| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Jarvis Cocker discovers what happens here on earth on the night of the full moon. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:306/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:307/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:308/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:309/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:3010/10Richard Cohen on the storytellers of the past. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/4Sharing life stories, comedian Tom talks about growing up in a working class family. 00:303/3A young girl heals a sick child. 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.
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| 02:00 | | | | | | | 02:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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| 05:00 | 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion. 05:45As of today, no more free range eggs on our shelves. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion. 05:45Specialist sheep breeders in Northern Ireland are hit by the P&O Ferry suspension. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the ruff.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion. 05:45Should Scottish farmers turn their backs on supplying seed potatoes to Russia? 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the blackcap.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion. 05:45Can increasingly expensive fertiliser be replaced with manures?
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion. 05:45Plans for a badger cull in Northern Ireland have been announced. 05:58Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the common scoter.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Grace Thomas 05:45A series of personal reflections inspired by an aspect of Jesus' ministry and Passion.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Marys North Creake in Norfolk. 05:45Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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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. 06:07Young 'walking' historian Dr Matthew Green shows Clare a lost city on the Sussex coast 06:30Should Scottish farmers be supplying seed potatoes to Russia? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05An archive edition from 2006 presented by celebrated radio feature-maker Piers Plowright. 06:35The cuckoo has many secrets but has got under our skin. Brett Westwood asks why. From 2017 06:57The latest weather reports and 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week 07:54Veteran and broadcaster JJ Chalmers makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Halo Trust. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10On Mothering Sunday, with Rev Dr Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity 08:48Adam Gopnik seeks enlightenment for our time in Tolstoy's War and Peace. 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the emperor penguin from the Antarctic Peninsula.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Helen Lewis with Richard Wyn Jones, Hanan Issa, Marion Loeffler and Richard King. 09:456/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past.
| 09:00What can bones tell us about evolution, behaviour and extinction? 09:30In 1936, a US socialite and her Chinese guide captured a giant panda and brought it to NY. 09:457/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past.
| 09:00Claudia Hammond looks at the role of empathy and asks who are we kind to. 09:30Find out what you're made of, one gene at a time - with Dr Kat Arney. 09:458/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of an autocrat who defies family ties. 09:459/10Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past.
| 09:00Alan Cumming, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:4510/10Richard Cohen on the storytellers of the past.
| 09:00Martyn Bradley on his adoption journey, comedian Zoe Lyons and Donna Leon's tracks.
| 09:00British fighters in Ukraine, a Sergei Lavrov profile and an Oscars preview from Belfast.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Female photographers documenting resistance across generations feature in a new exhibition
| 10:00Who was Ellen Wilkinson? And Mary-Ellen McGroarty from the UN’s World Food Programme.
| 10:00At 25, Ash Barty walks away from tennis as the world's number one player.
| 10:00Actor Ruth Wilson talks to Emma Barnett about her latest roles on stage and screen.
| 10:00Using two duvets to help your sleep and your relationship.
| 10:30Comedian and author David Baddiel in conversation with his heroes – brought back to life.
| 10:00Jazzer receives bad news and Alice is stunned by a shocking admission
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| 11:00 | 11:00As a teacher Bex Wilson saw what happened when kids didn't have beds and decided to act. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Operation successor: the story behind the Russian president's mysterious rise to power. 11:302/3Noah Charney explores the market for Chinese antiquities in Europe and China.
| 11:00An exploration of men’s violence against women, with Scottish writer Alistair Heather 11:302/2More comic monologues and duologues from the irrepressible Maureen LIpman.
| 11:00Putin miscalculates support among the Russian-speaking Ukrainians for his invasion. 11:30Ben Wright looks at whether a political crisis will force the Whips to change their ways.
| 11:00Sue Mitchell and Rob Lawrie investigate the UK based smugglers and the money they launder. 11:303/3Bob gets a job as a bingo caller, and Gruff and Alice want to get Carys baptised.
| 11:00Paul Waugh of the i newspaper looks back at the political week. 11:30The Taliban keeps classrooms closed to secondary school girls in Afghanistan.
