| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed examines the work of the controversial anthropologist Colin Turnbull. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrew's, Nether Wallop, Hampshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today? 00:30A woman becomes a carer for her estranged father. 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 Rev David Campton 05:45UK producers are being disadvantaged by a delay in food and live animal inspections. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Comedian Sue Perkins recalls meeting a great horned owl at the Staffordshire Country Show.
| 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 Rev David Campton 05:45Are we more at risk from food crime as a result of leaving the EU? And illegal crayfish. 05:58Environmentalist Tony Juniper recalls the popularity of linnets in his childhood.
| 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 Rev David Campton 05:45The UK strikes its first post-Brexit fishing deal with the EU and Norway. 05:58Andy Clements is entranced by the mournful spirit-rising sound of the golden plover.
| 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 Rev David Campton 05:45The ongoing problem of fat pigs - pig farmers call for more help from retailers. 05:58Mike Toms describes his encounters with tawny owls in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
| 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 Rev David Campton 05:45Preventing livestock worrying. Could changes to shooting rules protect hares? Hungry gap. 05:58Actress and keen birdwatcher Trudie Goodwin fell in love with the carib grackle's song.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection to start the day with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of New College, Edinburgh. 05:45Journalist, controversialist, celebrity - what's next for the man who craves headlines?
| 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 Leonard’s Church, Hythe in Kent 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. 06:07Sound recordist Ellie Williams takes Clare for an audio-rich wander in North Somerset. 06:30Today marks the spring equinox and time for spring cleaning - outside as well as in. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Celebrating damage - learning from kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. 06:35Brett Westwood meets a wolf and considers the meaning of wolfishness in our culture. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley with a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Tony Robinson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief Red Nose Day. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A moment of remembrance led by the Archbishop of York marks the loss of over 125,000 lives 08:48Michael Morpurgo reflects... a year on from the first lockdown. 08:58Childhood holidays in France were a chance to see rare birds for Fyfe Dangerfield.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Matthew d’Ancona, Minouche Shafik and Kenan Malik 09:451/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.
| 09:001/3Evan Davis and a panel of expert guests discuss lessons from the Covid-19 crisis. 09:452/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.
| 09:00Is transferring power from bosses to employees the key to protecting jobs from automation? 09:305/5Will Self explores the environmental impact of the bottled water industry. 09:453/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revenge of Dionysus on Thebes in Euripides' tragedy. 09:454/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.
| 09:00Dame Louise Casey, crossbench peer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5George Szirtes reads his award-winning memoir about his mother.
| 09:00Jenny Packham on clothes, Jake Tyler on walking the UK and Craig Charles picks his tracks.
| 09:00The news with Paddy O'Connell. Lord Clarke on a year since lockdown.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Reaction to Sarah Everard’s vigil and the actions of the Metropolitan Police. 10:451/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
| 10:00Safe city design, Victoria Atkins, Do men and women garden differently? 10:452/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
| 10:00Women & confidence in the police, Maria Ressa and the future of the handbag post pandemic 10:453/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
| 10:00Three men talk about male violence. 10:454/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
| 10:00Ayanna Witter-Johnson, carers' pay, inclusivity in beauty and Jacqueline Rose. 10:455/5No One Called Her Angel. A five-part reading for Radio 4 written by Louise Welsh.
| 10:302/3David Mitchell hears how our meeting culture is spinning out of control. What can we do?
| 10:00Recent events take their toll on Alice and Eddie makes a rash decision. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the chiffchaff and the willow warbler.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Melanie Reid reunites with her ward mates, a decade after becoming tetraplegic. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid 19.
| 11:001/2Entrepreneur Kathryn Parsons decodes the tech world of China. 11:30Laura Barton on the importance of the age of seventeen in pop music.
| 11:002/3Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people. 11:30A series of dark comic plays from Alexei Sayle.
| 11:00The story of a Syrian protester from Raqqa and efforts to rebuild the city. 11:302/3James Fox steps into the future to ask how technology is transforming the art world.
| 11:002/6Phil Tinline continues his series exploring what conspiracy stories tell us about power. 11:30Leo goes hill walking in a beloved spot and meets a woman who desperately needs his help.
| 11:00Anne McElvoy is joined by Greg Clark, Ruth Edwards, Sarah Owen and Sarah Champion. 11:30The Hong Kongers preparing to leave the territory as Beijing's influence grows.
| 11:00Maggie O'Farrell, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the struggle for equal rights that followed.
