| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A study of Todmorden. Also, the rescue and resuscitation of chronic patients.(R) 00:45Bells from the Church of the Holy Cross in Woodchurch on the Wirral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Posthumous essays dealing with cancer offset by happy memories of childhood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Henning Mankell recalls bunking off school and heading for Paris.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The author recalls a trip to a restaurant in Spain.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The author explains his interest in cave paintings and what they reveal.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The author recalls the joy of staging a Greek drama in Mozambique.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Joe Dunthorne. A young couple go on a quest to find a particular type of medication.(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 short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45David Cameron tells Farming Today what he thinks Brexit would mean for UK farmers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the skylark.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45A new emergency package for farmers is announced in Brussels. 05:58John Aitchison presents the dunnock.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45The latest on Scottish land reform, which is to be voted on by MSPs at Holyrood. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the treecreeper.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45Not such sweet news for sugar beet farmers as George Osborne taxes sugary soft drinks. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill. 05:45Historic land reform is voted through in Scotland - but not everyone's happy. 05:58David Attenborough presents the crossbill.(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 Right Rev Marcus Stock. 05:45A listener tells of her anguish as her disabled son turns 21 and enters the adult world.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Holy Trinity in Penn, Buckinghamshire. 05:45Catholic writer and director of the Centre for Character and Values, Cristina Odone.(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.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and 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 joins a group of women who walk each year to remember their friend Catherine(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe looks into a vital aspect of farming - the production of animal feed. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05A meditation on endings and beginnings. 06:35Herdwick sheep, the icons of the Lake District, are proving popular with gourmet diners. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, with Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10In the Footsteps of Judas, Danish Female Imam, Druid Tunnels, Child Abuse and the Church. 07:54Clare Balding presents The Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31A look at calls for an inquiry into who leaked EU comments reportedly made by the Queen.
| 08:31Philip Hammond answers an urgent question on the departure of Russian forces from Syria.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The mystery of God at the heart of the Christian experience this Palm Sunday. 08:48Adam Gopnik struggles with his new year's resolutions to meditate and listen to good music(R) 08:58John Aitchison presents the skylark.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Ruth Dudley Edwards, Heather Jones, David Rieff and Fintan O'Toole. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop David Walker.
| 09:00Helen Sharman talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the ups and downs of being in space. 09:30Mark Lawson talks to writer and author Rachel Cusk. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Richard Hines, whose story inspired the novel A Kestral for a Knave. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam. 09:45An act of worship with hymns, reading and reflection, led by the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews artist Yinka Shonibare.(R) 09:45An act of worship led by Leslie Griffiths.
| 09:00Actor and presenter Mel Giedroyc joins Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Victoria Pendleton on swapping one saddle for another. 10:451/5Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author
| 10:00Update on women offenders; closure of Holloway prison; PM's penal reform speech. 10:452/5After the death of her brother and sisters, Charlotte goes south to face her critics.
| 10:00What do you do if your baby's crying and won't sleep? 10:413/5Drama charting momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author. 10:55Two men admit to guilt about the time they spend gaming, but they are unlikely to change
| 10:00What form of exercise will work for you? With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author
| 10:00Personal perspectives from women sharing Christian faith but different views on abortion. 10:455/5Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author
| 10:303/4Laura Barton takes a close listen to music found in different landscapes around Britain.
| 10:00Mr Grundy goes to college, and Rob is thinking about the future.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows the gold man of Farnworth market as he tries to save his business. 11:304/4The Russian ambassador is in town. Can Dot and the gals snaffle the Russian secrets?
| 11:002/2Alok Jha examines the practices and cultures that can undermine the integrity of science. 11:302/2Colleen Murphy continues her celebration and history of the enduring record Turntable.
| 11:002/3Jolyon Jenkins investigates whether meditation could do more harm than good. 11:30Charles suspects foul play when the TV reality star playing Hamlet is severely injured.
| 11:00Refugees keep trying to cross into Macedonia even though the border is now closed. 11:301/2Mark Lawson on how the story of Rudolf Kastner has been retold outside Israel.
| 11:001/2Heather Jones explores how six days of armed struggle changed Irish and British history. 11:305/6Sue Perkins puts four guests through the moral, ethical and comical wringers.(R)
| 11:00Jim Waterson of Buzzfeed looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Dancing in a nightclub in Damascus - how are locals coping after five years of war?
