| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Strongmen: what accounts for the global rise of authoritarian leaders? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes this Easter from Canterbury Cathedra 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A gripping insider's view of the pandemic with vital analysis of how to stop the next one. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5An insider traces the story of Covid-19, as tensions emerge across the United Kingdom. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5An insider charts the story of the pandemic as evidence emerges of the effect on children. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The starting gun has been fired and the race for a Covid-19 vaccine is on. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Despite the inequalities that have been exposed by Covid-19, there's still room for hope. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:158/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. 00:30By Vesna Goldsworthy. A couple go to Serbia for the Blooming of the Tisa. 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 Father Martin Magill 05:45Nancy Nicolson visits the Fife farm helping to build a local food network. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58While paying tribute at the Somme battlefields, sound recordist Gary Moore hears a skylark
| 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 Father Martin Magill 05:45With pig prices up and the backlog easing, is the pig industry starting to recover? 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss recalls his first encounter with a coot.
| 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 Father Martin Magill 05:45Free range egg producers say their businesses are at risk due to rising costs. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the yellowhammer.
| 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 Father Martin Magill 05:45Will new rules on sourcing mean more home-grown trees? 05:58Kate Humble presents the swallow.
| 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 Father Martin Magill 05:45Caz Graham hears how farmers are being hit by unprecedented inflation on input costs 05:58The cuckoo has inspired Tara Robinson to create a play about bird migration.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:45Anna Freeman speaks to escape artist Miranda Allen.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Kyiv’s Monastery of the Caves. 05:45The creator and writer of the hit TV sitcom Derry Girls, now in its final series.
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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. 06:07We visit the Wash, where the interests of fishing and conservation are finely balanced. 06:30To help manage rising costs, should retailers increase the price of free-range eggs? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts. 06:35Charlotte Smith meets a veg farmer who is always in search of a new niche crop to grow. 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, with Edward Stourton. 07:54KT Tunstall presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children 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 meditation from the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family in London. 08:48Howard Jacobson on why stories of truth in war cannot be ignored. 08:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith waits anxiously for a returning whitethroat.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Adam Rutherford with NoViolet Bulawayo, Dipo Faloyin and Julia Gallagher 09:451/5A gripping insider's view of the pandemic with vital analysis of how to stop the next one.
| 09:00Is a means tested pot of money on turning 18 the answer to levelling the playing field? 09:301/5Author Jerry Brotton explores the story of the four cardinal directions. 09:452/5An insider traces the story of Covid-19, as tensions emerge across the United Kingdom.
| 09:00It is a simple but meaningful meal that is transformative in the life of Sinéad Browne. 09:30Find out what you're made of, one gene at a time - with Dr Kat Arney. 09:453/5An insider charts the story of the pandemic as evidence emerges of the effect on children.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of The Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791 09:454/5The starting gun has been fired and the race for a Covid-19 vaccine is on.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites the team behind the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. 09:455/5Despite the inequalities that have been exposed by Covid-19, there's still room for hope.
| 09:00Steve Thompson MBE, former England rugby player, and the Inheritance Tracks of Jess Gillam
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00From Inventing Anna to The Dropout, why are female con artists enjoying a cultural moment?
| 10:00Foreign policy advisor to three US presidents, Fiona Hill, on the war in Ukraine.
| 10:00Women and stand up paddleboarding.
| 10:00Celebrating a career spanning 50 years - Bonnie Langford.
| 10:00Rhian Teasdale from the band Wet Leg.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Ruairi finds himself in too deep and it’s an emotional day for Oliver
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sue Mitchell follows as 35 orphans are rescued in Ukraine and settled into a safer place. 11:30Tim Vine tells some jokes and chats to the Great British Public
| 11:00Playing cat and mouse games with the world and sending 'little green men' into Ukraine 11:30Fresh perspectives on cultural treasures from the cleaners who look after them.
| 11:00How does losing a mother as a little girl affect the women they become? 11:30Bonnie Langford talks to Oti Mabuse about her dancing legend - Gwen Verdon.
| 11:00Fighting to restore democracy in Myanmar. 11:30Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a eulogy for the disappearance of the foghorn.
| 11:003/3Personal reflections from British South Asians on surviving - and thriving - in Britain. 11:303/5Selina learns her ex-husband has left her a Picasso – much to Florence’s fury.
