| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The case takes a strange twist as letters appear, seemingly written by Donald. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of St Ethelbert in Falkenham, Suffolk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/53 in 10 of the UK population is white working class. What do those three words mean today? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5In the 1960s, a wave of Londoners left the capital to live and work in Norfolk. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5The vibrant sub-culture of car modification is rarely celebrated. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5The author examines why ‘working class’ crimes like armed robberies have declined. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Joel Budd looks at age, class and attitudes to race and immigration across Britain. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15David Szalay talks about his new novel and the three other works that helped to shape it. 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.
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| 05:00 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Alicia McCarthy looks ahead to a major overhaul of planning regulations. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie 05:45Government sets new target to reduce pesticide use by 10% over next five years. 05:57Weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45First case of avian flu found in a sheep.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Susan Hulme reports as MPs question ministers after an asylum hotels contract is scrapped. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45Red Tractor promises change after farm assurance review.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Alicia McCarthy reports as the Chancellor delivers her Spring Statement. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45The chancellor's spring statement - what's in it for the rural economy?
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as MPs react to British Steel threatening closure 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie 05:45Has the system that was supposed to ensure fairness in the food supply chain failed?
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. 05:45Krish Kandiah gives a personal reflection on the Nicene Creed.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Luke’s church in Grayshott, Hampshire 05:45Retina UK are seeking feedback from people with inherited sight conditions to aid research
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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. 06:07The Salt Path author Raynor Winn takes Martha along the south west coast path in Cornwall. 06:30First case of avian flu found in a sheep. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05The politics of motherhood and US mums on the sharp end of the law. 06:35Ten cows and tiny fields with big sea views: dairy farming Isles of Scilly style. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Julie Etchingham takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Winston's Wish volunteer Dominic Simpson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on its behalf 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 08:10Sunday Worship reflects on the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. 08:48Howard Jacobson presents the final edition of A Point of View. 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Geoff Sample remembers a pelican from his childhood.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Abdulrazak Gurnah, Samantha Ellis and Jason Allen-Paisant with Shahidha Bari. 09:45A man compensated for abuse asks Sue Mitchell for help in tracking some of the money.
| 09:00Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt talks supernovae studies and wine-making. 09:30In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules
| 09:00Plus, did trillions disappear from UK pensions? Why does the UK have a lot of old housing? 09:301/6The story of the chicken farmer who set the stage for Margaret Thatcher.
| 09:00Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought 09:45Armando and Helen are joined by Stephen Bush to see who's seizing the political narrative.
| 09:00Donna Ockenden, midwife, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00The enchanting author Michael Morpurgo discusses the regenerative power of spring.
| 09:00Labour grandee concerned at his party’s further cuts to welfare spending.
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| 10:00 | 10:00We hear more about the protests in Turkey and the women involved in them.
| 10:00Phyllis Daly on her daughter Jessica Laverack, who died after experiencing domestic abuse.
| 10:00Clare speaks to two of the women long-listed for the Women's Prize.
| 10:00Exploring the risks and rewards of using AI to improve women's health.
| 10:00Why is being a young English Romany Gypsy woman growing up in the UK a balancing act?
| 10:00Stephen Graham’s drama has triggered a conversation about the challenges facing boys. 10:306/6Jay Rayner and the panel are sharing their top cooking tips in Camden, London.
| 10:00Lindsey Hilsum, journalist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:00How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry 11:451/53 in 10 of the UK population is white working class. What do those three words mean today?
| 11:00Carol Jarvis and Keelan Carew join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks. 11:452/5In the 1960s, a wave of Londoners left the capital to live and work in Norfolk.
| 11:00How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India. 11:453/5The vibrant sub-culture of car modification is rarely celebrated.
| 11:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince reveal the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature. 11:454/5The author examines why ‘working class’ crimes like armed robberies have declined.
| 11:00Farewell burnt burgers and hello souvlaki and samosas. How food at football is changing. 11:455/5Joel Budd looks at age, class and attitudes to race and immigration across Britain.
| 11:00Pippa Crerar of The Guardian assesses the latest developments at Westminster. 11:30The arrest of Istanbul's mayor sparked mass protests and a heavy response by authorities.
| 11:00Helen faces an impossible choice, and tensions mount at Beechwood.
