| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Are populist politics on the rise?(R) 00:45Church bells from St John the Baptist Church, Loughton, Essex.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Author Miriam Darlington immerses herself in a world of owls.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Author Miriam Darlington immerses herself in a world of owls.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Author Miriam Darlington immerses herself in a world of owls.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Author Miriam Darlington immerses herself in a world of owls.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Author Miriam Darlington immerses herself in a world of owls.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A couple anxiously await the test results that will confirm if their child has malaria.(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 reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45The state of UK woodlands - and how fox-hunting laws are being enforced. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45How will UK trade deals with countries outside the EU change after Brexit? 05:58Penny Anderson had to stop work on her house when the spotted flycatchers moved in.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45What's the best way to give UK tree-planting a boost? 05:58Penny Anderson watches herons in her garden as they steal frogs from her ponds.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45Labour publishes a new manifesto for animal welfare. We ask what it means for farms. 05:58Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45Will Brexit be an opportunity for Welsh fishing, or does it risk being left behind? 05:58Ecologist Penny Anderson discovers a garden warbler singing in her garden.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson. 05:45A mother on her struggle to find a school for her son after 13 rejections.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Vedast, Foster Lane, London. 05:45Becky Milligan looks at the life of South Africa's new president.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including 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.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Clare Balding walks from Winster in the Peak District with comedian Ed Byrne.(R) 06:30Lydney Park Estate's forestry team discuss UK woodlands and the timber sector today. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05From reminiscence to remembrance, Mark Tully considers the way memories shape lives. 06:35Can Scottish farmers continue to raise sheep in an uncertain future? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Martin Bashir. 07:54Monty Halls presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Galapagos Conservation Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St Matthew's Church in Westminster on the first Sunday in Lent. 08:48AL Kennedy on how a thought experiment of the 1960s today risks being turned on its head.(R) 08:58Penny Anderson introduces the red grouse, a bird whose call always makes her laugh.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Richard Sennett, David Farr, Roma Agrawal and Edward Burman. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop David Walker.
| 09:002017 Nobel Prize-winner Richard Henderson on how he zoomed in on the molecules of life. 09:30Decca Aikenhead talks to Sandra, who lost her father suddenly when she was a child. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop Joe Aldred.
| 09:00Following Kully Thiarai, artistic director of National Theatre Wales, in her first year. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss fungi. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Silver.
| 09:00Musician Chi-chi Nwanoku is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:44A service of meditation for Lent, led by Rev Richard Carter.
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles are joined by actor and producer Greg Wise.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Superhero: Black Panther, Nicole Stott, homelessness: Scottish women, suffragette stories. 10:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.
| 10:00Sinn Fein's new female leader and women in Northern Irish politics. 10:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.
| 10:00Women abused for not being feminist enough, children and exercise, and women-led theatre. 10:41Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. 10:55Love and commitment in the face of an uncertain future.
| 10:00Award-winning Saoirse Ronan on her starring role in the coming-of-age film Lady Bird. 10:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.
| 10:00We discuss what self-care means for women. 10:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.
| 10:3075 years since murder, refugees, music and love reached peak perfection in Hollywood.
| 10:00Brian loses his cool, and Kirsty opens up.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows a women's football club in their fight to gain professional status. 11:30Britain's only national local radio station returns to the airwaves in a one-off special.(R)
| 11:001/3Where in the world does our food come from and why? Charlotte Smith investigates. 11:30Meet Uganda’s action heroes, whose DIY kung fu movies are finding a global audience.(R)
| 11:00From bombs to Olympic banners. Can winter sports diplomacy stop a war between the Koreas?(R) 11:302/4Elis James visits the Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. With Rahul Kohli and Suzi Ruffell.(R)
| 11:00Nigerian girl captives return, political surveillance in Egypt and a North Korean minder. 11:30The public art series continues with a look at public art - and who gets to join in?
| 11:00The people who think drilling a hole in the head can revitalise them and prevent dementia. 11:304/4Emily has options, Jen takes the plunge, and Maggie is excited.
| 11:00Bridget Kendall presents the ideas discussion show. 11:30With reflections on Jacob Zuma and Martin Schulz, gangs in the US and Hungarian censors.
| 11:15Christopher Nolan, film director, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Syrian qanun virtuoso Maya Youssef on the healing power of music. Recorded at WOMAD.(R) 12:15The legal challenge over the government's new benefit Universal Credit. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Dan Mayfield explains why he believes everyone is capable of making music.(R) 12:15Winifred Robinson asks why dads are not staying off work to look after new babies. 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Natalie Maddix explains why she believes in the power of singing together.(R) 12:15Online gambling and how an experiment in selling off homes for £1 has worked out. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Laurence Anholt describes how his dying father revealed his traumatic past experiences.(R) 12:15Solving the social care crisis, instant self-checkouts, and the high price of gin. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Brian Bilston on becoming an accidental Twitter poet.(R) 12:15Cladding, pensions and man bags.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04British steel pension members 'exploited' say MPs. 12:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6John Lloyd and Sally Phillips with Jack Carroll, Suzanne Williams and Robert Twigger.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon celebrates the power of food to comfort us in hard times. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Fi Glover and Peter Curran examine how workplace Britain has changed since Weinstein.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Fi Glover and Peter Curran examine how workplace Britain has changed since Weinstein.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Fi Glover and Peter Curran examine how workplace Britain has changed since Weinstein.