| 11:00Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times looks back at the political week. 11:30The Bangladeshis rebuilding their lives again and again as they escape rising river levels
| 11:00Kirsty Wark reunites those involved in the 2011 Dale Farm eviction. 11:458/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Global food prices; cakeage; social internet tariffs. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: Are you struggling to rent or buy? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We hear from Kwajo Tweneboa about his campaign for better conditions in social housing. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Gap Finders - A special investigation: Instagram Fraud 12:32Are they marketing sizzle, or steak? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Greg James presents a compilation of the long-running, self-styled antidote to panel games 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04British Red Cross says urgent steps needed to allow refugees to open bank accounts faster. 12:301/8A brand new series of news quizzing marshalled by Andy Zaltzman 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Leyla Kazim meets food writer and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymnond 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Anita Anand presents political debate and discussion from Sheringham in Norfolk.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Flooding, fashion, city life and country life. Fi Glover presents.
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| 14:00 | 14:00The identity of the mysterious Easter bunny is revealed. 14:15Playfully surreal drama about the bond between mothers and sons by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:00Ruairi finds himself in too deep. 14:15Lucy Gannon’s two part drama about a rural village in Ireland taken in by fraudster.
| 14:00It’s an emotional day for Oliver. 14:15By Katie Hims. Katherine Mansfield's last day in Paris, inspired by her writings.
| 14:00Alice tries to get to the bottom of recent events. 14:151/2Brian Cox returns as Inspector McLevy in a new two-part adventure by David Ashton.
| 14:00Lynda comes to the rescue in more ways than one. 14:154/5Dead Hand’s code has changed, but what does that mean for his latest victim? 14:45Neil MacGregor on water's purifying powers, and the significance of the Ganges for Hindus.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Can we improve nature's engine room- the amazing process of photosynthesis?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Wickham Bishops, Essex. 14:45The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, sparking Egyptomania, that continues.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Kirsty Lang hosts radio's most fiendish quiz 15:30Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30In search of the elusive and elegant snow leopard with their brave protectors.
| 15:00Charmaine Cozier takes a look at the costs of bereavement with an expert panel. 15:30An intimate tale of bird-human interdependence.
| 15:00We visit the Wash, where the interests of fishing and conservation are finely balanced. 15:27Jonathan Freedland makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Orchid, the charity for male cancers 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart about his new novel, Young Mungo
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Wickham Bishops, Essex. 15:45By Vesna Goldsworthy. A couple go to Serbia for the Blooming of the Tisa.
| 15:00David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King.
| 15:00David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Four notable black artists explore Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel Invisible Man. 16:30What resonance does the essential story of Christian hope and salvation have today?
| 16:00Adoptive parent Margaret Reynolds talks about the language used around children in care 16:30Blue Peter's Janet Ellis champions a children's publishing sensation.
| 16:00Footwear: the 'magic' and the material reality. 16:30The journalist discusses his new TV show, 'cancel culture' and the limits of free speech.
| 16:00The inspiring moments that start an artistic journey 16:30Why does scientific communication matter and how might it be done better?
| 16:00John Wilson on a Holocaust survivor, a composer, a campaigner and a photographer. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00Rhian from Wet Leg, the indie rock band whose debut album shot to number one last week.
| 16:00Julian Barnes talks to Elizabeth Day about his new novel Elizabeth Finch. 16:303/3Books to help us navigate everyday life, with Damian Barr.
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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
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| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Are they marketing sizzle, or steak? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Mishal Husain asks what would it take for Nato to confront Russia directly over Ukraine. 17:40The creator and writer of the hit TV sitcom Derry Girls, now in its final series. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Russia further expands its air-strikes across Ukraine. 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00MPs to decide if Boris Johnson should be investigated over lockdown party statements 18:303/4Joe decides to become a Wellness Coach. Starring Philip Glenister.
| 18:00A Ukrainian commander in Mariupol said forces there were facing their final days. 18:302/10Medical revelations as Stephen Mangan takes the confession of satirist Dr. Phil Hammond.
| 18:00Boris Johnson to face a Parliamentary inquiry into claims he misled the House of Commons 18:301/4Paul Sinha and his live audience compile the questions for a perfect pub quiz.
| 18:00Britain could send tanks to Poland to replace equipment Warsaw is giving to Ukraine 18:301/8A brand new series of news quizzing marshalled by Andy Zaltzman
| 18:00The Ukrainian port city of Odessa has been struck by several Russian missiles 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00President Zelensky says Ukraine will emerge victorious in a defiant address 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week presented by Peter Curran.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Ruairi finds himself in too deep. 19:15Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah on his novel Paradise, a Big Jubilee Read.
