| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The winner of the 2015 BBC/BSA Ethnography Award.(R) 00:45The bells of St Lawrence's Church in Towcester.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The composer recalls his childhood and acceptance into university at a young age.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Gaining a place at Juilliard, Philip Glass begins his music studies in earnest.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/51960s, Paris: Philip Glass studies with acclaimed teacher of composition Nadia Boulanger.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The making of "Einstein on the Beach". Philip Glass's memoir, read by Kerry Shale.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Koyaanisqatsi to Kundun, Philip Glass explains his approach to composing film soundtracks.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Jenny Solomons. Financial disaster compels Victor to visit his businessman brother.(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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Plans for a huge potash mine have cleared their first planning hurdle. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the pied flycatcher.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Horsemeat is back in the news, as police clamp down on illegal meat trading in Europe. 05:58David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus recorded in Rutland Water.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45The farmer who sustained devastating injuries when attacked by a cow. With Sybil Ruscoe. 05:58David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus from the heather moorlands of Allendale.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Why most of Britain's National Parks are unsuitable for fracking. With Charlotte Smith. 05:58David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus from the marshes of North Warren in Suffolk.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. 05:45Charlotte Smith announces the winner of the Countryfile Farming Hero Award. 05:58David Attenborough introduces the final recording marking International Dawn Chorus day.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Mike Ford. 05:45Elsie Frost: 'Nobody can see anything. Why?'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from York Minster. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles Loretta Lynch, newly appointed to the job of US attorney general.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the nature reserves of the 2015 European Green Capital, Bristol.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith hosts a special debate about the next generation of agricultural workers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully wonders what society would look like if spirituality and economics were linked. 06:35Chris Packham relives a Living World programme from 2000 about swifts. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Religious news with Edward Stourton, including Nepal, church bells and fossil fuels. 07:54Helen Lederer presents an appeal for BasicNeeds. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:57Kate Adie makes a Nepal Earthquake Appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee.
| | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, nearby to the Houses of Parliament. 08:48David Cannadine reflects on the merits of youth and age in political leaders.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus from the heather moorlands of Allendale.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy with Richard Bessel, Diana Preston, Helen Benedict and June Oscar. 09:45Christian worship with a reading, prayer and music, led by the Very Rev Graham Forbes.
| 09:00Michael Portillo explores the possibilities for peace and protest during World War I. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Leading women politicians debate the key election issues. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Earth's core. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Sam Wells.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor's guests remember their time as Far East POWs during the Second World War.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir and joined by child behaviour expert Professor Tanya Byron.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Dementia UK's new research, and Theodora Hawksley on becoming a nun. With Jenni Murray. 10:451/5An ad in The Times lures four women away from rainy London to a castle on the Riviera.
| 10:00The prime minister David Cameron brings the election 2015 leader interviews to a close. 10:452/5Lotty and Rose wake up to the radiance of Italy.
| 10:00Leading women politicians debate the key election issues. 10:453/5Lotty and Rose bask in San Salvatore.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig on why she has decided to stand down from Radio 4's News Quiz. 10:454/5San Salvatore works its magic on Mellersh as he turns on the charm...
| 10:00Snooker player Reanne Evans and referee Michaela Tabb, Joanna Rowsell and women of steel. 10:415/5The arrival of the castle's owner charms everyone but Scrap. 10:56A couple who got together second time around now face the reality of his dementia.
| 10:303/3How the harrowing effects of WWI became apparent in art, music and poetry.
| 10:00Jolene and Kenton are under a cloud, while Peggy has bought a present.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Max Cotton explores the world of Napoleonic re-enactment and the legacy of Waterloo. 11:303/4Australian-born Deborah recalls the true tale of her struggle with visa issues.
| 11:00Are specialist forensic techniques used to catch killers and paedophiles under threat? 11:30The story behind the Cat Stevens song, and the memories people associate with it.
| 11:00Alan Dein meets the farmer selling his herd of 1,000 dairy cows after 35 years of milking. 11:305/6Milton Jones is on hand to give advice when he hears ugly rumours about the local farm.(R)
| 11:00In India, a wrestler in the family can mean a ticket out of poverty. Rupa Jha reports. 11:30Dr Shahidha Bari looks at the history of the sari.
