| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary's Dunsford, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast. 00:59Commentary on day two of the first Test between New Zealand and England, from Eden Park.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast. 00:59Commentary on day three of the first Test between New Zealand and England, from Eden Park.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A distraught mother makes a statement to the police after her children go missing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast. 00:59Commentary on day four of the first Test between New Zealand and England, from Eden Park.
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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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe asks if UK farming is ready for Brexit. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Matt Merritt, editor of British Birdwatching magazine, revels in the call of the curlew.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Fishing for Leave's Aaron Brown on why the Brexit transitional agreement is a betrayal. 05:58Editor of British Birdwatching magazine Matt Merritt enjoys the first spring male redstart
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Co-op raises its welfare standards for all its own-label pork. 05:58Poet and editor of British Birdwatching Matt Merritt revels in the Wheatear song.
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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.
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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.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Bettany Hughes, John Lewis-Stempel, Rachel Hewitt and Stephen Walsh. 09:44An act of worship with praise, prayers, reading and reflection.
| 09:00David Cannadine argues that dividing peoples according to their civilisation is nonsense.(R) 09:30Playwright David Greig finds out what it takes to be an extreme runner.(R) 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Vicky Walker.
| 09:00Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh meets fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. 09:30Just how green are you? Adam Buxton looks at our muddled ideas about saving the planet. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Jenn Strawbridge.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Nick Bundock.
| 09:00David Byrne, musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:44A service of meditation for Lent led by the Rev Richard Littledale.
| 09:00Singer-songwriter Alexandra Burke joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Choreographer Aletta Collins on her latest project Coraline. 10:451/5Psychological thriller about an obsessive female friendship with Tara Fitzgerald.
| 10:00Are fathers being supported enough in the workplace? 10:452/5Unable to write, Delphine allows L to move in and put her life in order.
| 10:00Eline Van der Velden, Trafficking, 999 emergencies, Menna Fitzpatrick and Jen Kehoe. 10:413/5Delphine starts writing again but L wants a different story. With Tara Fitzgerald. 10:55Celebrating the delights of digital access to all their favourite music and more.
| 10:00Bernadette Robinson's portrayal of five iconic singers in a live performance. 10:454/5Delphine's secret is exposed. Psychological thriller about an intense female friendship.
| 10:00Being hangry, FGM trial, youth and digital technology, Sport Relief and Charlotte Dujardin 10:455/5Delphine de Vigan's thriller about an obsessive friendship. L's game plan is revealed.
| 10:30Comedian and writer Jenny Eclair throws away her To Do list.(R)
| 10:00Alice goes too far, and Brian's nightmare continues.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Fi Glover joins mothers expressing milk for their premature babies in hospital. 11:301/4Poet and entertainer Pam Ayres explores getting older... but not giving in.
| 11:00Alan Dein investigates the aftermath of the 1971 Ibrox stadium disaster. 11:30A meditation on the tensions that can exist between an artistic and a domestic life.
| 11:002/3Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network. 11:30Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Agatha Christie.
| 11:00How was Boko Haram able to kidnap more than one hundred school girls in Dapchi, Nigeria? 11:306 Music's Chris Hawkins investigates a new wave of politically engaged bands.
| 11:00Matthew Taylor finishes his look at the charity sector, focusing on charities' impact. 11:30Writer, producer and poet Henry Normal presents a comic and poetic look at his family life(R)
| 11:00Paul Waugh of the Huff Post looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The US Air Force has a third of its drones stationed at Kandahar airbase in Afghanistan.
| 11:15Anne-Marie Duff, actor, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Dorothea puts together a mixed dinner party. 12:15Tracking down the man whose images have been stolen and used to dupe women online. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Kitty Lumley encounters the sharp end of intolerance. 12:15Poems to celebrate the spring equinox. Noma Dumezweni reads Black March by Stevie Smith. 12:18The Gambling Commission says the maximum stake for terminals should be cut to £30 or less. 12:56The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Bill Macknade is ready to get back on his feet. 12:15Selling off public parks, Tax on diesel cars, Tourism in Amsterdam. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. 12:15Online fashion frenzies, high street woes and Norway's electric (car) dreams. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. In Folkestone, Jessie and Adam play house. 12:15Why is Facebook uploading and storing numbers from the contact list in your smartphone?
