| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Life imprisonment - why are those convicted of murder serving longer sentences than ever? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Petroc’s Church, South Brent, in Devon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:306/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:307/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:308/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:309/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:3010/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:30A young woman meets "Brian". But hidden identities are not unique to the online world. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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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 Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Pressure on the Government to legalise growing hemp for CBD on British farms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the grey wagtail.
| 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 Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Sir Peter Kendall heads up a new review into Northern Ireland's food and farming. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Egyptian goose.
| 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 Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45UK food and drink exports to the EU in February were 40% down on last year. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the alpine swift.
| 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 Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45Calls for a level playing field across checks on imports and exports from the EU. 05:58Presenter Dermot O'Leary gazes into his garden to watch busy coal tits on the bird feeders
| 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 Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45How tapping into plants' daily rhythms could make farming more sustainable. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the little ringed plover.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, who runs a Christian arts charity. 05:455/12Alice Roberts continues a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the village church of St Mawgan in Cornwall. 05:45The European Commission President who says she was left standing because she is a woman.
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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. 06:07Travel writer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent explores her new home in the Welsh Black Mountains. 06:30How role with the rural vote play in the May 6th elections? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully discusses the impact and the power institutions have in our lives. 06:35Nancy Nicolson meets Finlay McIntyre, who manages Dunalastair estate in Perthshire. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Emily Buchanan with a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Jess Barnes makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Alkaptonuria Society. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service marking of the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland. 08:48David Goodhart reflects on group identities in the aftermath of the Sewell report. 08:58David Attenborough presents a dawn chorus recorded in Rutland Water.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Chine McDonald, Giles Fraser and Jeet Thayil. 09:456/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.
| 09:00Jane Clarke unravels her discoveries into the molecular origami of our body's proteins. 09:30Actress Tuppence Middleton talks to writer David Adam about OCD. 09:457/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.
| 09:00Jane Garvey talks to Charlie Wilson about forgetting everyone and everything in his life 09:30The historian who spoke the truth to the emperor and suffered for it. 09:458/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential poets of Rome's Augustan Age. 09:459/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark and guests recall the discovery of long-neglected Romanian orphanages in 1990. 09:4510/22The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office.
| 09:00Rugby international Joe Marler and the Inheritance Tracks of Deborah Meaden.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including John Bercow and eighty year old archive.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What does it mean to have and be a second child. Does birth order determine your future? 10:456/10Without his sisters at home, young Michael must go looking for excitement.
| 10:00Nazanin's sentence and women's rights in Iran, The Barbizon Hotel, Orgasms 10:457/10Michael begins seeing Nell Morahan in secret.
| 10:00Emma Barnett talks to Dawn French about her 4th novel & what to call a woman's later years 10:458/10Maggie brings her fiancé home to meet her father.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 10:459/10Sheila announces her plans to marry Sean Flynn.
| 10:00Morris dancing, women's football commentary, and Bletchley veteran Betty Webb. 10:4510/10As Moran weakens, his daughters come back to Great Meadow.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Ben makes a surprising confession and Lilian gets her hands dirty. 10:54The kingfisher features in this extended version of Tweet of the Day.
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| 11:00 | 11:00For Greg and David, Covid-19 building delays might mean they lose their first home. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:001/3Why electronic gadgets don’t last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard. 11:30Roderick Williams investigates what our opera history tells us about British identity.
| 11:00Michael Segalov traces his Jewish roots in Gdańsk and the politicisation of Poland's past. 11:304/4Stand-up Susan tries to relax by birdwatching with Emma Kennedy.
| 11:00Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment? 11:30Musician Martin Green explores the unlikely connections between Morris dancers and ravers.
| 11:002/5Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system. 11:301/6Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through real-life crime scenarios
| 11:00Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror and guests look back at the political week. 11:30A leaked recording shakes Iran; Turkey, the US and Armenia; St Vincent; Chile and Syria
| 11:00Kirsty Wark is joined by members of the band Madness. 11:45How strength exercises could boost your brain power and cut your risk of heart disease.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Promotion for Tiffy, and an intriguing invitation from Leon. 12:18Parents on low incomes are worried about how they can afford to buy school uniform. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Tiffy and Leon's relationship is deepening, but her ex boyfriend still casts a shadow. 12:18Call You and Yours: what has dating been like for you this past year? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Leon lures Tiffy to an eighth birthday party; she lures him to a Welsh castle. 12:18It isn't the pandemic killing hospitality now but people booking tables and not turning up 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Tiffy finally stands up to her ex-boyfriend's bullying; Leon is at court with his brother. 12:18Stranded Abroad, Suits for Free, Dog Thefts 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04The final episode of this romantic comedy: Leon and Tiffy have much to celebrate. 12:18Line of Duty's Steve Arnott is inspiring a surge in waistcoat sales. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Direct Debit Guarantee Scheme, Provident scheme of arrangement and storing cryptocurrency. 12:303/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:0410/10Jo Brand hosts a special episode of Just a Minute. 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates our love for the hot stuff. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45How to make ships more carbon-efficient.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45How to cut down trees for timber without harming the planet.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Cattle emit huge quantities of planet-warming methane. But they can be stopped!