| 11:00Winnie Byanyima, head of Unaids, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:454/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:041/5Chicago 1925: Clare and Irene meet again after decades - with one hiding her identity. 12:18Bye bye to chocolate at checkouts. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:042/5Irene is determined to ignore Clare Kendry - but underestimates her persistence. 12:18Are you thinking about taking in a refugee, and if you are, what do you want to know? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:043/5Two years on, Irene Redfield hears once more from Clare Kendry 12:18Are you still wearing suits or are you dressing down for work? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:044/5Allowing Clare into her busy New York life brings turmoil for Irene. 12:18Fuel prices; renting furniture; boiler upgrade scheme. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/5When Irene and her black friend Felise meet Clare's husband in the street - he is shocked. 12:18Conflicting travel vaccination rules. Fish and British taste buds. Hot property market. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:04Inflation, tax, National Insurance changes, refunding fraud, funeral plan collapse. 12:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 12:045/6Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Sheila Dillon asks if beans could be the answer to our and the planet's health problems. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Greg Jenner dives into the BBC archive to explore the changes between then and now.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Greg Jenner explores the evolution of the pub across the last half century.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Greg Jenner examines parent-teenager conflict through the lens of a 1961 sitcom.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton. 13:45Greg Jenner hears a folk ballad recorded in Somerset in 1942.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Wyvern School in Ashford.
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about what they believe.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jazzer receives bad news. 14:154/4Conclusion of remarkable drama following the life of a nature reserve over one year.
| 14:00Alice is stunned by a shocking admission 14:155/5Jess is sucked even deeper into Ronnie's criminal gang. Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star
| 14:15Is it 'curtains' for legendary panto star and comedian Norman - or 'the show must go on'?
| 14:152/10Award-winning series Our Friends in the North re-written for audio by Peter Flannery.
| 14:00There’s devastation at the vicarage. 14:15Fresh from a bad break-up, famous writer Stella meets new writer Jen.... 14:453/4Helen looks at Sonya Tolstaya and Vera Nabokov: great wives and great typists.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45How trees and fluffy snow are the bad guys when it comes to climate change in Siberia.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the team are in Exbury, Hampshire. 14:45The Criterion, in which the seminal modernist poem The Waste Land first appeared.
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| 15:00 | 15:0013/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 15:30Sheila Dillon and expert panel discuss the hidden costs of food production
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries inspired by the worlds of Maurice Sendak. 15:30Is there a green way out of the energy price crisis? Tom Heap gathers expert opinion.
| 15:00The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, gives an update on the economy. What will it mean for you? 15:30Does owning a dog lengthen your life?
| 15:00Young 'walking' historian Dr Matthew Green shows Clare a lost city on the Sussex coast 15:27Broadcaster Emma Freud makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief. 15:30Johny Pitts talks to Karen Joy Fowler about the infamous Booth family
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the team are in Exbury, Hampshire. 15:453/3Dorothy de la Rue has become a waspish Grande Dame of Romantic fiction.
| 15:00In a time not too far from now a woman looks for love, identity, and the right to be.
| 15:00Tough, wry Black British classic about a young man coming of age in the 90s
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| 16:00 | 16:00Martin Green looks at why brass bands are so good. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks why we're always yearning for new technological solution to problems?
| 16:00Dominic Raab and legal aid. And do we need more diversity among senior judges? 16:30The actor and the thriller writer chat about books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Greg James heads deep into the BBC archives to deliver a selection of prime audio. 16:30Movie boss Scott Stuber on the Oscars, luring talent and the future of film.
| 16:00'How do we see colour - and why are some people colour blind?’ asks Maya Crocombe. 16:30Improving diversity in science; heatwaves at both poles; finding the best hedge to plant.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a diver, a singer and a bacon curer 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Where's the body hair in period drama?
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Okechukwu Nzelu about his novel Here Again Now. 16:30Can disquieting poetry damage the vulnerable and suicidal, or can it be a source of help?
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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 17:30How will soaring energy costs affect UK corporations? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Shocking claims of bullying, sexual harassment and violence from inside the police. 17:40Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says the UK was too slow to secure her release from Iran. 18:305/6Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00The Ukrainian President says the besieged southern port of Mariupol is now just ruins. 18:303/4Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich.
| 18:00Rishi Sunak has set out measures to soften the impact of rising prices. 18:304/6Joanna Lumley & Roger Allam star as long marrieds, in love with life and each other.
| 18:00NATO approves deployment of thousands more troops to eastern Europe 18:303/4Helen Keen ponders why we have a personality.