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The secretary to the treasury on the marriage tax allowance and savings allowance. 12:304/6Steve 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. 12:045/6Nicholas Parsons chairs, with Shappi Khorsandi, Jo Caulfield, Julian Clary and Paul Merton(R) 12:32Meet the medical students and doctors who want more training on diet and nutrition. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00News with Martha Kearney including Brexit negotiations latest and Iraq war anniversary. 13:451/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:43Poems to celebrate the spring equinox. Harriet Walter reads Nostos by Louise Gluck. 13:452/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5John Lewis-Stempel tells the story of a year in the life of Cockshutt Wood in Shropshire.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Romsey in Hampshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Sarah Dunant uncovers stories from history when children have challenged adult authority.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Clarrie fears the worst.(R) 14:15Joe's daughter is pregnant and University-bound. Will she take Joe's advice?
| 14:00Justin calls in a favour.(R) 14:15Joe's friend Jemal fights to stay in Ferryhill after his family's secret is revealed.
| 14:15Caught up in the surprise British retreat of 1918, signallers face a terrifying choice.
| 14:00Alistair fails to make sense of recent events.(R) 14:15Drama confronting the complex and sometimes uncomfortable issues of British identity.
| 14:00Ruth hears some interesting news.(R) 14:15The Madness front man tells his funny and moving true-life story.(R)
| 14:00Safe spaces and gender self identification - what do they mean to you? 14:301/2John Milton's Paradise Lost dramatised by poet Michael Symmons Roberts.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Leicestershire.(R) 14:45It can be football, or music, or simply providing support and understanding.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 15:30Dan Saladino and Nathan Myhrvold discuss one of the biggest bread projects ever undertaken(R)
| 15:006/8Josie Long hears stories of seeking an answer. 15:30Wood can do anything that oil can do. Could it be the backbone of a future economy?
| 15:00The gender pay gap reporting deadline is approaching - what is known so far? 15:30Deciding between healthy ageing and early dementia, fish oils, adaptive trials and yoga.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding joins Gill Callow on one of her regular walks around York. 15:27Tom Daley makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Sport Relief.(R) 15:30Joseph Knox talks to Mariella Frostrup about his follow-up to his successful debut Sirens.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Leicestershire. 15:45A distraught mother makes a statement to the police after her children go missing.
| | 15:002/2John Milton's Paradise Lost dramatised by poet Michael Symmons Roberts.
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| 16:00 | 16:00A personal, artistic response to the Catalan crisis by Anglo-Spanish artist Sonia Boue. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if blaming social media for recent political upheaval misses the point
| 16:00Simon Russell Beale reads AE Housman's, Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now. 16:03Lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice David Gauke speaks to Joshua Rozenberg. 16:30Bernardine Evaristo and Jolyon Rubinstein discuss good reads with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Sacrifice - from Christ's crucifixion to Salafi jihadist suicide bombers. 16:30The Observer journalist reveals the backstory to her Cambridge Analytica scoop.
| 16:30Data scraping, Future of the Sea report, Cleaning up space junk, Dinosaur eggs and nests.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a union leader, a businessman, a cardinal, a presenter, a folklorist. 16:30Roger Bolton asks why the BBC World Service has made an unprecedented complaint to the UN. 16:55Now ye cannae hold me back.
| 16:00Comedian Eline Van der Velden as Miss Holland, feeling 'hangry' and coercive control.
| 16:00Uzodinma Iweala on his new novel Speak No Evil. 16:30A collection of poems to celebrate the arrival of spring.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:00Caroline Wyatt with coverage of the day's news. 17:30How do you run a successful business while still at school? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An investigation into standards in an NHS trust providing mental health care.(R) 17:40Big data, psychological warfare and mobile discos in the life of Nigel Oakes.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Britain and the EU hail a "decisive step" in the withdrawal process 18:305/6Nicholas Parsons chairs, with Shappi Khorsandi, Jo Caulfield, Julian Clary and Paul Merton
| 18:00MPs want Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence about the Cambridge Analytica claims. 18:301/6Fiona has a problem she thinks only Danno can solve. But Danno has his own problems.(R)
| 18:00More than a million health service workers in England are set to benefit. 18:303/4Joe Lycett tests Mel C, Kerry Godliman and Jack Carroll on who they know, not what.
| 18:00President Trump has announced plans to impose sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods 18:303/6Are Arthur, Trillian and Random really the last remaining humans in The Galaxy? Maybe not.