| 11:00Susan Marling asks why the UK has the lowest proportion of female engineers in Europe. 11:307/10Gunfire at a nightclub, and a dying man's confession.(R)
| 11:00A quirky, irreverent take on the twists and turns of the election, with Hugo Rifkind. 11:30A report on the earthquake in Nepal, plus other assignments. Presented by Kate Adie.
| 11:16Sue MacGregor remembers Peter Brook's iconic Shakespearean production from 1970.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Mason brings together Radio 4 listeners' contributions on the issue of litter. 12:15Are food supplements worth it and what makes a conman's sucker? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Mason brings together Radio 4 listeners' contributions about housing and population. 12:15One in four teenagers is clinically obese. What might help? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Mason brings together Radio 4 listeners' contributions on the rural environment. 12:15Tthe hospitals scrapping visiting hours to allow families in whenever they want. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Mason brings together listeners' contributions on the disengagement of young adults. 12:15The backlash against self-service tills, plus a rise in debts to friends and relatives. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Chris Mason brings together listeners' contributions on caring for children and the old. 12:15Has the silver screen lost its sparkle? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis interviews George Osborne and looks at the latest fixed-rate mortgage deals. 12:304/5Satire meets silliness in the comedy for hard-working families up and down the country.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/6Sue Perkins presents another edition of the show that tackles the big moral problems.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon looks back on 15 years of the BBC Food and Farming Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Current affairs with Martha Kearney, plus Election Call with Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood.
| 13:00Current affairs with Martha Kearney and Election Call with Labour's Yvette Cooper.
| 13:00Current affairs with Martha Kearney, plus Election Call with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs, with Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Paul Nuttall and Priti Patel.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Mickey Bliss tries to work out why the enemy are always one step ahead.
| 14:00Jolene and Kenton are under a cloud.(R) 14:15By David Lemon and Mark Eccleston. The story of one of literature's greatest hoaxes.(R)
| 14:15Romcom by Peter Souter about fear of flying, starring Ruth Jones and Stephen Tompkinson.
| 14:00Peggy has bought a present.(R) 14:15By Annie Caulfield. Helen Baxendale and Ciaran McMenamin are a couple in search of an egg.
| 14:00Ed is hoping he will get a deal.(R) 14:15A true story that charts actor Tristan Sturrock's journey from paralysis to recovery. 14:45Commentary on the first day of the third Test: West Indies v England from Barbados.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? with Anita Anand. 14:30A 60-year rollercoaster marriage lived in a Yorkshire mining village unfolds. 14:45Commentary on the second day of the third Test: West Indies v England from Barbados.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs is in Devon to chair the horticultural panel programme.(R) 14:45Commentary on the third day of the third Test: West Indies v England from Barbados.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/6Three students from Cardiff University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Felicity Evans discusses the role of diet in diabetes.(R)
| 15:004/6Josie Long hears stories of intimate conversations - including the 'dual form'. 15:30China needs more water urgently. Isabel Hilton examines the nation's options.
| 15:00Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax. 15:30Mental health policies and Matt Haig's book on depression recovery. With Claudia Hammond.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the nature reserves of the 2015 European Green Capital, Bristol. 15:27Tricia Bernal presents an appeal for the Suzy Lamplugh Trust.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to author Caryl Phillips and reveals why Kafka is current.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew Hussey on the impact of one of French cinema's most incendiary films, La Haine. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the overlap between technology and the natural world.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the names people give to family relationships. 16:30Matthew Parris talks to the National Trust's Dame Helen Ghosh about James Lees-Milne.
| 16:00Post traumatic stress in combat veterans and managing beds in the NHS. 16:30BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw on the future of Top Gear. Presented by Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00Thomas Vinterberg on Far from the Madding Crowd, Christopher Doyle and Polish cinema. 16:30The earthquake in Nepal, monkey dexterity, maritime light pollution and light in bacteria.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00With the latest news interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Sue Perkins presents another edition of the show that tackles the big moral problems.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:27Kate Adie makes a Nepal Earthquake Appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee.(R) 18:304/9Reece Shearsmith joins Max and Ivan as they investigate ghoulish goings on in a bookshop.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Clare has mysteriously fled her honeymoon and returned to work.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Ed finally becomes a contestant on the Radio 4 seminal quiz What Do You Know?(R)
| 18:00Commentary on the first day of the third Test: West Indies v England from Barbados.
