| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A 48-hour fight to survive, lost in a snowstorm. And the data that helps rescuers find us. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Priory Church of St Edith, Monks Kirby in Warwickshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Catherine Coldstream's account of her twelve years as a contemplative nun in the 1990s. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Aged just 27, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5After five years at Akenside Priory, Sister Catherine makes her final vows. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5The nuns at Akenside examine their changing role in the modern world. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Reeling from recent brutal events, Catherine needs to make a choice. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Alex Clark talks to Andrew O'Hagan about his new novel, Caledonian Road. 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.
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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 spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. 05:45The 78-year-old shepherd who's teamed up with a teenager to run her flock. 05:57Weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. 05:45Flooded farmers, fox hunting, long-distance trail.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. 05:45How does supermarkets selling vegetables at a loss during Easter affect farmers?
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. 05:45New labelling foods which could cost food companies hundreds of thousands of pounds.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. 05:45When can farmers apply for the Farming Recovery Fund?
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson starts the day with reflection and prayer. 05:45How a quick HIIT workout can burn calories, boost brainpower and help you live longer.
| 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 Abbey Church in Selby, North Yorkshire. 05:45We discuss whether your blindness should be at the front and centre of your life.
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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. 06:07Rose Ferraby explores the links between the landscapes of Orkney and the planet Mars. 06:30New labelling rules could cost food companies millions of pounds. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Giles Fraser hears about pressure on interfaith networks and why they should be saved. 06:35Sarah Swadling visits a Dorset sheep farm with its own wool mill. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Is there still a stigma attached to mental health treatment in Muslim communities? 07:54Artist Gary Mansfield makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Koestler Arts. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers 08:10On the 30th anniversary of the start of the genocide, with Mike Wooldridge 08:48Zoe Strimpel on crossing the rubicon into motherhood. 08:58Broadcaster Anneka Rice explains why the nightingale is a fascination to her.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter. 09:45Why a former advertising exec helps train ex-offenders to become bike mechanics.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks dinosaurs and ‘one in a million year’ events with Dr Nick Longrich. 09:30We head into the lab to find out how unwanted sound can affect the body and brain.
| 09:00Just 14 when her mum is murdered, Georgia vows that she will never be forgotten. 09:301/6In 1998, Helen joined a vast social experiment - one that you are probably part of too.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Serbian-American inventor. 09:45How a quick HIIT workout can burn calories, boost brainpower and help you live longer.
| 09:00Professor Tim Spector, scientist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Kate Silverton has swapped the newsroom for the therapists couch.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00From Beyoncé to Shania Twain, women are making country cool again.
| 10:00Reaction to Scotland's new hate crime law.
| 10:00Girls State - the US project that spotlights the young female leaders of tomorrow
| 10:00Nicola Hinds has won her 'David and Goliath' case against a national company.
| 10:00The BBC journalist who returned to Rwanda for the first time since fleeing the genocide.
| 10:00Stephen is determined to take Shaun back to their ancestral homeland, but will he prevail? 10:30Exploring why Van Morrison's iconic song means so much to so many.
| 10:00Kirsty Wark and guests recall the BBC’s ground-breaking consumer rights show That’s Life!
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| 11:00 | 11:00When did this North Wales coast town end up in conflict with its local gull population? 11:451/5Catherine Coldstream's account of her twelve years as a contemplative nun in the 1990s.
| 11:00Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew add the final five tracks to the current playlist. 11:452/5Aged just 27, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory.
| 11:00How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes. 11:453/5After five years at Akenside Priory, Sister Catherine makes her final vows.
| 11:00Actor, comedian, presenter and writer Sir Michael Palin reveals his creative influences. 11:454/5The nuns at Akenside examine their changing role in the modern world.
| 11:00Gary Lineker hosts Leyla Kazim for lunch and reveals his new-found love of cooking. 11:455/5Reeling from recent brutal events, Catherine needs to make a choice.
| 11:00The Great PFI Debt: An Investigation 11:30Thirty years on from the genocide, Rwandans share stories of survival and reconciliation.