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney including South Africa's new president and regulation of pensions 13:454/5Fi Glover and Peter Curran examine how workplace Britain has changed since Weinstein.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Fi Glover and Peter Curran examine how workplace Britain has changed since Weinstein.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Nairn, Scotland.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Failing jails, milk deliveries, tension in Ireland, Swansea's lagoon and Kent's industry.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jennifer has a fight on her hands.(R) 14:154/4Fergus has invited Kelly, a young Australian woman, to travel with them. By Sarah Wooley.
| 14:15By Ming Ho. A mother. A daughter. A lifetime - in one suspended moment...(R)
| 14:15Three stories from three neglected but resilient towns. The Punjab is set in Lancashire.
| 14:00Neil makes a touching declaration.(R) 14:15Three stories from three neglected but resilient towns. This story is set in Essex.
| 14:15Three stories from three neglected but resilient towns. Connor's Song is set in Yorkshire.
| 14:00It's been half term for many, but for some children that means holiday hunger. 14:30The Dead Ringers team imagine what would happen if an alien came to earth.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are hosted by Newtown Linford Gardening Club in Leicestershire.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00A general knowledge contest between the most recent Brain of Britain champions. 15:30Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino pay tribute to greengrocer extraordinaire Charlie Hicks.(R)
| 15:001/8Josie Long presents stories about holding on. 15:30Is it okay to kill insects in the name of science? Adam Hart explores the issues.(R)
| 15:00What are the pitfalls of this ever popular way to get cash from your home without selling? 15:30Claudia Hammond launches the BBC Loneliness Experiment with Olivia Laing and Pam Qualter.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks from Winster in the Peak District with comedian Ed Byrne. 15:27David Baddiel makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Alzheimer's Society.(R) 15:30For Valentine's Day, a special programme devoted to love.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are hosted by Newtown Linford Gardening Club in Leicestershire. 15:45A couple anxiously await the test results that will confirm if their child has malaria.
| 15:15Paul Merton interviews Nicholas Parsons about his time as host of the popular panel show.(R)
| 15:001/2Margaret Atwood's contemporary take on a fairytale of lust and betrayal stars Tanya Moodie
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sculptor and musician Nick Reynolds talks about his fascination with death masks.(R) 16:30Brian Cox, Robin Ince and special guest Jo Brand look at the science of volcanoes.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks language and gender identity with CN Lester, author of Trans Like Me. 16:30Steph McGovern and Jayde Adams talk good books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00A Valentine Day's Special programme exploring infidelity and the history of rings. 16:30Trinity Mirror buys the Express & Star, Times' Oxfam abuse scoop, Premier League rights.
| 16:00Presented by Francine Stock. With Alison Janney and Sally Potter. 16:30Shipping air pollution; Cheddar Man; millirobots in the body; dog brain training.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, an explorer, a scientist, a lawyer, a singer. 16:30Back of the envelope calculations on rape, and how many died under Stalin? 16:55Tackling the taboo around menstruation.
| 16:00Saoirse Ronan on her new film Lady Bird. Encouraging children to get active. Endometriosis
| 16:00Australian crime writer Jane Harper discusses her new thriller Force of Nature. 16:30Liz Berry joins Roger McGough to present a selection of listeners' requests.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:00Naga Munchetty with coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss why some restaurant chains thrive and others fail.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why does life on the street also mean death on the street for some rough sleepers?(R) 17:40Becky Milligan looks at the life of South Africa's new president.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned over the sex scandal in Haiti. 18:306/6John Lloyd and Sally Phillips with Jack Carroll, Suzanne Williams and Robert Twigger.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Henry Normal with his occasional series to tackle love.
| 18:00The government goes on the offensive to try to unite the country around Brexit. 18:302/4As civilisation collapses, Bridget Christie embarks on a comic quest for her Shangri-La.
| 18:00US President says he's committed to securing schools and tackling mental health. 18:307/6Harry and the team look for an escaped prisoner and welcome a famous movie star.