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews feminist, writer and activist Gloria Steinem.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by the Syrian conflict. 12:15A patient explains why he is dissatisfied with a new treatment for macular degeneration. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by the Syrian conflict. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks how people develop conditions such as bulimia and anorexia. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by the Syrian conflict. 12:15Live coverage of the chancellor's Budget speech, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by the Syrian conflict. 12:15A look at a pioneering new scheme which helps communities to care for dying people at home 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by the Syrian conflict. 12:15Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The salad bar that claims to be the UK's first entirely cashless restaurant. 12:303/6Steve 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. 12:044/6Graham Norton, Rufus Hound, Paul Merton and Pam Ayres join Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino charts the rise, fall and rise of traditional Neapolitan pizza. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Bhimrao Ambedkar, fighter of caste discrimination and the author of India's constitution
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45A profile of the celebrated actor and movie director Raj Kapoor
| 13:45Commentary on England's opening ICC World Twenty20 match against West Indies, from Mumbai.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney, including news on benefits, academies and the death of Paul Daniels. 13:45A profile of the abrasive Indian diplomat and statesman Krishna Menon
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Commentary on South Africa v England, from Mumbai, with Jonathan Agnew and Vic Marks.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Sheffield Cathedral.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Meet 80 year olds Mo and Jo, who recently became honorary Gurkhas.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Bert and Lynda have a difference of opinion.(R) 14:15When Kevin joins Jilly's writing course by mistake, literary licence and love collide.
| 14:00Mr Grundy goes to college.(R) 14:15By Sibusiso Mamba. Two stand-up comics get in over their heads when they return to Africa.(R)
| | 14:00Helen is vulnerable and out of the loop.(R) 14:15Toby Jones and Doon Mackichan star in Tom Wainwright's surreal political comedy.
| | 14:00Anita Anand takes listeners' calls on the Budget, academies and the sugar tax. 14:30Adrian Bean's play dramatises events leading up to the infamous Highland massacre in 1692.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are at the Edible Garden Show in Warwickshire.(R) 14:45Computer gaming as a means of communication, and sexual harassment on the streets.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon discovers why fermentation is the catalyst for a delicious revolution.(R)
| 15:00Was English spoken centuries earlier than people thought? Plus a look at Victorian jokes. 15:30Tom Heap examines the potential impact of an exit from the EU on the environment.
| | 15:00Clare Balding joins a group of women who walk each year to remember their friend Catherine 15:27Author David Mitchell presents an appeal on behalf of the charity KIDS.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to acclaimed Spanish novelist Javier Marias.(R)
| | 15:302/2Colleen Murphy continues her celebration and history of the enduring record Turntable.(R)
| 15:001/3Nicholas Urfe is drawn into a world of trickery and illusion.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Tim Robbins hears from former inmates who he tried to rehabilitate before release. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the nature of mercy.
| 16:00Will new legislation deal effectively with the problem of so-called legal highs? 16:30Dame Evelyn Glennie and Sarah Churchwell discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| | 16:00Director Ben Wheatley discusses his adaptation of JG Ballard's dystopian satire High-Rise. 16:30Lost memories can be recovered in mice. Are there implications for Alzheimer's patients?
| | 16:00Should all parents follow a sleep routine to help get their baby to sleep?
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. 16:30The little-known story of how the poem She Walks in Beauty was set to Jewish music.
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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.
| 17:30Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:30Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30What goes on between a manager and his or her coach? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Simon Cox reveals more allegations about match-fixing in tennis.(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles the leader of Germany's Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00President Putin orders his forces to start withdrawal from Syria 18:304/6Graham Norton, Rufus Hound, Paul Merton and Pam Ayres join Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00Government wants to make all schools in England independent from council control 18:306/6All is going well as Ed faces a birthday milestone, until he encounters Jeremy Paxman.(R)
| 18:00The Chancellor warns of 'storm clouds gathering' in his Budget for 'next generation' 18:304/6The last episode's interviewee Victoria Coren-Mitchell puts questions to Sandi Toksvig.
| 18:00IFS think tank says Chancellor's budget will lead to lower wages and living standards. 18:301/4Hal has planned a getaway, but has to act as a stand-in speaker at his daughter's school.(R)
| 18:00Main suspect in Paris attacks captured in an anti-terror raid in Brussels. 18:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Stephen Crabb appointed Work and Pensions Secretary after Iain Duncan Smith resigns 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Iain Duncan Smith has accused ministers of being too focussed on balancing the books 18:15Peter Curran chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Mr Grundy goes to college. 19:15Live daily magazine programme covering arts, literature, film, media and music. 19:451/5Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author(R)
| 19:00Lynda hits the rehearsal room. 19:15Petroc Trelawny reviews Marguerite, a satirical comedy set in 1920s France. 19:452/5After the death of her brother and sisters, Charlotte goes south to face her critics.(R)
| 19:00Helen is vulnerable and out of the loop. 19:15In a new show Jane Horrocks sings a selection of new wave hits. Plus a review of High-Rise 19:453/5Drama charting momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author.(R)
| 19:00Rob is thinking about the future. 19:15Including a look at the Painkiller, starring Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon. 19:454/5Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author(R)
| 19:00Birthday boy Eddie is on cloud nine. 19:15Jeremy Irons discusses his new play Long Day's Journey into Night. John Wilson presents. 19:455/5Drama charting five momentous visits Charlotte Brontë made to London as a published author(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles the leader of Germany's Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party. 19:15Better Living through Criticism, High-Rise, Jane Horrocks, the Brontes, Russian portraits.