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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. 12:066/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20The ONS has the Data You have the stories about a year like no other. 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. 12:067/10Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel set in the near future, and read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20How safe do you feel when you're out and about? 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 new novel from Nobel and Booker-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20Human rights in social care. Rise in direct cremations. Making music festivals greener. 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. 12:069/10The new novel from Nobel and Booker-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20How the gambling website Football Index blurred lines between betting and investing. 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. 12:0610/10The new novel from Nobel and Booker-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20With rail passenger journeys a fraction of what they were, we look at the future of rail. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03We hear from owners of defective new homes who were told to keep quiet. 12:304/7Steve 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. 12:034/10Jenny Eclair hosts a special episode of Just a Minute. 12:32A year on, Sheila Dillon catches up with those who have been keeping the nation fed. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Neil MacGregor with gold coins from Syria and the transformation of the Middle East.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:452/5Neil MacGregor with one of the most sensational finds from Anglo-Saxon Britain.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with a warrior figure from a lost people of Peru.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:454/5Neil MacGregor delves into the history of an artefact from Korea.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Victoria Derbyshire. 13:455/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of the world with a painting from the Silk Road.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
| 13:00Victoria Derbyshire 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 Homeschool History lesson on life in Roman Pompeii. 14:15Reporter Chris Gunness finds himself at the centre of the 1988 Burmese Student revolution.
| 14:00Ben receives an unexpected gift. 14:15Rom-Com about meeting the perfect partner.
| 14:00Recent events take their toll on Alice 14:15A desperate pilot hijacks his own plane in Adrian Penketh's tense thriller.
| 14:00Jazzer learns a valuable lesson. 14:15By Siân Owen. One mum’s struggle to connect to her severely deaf baby son.
| 14:00Chris attempts to be supportive. 14:15Original drama written by Alex Clarke
| 14:00Have your say on Vaccines and the Police Bill 14:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
| 14:00The team look back through the archives for a houseplant edition of the show. 14:454/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The contest of arcane cultural knowledge and cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe 15:30Jaega Wise hears how oak barrels continue to thrive in the drinks industry.
| 15:00Short documentaries about artworks and artists. Presented by Josie Long. 15:30Michael Rosen celebrates 50 years of Dr Seuss's environmental fable, The Lorax
| 15:00Has Covid changed the way we shop? 15:30Covid vaccination and the science behind the side-effects.
| 15:00Sound recordist Ellie Williams takes Clare for an audio-rich wander in North Somerset. 15:27Felicity Finch makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Radio 4 Appeal Fund 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed
| 15:00The team look back through the archives for a houseplant edition of the show. 15:45A woman becomes a carer for her estranged father.
| 15:00Tango is an obsession to some people. To many, it is the spirit of life itself.
| 15:002/2Rosalind Ayres directs an all-star cast in this rediscovered horror-thriller.
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| 16:00 | 16:003/5Artist Katie Paterson explores how the pandemic and lockdown have affected her creativity. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores the importance of novelty and if the digital world can provide it.
| 16:00As governments and fossil fuel companies are being sued, can the law fight climate change? 16:30Husband & wife team - the Radio 1 Breakfast host and the writer talk up their top reads.
| 16:00Matthew Syed asks whether the secret to happiness lies in abandoning social hierarchy. 16:30How do journalists get at the truth in government?
| 16:00Antonia Quirke talks to Francis Lee, director of Ammonite starring Kate Winslet. 16:30Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a king, a commentator, a charity founder, a musician. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00Women and confidence in the police, Syria, and the future of the handbag.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Fiona Mozley about her second novel, Hot Stew. 16:30Poet Clare Shaw explores how artists in Calderdale respond to extreme flooding.
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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 17:30What are the business opportunities from green hydrogen as a power source? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are asylum seekers being mistreated by UK companies paid billions to house them? 17:40Journalist, controversialist, celebrity - what's next for the man who craves headlines? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00More EU countries have suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine 18:304/10Jenny Eclair hosts a special episode of Just a Minute.
| 18:00Focus on the Far East. Russia identified as the most acute threat. More nuclear weapons. 18:303/6Hardacre’s ad agency celebrates a birthday.
| 18:00No new jab appointments to be booked in April. 18:306/6Granny Kumar is back - and ready to chat with her sisters.
| 18:00The EU's medical regulator has said the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe and effective. 18:301/6A special home-recorded series with the world-renowned storyteller.
| 18:00Delays in the rollout of the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine are continuing in parts of Europe 18:304/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00More than half of adults in the UK have received their first covid vaccine 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Conservative rebels attack government plans to extend lockdown powers in England. 18:15Julie Hesmondhalgh chooses best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ben receives an unexpected gift. 19:15Rocks director Sarah Gavron and writer Theresa Ikoko, and today's Oscar nominations. 19:451/15Henry Akeley, an old student from Dr Eleanor Peck’s folklore course has gone missing.