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| 12:00 | 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. 12:04Do you buy or sell vintage furniture? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Social housing tenants face significant service charge increases. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Gap Finders: Alex Partridge, founder of UniLab and LadBible, plus ADHD Chatter podcast 12:32What is keeping the traditional watch industry ticking over? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The shipping industry is a big polluter. Tom Heap and Helen Czerski search for solutions. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How to cope with the many bills that are rising in April. 12:304/6This week, the team help Rachel Reeves with her Spring Statement, and fall in a hole. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Writer of hit drama Adolescence. 12:304/6Elvis, Kafka or cheese - you decide. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Turkey's government has arrested more than 1,100 people in recent days over huge protests. 13:45A young prince who journeyed towards enlightenment
| 13:00We'll hear reaction from the deputy prime minister as the US faces shocking security leak. 13:45A novelist whose sequel to Jane Eyre turned storytelling on its head
| 13:00Chancellor makes further cuts to welfare and government spending in Spring Statement.
| 13:00Markets, governments and industry react to new US import taxes of 25% on cars and parts. 13:45'Mosquito Manson' found a travelling parasite and unravelled a medical mystery.
| 13:00Southeast Asia is hit by an earthquake. Reports from across the region. 13:45A 19th-century solo female traveller who opened up the idea of travel for everyone.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.
| 13:00We examine whether the Government will meet its homes pledge. 13:30Anushka Asthana investigates why illegal pay discrimination is still happening in Britain.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Clarrie’s nerves are on edge. 14:155/6Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star. This week, Auntie Hilda comes to stay. 14:456/6Captured for displeasing the new camp leader, Stephen awaits his fate.
| 14:00Helen faces an impossible choice. 14:154/6Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain. By Rex Obano.
| 14:00There’s a surprise for Joy. 14:155/6Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain. By Carol Russell
| 14:00Mick is faced with the truth. 14:156/6Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain. By Roy Williams.
| 14:00It's judgement day for Emma. 14:154/5Alternative reality drama. A rare genetic condition makes some people live twice as long. 14:45Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks, why do we dance?
| 14:00Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week. 14:45Tensions mount at Beechwood.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel offer advice to an audience of keen gardeners in Ridgewell. 14:45The very first scientist, who thought every part of the world could be a place of learning
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| 15:00 | 15:00The actor and the comedian share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 15:30What is the take-up of a new vaccine that could keep thousands of babies out of hospital?
| 15:00A fashion boutique in Sarajevo houses an enormous secret. 15:30The politics of motherhood and US mums on the sharp end of the law.
| 15:00What will the chancellor's spring statement mean for you? 15:30Garry Richardson tracks down the child stars from the 1965 film The Sound of Music.
| 15:00The Salt Path author Raynor Winn takes Martha along the south west coast path in Cornwall. 15:27Racing driver Billy Monger makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief 15:30Andrea Catherwood shares exclusive news of the end of a long-running Radio 4 programme.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel offer advice to an audience of keen gardeners in Ridgewell. 15:45A new short work from Tendai Huchu celebrating the power of stories.
| 15:00A family is forced to reappraise their sense of charity in Al Smith’s prescient play.
| 15:002/2New adaptation of Avery Corman’s ground-breaking novel about separation and child custody.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Laura Kuenssberg explores Rachel Reeves' ideas and her attempt to bring them into practice 16:305/6Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts are in Huntingdon sharing their top tips.
| 16:00Guy Garvey explores the mystery surrounding Talk Talk and their frontman Mark Hollis. 16:30Can I get better at doing difficult things? Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know.
| 16:00The director of Wolf Hall on a TV industry in crisis.
| 16:00David Aaronovitch asks what it would take for Putin to agree a peace deal in Ukraine. 16:30How a ‘dark energy’ experiment could upend Einstein's theory of the universe.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a spy, a TV commissioner, a palaeontologist, a composer. 16:30Plus, did trillions disappear from UK pensions? Why does the UK have a lot of old housing?
| 16:00Stacey Dooley on her new documentary Growing up Gypsy.
| 16:00Eoin McNamee talks about his new novel and explores its connections to three other works. 16:301/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests.
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| 17:00 | 17:00We get the latest from the protests after president Erdogan denounces the demonstrations.
| 17:00The White House announces a ceasefire deal - but Russia applies terms and conditions.
| 17:00The OBR halves its growth forecast for 2025, prompting the chancellor to announce cuts.
| 17:00Cabinet minister Pat McFadden joins us.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30What is keeping the traditional watch industry ticking over? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In September 1995, US newspapers controversially published a terrorist's manifesto. 17:10What happens if a postcode starts to run out of children? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Thousands of anti-government protestors have gathered for a sixth night in Istanbul. 18:304/6Elvis, Kafka or cheese - you decide.
| 18:00Intelligence chiefs deny that classified material was shared 18:306/6Victoria Coren Mitchell is joined by a panel which challenges established ideas.