| 11:00It’s judgement day for Harrison, and Alice attempts to do the right thing.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We look at the challenges of downsizing. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: Does so-called surge pricing, paying more at peak times, work for you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Plan.com, village shops and solo travel. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04We speak to a tech company that uses AI to moderate harmful internet content. 12:32Why did we lose the roadside restaurant chain Little Chef? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The UK countryside is very white, but is it racist? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04National Insurance is being cut this weekend for the second time this year. 12:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Ireland's youngest and newest Taioseach in waiting. 12:301/6How do you track down a wanted man? 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45A judge has to decide the cause of a baby’s death but the experts in the case don’t agree.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45One of the FBI’s microscopic hair analysis experts gets it very wrong. And he's not alone.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45The police use coercive tactics to extract confessions from the Guildford Four.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45An expert thinks a crime scene indicates arson. But then the fire science changes.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45The police find a stranger’s DNA on a victim’s fingernails. Can a DNA match be wrong?
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Enginuity at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30How much of a shock will affordable electric vehicles from China give European car makers?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Tension mounts at the Easter egg race. 14:15A letter hidden in 1897 by an orphaned Sunderland choirboy is discovered a century later.
| 14:15Modern love and families - a funny, warmhearted new drama.
| 14:00It’s judgement day for Harrison. 14:15Can a mountain save a marriage? Gloria is a therapist and podcaster who's sure it can.
| 14:00There’s shocking news for Harry. 14:15Amanda Dalton's drama documentary on ventriloquism and the uncanny wisdom of the Gut.
| 14:00Alice attempts to do the right thing. 14:153/5Marvin uncovers disturbing information about Riv. 14:45We explore milk and how history and politics have shaped the way we feed our babies.
| 14:00Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities. 14:45One resident makes a promise they may not be able to keep.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke looks at The Sportswriter by Richard Ford.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Comedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung. 15:30How did two English opera-loving sisters help dozens of Jews escape Nazi Germany?
| 15:00Alan Dein logs on to connect with voices in Alaska, Australia and St Helena. 15:30Giles Fraser hears about pressure on interfaith networks and why they should be saved.
| 15:00Is your rent increasing? The latest figures show a record rise. 15:30The woman who went viral for claiming to be Madeleine McCann explains her motives
| 15:00Rose Ferraby explores the links between the landscapes of Orkney and the planet Mars. 15:27Dr Rachel Buckingham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Mercy Ships 15:30Your views on the BBC's future and how audience research is carried out.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A short story set in 1930s Glasgow from award-winning writer Louise Welsh.
| 15:00Stevenson's final novel - a story of family rebellion and forbidden love.
| 15:00Frank Bascombe is a man in crisis. His life goes from bad to worse over Easter weekend.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Join Greg and his guests for a special live episode all about renowned composer Mozart.
| 16:00Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates John Donne’s great poem of spring, Love’s Growth. 16:30How the death of a Sikh activist in Birmingham has sparked concern in the community.
| 16:00The situation for foreign journalists after an Iranian TV host was stabbed in London.
| 16:00David Aaronovitch and guests ask whether the state pension is sustainable in the long term 16:30The story of the last 200 years of dinosaur science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive. 16:30Just 14 when her mum is murdered, Georgia vows that she will never be forgotten.
| 16:00Nicola Hinds on winning her ‘David and Goliath’ case against a national company.
| 16:00Clare Chambers talks to readers about her bestselling novel, Small Pleasures. 16:30The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, with Kirsty Lang
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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. 17:30Why did we lose the roadside restaurant chain Little Chef? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00For the 2012 London Olympic Games the Queen appeared to jump out of a helicopter 17:10When did this North Wales coast town end up in conflict with its local gull population? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Israeli troops have withdrawn from a two-week raid of al-Shifa hospital 18:301/6How do you track down a wanted man?
| 18:00The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it was a "tragic incident". 18:303/4On safari, with guest star Sam Campbell.
| 18:00The military veterans were killed in an Israeli attack while working for an aid agency 18:301/6Paul Merton talks to Chris McCausland about his pet hates and worst nightmares.
| 18:00There are growing calls on Rishi Sunak to hold Israel to account for the attack 18:30The story of Ashley, a tall comedian who loves William Shatner and hates textured fabrics.
| 18:00Israel has released a report on how its forces killed seven aid workers in Gaza 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Israel says the hostage, found in Gaza, had been murdered by the Islamic Jihad group. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Israel's Prime Minister says there'll be no ceasefire until all hostages are released. 18:15Peter Curran chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Samira Ahmed explores the National Gallery which celebrates its bicentenary on May 10.
