| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed asks whether an ancient shift in our sexual behaviour transformed the west. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the cathedral church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Journalist Robert Penn’s account of his search for the perfect bread. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Egypt - where the Nile delta was once the grain store of the Roman world. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In America, Robert Penn discovers how the combine harvester transformed the Midwest. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5How from ancient times white bread became the preserve of the rich. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Robert Penn explores how bread has been central to religion through the ages. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today? 00:30A Sultan is forced to try and make amends after he abandons his wife. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Beverley Humphreys 05:45Gene editing, bio-degradable tree guards made from wool, saving surplus crops. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the common hawk cuckoo from the Bengal region.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Beverley Humphreys 05:45Could gene-editing make your burnt toast safer? 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the eastern orphean warbler in an olive grove near Athens.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Beverley Humphreys 05:45Campaigners question the way the public consultation on gene editing is being run. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents Montserrat oriole from the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Beverley Humphreys 05:45The budget is getting a mixed reception from rural groups. 05:58Mya Rose Craig aka Birdgirl on the black browed albatross for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Beverley Humphreys 05:45The Welsh Parliament has voted to uphold strict new rules on spreading slurry. 05:58Photographer John McPherson recalls the ptarmigan in this Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani. 05:45The former dentist who’s just been elected the new leader of the Scottish Labour party.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary's, Amersham. 05:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including 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 learns how to identify the curious features in our landscape. 06:30The pros and cons of gene editing in plants and animals. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Samira Ahmed asks what we do when new revelations throw our past convictions into doubt. 06:35Brett Westwood explores the role daffodils play in art, medicine, literature and belief. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Emily Buchanan talks to some inspiring women about important ethical and religious issues. 07:54Prof Peter Mortimer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lymphoedema Support Network. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10With the UK’s first bespoke ecumenical Christian community serving young people. 08:48John Connell reflects on how the pandemic is breaking the spell of cities. 08:58London restaurant owner Cyrus Todiwala on the ring-necked parakeet for Tweet of the Day.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Helen Scales, Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Kolbert 09:451/5Journalist Robert Penn’s account of his search for the perfect bread.
| 09:00Why did a rising star in the study of dark energy turn her attention to climate change? 09:30The broadcaster hears what friendship means to cook and writer Ella Risbridger. 09:452/5Egypt - where the Nile delta was once the grain store of the Roman world.
| 09:00Sangita Myska meets Jackson Katz, an innovator bidding to change the world. 09:303/5Will Self explores the role of magic in our insatiable thirst for bottled waters. 09:453/5In America, Robert Penn discovers how the combine harvester transformed the Midwest.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Coleridge's famous poem of a sailor who shot an albatross. 09:454/5How from ancient times white bread became the preserve of the rich.
| 09:00Claire Horton, charity worker, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Robert Penn explores how bread has been central to religion through the ages.
| 09:00Comedian Chris McCausland, Roxana Vilk and 60s Merseybeat rocker Sylvia Wiggins.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell: how damaging might Harry and Meghan's US interview be?
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| 10:00 | 10:00We hear from mums in the 'Red Wall' seats about plans to cut short summer holidays. 10:451/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:00Afghan women; Hugging; Older women actors; Paid bereavement leave. 10:452/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic.
| 10:00Mothers' names on marriage certificates. The Budget. Captain Sir Tom's daughter. 10:453/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire 10:454/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:00Isabel Allende, Erna Solberg, Madeleine Mitchell, Errollyn Wallen and Emma Jacobs. 10:455/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic.
| 10:30Greg James, proud radio nerd, returns to rummage through the BBC’s vast archives.
| 10:00There’s tension at Greenacres, and Alice finds herself under pressure. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the stonechat and whinchat.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Hamza Malik believes sport can help people in so many ways and he wants to broaden access. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid 19.
| 11:00Marie Le Conte considers a generation with lives book-ended by two economic crises. 11:30John Wilson investigates the value of the songs that provide the soundtracks to our lives.
| 11:00Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity. 11:304/4Matt gets a job to impress Anna.
| 11:00Spring brings more political instability in Georgia and Armenia 11:30Stephen Mangan interviews actor David Tennant about his guiltiest memories.
| 11:003/3Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century of British fascism. 11:30Widower Leo is surprised to meet a woman from his past - all he expected was a haircut.
| 11:00Steve Richards hosts Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30We reflect on the last year as Brazil suffered its deadliest week of the pandemic.