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Fast-growing bamboo could be a powerful climate ally.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:45Can British farmers transform themselves into carbon-cutting heroes?
| 13:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow.
| 13:00Edward Stourton looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30From a passion for archaeology, to formative experiences early in life.
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| 14:00 | 14:00By Gabriele Kögl. Prix Europa-winning Austrian play with Maggie Steed. 14:45Why does pleasure and desire lead to addiction in some people but not others?
| 14:00Ben makes a surprising confession. 14:154/4Victorian detective drama starring Brian Cox as Inspector James McLevy.
| 14:15Daphne falls in love and in six short months loses everything. Written by Joey Christie.
| 14:00Lilian gets her hands dirty 14:15By Donna Franceschild. Sometimes scattering ashes stirs up more than just grief.
| 14:00The walls close in on Alice. 14:15A commission is formed to solve the Northern Ireland border issue. 14:45The historian who spoke the truth to the emperor and suffered for it.
| 14:00What’s your verdict on the Downing Street expenses scandal? Are you bothered by it? 14:45Poet Helen Mort talks to tattooist Lou Hopper about “getting inked”.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:4510/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett open nominations for the 2021 BBC Food & Farming Awards.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Lucy Siegle finds out about the environmental impact of shipping.
| 15:00Adam Shaw looks at dementia and money. 15:30First finalist in the All in the Mind Awards 2021; memory under lockdown.
| 15:00Travel writer Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent explores her new home in the Welsh Black Mountains. 15:27Jon Richardson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Muscular Dystrophy UK. 15:30Johny Pitts talks to Jon McGregor about Lean Fall Stand.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A young woman meets "Brian". But hidden identities are not unique to the online world.
| 15:00Peggy Charlton’s twice-weekly trips to London raise a few eyebrows in her native Newcastle
| 15:001/2Tom Stoppard's comedy about two minor characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Clarke Peters recalls the 1987 production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss Dante’s Inferno.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to Ralph Keyes about how words and phrases are coined. 16:30Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall nominates Scottish humorist Ivor Cutler
| 16:00The Rural Idyll? The hidden relationship between the countryside and colonialism. 16:30Wondery launches a UK podcast, while Spotify and Apple bring in subscriptions.
| 16:00Moving on up: from muse to producer 16:30Dragonfly on Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing for Covid 19, Acoustic lighthouses.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a guide book writer, a physicist, a photographer, a pop star. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Weekend Woman’s Hour: Dawn French; Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe’s sentence; Women’s Football.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to Liane Moriarty about her bestselling novel Big Little Lies. 16:30World class stage designer and artist Es Devlin reveals the astonishing range of her work.
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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 17:30Nick Robinson talks to Jonathan Reynolds in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Sarah O'Connell examines the ripple effects of the killing of Russell 'Barty' Brown. 17:40The European Commission President who says she was left standing because she is a woman. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:3010/10Jo Brand hosts a special episode of Just a Minute.
| 18:00Labour accuses Boris Johnson of lying over flat renovations 18:303/4Comedian Bridget Christie contemplates mortality and takes a look at death.
| 18:00The Electoral Commission will look at whether the spending falls within its remit. 18:304/6Will wants to make new mistakes while Louisa has an unwelcome offer. Stars Angus Deayton.
| 18:00The Fire Safety Bill finally received approval in parliament last night. 18:30Rich Hall examines what's happened in the first 100 days of the Biden presidency.
| 18:00Film & TV industry breaks ties with the actor and director, who strenuously denies claims 18:303/8Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines.
| 18:00Some states closed vaccine centres due to lack of supply. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers warn safeguards will still be needed after the easing of England's lockdown 18:15David Baddiel chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ben makes a surprising confession. 19:15Nicola Benedetti and Mark Simpson on the violin concerto he wrote for her. 19:4511/15With Coronavirus in Europe, has Kennedy run out of lives?
| 19:15Netflix series Shadow and Bone reviewed, Lemn Sissay's Brighton Festival, Gwendoline Riley 19:4512/15Will Eleanor Peck's research on Count Saint Germaine crack open the case?