| 18:00Moscow says the focus of its campaign in Ukraine will now be on the eastern Donbas region 18:303/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Joe Biden makes the comment after meeting Ukrainian refugees in Poland 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ukrainian intelligence chief warns Russia may seek to divide the country. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week, chosen by Rick Edwards
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| 19:00 | 19:00Alice is stunned by a shocking admission 19:15Hew Locke on his new Tate Britain commission, an installation called The Procession
| 19:15Director Joachim Trier on his Oscar nominated film The Worst Person in the World
| 19:15Bridgerton showrunner Chris van Dusen on the second series of the hit costume drama.
| 19:00There’s devastation at the vicarage. 19:15The Hermit of Treig, a film following a man who spent four decades living in a log cabin.
| 19:004/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. 19:15Ayanna Witter-Johnson and Joe Stilgoe add the final five tracks in this series.
| 19:00Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. 19:15Spanish ballet star Tamara Rojo on her most formative cultural influences.
| 19:151/4David Jason stars in David Renwick’s dark and quirky post-apocalyptic sketch show. 19:45Doyle takes his boat up river before the winter sets in. By Thomas Lynch.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Phil Tinline traces the ups and downs of the politics of pay in Britain since 2008. 20:30Inside the murky world of decision-making in Putin’s Russia.
| 20:00Shocking claims of bullying, sexual harassment and violence from inside the police. 20:40We speak to The European Blind Union about their aid for visually impaired Ukrainians.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:45Greg Jenner looks at the evolution of digital voices and their role in accessibility.
| 20:00One month on since Russia invaded Ukraine what further help can the West provide? 20:30How will soaring energy costs affect UK corporations?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Wyvern School in Ashford. 20:50Adam Gopnik seeks enlightenment for our time in Tolstoy's War and Peace.
| 20:00Sir Alex joins Mike Sweeney to reflect on the influences that shaped his life and career.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a diver, a singer and a bacon curer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Claudia Hammond asks: can we ever be purely kind and do our motivations matter? 21:30Helen Lewis with Richard Wyn Jones, Hanan Issa, Marion Loeffler and Richard King.
| 21:00Does owning a dog lengthen your life? 21:30What can bones tell us about evolution, behaviour and extinction?
| 21:00Is there a green way out of the energy price crisis? Tom Heap gathers expert opinion. 21:30Movie boss Scott Stuber on the Oscars, luring talent and the future of film.
| 21:00Improving diversity in science; heatwaves at both poles; finding the best hedge to plant. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of an autocrat who defies family ties.
| 21:00Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world
| 21:00Up-to-the-minute drama set in Kyiv as the invasion takes place. 21:45A fictional dialogue between Syria and Britain, by Leila Haidar and Mish Green.
| 21:00Inflation, tax, National Insurance changes, refunding fraud, funeral plan collapse. 21:25Veteran and broadcaster JJ Chalmers makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Halo Trust. 21:30Inside the murky world of decision-making in Putin’s Russia.
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| 22:00 | 22:00City was hit by Russian shelling last night 22:451/5Chicago 1925: Clare and Irene meet again after decades - with one hiding her identity.
| 22:00City has faced weeks of relentless bombardment by Russian forces 22:452/5Irene is determined to ignore Clare Kendry - but underestimates her persistence.
| 22:00Ukraine President says it "breaks his heart" the war has lasted a month 22:453/5Two years on, Irene Redfield hears once more from Clare Kendry
| 22:00Alliance leaders agree to send more troops to eastern Europe 22:454/5Allowing Clare into her busy New York life brings turmoil for Irene.
| 22:00Military analysts say it may imply Russian war strategy hasn't worked 22:455/5When Irene and her black friend Felise meet Clare's husband in the street - he is shocked.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 22:00Lewis Goodall hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Greg Jenner and the team take us to 1920s Paris to meet the phenomenal Josephine Baker. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi and Jane are joined by Sunday Brunch hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Fast-paced sketch show from character comedian Damien Slash (aka Daniel Barker). 23:155/6Comic explorations of the undergrowth of Chris’s life. 23:30All the news from Westminster including the Chancellor's spring statement.
| 23:00Gaby Roslin, Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona present a comedy panel show about films. 23:30Sean Curran reports on a grilling for the boss of P&O Ferries after he sacked 800 workers.
| 23:00The actor and the thriller writer chat about books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:0013/13The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini. 23:30Robert Macfarlane climbs a wintry Buachaille Etive Mor, guided by the words of WH Murray.
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