| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15The ethereal sound of Moby's massive hit from 2000. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity Church in Privett, Hampshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Author Jennifer Niven invites Take Four Books to ‘Meet the Newmans’ in her newest novel. 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 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Matthew Bannister on an author, a lawyer, an agent and a farmer. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur. 05:45Why there may be bigger swathes of bright yellow oilseed rape across the countryside. 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04The message of online male Muslim influencers and what happens when women speak out? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur. 05:45The cost of dog attacks on livestock has risen 10% year on year.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04What would it really take to build a city on the moon? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur. 05:45Seizures of illegal meat imports hit a record high at Dover: 34 tonnes in January.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04How one childhood story helped change the course of many lives. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur. 05:45Wet weather stopping farm work, community vets practice on Tiree, graduate vet.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04What evidence is there that social media is harming young people? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur. 05:45The 2001 foot and mouth crisis remembered, 25 years on.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa. 05:45Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?
| 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 Nicholas church, Durweston in Dorset. 05:45A campaign to help visually impaired people better identify ultra-processed foods.
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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 news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 06:07How this landscape, often shrouded in cloud and rain, is affected by recurrent fires. 06:30Farm vets, shearer visas, and 25 years since the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Failed gentrification in Detroit and the human cost of urban redevelopment in 1920s London 06:35Rose Ferraby meets a couple helping provide fresh food in Shetland. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 07:10Jesse Jackson remembered, The Testament of Ann Lee, and Epstein and the popes. 07:54Actor Jemma Redgrave makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Encephalitis International. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers. 08:10Sunday Worship on this first Sunday in Lent, from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool. 08:48In 1938, a fish was found that was believed to have been extinct for 65 million years 08:58Poet Liz Berry on the Wren's Nest Nature Reserve in the Black Country.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe's guests include Booker Prize-winner George Saunders on his new novel, Vigil 09:45How a garden project is providing therapy for a GP and her patients.
| 09:00Julius Kivimäki is put on trial for all of Finland to see. Will he be proven guilty? 09:30James Gallagher is joined by a panel to explore the side effects of weight loss drugs.
| 09:00How one childhood story helped change the course of many lives. 09:305/7A former KGB investigator steps forward, risking everything to get to the truth.
| 09:00How one of the great Romantic poets produced so much in his brilliant but short life. 09:45Lifting the veil of opacity, Michael Gove joins Armando and Natalie Haynes.
| 09:00Richard Young, photographer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Jack Thorne joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
| 09:00The Sunday papers cover the fallout from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Nadiya Hussain shares her recommended recipes for quick comfort food.
| 10:00We speak to the co-writer of the Gisèle Pelicot memoir, Judith Perrignon.
| 10:00The woman tipped to be the next cabinet secretary faces accusations of bullying.
| 10:00Remembering the hugely successful prolific writer and feminist.
| 10:00The actor Rosamund Pike on motherhood and masculinity.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn about the global history of spices and the spice trade. 10:301/6Jay Rayner's panel answer questions at University College London's Institute of Making.
| 10:00Roula Khalaf, journalist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Scouring his kitchen, Mark Miodownik uncovers the forever chemicals pervading our everyday 11:451/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
| 11:00Rick Wakeman and Aoife Ní Bhriain kick off the new series. 11:452/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
| 11:00Can boxing do more to look after its fighters? 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
| 11:00Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical debates around the start and end of human life. 11:454/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
| 11:00Sheila Dillon talks to chefs about creativity in a cost of living crisis. 11:455/5A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
| 11:00Regional inequality is holding people back, and Joe Seddon wants to do something about it. 11:30Soldiers and civilians share their stories of grief, resistance and desire for peace.
| 11:00Alice has a suggestion to put to Rex.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Former students tell us their 'plan 2' loans are unaffordable. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You and Yours: Is time online, time well spent? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Forecasts show that the energy price cap for April is set to go down by at least £100. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What can individuals and employers do to tackle workplace bullying? 12:32Can any nests or docks, gadgets or blinds, really help babies sleep better? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The dark art of looksmaxxing, and why it has been trending online. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Claims management firms for customers mis-sold car finance are being warned over fees. 12:307/8Mark Steel is back on the panel and top of the agenda is some royal breaking news. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Californian governor and Trump’s political nemesis. 12:303/6Josie Lawrence, Gyles Brandreth, Emma Sidi and Desiree Burch. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00We hear from one of the authors of last year's strategic defence review. 13:451/11Bill’s new medication helps his Parkinson’s - but then he begins to behave impulsively.
| 13:00The picture is particularly bad for young people - we discuss with two national employers. 13:452/11Steve starts chatting to camgirls online - how long can he keep it a secret?
| 13:00Foreign Secretary to push for progress on Gaza and address West Bank settlements. 13:453/11Freddie finds out his dad has recklessly invested his life savings in property overseas.
| 13:00Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor taken into custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office. 13:454/11Noel discovers a shocking report from inside the UK company that makes one of the drugs.