| 19:00Lilian gets her hands dirty 19:15Bernadine Evaristo, chair of the Women's Prize juding panel, reveals this year's shortlist 19:4513/15When no-one is who they seem to be, whom do you trust?
| 19:00The walls close in on Alice. 19:15Raoul Peck's new documentary, dance photographer Camilla Greenwell and tufting on TikTok 19:4514/15Following leads Heawood is in East Anglia with Eleanor and Parker.
| 19:00Theresa Lola performs her specially commissioned poem to mark 70 years of the RFH 19:4515/15It's time for the endgame.
| 19:00The European Commission President who says she was left standing because she is a woman. 19:152/6Rufus Hound talks to Dame Jenni Murray about her teenage years in Barnsley. 19:45How picking up a new skill can lead to a sharper, clearer and happier mind.
| 19:001/3When a boy asks for a story, his great-grandfather tells him about his own mother's life 19:153/10Cycling revelations and hidden loot. Stephen Mangan takes confession from Clarke Peters. 19:455/5A Welsh teenager's kindness to an old woman takes a twist. Part 5 of 5 modern folktales.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Michael Segalov traces his Jewish roots in Gdańsk and the politicisation of Poland's past. 20:30How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector.
| 20:00Sarah O'Connell examines the ripple effects of the killing of Russell 'Barty' Brown. 20:40Applying for Jobs; Going out after Lockdown
| 20:00Jane Garvey talks to Charlie Wilson about forgetting everyone and everything in his life 20:304/5Kwame Kwei-Armah explores the impact of the pandemic on the future of theatre.
| 20:00India was said to have “defeated Covid”. Now thousands are dying daily. What went wrong? 20:30For Greg and David, Covid-19 building delays might mean they lose their first home.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow.
| 20:00Peter Taylor revisits the 1981 IRA hunger strikes and assesses their legacy.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a guide book writer, a physicist, a photographer, a pop star.
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| 21:00 | 21:004/4How the rise of renewables could herald a surprisingly bright energy future. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Chine McDonald, Giles Fraser and Jeet Thayil.
| 21:00First finalist in the All in the Mind Awards 2021; memory under lockdown. 21:30Jane Clarke unravels her discoveries into the molecular origami of our body's proteins.
| 21:00Lucy Siegle finds out about the environmental impact of shipping. 21:30Wondery launches a UK podcast, while Spotify and Apple bring in subscriptions.
| 21:00Dragonfly on Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing for Covid 19, Acoustic lighthouses. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential poets of Rome's Augustan Age.
| 21:00Tom Heap and Dr Tamsin Edwards uncover five intriguing ways to combat climate change.
| 21:006/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth. 21:453/4Andy Warhol's acclaimed diaries brought to life in four short dramas by Sean Grundy.
| 21:00Direct Debit Guarantee Scheme, Provident scheme of arrangement and storing cryptocurrency. 21:25Jess Barnes makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Alkaptonuria Society. 21:304/7Short documentaries about music and musicians presented by Josie Long.
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| 22:00 | 22:00US to send up to 60m doses of AZ vaccine to other countries 22:45Promotion for Tiffy, and an intriguing invitation from Leon.
| 22:00Official death toll is now approaching 200,000 22:45Tiffy and Leon's relationship is deepening, but her ex boyfriend still casts a shadow.
| 22:00First Minister and DUP leader forced out by internal revolt 22:45Leon lures Tiffy to an eighth birthday party; she lures him to a Welsh castle.
| 22:00Russia starts to dismantle opposition activist’s political operation 22:45Tiffy finally stands up to her ex-boyfriend's bullying; Leon is at court with his brother.
| 22:00At least 45 dead in crush at Jewish religious festival 22:45The final episode of this romantic comedy: Leon and Tiffy have much to celebrate.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Kirsty Wark and guests recall the discovery of long-neglected Romanian orphanages in 1990.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dr Elisabeth Carter talks to Michael about the language used by romance fraudsters. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Fi and Jane chat to comedian Rosie Jones. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:004/4Comedian Athena Kugblenu looks at the cultural phenomenon of cancelling the famous. 23:154/4Joseph Morpurgo presents an immersive audio tour of Dante's greatest work, The Inferno. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Comedian Geoff Norcott asks what happens to convictions when a pandemic comes along. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall nominates Scottish humorist Ivor Cutler 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe. 23:30Conductor John Wilson tackles a Britten opera under lockdown in a Victorian music hall.
| 23:00Moving on up: from muse to producer 23:30Mark Tully discusses the impact and the power institutions have in our lives.
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