| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Squatting: a cross-cultural history. Also, taking one's clothes off in public.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Paul's Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5By Alan Light. The story of soul legend Nina Simone.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Meeting Mrs Mazzy - the day that changed Nina Simone's life.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5When Eunice Waymon became Nina Simone.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Alan Light. The story of soul legend Nina Simone.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Alan Light. The story of soul legend Nina Simone.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Short story. A man faces an uncertain future as his son leaves for university. 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 Chine McDonald of World Vision UK. 05:45The impact of Brexit on the poorest countries; deer poaching; and agricultural pollution. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Chine McDonald of World Vision UK. 05:45Should British supermarkets stock UK grown sugar to give consumers a choice? 05:58Chris Packham presents the grey heron.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Chine McDonald of World Vision UK. 05:45Evidence of fishermen taking drugs while working out at sea, putting their lives at risk. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Chine McDonald of World Vision UK. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Charlotte Smith. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the nuthatch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Chine McDonald of World Vision UK. 05:45The Angling Trust says Environment Agency cuts mean delays in pollution prosecutions. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce. 05:45You've been meaning to do it for ages. Meet the iPM listeners who already have.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Peter's, Tiverton. 05:45Writer and psychoanalyst Anouchka Grose explores the force of destiny in our lives.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding heads for the Clwyd hills in north Wales to discover Iron Age hillforts.(R) 06:30What are the links between farming and pollution? Charlotte Smith investigates. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers the appeal of shrines and visits a popular Sufi shrine in Delhi. 06:35Lionel Kelleway is in Surrey on the lookout for spring toads. Recorded in 2000. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Addressing the psychological trauma of children from conflict zones. 07:54Jenny Agutter makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Giles Trust. 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 on Budget day.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as peers debate party funding.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Bishop of Dorking the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells preaches in a special service for Lent 08:48Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Paul Auster, Catherine Daunt and Simon McBurney. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Alexander Douglas.
| 09:00Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if life would be better if robots did all the work 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Loudon Wainwright III and DJ David Rodigan join Libby Purves. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Sister Gemma Simmonds.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South from 1855. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Vicky Walker.
| 09:00Jimmy Carr, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on current topics, led by the Rev Alison Jack.
| 09:00Actor Paul Nicholas joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Alison Krauss; Broadchurch storylines; Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus; and Medea. 10:451/5Game of Thrones star Ellie Kendrick stars as the determined Agnes.
| 10:00Pauline Collins talks to Jane Garvey about her long career. 10:452/5Agnes has already been beset with great disappointment. What should she do?
| 10:00International Women's Day - What's on your mind? 10:413/5Agnes has been a governess for two years. She is lonely and desperate for a friend. 10:55They had cool hair - like a mass boy band of 1,000 kids.
| 10:00Craftivism, when activism and craft collide. Plus how the Budget affects you. 10:454/5Agnes is falling in love - but she has a rival.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents live from the Women of the World festival in Hull. 10:455/5Agnes's father is seriously ill, so she returns home with a heavy heart.
| 10:30Stories of the timeless love song written by Ewan MacColl and made famous by Roberta Flack(R)
| 10:00Miranda makes herself clear, and Fallon gets an unexpected reaction.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sarah Dillon begins a series revelling in the Mars of imagination, science and history. 11:451/5Sir David Cannadine explores the changing image of Neville Chamberlain's umbrella.(R)
| 11:00Ken Hollings explores the many Martian utopias that have mirrored our hopes for Earth. 11:454/5David Cannadine explores Sir Alec Douglas-Home's matchbox economics.(R)
| 11:00Kevin Fong explores differing visions of a human presence and purpose on Mars. 11:453/5The inexorable progress of the tripods meets an organised military response at Shepperton.
| 11:00Voting with your husband, unsolved murders, cooking on the centre spot, shamans and mud. 11:30Radio 4 observes National Theatre director Rufus Norris prepare an original Brexit drama.
| 11:00Jolyon Jenkins investigates the UK's private schools teaching fundamentalist Christianity. 11:301/4In Whitby, a magician notices strange bite marks on the neck of a woman he has just met.