| 19:155/6Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince vie for verbal supremacy.(R) 19:45Amelia Lowdell reads Philip Hensher's take on the ending to Jane Eyre.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Mike Thomson reports on an extraordinary series of diaries on life inside 'Islamic State'. 20:30Will ad-blocking software kill off most free news on the internet?
| 20:00Simon Cox reveals more allegations about match-fixing in tennis. 20:40The closure of talking newspapers, plus a look at accessible computer games.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Catholic writer and director of the Centre for Character and Values, Cristina Odone.
| 20:00Will new legislation deal effectively with the problem of so-called legal highs?(R) 20:30What goes on between a manager and his or her coach? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Sheffield Cathedral. 20:50Adam Gopnik struggles with his new year's resolutions to meditate and listen to good music
| 20:00Ex-convicts tell intimate stories of how they renounced lives of crime.
| 20:00Politics on Desert Island Discs, country music on Radio 2 and views on Out of the Ordinary(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a producer, a composer, an author and a magician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2Alok Jha asks if science is in crisis.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Ruth Dudley Edwards, Heather Jones, David Rieff and Fintan O'Toole.(R)
| 21:00Why is asthma overdiagnosed and undertreated? Plus visual snow and confounding factors. 21:30Helen Sharman talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the ups and downs of being in space.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap examines the potential impact of an exit from the EU on the environment.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Richard Hines, whose story inspired the novel A Kestral for a Knave.(R)
| 21:00Lost memories can be recovered in mice. Are there implications for Alzheimer's patients?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early history of Bethlehem Hospital, known as Bedlam.(R)
| 21:00Sunil Khilnani presents audio portraits of figures who have shaped Indian history.
| 21:002/2Sylvia discovers Philip has lied to her.(R)
| 21:00The salad bar that claims to be the UK's first entirely cashless restaurant.(R) 21:26Clare Balding presents The Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief.(R) 21:30Will ad-blocking software kill off most free news on the internet?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00President Putin announces Russian military withdrawal from Syria. 22:451/5Matthew Oxenhay reflects on why he went to Somerset and what lies ahead of him.
| 22:00Discussing how angry conservatives and angry liberals are reshaping US politics. 22:452/5Sacked from his job but maintaining the fiction of work, Matthew encounters an old friend.
| 22:00The latest on the Budget, and Ritula Shah reports from Germany. 22:453/5Matthew continues to pretend that he has not lost his job. He takes a trip to Somerset.
| 22:00Ritula Shah in Freiburg and Carolyn Quinn in Guildford 22:454/5Matthew's West Country trip hasn't gone according to plan. His wife is expecting him home.
| 22:00Iain Duncan Smith resigns over cuts to disability benefits. 22:455/5A time for decisions and revelations. Matthew calls home and speaks to Judy.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn presents a look ahead to the week's politics with MPs and commentators. 22:45Andrew Gimson analyses how the newspapers are covering the big stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Outsourced Radio - broadcasting in a new financial age! Now you make radio content for us. 23:30Sean Curran reports on calls for a leak inquiry and fury over welfare cuts.
| 23:001/6Fiona has a problem she thinks only Danno can solve. But Danno has his own problems. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as MPs respond to Russia's decision to pull out of Syria.
| 23:002/4The award-winning duo with a baffled IT manager! 23:153/4How did Pharaoh Khufu build such a feat of engineering while maintaining a hashtag game?(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the chancellor unveils a sugar tax on Budget day.
| 23:003/4Meet the man who can't get enough towels! Sketch show with Mike Wozniak and Cariad Lloyd. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Dame Evelyn Glennie and Sarah Churchwell discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Dungeons and dragons helped form a strong bond between this father and daughter
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Roger McGough with a programme dedicated to the Orkney poet George Mackay Brown.(R)
| 23:00Director Ben Wheatley discusses his adaptation of JG Ballard's dystopian satire High-Rise.(R) 23:30A meditation on endings and beginnings.(R)
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