| 19:00It’s judgement day for Harrison. 19:15Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?
| 19:00There’s shocking news for Harry. 19:15ABBA's Waterloo at 50, Harewood House on colour, tracking the rise of eco fiction.
| 19:00Alice attempts to do the right thing. 19:15Beyonce’s new album Cowboy Carter, Netflix drama Ripley, Io Capitano movie reviewed.
| 19:00One resident makes a promise they may not be able to keep. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore the controversial history of UK film censorship and classification.
| 19:00Ireland's youngest and newest Taioseach in waiting. 19:15Actor, comedian, presenter and writer Sir Michael Palin reveals his creative influences.
| 19:00Kate makes a promise she may not be able to keep 19:15James Peak embarks on an odyssey to discover the history of the cryptic crossword. 19:45Is the pain of a broken heart much more than a romantic trope?
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| 20:00 | 20:00Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide. 20:30A look into the unregulated world of home gut microbiome testing.
| 20:00How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes. 20:40We discuss whether your blindness should be at the front and centre of your life.
| 20:00The war in Gaza prompts calls to boycott this year’s song contest. 20:45Why are more boys born in certain years? One researcher is on a quest to find out why.
| 20:00The situation for foreign journalists after an Iranian TV host was stabbed in London.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Enginuity at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust 20:50Zoe Strimpel on crossing the rubicon into motherhood.
| 20:00Exploring ABBA's songwriting and craft on the 50th anniversary of their Eurovision win.
| 20:00Your views on the BBC's future and how audience research is carried out. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, an agent, a landscape architect and a TV executive.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter. 21:45Why a former advertising exec helps train ex-offenders to become bike mechanics.
| 21:00Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women. 21:30The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2
| 21:00Jim Al-Khalili talks dinosaurs and ‘one in a million year’ events with Dr Nick Longrich. 21:30We head into the lab to find out how unwanted sound can affect the body and brain.
| 21:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Is the pain of a broken heart much more than a romantic trope?
| 21:00Matthew Sweet and guests look back at the week exploring the ideas shaping our lives today
| 21:001/6Joni's story begins in a small prairie town in Saskatchewan, Canada. 21:301/6In 1998, Helen joined a vast social experiment - one that you are probably part of too.
| 21:00National Insurance is being cut this weekend for the second time this year. 21:25Artist Gary Mansfield makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Koestler Arts. 21:30Thirty years on from the genocide, Rwandans share stories of survival and reconciliation.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Iran blames Israel for strike on its consulate in Damascus. 22:451/5The final novel by Gabriel García Márquez. A sensual book about risk, regret and love.
| 22:00Three British aid workers have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. 22:452/5Ana Magdalena Bach travels back to the island to embark on a new adventure.
| 22:00The leader of the Lib Dems joins calls on the UK to stop arms sales to Israel. 22:453/5Ana Magdalena's plan is thwarted by the appearance of an old family friend.
| 22:00The Biden-Netanyahu phone call comes days after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers 22:454/5August comes round again and Ana Magdalena decides to pursue her destiny on the island.
| 22:00Foreign Secretary says independent investigation should be carried out 22:455/5Haunted by the past, Ana Magdalena returns to the island and makes a startling discovery.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Gary Lineker hosts Leyla Kazim for lunch and reveals his new-found love of cooking.
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Trickery - is it what we need to keep society moving forward?
| 23:003/6It's Dame Sheila Hancock's turn to share her guilty secrets with Stephen Mangan. 23:30Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, travels to the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
| 23:00Comedian and gadget nerd Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history. 23:158/8Jon Holmes's award-winning satirical comedy concept album returns to twist into the news. 23:30Poet laureate Simon Armitage visits the UK Arctic research station in Ny-Ålesund.
| 23:00Nick analyses two big events in the Middle East with former spy chief Sir Alex Younger. 23:30The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, visits the UK Arctic research station in Ny Alesund.
| 23:00The President’s said he’s 'outraged' by aid worker killings 23:30Poet laureate Simon Armitage's last days in the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
| 23:001/6Unusual adverts flummox this week's panellists. 23:30The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang
| 23:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Serbian-American inventor. 23:45A short story set in 1930s Glasgow from award-winning writer Louise Welsh.
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