| 11:00Mark Strong, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The long struggle to free pre-Victorian Catholics from laws barring them from public life.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:066/10Jean and Howard drive together to visit Howard’s aunt. 12:20Rail fare rises. Overweight pets. The reopening of High Street businesses. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:067/10Confusion reigns when Gretchen leaves Howard. 12:20How will your business or workplace survive the lockdown? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:068/10The Tilburys aside, Jean has troubles closer to home. 12:20Live coverage of the chancellor's Budget speech with analysis and reaction.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:069/10Jean closes in on what really happened at St Cecilia’s. 12:20Instagram is being targeted by hackers who hold you to ransom to get your account back. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:0610/10All is revealed to Jean and Howard makes a decision 12:20How to grow your own loofah sponge. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03Economic abuse law change, pension underpayment, excluded self-employed and bank lotteries 12:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:032/10Sue Perkins hosts a special episode of Just a Minute 12:32Dan Saladino looks at the future role of genome editing technology on food and farming. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world.
| | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:45Erica McAlister uncovers how flies can thwart a crime through forensic entomology.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Join Greg Jenner for a fun history lesson on the Scottish Wars of Independence. 14:15Can a mountain save a marriage? Gloria is a therapist and podcaster who's sure it can.
| 14:00Harrison delivers some unexpected news. 14:15Amanda Dalton's drama documentary on ventriloquism and the uncanny wisdom of the Gut.
| 14:00There’s tension at Greenacres. 14:15Comedy by Nick Warburton. Philip Jackson stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
| 14:00Ruairi’s suggestion causes controversy. 14:15Comedy by Nick Warburton. Philip Jackson stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
| 14:00Alice finds herself under pressure. 14:15Comedy by Nick Warburton. Philip Jackson stars as the most truculent man in Yorkshire.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45The broadcaster hears what friendship means to cook and writer Ella Risbridger.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme with gardening experts. 14:452/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the Final of the music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon asks school food visionaries how the system might be improved in future.
| 15:00Short documentaries about mothers and motherhood. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30We ask experts to imagine a world where we have halved global emissions by 2030
| 15:00A look at how the Budget might affect your finances. 15:30The challenge trial that infects people with coronavirus, and how games help the brain.
| 15:00Clare Balding learns how to identify the curious features in our landscape. 15:27Nadiya Hussain makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of IMPACT Foundation 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Mary Lawson
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme with gardening experts. 15:45A Sultan is forced to try and make amends after he abandons his wife.
| 15:001/2Rudyard Kipling's family classic with a darker twist. Is Mowgli in real danger?
| 15:00All of London wants to marry the infamous poet, but she's not the lady they think she is.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/5When a shock wave hits the world, how do artists respond? 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks why only the malicious breed of troll seems to thrive online.
| 16:00The civil claim in the Anne Sacoolas case, and how is the pandemic affecting jury trials? 16:30The comedian and the books blogger talk to Harriett about their favourite books
| 16:00What can the world's greatest fighter pilot tell us about decision making? 16:30A major news story in Scotland confuses London-based media.
| 16:00Antonia Quirke presents a guide to the universe of The Coen Brothers. 16:30Blue carbon; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters with X rays.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an oil minister, an explosives expert, an author and a jazz musician. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00State pensions scandal, Isabel Allende, and anti-obesity drugs.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Kei Miller about The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion. 16:30Moby-Dick was made in England. Paul Farley tells a story of fast fish and loose fish.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30The UK has invested £400 million in OneWeb satellites. Is this a moonshot moment? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00File on 4 lifts the lid on the dangerous and polluting world of international shipbreaking 17:40The former dentist who’s just been elected the new leader of the Scottish Labour party. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00More evidence that UK Covid jabs reduce infections, Brazil variant fears 18:302/10Sue Perkins hosts a special episode of Just a Minute
| 18:00The furlough scheme will be among business support extended in the Budget. 18:301/6Rupert Hardacre has been missing from Hardacre's ad agency.
| 18:00The Chancellor reveals how he plans to start paying back the cost of the pandemic 18:304/6Granny Kumar chats to Anita Anand, and Anoushka Shankar.
| 18:00Leading economic research group says Chancellor looks more like Scrooge than Santa. 18:30Best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes in conversation with Tara Flynn.