| 18:00Rachel Reeves has defended cuts to the welfare system 18:304/4Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
| 18:00The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns of difficult decisions to come for Rachel Reeves 18:30Dan Tiernan's electrifying stand-up special.
| 18:00There are fears thousands may have died across the region in the 7.7 magnitude tremor 18:304/6This week, the team help Rachel Reeves with her Spring Statement, and fall in a hole.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 18:15Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Donald Trump 'very angry' with Putin for questioning credibility of President Zelensky. 18:15Remi Burgz presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Helen faces an impossible choice. 19:15Bryan Ferry discusses his new album and his career.
| 19:00There’s a surprise for Joy. 19:15Peter Mullan as Bill Shankly, 100 years of art deco, Jonathan Pie, the music of birdsong.
| 19:00Mick is faced with the truth. 19:15Peter Capaldi's new music, an epic literary hoax, and Brian Friel's short stories.
| 19:00It's judgement day for Emma. 19:15Review: TV series The Studio, Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection, film La Cocina.
| 19:00Tensions mount at Beechwood. 19:15Natalie Duncan and Richard Stilgoe add five more tracks to the playlist
| 19:00Writer of hit drama Adolescence. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince reveal the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature.
| 19:00Susan demands an explanation. 19:15The greatest rock concert ever? Bob Harris hears the story. 19:45Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani gives a personal reflection on the Nicene Creed.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What are the government's plans for reforming the NHS? 20:30And after two Nasa astronauts were finally brought home, we ask why SpaceX stole the show.
| 20:00How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India. 20:40Retina UK are seeking feedback from people with inherited sight conditions to aid research
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 20:00The director of Wolf Hall on a TV industry in crisis.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. 20:50Howard Jacobson presents the final edition of A Point of View.
| 20:00Nathalie Olah revisits the story of Britain's leading volume car producer.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood shares exclusive news of the end of a long-running Radio 4 programme. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a spy, a TV commissioner, a palaeontologist, a composer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Abdulrazak Gurnah, Samantha Ellis and Jason Allen-Paisant with Shahidha Bari. 21:45The beauty inventor on being dyslexic and working with Alan Sugar.
| 21:00What can be done about the massive court delays in England and Wales? 21:30Laura Kuenssberg explores Rachel Reeves' ideas and her attempt to bring them into practice
| 21:00Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt talks supernovae studies and wine-making. 21:30In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules
| 21:00Clive Anderson's guests include Bridget Christie, Adam Frost and Louise Young. 21:45Armando and Helen are joined by Stephen Bush to see who's seizing the political narrative.
| 21:00Muriel Zagha, Prof Sam Friedman, Lord Willetts, Lisa Holdsworth and Prof Melinda Mills.
| 21:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 21:00How to cope with the many bills that are rising in April. 21:25Winston's Wish volunteer Dominic Simpson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on its behalf 21:30The arrest of Istanbul's mayor sparked mass protests and a heavy response by authorities.
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| 22:00 | 22:00President Erdogan calls protests over detained political rival "evil" 22:456/10Just as the crew complete their first cable repair, a tragedy occurs back on land.
| 22:00A journalist was added to a group chat of top US officials discussing national security 22:457/10Fennell confronts Conway about some inconsistencies he has discovered in his story.
| 22:00The government’s own assessment warned the changes could push 250,000 into poverty 22:458/10In Accra, Fennell waits for news of Conway.
| 22:00Buckingham Palace says the King had to return to hospital briefly on Thursday 22:459/10Fennell gives his account of Conway’s last year.
| 22:007.7 magnitude quake felt throughout region, with skyscraper collapsing in Bangkok 22:4510/10Fennell pieces together some fragments of Conway’s past.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Farewell burnt burgers and hello souvlaki and samosas. How food at football is changing.
| 22:00Ben Wright and guests discuss Trump's tariffs and the fallout from the Spring Statement.
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| 23:00 | 23:003/5Our heroine Clara Page is in Holland. But who is Conrad Spijker? 23:30Susan Hulme reports as the Transport Secretary updates MPs after disruption at Heathrow.
| 23:00Which science fiction stories are left out of Silicon Valley futurism? 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as a Minister faces questions on the use of asylum-seeker hotels.
| 23:002/6DMs Are Open continues with more sketches written by The Great British Public. 23:153/4Stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald’s unique perspective on living life with his blindness. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement.
| 23:00Nick and Amol ask a friend of the vice president. 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as Labour MPs protest about proposed welfare cuts.
| 23:00And could it lead to a firing? 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as MPs consider who should own water companies.
| 23:002/8Pie is back and past mistakes come back to haunt him when the discussion turns to the BBC 23:3013/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the contest to find the music mastermind of 2025
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