| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores hidden and crafted identities. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints church in Steep Hampshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/6Simon Russell Beale reads the story of the last men in Britain to be hanged for sodomy. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/6Amidst pervasive antipathy towards homosexuality, James and John meet. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/6James Pratt and John Smith have borrowed a rented room and risked everything. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/6James and John have been caught together, arrested and imprisoned. Now they await trial. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/6There was little chance of reprieve for the two men, but one last desperate hope remained. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Can a poem be carried like a talisman, to ward off anxiety or protect from harm? 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 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 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani Blomfield 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Clare Jones on the inspirational little egret for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani Blomfield. 05:45Welsh First Minister says it's not up to farmers to decide how subsidy money is spent. 05:58John Aitchison presents the lesser spotted woodpecker.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani Blomfield. 05:45Food security and supply chains: prime minister makes announcements at NFU Conference. 05:58Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani Blomfield. 05:45Political hustings at the NFU Conference and a new NFU president. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Gregory Overden on Canada geese for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani Blomfield. 05:45As farmer protests continue in Wales the Rural Affairs Minister tells us she is listening. 05:58David Attenborough presents the magpie.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Fr Matt Roche Saunders. 05:45The Venerable Dr Rachel Mann, Anglican priest, poet and writer - Lent Talk on Friendship.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday, comes from Holy Trinity Church in Penn, Buckinghamshire. 05:45Artist Frank Auerbach, as a new exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, opens in London.
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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. 06:07A beautiful winter's walk near Eastbourne. 06:30Farmer protests in Wales, minister says she's listening. Prime minister at NFU Conference. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Sarah Cuddon reflects on the 'in-between time' of twilight. 06:35The most powerful woman in British farming talks about motivation and making a difference. 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. 07:54Sports broadcaster Ade Oladipo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of EveryYouth 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10In this week of St David’s Day, Roy Jenkins leads a service reflecting on love of nation. 08:48Howard Jacobson on the liberation of laughter and a world turned upside down. 08:58Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines watches nuthatches in his garden.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Ellen E Jones, Hew Locke and Noora Niasari 09:451/6Simon Russell Beale reads the story of the last men in Britain to be hanged for sodomy.
| 09:008/22A strange incident at Chipping Norton Town Hall. 09:30Life changing - the miner’s wife. 09:452/6Amidst pervasive antipathy towards homosexuality, James and John meet.
| 09:00What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on Covid recovery? 09:30How simply tracking your exercise could help you move more and improve your health 09:453/6James Pratt and John Smith have borrowed a rented room and risked everything.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans 09:454/6James and John have been caught together, arrested and imprisoned. Now they await trial.
| 09:00Clive Oppenheimer, volcanologist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/6There was little chance of reprieve for the two men, but one last desperate hope remained.
| 09:00Chris Anderson advocates for the power of Infectious Generosity.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The comedy and acting star Aisling Bea discusses her latest show, Alice and Jack.
| 10:00The Conservative MP and former minister on why she is standing down at the next election.
| 10:00Eleven Ukrainian children deported to Russia will soon be reunited with their families.
| 10:00How society's view of the 'other woman' and mistresses has changed in recent decades.
| 10:00Tom Parker's widow on dealing with grief and deciding to take off her wedding rings.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about the legendary Queen of Sheba. 10:302/12Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Jolene comes to a decision, and Alice has a shock.
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| 11:00 | 11:00At the high point of technological optimism, the vision starts to disintegrate. 11:30How do businesses cope with the misalignment between consumers' intentions and actions?
| 11:00Philanthropist Melinda French Gates and the advice she would give her younger self. 11:30Exploring the radical worlds where music and politics meet.
| 11:00How a Premier League unit tracked down the troll who threatened the player and his family. 11:30Lucy Worsley investigates the death of a teenage girl on a remote Devon farm.
| 11:00Behind the scenes at the Munich conference where news broke of Alexei Navalny's death. 11:30An actor and singer and a computer scientist and author pick their favourite books.
| 11:00How tight is Putin's grip on power in Russia? 11:301/6Paul asks Claudia about her pet hates and worst nightmares.
| 11:00Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster. 11:30Exploring the lives of Ukrainians and Russians two years after Putin's invasion began.
