Y, Juliette Binoche and Satin Island.
| 19:152/6How does The Archers sound to people who don't listen to The Archers?(R) 19:451/3In Christianshavn, Erik covets the caged automaton songbird he sees in a shop window.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 20:30Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that development is an outmoded concept.
| 20:00Have UK taxpayers been paying over the odds to prop up council pension funds? 20:40Judicial review granted to look at delays in PIP payments, plus recognising voices.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Michael Symmons Roberts reflects on the Passion story.
| 20:00Low-fat diets are often recommended, but is this based on solid science? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the ups and downs of trading overseas.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby hosts Ken Clarke MP, Suzanne Evans, Tim Farron MP and Phil Redmond. 20:50Tom Shakespeare says wisdom in middle age is some compensation for cognitive decline.
| 20:00Professor Michael Sandel explores democracy with a group of MPs, peers and the public. 20:455/5By Nina Raine. A judge looks back on his childhood and a story that he told his children.(R)
| 20:00The editor of The Archers answers listeners' questions about the show's recent storylines.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Whatever happened to the dream of living under the sea? Helen Scales investigates(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Cedric Villani, Vicky Neale, Zia Haider Rahman and Morgan Matthews.(R)
| 21:00Sex education, cosmetic surgery trends, removing gallstones and cigarette packaging. 21:302014 Nobel Prize-winner John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap asks if the green belt surrounding UK cities is really green or pleasant.(R) 21:30Mariella Frostrup meets entrepreneur Michelle Mone and comedian Tony Hawks.(R)
| 21:00Large Hadron Collider opportunities and the acoustics of the violin. With Adam Rutherford.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss dark matter, the 'missing mass' of the universe.(R)
| 21:00The Battle of Neuve Chapelle draws to a close while the men at Marshalls spoil for a fight
| 21:001/2David Threlfall stars in Ibsen's pertinent play about the dangers of ambition.(R)
| 21:00Twenty firms queue up to join the challenge to the big high street banks.(R) 21:26Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.(R) 21:30Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that development is an outmoded concept.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, says Rona Fairhead should go 22:456/10David Suchet reads Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel The Buried Giant.
| 22:00We ask what schools should do about these cases 22:457/10David Suchet reads Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel The Buried Giant.
| 22:00A special report from Beth McLeod in Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales 22:458/10David Suchet reads Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel The Buried Giant.
| 22:00He was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease 8 years ago. 22:459/10David Suchet reads Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel The Buried Giant.
| 22:00New data suggests global emissions of carbon dioxide stabilised last year. 22:4510/10David Suchet reads Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel The Buried Giant.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Miranda Green of Newsweek analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:002/6Status quo bias - do you prefer things, whether personal or political, the way they are?(R) 23:30The best of the day in the Commons and the Lords with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/4Louly reveals how she ran away with a bank robber before meeting a handsome US marshal. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Hannah explains what makes van Eyck's painting so important in the art history canon. 23:154/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the concept of space through the medium of poetry. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Brian tells of a place where forgetfulness is a virtue(R) 23:30Sean Curran follows the debate as MPs argue over the level of defence spending.
| 23:00Rebecca Front and Laura Dockrill talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Twins ask how people still can't tell them apart when they are such very different people.
| 23:00Four more contestants join Russell Davies for the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets.(R)
| 23:00Joanna Hogg on Chantal Akerman and Terence Stamp on Far from the Madding Crowd.(R) 23:30John McCarthy explores the way people's senses can summon memories and emotions.(R)
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