| 18:00Commentary on the second day of the third Test: West Indies v England from Barbados.
| 18:00Commentary on the third day of the third Test: West Indies v England from Barbados.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jolene and Kenton are under a cloud. 19:15Jonathan Pryce as Shylock, a Far from the Madding Crowd film and Ronnie Wood. 19:451/5An ad in The Times lures four women away from rainy London to a castle on the Riviera.(R)
| 19:15Alan Parker on Bugsy Malone, new spy thriller TV series The Game and poet Eleanor Rees. 19:452/5Lotty and Rose wake up to the radiance of Italy.(R)
| 19:00Peggy has bought a present. 19:15James Graham and Josie Rourke on The Vote, novelist Anthony Doerr and Home Fires. 19:453/5Lotty and Rose bask in San Salvatore.(R)
| 19:00Ed is hoping he will get a deal. 19:15A review of Everyman at the National Theatre and artist Idris Khan. With Samira Ahmed. 19:454/5San Salvatore works its magic on Mellersh as he turns on the charm...(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00Moving story of love and the struggle to find meaning when faced with a terrible illness. 20:30Does Portugal have a problem with police brutality and racism?(R)
| 20:00Investigating mass rapes committed by Soviet troops in Germany at the end of World War II. 20:40Ian Macrae tells Peter White what the main parties are offering blind voters.
| 20:00The groups consider how they feel about the current levels of immigration. 20:45Polish writer Agata Pyzik on what she sees as prejudice against eastern European migrants.
| 20:00A City banker gets £3 million payout for sexism at work. Why do such cases still happen? 20:30Peter Day asks business leaders how important immigration is to their bottom line.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is forensic evidence becoming increasingly unreliable? Linda Geddes investigates.(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy with Richard Bessel, Diana Preston, Helen Benedict and June Oscar.(R)
| 21:00Mental health policies and Matt Haig's book on depression recovery. With Claudia Hammond. 21:30Michael Portillo explores the possibilities for peace and protest during World War I.(R)
| 21:00China needs more water urgently. Isabel Hilton examines the nation's options.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets veterinarian Bruce Fogle, singer Mary Black and gardener Gillian Potts.
| 21:00The earthquake in Nepal, monkey dexterity, maritime light pollution and light in bacteria.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Earth's core.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:008 million people now said to have been affected by devastation of Saturday's quake 22:451/5With Spartan distrust of the rising power of Athens, is war inevitable?
| 22:00Official figures show economy grew 0.3 per cent, half the rate of previous 3 months. 22:452/5Ancient Greek historian Thucydides' masterful first-hand account of the Peloponnesian wars
| 22:00Ritula Shah reports from Glasgow on Labour, the SNP and the future of the Union. 22:453/5Ancient Greek historian Thucydides' masterful first-hand account of the Peloponnesian wars
| 22:00Cameron, Clegg, Miliband put on the spot over their economic plans 22:454/5After an Athenian atrocity in Melos, both sides prepare for war in Sicily.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host an election special with special guest Danny Finklestein. 23:30Michael Rosen asks Julian Barratt and Steve Oram about creating a language without words.(R)
| 23:00Tom takes an emotional journey exploring his profound relationship with his granddad.(R) 23:302/4Recycled Radio explores money, the root of all evil. Or is it?(R)
| 23:004/6Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches.(R) 23:154/6Nigel is distracted from his teaching duties by his temporary homelessness.(R) 23:303/3Gerald Scarfe goes looking for bohemia, with a small "b".
| 23:001/4Find out why Rapunzel is getting a haircut, and what spiders do for entertainment.(R) 23:301/3Gerald Scarfe introduces the radio, recycled. The subject is Hell.(R)
| 23:004/6The Now Show gang present a series of election specials. Hosted Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis 23:30Matthew Parris talks to the National Trust's Dame Helen Ghosh about James Lees-Milne.(R) 23:55A couple who met at art college still fill their life with colour and patterns.
| 23:001/6Three students from Cardiff University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.(R) 23:30A gripping true story of poetry, murder and the art of forgery.(R)
| 23:00Thomas Vinterberg on Far from the Madding Crowd, Christopher Doyle and Polish cinema.(R) 23:30Mark Tully wonders what society would look like if spirituality and economics were linked.(R)
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