| 11:15Sandy Powell, costume designer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Food halls have been doing well in recent years, but are they starting to struggle? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04News and discussion of consumer affairs 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why is it sometimes so difficult to use lasting power of attorney at your bank? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We hear from the man who founded a radio station specially for tradespeople. 12:32What cookware is best for your kitchen? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The oceans have absorbed the worst impacts of climate change, but for how much longer? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04New analysis suggests millions of households' energy debt has doubled over the past year. 12:308/10Andrew Doyle, Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Ria Lina join Andy Zaltzman. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6How would you review Poirot and a windy brontosaurus? Frank Skinner's panel show. 12:32Farmer's stories through the eyes of poets – can it make us care how our food is grown? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A revolutionary treatment promises new hope for haemophilia sufferers and their families.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Haemophilia patients learn they’ve been given blood products infected with HIV.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Why some haemophilia patients were not told for years that they'd been infected with HIV.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45The little boy infected with HIV through contaminated blood products when he was just two.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Lauren Palmer lost both her parents because of infected blood products, when she was nine.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the Army Flying Museum in Middle Wallop.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2
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| 14:00 | 14:00Emma takes a step forward. 14:151/5When Sabine’s body is found beneath the cliffs, her sister is convinced she was murdered. 14:451/5A brilliantly funny short story series set in Trinidad by the author of Love after Love.
| 14:00Jolene comes to a decision. 14:15The locals of Voznesensk must defend their town against the might of the Russian army.
| 14:00Natasha is shown a new perspective. 14:15By Alex Oates. A gay atheist in Lourdes is surely immune to the healing waters.
| 14:00Harrison has some advice for Harry. 14:15Comedy drama about love and respect.
| 14:00David swallows his pride. 14:152/5Josie has been the victim of 'sextortion' but has she managed to kill her scammer? 14:45India explores the world of nutrition and what other factors influence an unborn baby.
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week 14:45John Yorke looks at Jean Toomer’s Cane about African American life in 1920s America.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:459/13The story of Banksy from hood rat to hero. For Steph help arrives from an unlikely source.
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| 15:00 | 15:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the wide-ranging music quiz 15:30From cooking and growing to new health research, Leyla Kazim explores the world of bitter.
| 15:001/12Jay Rayner and the panel discuss toasties and cooking with quinoa. 15:30The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.
| 15:00If you are co-parenting with an ex, how do you sort out the finances? 15:30Can what we eat improve our cognition? And a new play about NHS mental health services.
| 15:00A beautiful winter's walk near Eastbourne. 15:27Anne Wafula Strike makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Nepal Fellowship. 15:30Sheila Heti on her new experimental book, Alphabetical Diaries.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45By Anthony Joseph - Trinidadian-born musician, novelist and TS Eliot prize-winning poet.
| 15:00Classic titles that influenced and characterised the Jazz Age. Cane by Jean Toomer.
| 15:00Comedy by Christopher Douglas, Radio Four's Ed Reardon.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince unwrap the science of Egyptian mummies. 16:30Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask, should I let my kids use AI for their homework?
| 16:00Michael Rosen is joined by Gillian Tett, columnist at the Financial Times. 16:30An actor and singer and a computer scientist and author pick their favourite books.
| 16:00A wrestling grudge spills out of the ring and into the real world. 16:30Perspectives from Ukraine, Russia and the UK on the challenges of covering the conflict.
| 16:00The story of the microchip's Cold War past, corporate present and quantum future. 16:30Is it a solution to global emissions or a distraction? And, will people actually eat it?
| 16:00John Wilson on a politician, an academic, a translator and a composer. 16:30What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on Covid recovery?
| 16:00Tom Parker's widow on handling grief and her decision to take off her wedding ring.
| 16:00Kate Davies talks to Chris Power. 16:30Can a poem be an act of care, or offer respite from it?
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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 17:30Should governments be taking inspiration from the moon landing? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00The women investigated on suspicion of procuring illegal abortions. 17:40Artist Frank Auerbach, as a new exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, opens in London. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Alexei Navalny's widow says she believes Vladimir Putin is behind her husband's death. 18:301/6How would you review Poirot and a windy brontosaurus? Frank Skinner's panel show.
| 18:00WHO says it's transferred more than 30 patients from Nasser hospital, after Israeli raid. 18:302/6Comedy series about a man struggling to cope with being reincarnated as various animals.
| 18:00Western officials: Russia has no "master plan" to achieve goal of seizing most of Ukraine 18:30A stand-up special about centrism from Alun Cochrane.
| 18:00Dozens of MPs have called on Sir Lindsay Hoyle to stand down 18:301/6Roger’s plans for Joanna’s birthday take a wrong turn.
| 18:00The move comes on the eve of the conflict's second anniversary 18:308/10Andrew Doyle, Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Ria Lina join Andy Zaltzman.