| 18:00EU leaders pledge coordinated response to Salisbury attack, and approve Brexit guidelines 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Hundreds of thousands of Americans have joined nationwide protests against gun violence. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ex Brexit activist to publish "evidence" that the campaign exceeded spending limits. 18:15Simon Parkes chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Justin calls in a favour. 19:15A special extended interview with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber as he turns 70. 19:451/5Psychological thriller about an obsessive female friendship with Tara Fitzgerald.(R)
| 19:15Jimmy Iovine, the man behind hits from Springsteen to Dr Dre, talks about his long career. 19:452/5Unable to write, Delphine allows L to move in and put her life in order.(R)
| 19:00Alistair fails to make sense of recent events. 19:15Steven Soderbergh on his film Unsane starring Claire Foy, shot entirely on three iphones. 19:453/5Delphine starts writing again but L wants a different story. With Tara Fitzgerald.(R)
| 19:00Ruth hears some interesting news. 19:15Rufus Norris and Kit Monkman on Macbeth's relevance to modern times. 19:454/5Delphine's secret is exposed. Psychological thriller about an intense female friendship.(R)
| 19:00Brian's nightmare continues. 19:15Sonia Boyce discusses her career blazing a trail for black female artists. 19:455/5Delphine de Vigan's thriller about an obsessive friendship. L's game plan is revealed.(R)
| 19:00Big data, psychological warfare and mobile discos in the life of Nigel Oakes. 19:15A Wrinkle In Time, The Great Wave, Philip Hensher, Come Home and America's Cool Modernism.
| 19:00Brian is put on the spot. 19:155/6Damien reluctantly helps out at one of Anthony's barbecues.(R) 19:453/3A man returns to his former marital home and discovers subtle changes in every room.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The art of the dialogue in philosophy and law, religion, psychoanalysis and the arts. 20:30Are smartphones harming our kids? David Baker looks for solutions.
| 20:00An investigation into standards in an NHS trust providing mental health care. 20:40Northamptonshire Association for the Blind CEO Alex Lohman on recent cuts.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Dr Katie Edwards finds the portrayal of Jesus' silence before Pilate unhelpful.
| 20:00Lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice David Gauke speaks to Joshua Rozenberg.(R) 20:30How do you run a successful business while still at school? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Romsey in Hampshire. 20:50Kamila Shamsie on the limitations of the publishing trend 'Up Lit'.
| 20:00In 1968, Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy were murdered. Michael Goldfarb reports.
| 20:00Roger Bolton asks why the BBC World Service has made an unprecedented complaint to the UN.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a union leader, a businessman, a cardinal, a presenter, a folklorist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00What happened when a nail bomb exploded in the Soho pub and what has happened since?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Bettany Hughes, John Lewis-Stempel, Rachel Hewitt and Stephen Walsh.(R)
| 21:00Deciding between healthy ageing and early dementia, fish oils, adaptive trials and yoga. 21:30David Cannadine argues that dividing peoples according to their civilisation is nonsense.(R)
| 21:00Wood can do anything that oil can do. Could it be the backbone of a future economy?(R) 21:30Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh meets fashion designer Hussein Chalayan.(R)
| 21:00Data scraping, Future of the Sea report, Cleaning up space junk, Dinosaur eggs and nests.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.(R)
| 21:00Set in Folkestone, in the week in 1918 when the greatest German offensive began.
| 21:00Caryl Phillips dramatises his novel Crossing the River, set in Yorkshire during WWII.(R)
| 21:00The secretary to the treasury on the marriage tax allowance and savings allowance.(R) 21:26Nick and Rachel Christian make the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Epilepsy Research UK.(R) 21:30Are smartphones harming our kids? David Baker looks for solutions.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00A look at whether Facebook let Cambridge Analytica exploit the data of 50 million users. 22:451/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby reads Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
| 22:00Cambridge Analytica suspends chief executive Alexander Nix. 22:452/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby reads Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
| 22:00Zuckerberg to make it harder for app developers to harvest information in future. 22:453/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby continues Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
| 22:00US tariffs on Chinese imports: Beijing will 'fight to the end' to defend its interests. 22:454/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby continues Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
| 22:00President Trump's new national Ssecurity adviser is a longstanding foreign policy hawk. 22:455/10The story of a disappearance. Lee Ingleby continues Jon McGregor's award-winning novel.
| 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 Labour anti-Semitism row and the latest on Brexit.
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| 23:00 | 23:00BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet joins Libby Purves for live late night conversation. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Time-travelling comic love story of robots, angels, an evil genius and Laika the space dog(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster. 23:55Poems to celebrate the spring equinox.
| 23:001/4Break-out comedy star Sophie Willan looks at how 'normal' we are as parents. From 2018. 23:152/4Stand-up John Moloney tells stories about a German baby and a run-in with a hen night.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. 23:59Commentary on day one of the first Test between New Zealand and England, from Eden Park.
| 23:003/4Jocelyn talks about friendship, and the traffic wardens have a meeting about a meeting.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Bernardine Evaristo and Jolyon Rubinstein discuss good reads with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Love me, love my football team.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz.(R) 23:30Thabiso Mohare talks to poets who write to agitate.(R)
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