| 18:00Ministers say they can't afford a bigger increase for NHS workers because of the pandemic 18:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00Pope Francis condemns violence and extremism during first papal visit 18:15Emma Freud and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Jake Yapp chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Harrison delivers some unexpected news. 19:15Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel, Klara and the Sun, reviewed. Can robots have humanity? 19:451/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00There’s tension at Greenacres. 19:15The Anchoress and her new album, Your Honour reviewed and Stories That Get Us Through. 19:452/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic.
| 19:00Ruairi’s suggestion causes controversy. 19:15Guitarist Pat Metheny on his new album. 19:453/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic.
| 19:00Alice finds herself under pressure. 19:15MC Grammar on getting children to love reading. 19:454/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00David Mamet; The Glorias and Moxie reviewed; Danielle Evans' short story collection. 19:455/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic.
| 19:00The former dentist who’s just been elected the new leader of the Scottish Labour party. 19:153/6Anneka Rice delves into her diaries, with the help of Rufus Hound. 19:453/5Phill Jupitus talks night time loneliness with Sue Peart and Professor Louise Arseneault.
| 19:0010/12Cynan Jones' gripping series set in a near future in which water is commodified. 19:15BBC New Comedy Award winner Stephen Buchanan's debut stand up show for BBC Radio 4. 19:4510/10A surprising discovery halts the search party.
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| 20:00 | 20:00From just two photos, Charlotte and Cole uncover a story of infidelity and murder. 20:30What is political warfare and what should we do about it?
| 20:00File on 4 lifts the lid on the dangerous and polluting world of international shipbreaking 20:40Testing your vision at home with Moorfield Eye Hospital's app; more tips from writers.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
| 20:00The civil claim in the Anne Sacoolas case, and how is the pandemic affecting jury trials? 20:30The UK has invested £400 million in OneWeb satellites. Is this a moonshot moment?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion. 20:50John Connell reflects on how the pandemic is breaking the spell of cities.
| 20:00Poet Paul Farley shows his hand in a celebration of bluffing, from poker to geo-politics.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an oil minister, an explosives expert, an author and a jazz musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Naomi Alderman's story is of Lucretius, sheep and atoms 21:30Andrew Marr with Helen Scales, Philip Hoare and Elizabeth Kolbert
| 21:00The challenge trial that infects people with coronavirus, and how games help the brain. 21:30Why did a rising star in the study of dark energy turn her attention to climate change?
| 21:00We ask experts to imagine a world where we have halved global emissions by 2030 21:30A major news story in Scotland confuses London-based media.
| 21:00Blue carbon; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters with X rays. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Coleridge's famous poem of a sailor who shot an albatross.
| 21:00Neil Innes looks at the collision of art, humour, music and anarchy in the Bonzo Dog Band.
| 21:002/2Damian Lewis stars as Edward Whymper - the first man to conquer the Matterhorn. 21:45What is hypochondria, and why don’t we take this misunderstood malaise more seriously?
| 21:00Economic abuse law change, pension underpayment, excluded self-employed and bank lotteries 21:25Prof Peter Mortimer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lymphoedema Support Network. 21:30What is political warfare and what should we do about it?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Former French President gets 3 year jail term, two of them suspended 22:456/10Jean and Howard drive together to visit Howard’s aunt.
| 22:00Investigation uncovers policy of moving Uighurs to factories far from home 22:457/10Confusion reigns when Gretchen leaves Howard.
| 22:00Rishi vows to protect jobs - but tax rises loom 22:458/10The Tilburys aside, Jean has troubles closer to home.
| 22:00Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar calls for strong response 22:459/10Jean closes in on what really happened at St Cecilia’s.
| 22:00Pope calls for an end to violence and extremism 22:4510/10All is revealed to Jean and Howard makes a decision
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi Glover and Jane Garvey are joined by BBC New York Correspondent, Nick Bryant 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:001/4Comedian Tom Mayhew heads to the Jobcentre Plus to meet his advisor, Carol. 23:158/12A twisted comedy treat. The news remixed. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. Headphones on. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The comedian and the books blogger talk to Harriett about their favourite books 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Newsjack brings topical sketches and one liners written by you, the Great British public. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:0013/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the Final of the music quiz. 23:30Kirsty Wark meets ventriloquist's dummy Stooky Bill, TV pioneer. With Alistair McGowan.
| 23:00Antonia Quirke presents a guide to the universe of The Coen Brothers. 23:30Samira Ahmed asks what we do when new revelations throw our past convictions into doubt.
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