| 18:00An ex-aid worker tells the BBC she was assaulted by colleagues in Haiti and South Sudan 18:30A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00He came under pressure after his ex girlfriend sent racist text messages 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The level of fees and debt for students is going to be the subject of a major review 18:15Carole Walker chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Musician Bob Geldof on A Fanatic Heart, his documentary about Irish poet WB Yeats. 19:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.(R)
| 19:15Samira Ahmed discusses Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water. 19:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.(R)
| 19:00Neil makes a touching declaration. 19:15Greta Gerwig on her directorial debut film Lady Bird. 19:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.(R)
| 19:15Ruth Wilson on her latest big screen role in the psychological drama Dark River. 19:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.(R)
| 19:00Justin has an ulterior motive. 19:15Writers of two memoirs on how art and literature served as a lifeline in very dark times. 19:45Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller.(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan looks at the life of South Africa's new president. 19:15Lady Bird, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Kettle's Yard, Howard Brenton: The Shadow Factory, Troy.
| 19:00Pat proves to be a friend indeed. 19:156/6Jeff tries matchmaking but finds he's playing with fire. With Tom Palmer.(R) 19:451/3An original short story for radio by Timothy X Atack, read by Neve McIntosh.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00From bombs to Olympic banners. Can winter sports diplomacy stop a war between the Koreas? 20:30Caroline Wyatt explores the big questions facing the UK's armed forces.
| 20:00Why does life on the street also mean death on the street for some rough sleepers? 20:40Peter White is joined by male colleagues to discuss masculinity as a blind person.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Hanna Pickard says we need to understand the reasons why people become addicted to drugs.(R)
| 20:00Does so-called Islamic State still pose a threat to Syria and around the world? 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss why some restaurant chains thrive and others fail.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Nairn, Scotland. 20:50AL Kennedy on how a thought experiment of the 1960s today risks being turned on its head.
| 20:00Adam Rutherford explores the 20-year legacy of a paper linking the MMR vaccine and autism.
| 20:00Back of the envelope calculations on rape, and how many died under Stalin?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, an explorer, a scientist, a lawyer, a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Can we cure the most common form of leukaemia? Simon Cox reports.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan with Richard Sennett, David Farr, Roma Agrawal and Edward Burman.(R)
| 21:00Surgeon Stephen Westaby explores the events leading up to the first heart transplant.(R) 21:302017 Nobel Prize-winner Richard Henderson on how he zoomed in on the molecules of life.(R)
| 21:00Philippa Perry explores whether we're in a new age of emotion.(R) 21:30Following Kully Thiarai, artistic director of National Theatre Wales, in her first year.(R)
| 21:00Shipping air pollution; Cheddar Man; millirobots in the body; dog brain training.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss fungi.(R)
| 21:00Proud pessimist Bryan Appleyard investigates the contemporary cult of optimism.(R)
| 21:002/2Marat and Patya start to be pulled apart. Will they marry?(R)
| 21:00British steel pension members 'exploited' say MPs.(R) 21:26Monty Halls presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Galapagos Conservation Trust.(R) 21:30Caroline Wyatt explores the big questions facing the UK's armed forces.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into Oxfam's handling of staff misconduct. 22:456/10Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the decades after the death of Stalin.
| 22:00Can Brexit deliver a liberal Britain looking outward to the world? 22:457/10Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the decades after the death of Stalin.
| 22:00Jacob Zuma has resigned ahead of a planned vote of no confidence. 22:458/10Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the decades after the death of Stalin.
| 22:00Bennell now guilty of 43 crimes against 12 victims, between 1979 and 1990. 22:459/10Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the decades after the death of Stalin.
| 22:00US charges brought against Russians alleged to have interfered in presidential election. 22:4510/10Ludmila Ulitskaya's epic novel of dissident life in the decades after the death of Stalin.
| 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 and guests discuss the latest developments at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright explore how diseases are named.(R) 23:30Katy Long explores the extraordinary history of the passport.(R)
| 23:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and special guest Jo Brand look at the science of volcanoes.(R) 23:30Following the Manchester International Festival's series of tiny 'Festivals in My House'.(R)
| 23:004/4Tez talks about what it is like being both Muslim and British at the same time. 23:15A glimpse into the oddball mind of John as he returns home from work.(R) 23:30Men talk about all sorts of things. Here are some conversations they tend not to have.
| 23:001/3Storyteller Sarah Kendall performs her award-winning live solo show.(R) 23:30How should men behave in a post Harvey Weinstein #metoo world?
| 23:00Steph McGovern and Jayde Adams talk good books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:27Late-night discussion featuring the conversations men do not often have on air. 23:55Separated by 50 years but united by a common purpose.
| 23:00A general knowledge contest between the most recent Brain of Britain champions.(R) 23:30Jacob Sam-La Rose shares his favourite poems from listeners' requests.(R)
| 23:00Presented by Francine Stock. With Alison Janney and Sally Potter.(R) 23:30From reminiscence to remembrance, Mark Tully considers the way memories shape lives.(R)
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