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The duffel-coated outcast, from bomb factory to museum and icy cooperation.
| 11:15Marian Keyes, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Sir Trevor McDonald asks former armed robber John McAvoy how he found redemption.(R) 12:15Efforts to stop ticket touts at London's big 2017 athletics event; Wallpaper sales up. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Sir Trevor meets Madeleine Black who struggled to forgive the men who raped her.(R) 12:15Call You & Yours - is the UK letting down its nurses? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How do you bring up three children when your husband dies and you are left alone?(R) 12:15Live coverage of the chancellor's Budget speech.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Miranda Rae, a single mum herself, explores the challenges facing another single mother.(R) 12:15Pubs code row, Popularity of caravans, Cat hazards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Miranda Rae, single mum, meets a single dad with three children and hears his story.(R) 12:15Do people care that their TVs and smartphones could be hacked and used to spy on them?
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A national insurance increase for the self-employed and a test for smart meters. 12:30Steve 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. 12:043/6Nicholas Parsons is joined by Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Marcus Brigstocke and Al Murray.(R) 12:32Do we pay enough for tea? Dan Saladino continues his look at our love affair with the leaf 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Francis Spufford follows the impact of HG Wells's all-conquering Martian war machines.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Francis Spufford follows the impact of HG Wells' all conquering Martian war machines.
| 13:56The latest weather forecast.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:15Commentary on the third ODI between West Indies and England, from Barbados.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Francis Spufford and guests explore why Wells's tale still resonates.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Giggleswick School in Yorkshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Alan Rusbridger asks how America's journalists are reporting on their new president.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kirsty receives a complaint.(R) 14:15Hayley Atwell plays a neuroscientist who makes a discovery that could change the world.
| 14:00Miranda makes herself clear.(R) 14:15Meera Syal stars as a jobless divorcee piecing her life together again - in a novel way.
| 14:00Fallon gets an unexpected reaction.(R) 14:15A story about a friendship between a risk-taking Somali woman and an undercover cop.
| | 14:00Harrison gives it everything he's got.(R) 14:152/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on Northern Ireland and heckling teachers. 14:302/2As the Martians advance Robert begins to lose his reason.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel present the show from north Hampshire.(R) 14:45Not being defined by first impressions or early experiences.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the wide-ranging general knowledge quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino investigates tea's past, present and future and explores our changing tastes.(R)
| 15:003/6Josie Long presents documentaries about time and timing. 15:30More delivery trucks means more air pollution in our cities. Tom Heap looks for an answer.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests decipher what the Budget might mean for you. 15:30Opt-out organ donation; your body after death; time of day to take blood pressure drugs.
| | 15:00Eric Robson and the panel present the show from north Hampshire. 15:45Landscape and legend throw long shadows over a quiet evening at home.
| 15:30An apple, a car, even a super yacht... Why are so many things called Jazz?(R)
| 15:002/2Rebus investigates the shooting of three pupils by an ex-SAS soldier at a private school.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00With Barbara Jenkins, Vladimir Lucien, Kevin Jared Hosein, Colin Robinson and Karen Lord. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests explore religious perspectives on mental health.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg interviews Elizabeth Truss. 16:30Tony Robinson and Andi Oliver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
| 16:00The production of money: how to break the power of the banks. 16:30Andrea Catherwood asks if it is time for a rethink about BBC presenters and impartiality.
| | 16:00Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a bass player, a maternal health expert, a governor. 16:30Should Jenni Murray be free to air her views outside the BBC? Listeners debate. 16:55What the posters on your bedroom wall reveal that you'd prefer your girlfriend didn't know
| 16:00International Women's Day and country singer Alison Krauss.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Helen Dunmore. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests for an in-between time of year.
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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.
| 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30From budget airline seats to insurance, Evan Davis discovers the secrets of pricing.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into how lethal lorries posing a danger to the public remain on the roads(R) 17:40Who is Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador at the heart of a global controversy?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Unions seek assurances about Vauxhall's two UK plants, which General Motors is selling. 18:303/6Nicholas Parsons is joined by Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Marcus Brigstocke and Al Murray.
| 18:00Labour calls PM's proposal for a new generation of grammar schools a "vanity project" 18:304/4Despite the obsession with trying to defy age, is there a case for not living too long?(R)
| 18:00The Chancellor has increased National Insurance payments for self-employed workers. 18:303/4Jocelyn talks about friendship, and the traffic wardens have a meeting about a meeting.
| 18:00Commentary on the third ODI between West Indies and England, from Barbados.