| 19:00It’s an emotional day for Oliver. 19:15Director Robert Eggers on his new film The Northman.
| 19:00Alice tries to get to the bottom of recent events. 19:15Actor and writer Sarah Solemani on co-writing new TV sitcom Chivalry with Steve Coogan.
| 19:00Lynda comes to the rescue in more ways than one. 19:15Ukrainian film Atlantis and Michael Arditti's novel The Young Pretender reviewed
| 19:008/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore David Simon's The Wire, often called the greatest ever TV drama.
| 19:00The creator and writer of the hit TV sitcom Derry Girls, now in its final series. 19:15Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby reveals her cultural influences and creative process.
| 19:00Ian makes plans for the future 19:15Athena Kugblenu examines what it means to be upwardly mobile. 19:454/5By Eley Williams. An original short story for radio, read by John Lightbody.
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| 20:00 | 20:00How does losing a mother as a little girl affect the women they become? 20:30How are the thousands of Russians who’ve now fled their country being received in Georgia?
| 20:00Mishal Husain asks what would it take for Nato to confront Russia directly over Ukraine. 20:40We speak to a visually impaired Ukrainian couple who have evacuated to Poland.
| 20:00Two people who share the horror of being flooded, come together to exchange stories. 20:45Anna Freeman speaks to escape artist Miranda Allen.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch examines the UK's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. 20:30It is a simple but meaningful meal that is transformative in the life of Sinéad Browne.
| 20:00Anita Anand presents political debate and discussion from Sheringham in Norfolk. 20:50Howard Jacobson on why stories of truth in war cannot be ignored.
| 20:00Dame Maureen Lipman celebrates the radical career of Barbra Streisand.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30John Wilson on a Holocaust survivor, a composer, a campaigner and a photographer.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/3British South Asians and the noughties: too British or not British enough? 21:30Adam Rutherford with NoViolet Bulawayo, Dipo Faloyin and Julia Gallagher
| 21:003/3Tim Hayward looks at the potential of fungi to help the human body and mind. 21:30Is a means tested pot of money on turning 18 the answer to levelling the playing field?
| 21:00In search of the elusive and elegant snow leopard with their brave protectors. 21:30The journalist discusses his new TV show, 'cancel culture' and the limits of free speech.
| 21:00Why does scientific communication matter and how might it be done better? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of The Declaration of the Rights of Woman, 1791
| 21:00Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 21:004/10The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel 21:453/8Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - Boris is besieged by owls bearing police FPNs.
| 21:00British Red Cross says urgent steps needed to allow refugees to open bank accounts faster. 21:25KT Tunstall presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hope and Homes for Children 21:30Aleks Krotoski explores the sacred
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| 22:00 | 22:00Zelensky says Russian forces have begun new offensive in the Donbas 22:451/101941: the Belfast Blitz begins.
| 22:00MPs to decide Thursday whether he should be investigated by Privileges Committee 22:452/10Audrey announces her engagement and Emma witnesses the air raid aftermath.
| 22:00Macron accuses Le Pen of being financially dependent on Russia 22:453/10Emma finds the happiness she has been searching for.
| 22:00Boris Johnson is on 2 day trade visit to India 22:454/10The Floral Hall dance ends in panic as another air raid strikes.
| 22:00UN urges both sides to agree a ceasefire 22:455/10Emma finds herself on the front line, witnessing the brutality of war.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Two people who share the horror of being flooded, come together to exchange stories.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English. 23:30Who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry? Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins.
| 23:002/2Jayde Adams discusses why we leave home and why some of us are drawn to go back. 23:30Sean Curran reports as Boris Johnson apologises to MPs for breaking Covid regulations.
| 23:003/6Victoria Hamilton stars as an ultra competitive quizzer in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue. 23:153/8Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - Boris is besieged by owls bearing police FPNs. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on a fractious Prime Minister's Question Time.
| 23:003/6Tim Vincent chairs the comedy panel show about the funny side of fatherhood. 23:30All the news from Westminster with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Blue Peter's Janet Ellis champions a children's publishing sensation. 23:30News, views and features on the week's stories in Parliament.
| 23:00Kirsty Lang hosts radio's most fiendish quiz 23:30Meetings between poets and scientists who share language and ideas and create new work.
| 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Mark Tully compares those who leave religions with those who stay despite their doubts.
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