| 18:00The party suspends Lee Anderson over claims "islamists" had control over Sadiq Khan. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Deputy PM defends Tory response to ex deputy party chairman's comments about London Mayor 18:15Jon Kay chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jolene comes to a decision. 19:15Sir Peter Blake on sculpture, new RADA president - David Harewood, playwright John Logan
| 19:00Natasha is shown a new perspective. 19:15Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Sarsgaard, casting directors.
| 19:00Harrison has some advice for Harry. 19:15Wim Wenders on his new film, Perfect Days.
| 19:00David swallows his pride. 19:15Minority Report on stage, Wicked Little Letters starring Olivia Coleman reviewed.
| 19:00Emma and Ed get an offer. 19:15Amy Harman and Debbie Wiseman add five more tracks to the playlist
| 19:00Artist Frank Auerbach, as a new exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, opens in London. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince conjure up scientific explanations for magical goings on.
| 19:15A visit to Gordon Ramsay's restaurant and an existential crisis. 19:30Internationally renowned idiot Jazz Emu sets out to write the world’s most romantic song. 19:453/5In Ireland, Harry discovers the truth about Aislinn.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What does it take to investigate war crimes in Ukraine? 20:30How governments manipulate the law and bureaucracy to take democracies apart.
| 20:00The women investigated on suspicion of procuring illegal abortions. 20:40Mixmups is a new children's TV show that has representation at the heart.
| 20:00Michael Buerk examines the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00How tight is Putin's grip on power in Russia? 20:30Why are so many nightclubs closing, and what might replace them?
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the Army Flying Museum in Middle Wallop. 20:50Howard Jacobson on the liberation of laughter and a world turned upside down.
| 20:00Erring is easy in the prophecy business. Why risk is too important to be left to experts!
| 20:00What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on Covid recovery? 20:30John Wilson on a politician, an academic, a translator and a composer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Actor Peter Capaldi and the advice he would give his younger self. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Ellen E Jones, Hew Locke and Noora Niasari
| 21:00Can what we eat improve our cognition? And a new play about NHS mental health services. 21:308/22A strange incident at Chipping Norton Town Hall.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss NatWest's share sale, a CEO's first 100 days and Christian Horner. 21:30Perspectives from Ukraine, Russia and the UK on the challenges of covering the conflict.
| 21:00Is it a solution to global emissions or a distraction? And, will people actually eat it? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Holy Roman Emperor's army's notorious attack on Romans
| 21:00How western correspondents have reported on the world's biggest country down the years.
| 21:006/11Neil Dudgeon and Tim McInnerny star in this epic tale of money, passion and chasing dreams
| 21:00New analysis suggests millions of households' energy debt has doubled over the past year. 21:25Sports broadcaster Ade Oladipo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of EveryYouth 21:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00What measures could make a difference following Russian opposition leader's sudden death? 22:451/10Mariana Leky's bittersweet portrait of a small town in Germany and its quirky inhabitants.
| 22:00Home Office sacks the chief inspector of borders and immigration in row over leaks. 22:452/10Selma's dream of an okapi means someone must die in the next 24 hours.
| 22:00Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle apologises to MPs 22:453/10Speculation as to who might be the person to die as a result of Selma's dream is rife.
| 22:00Sir Lindsay Hoyle under pressure for handling of Gaza ceasefire vote 22:454/10The villagers are struggling to cope with the tragic death of Martin.
| 22:00Lord Cameron warns UN against "fatigue" and "compromise" in their support of Ukraine 22:455/10How Luisa meets Frederick for the first time. The man who has helped to heal her.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Amy Harman and Debbie Wiseman add five more tracks to the playlist
| 22:00Leila Nathoo and guests discuss the tone of politics and the impact of the Gaza conflict.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The Venerable Dr Rachel Mann, Anglican priest, poet and writer - Lent Talk on Friendship. 23:15Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters? 23:30Sean Curran reports as MPs question the government on the economy.
| 23:00A town in crisis. Binmen on strike, rubbish piled high, and the Mayor is missing… 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on the latest immigration row in Parliament.
| 23:004/4Ashley faces her mum’s mortality, explains funeral karaoke, and ruins another film. 23:152/8Jon Holmes's award winning satirical comedy concept album returns to twist into the news. 23:30High drama as MPs vote on a ceasefire in Gaza.
| 23:00Amol and Nick discuss the chaos in the Commons over a ceasefire vote. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on a Speaker under pressure.
| 23:00A Texan firm has made America’s first moon landing since the Apollo era. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as MPs debate a law to stop ticketless fans invading stadiums.
| 23:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the wide-ranging music quiz 23:30With a £1m recording contract on offer, who was really making the money?
| 23:00Michael Buerk examines the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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