| 18:00Amanda Spielman warns of bad practices due to the pressure of league tables 18:30Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Turkey's President has accused the Dutch government of acting like "Nazi remnants". 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers say amendments would "tie the prime minister's hands" in Brexit talks. 18:15The best of BBC radio this week with Gerry Northam.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Miranda makes herself clear. 19:15Sean Foley directs Moliere, Malala's UN speech as a choral piece. 19:451/5Game of Thrones star Ellie Kendrick stars as the determined Agnes.(R)
| 19:00Fallon gets an unexpected reaction. 19:15Authors Judith Kerr and Chris Riddell discuss Dr Seuss; artist Wolfgang Tillmans. 19:452/5Agnes has already been beset with great disappointment. What should she do?(R)
| 19:00Pip needs an extra pair of hands. 19:15Roger McGough and Brian Patten on The Mersey Sound, Lizzie Nunnery, Andrew McMillan. 19:453/5Agnes has been a governess for two years. She is lonely and desperate for a friend.(R)
| | 19:00Jazzer makes himself at home. 19:15Paul Weller on composing his first film score, Duncan Macmillan on adapting Paul Auster. 19:455/5Agnes's father is seriously ill, so she returns home with a heavy heart.(R)
| 19:00Who is Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador at the heart of a global controversy? 19:15Hull: City of Culture, The Hypocrite, Helen Dunmore, Radio 4's Mars Season, Elle.
| 19:151/4Boswell attempts to write a biography of Sigmund Freud, but Freud asks all the questions.(R) 19:45A baby is born into the world, fist first, with an unusual gift.
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| 20:00 | 20:00From Clytemnaestra to Hillary Clinton, Professor Mary Beard considers women in power. 20:30Could a second referendum on Scottish independence yield a different result?
| 20:00An investigation into how lethal lorries posing a danger to the public remain on the roads 20:40James Harding, BBC's director of news, on a new £1m fund to recruit disabled people.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Writer and psychoanalyst Anouchka Grose explores the force of destiny in our lives.
| | 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Giggleswick School in Yorkshire. 20:50Stella Tillyard looks at the phenomenon of the "idling brain".
| 20:00How stories of mental illness are told in fiction and news.
| 20:00Should Jenni Murray be free to air her views outside the BBC? Listeners debate.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a lawyer, a bass player, a maternal health expert, a governor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars. 21:30Andrew Marr with Paul Auster, Catherine Daunt and Simon McBurney.(R)
| 21:00Why go to Mars? Claudia Hammond examines the space-farer's drive to occupy the red planet. 21:30Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel asks if life would be better if robots did all the work(R)
| 21:00More delivery trucks means more air pollution in our cities. Tom Heap looks for an answer.(R) 21:30Loudon Wainwright III and DJ David Rodigan join Libby Purves.(R)
| | 21:0011/12Hannah Fry looks back at the UK's rich history of computing innovation.
| 21:00Farrah Jarral tells the intriguing and unexpected story of anthropology.
| 21:00A national insurance increase for the self-employed and a test for smart meters.(R) 21:26Jenny Agutter makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Giles Trust.(R) 21:30Could a second referendum on Scottish independence yield a different result?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00How watertight is Trump's new travel ban order from a legal point of view? 22:451/10By Helen Dunmore. Hattie Morahan reads a story of radicals, property and love.
| 22:00MPs discuss whether they will back the Lords' Brexit amendments. 22:452/10Lizzie's mother has shocking news which explains her sickness.
| 22:00Was it a budget that prepares Britain for the challenges of exiting the European Union? 22:453/10The overthrow of the French king makes Diner anxious about his property schemes.
| 22:00A special investigation from Andrew Hosken. 22:454/10Lizzie has a new baby brother but must face a terrible loss.
| 22:00Iraqi forces battling Islamic State in Mosul 'make significant gains'. 22:455/10Lizzie has an unexpected encounter.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00What are the prospects for the Brexit negotiations? Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen on the Americanisation of English, with Lynne Murphy and Matthew Engel.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as ministers try to calm fears over jobs at Vauxhall.
| 23:002/3Storyteller Sarah Kendall performs her award-winning live solo show Touchdown. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Late-night topical comedy, hosted by award-winning satirist Nish Kumar. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Stand-up from Alex Edelman, Winner of Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Festival(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Tony Robinson and Andi Oliver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55University life does not always live up to its promise.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the wide-ranging general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents listeners' requests for poems to take us through the night.
| 23:00Francine Stock and Adam Rutherford explore the potential for life across the universe.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers the appeal of shrines and visits a popular Sufi shrine in Delhi.(R)
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