| 19:00Recent events take their toll on Alice 19:15One year after theatres closed due to Covid, what was the impact and what is the legacy? 19:452/15Heawood and Kennedy visit Henry Akeley's House in Rendlesham Forest.
| 19:00Jazzer learns a valuable lesson. 19:15No Ordinary Man, Dream, Lofi Hip Hop and James Levine. 19:453/15Henry Akeley's disappearance leads Heawood and Kennedy to Rendlesham Forest.
| 19:00Chris attempts to be supportive. 19:15Michael Rosen's Covid book, The Band Plays On drama, Zack Snyder’s Justice League reviewed 19:454/15Kennedy and Heawood start to doubt Henry Akeley’s sanity.
| 19:00Hamilton's Giles Terera on writing his first play, The Meaning of Zong. 19:455/15Heawood and Kennedy are starting to make progress with the Henry Akeley investigation.
| 19:00Journalist, controversialist, celebrity - what's next for the man who craves headlines? 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover how our relationship with the night sky has changed. 19:455/5Phill Jupitus talks about what's happening in our lives with historian Rutger Bregman.
| 19:0012/12The final part of Cynan Jones' gripping series set in the very near future. 19:15Sunday evening stand-up comedy from Jacob Hawley. 19:452/3A final fling at a rundown seaside hotel takes an unexpected turn.
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| 20:00 | 20:00An old album leads Charlotte and Cole to uncover the story of a lifelong friendship. 20:30Margaret Heffernan explores the fine art of decision making in times of uncertainty.
| 20:00Are asylum seekers being mistreated by UK companies paid billions to house them? 20:40Telephone Banking; TikTok Trolls
| 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.
| 20:00As governments and fossil fuel companies are being sued, can the law fight climate change? 20:30What are the business opportunities from green hydrogen as a power source?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion. 20:50Michael Morpurgo reflects... a year on from the first lockdown.
| 20:00Bust-ups, bums and Brexit's beginning? - Chris Mason tells the story of the AV referendum.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Julian Worricker on a king, a commentator, a charity founder, a musician.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Will banning 'conversion therapy' end the practice of trying to change people's sexuality? 21:30Andrew Marr with Matthew d’Ancona, Minouche Shafik and Kenan Malik
| 21:00Covid vaccination and the science behind the side-effects. 21:301/3Evan Davis and a panel of expert guests discuss lessons from the Covid-19 crisis.
| 21:00Michael Rosen celebrates 50 years of Dr Seuss's environmental fable, The Lorax 21:30How do journalists get at the truth in government?
| 21:00Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revenge of Dionysus on Thebes in Euripides' tragedy.
| 21:001/3When James Le Mesurier fell to his death he left behind a tangle of truths and lies.
| 21:00Radio 4 partners with Live Theatre, Newcastle to broadcast this funny and moving play. 21:45Why would anyone be a goth? What is the appeal of this dark and spooky subculture?
| 21:00We hear from owners of defective new homes who were told to keep quiet. 21:25Tony Robinson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief Red Nose Day. 21:30Margaret Heffernan explores the fine art of decision making in times of uncertainty.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Boris Johnson tells people the vaccine is safe 22:456/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00PM says it’s designed to make Britain "stronger and safer" 22:457/10Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel set in the near future, and read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00Rare interview with PR company representing the military regime 22:458/10The new novel from Nobel and Booker-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00EU medicines regulator says jab is safe and effective 22:459/10The new novel from Nobel and Booker-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00Mayor of Rio describes situation as "critical" 22:4510/10The new novel from Nobel and Booker-winning author, Kazuo Ishiguro, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 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.
| 22:00With Danny Kruger, Catherine McKinnell and Louise Casey.
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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 and Jane choose some of their favourite listener emails from the past few weeks. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Tom looks at the benefits system and asks if it actually works. 23:1510/12A twisted comedy treat. The news remixed. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. Headphones on. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Husband & wife team - the Radio 1 Breakfast host and the writer talk up their top reads. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Newsjack brings topical sketches and one liners written by you, the great British public. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The contest of arcane cultural knowledge and cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe 23:30Rachel Long talks to poets at night about the ways beds run through the poetic imagination
| 23:00Antonia Quirke talks to Francis Lee, director of Ammonite starring Kate Winslet. 23:30Celebrating damage - learning from kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery.
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