| 13:00Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former home Royal Lodge is searched by police. 13:455/11Lisa has new medication for her restless legs syndrome - then she meets a man online.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Chittlehampton Village Hall in North Devon.
| 13:00How provision for children with special educational needs will change in England. 13:30What happens when homeless families from London are rehoused in the North East?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alice has a suggestion to put to Rex. 14:154/6A chaotic Snell family Zoom leads to Ken making a noble offer, to much hilarity. 14:45John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
| 14:00Akram challenges the system. 14:15Drama serial exploring crime through a psychological lens.
| 14:00Ruairi exceeds expectations. 14:15A return to Nick Warburton's drama set on Platters' boatyard and the river that runs by it
| 14:00Brookfield’s guest continues to stir the pot. 14:152/6Project Hope gets its biggest break yet. But there's a catch. Will they take the deal?
| 14:15Dark revelations, revenge and a desperate race against time. 14:45Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45It’s party time in the events barn.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team are in Chaldon. 14:45John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The director of Tate and the political philosopher swap books they love. 15:30Join Greg and his guests to learn about the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh.
| 15:00Lucy Worsley puts true crime on trial and asks are we so obsessed with true crime? 15:30Failed gentrification in Detroit and the human cost of urban redevelopment in 1920s London
| 15:00How hard is it for young people to get a job and what support is there? 15:30Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong look at how Ai might kill the web as we know it.
| 15:00How this landscape, often shrouded in cloud and rain, is affected by recurrent fires. 15:27Ambassador Scarlett Moffatt makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Samaritans. 15:30Michael Rosen talks to Sophia Smith Galer about the languages we're losing from the world.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team are in Chaldon. 15:45A specially commissioned short story by the award-winning writer Tahmima Anam.
| 15:00Documentary drama about civil rights photographer Ernest Withers, by Sol B River.
| 15:00The American Civil War novel, a stunning tale of love and loss, dramatised by Rachel Joyce
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| 16:00 | 16:00The message of online male Muslim influencers and what happens when women speak out? 16:30Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
| 16:00John Robins discovers who is designing the sounds of electric vehicles... and why. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know how to navigate immune health.
| 16:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss how to fight a PR battle in the face of raw emotion. 16:15MTV’s pop‑culture revolution, true crime boom, winners and losers in the ad industry.
| 16:00What evidence is there that social media is harming young people? 16:30The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.
| 16:00Kirsty Lang on a civil rights leader, a campaigner, a clown and a charity worker. 16:30How one childhood story helped change the course of many lives.
| 16:00Actor Rosamund Pike on motherhood and masculinity.
| 16:00James Crawford discusses Look What You Made Me Do and its connections to three other works 16:308/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Reform UK legal challenge leads to government U-turn on local elections delay.
| 17:00Indirect nuclear talks have concluded in Geneva.
| 17:00Ruling may lead to significant damages awarded to children injured by medical negligence.
| 17:00News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
| 17:00The president has called the decision a 'disgrace'. One of his former advisors joins us.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30What links Bridget Jones to social media regulation? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In November 1975, leaders of six nations met in France to solve an economic crisis 17:10Ian McMillan is joined by George Szirtes, Iryna Starovoyt, Zain Rishi and Katie Clarke. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Conservatives have described the move as "predictable chaos" 18:303/6Josie Lawrence, Gyles Brandreth, Emma Sidi and Desiree Burch.
| 18:00He became involved in activism as a protégé of Martin Luther King 18:306/6Confusing clips send comedians into chaos.
| 18:00The US billionaire is thought to have helped Epstein acquire his wealth 18:303/6Milton joins the world's kindliest Secret Service at a tense spy swap on the Severn Bridge
| 18:00The King's brother is suspected of misconduct in public office 18:302/4Randy Feltface shares his burning passion.
| 18:00Donald Trump has called the decision "a disgrace" 18:307/8Mark Steel is back on the panel and top of the agenda is some royal breaking news.
| 18:00President Trump is increasing the tariffs he announced yesterday. 18:15Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The Education Secretary will unveil changes to special education tomorrow. 18:15Andrew Peach presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Akram challenges the system. 19:15Baz Luhrmann on EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. And 75 Years of The Archers.
| 19:00Ruairi exceeds expectations. 19:15Playwright Jim Cartwright on his groundbreaking debut play Road, and the appeal of yellow.
| 19:00Brookfield’s guest continues to stir the pot. 19:15Film about the life of the founder of The Shakers; How St Joan has influenced culture.
| 19:15Reviews of Dracula and The Moment, plus Hallie Rubenhold on book marketing scams.
| 19:00It’s party time in the events barn. 19:15Errollyn Wallen and Richard Stilgoe join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks.
| 19:00Californian governor and Trump’s political nemesis. 19:15Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical debates around the start and end of human life.
| 19:00Chelsea's getting more hopeful about her business plans. 19:15Hilik Magnus reflects on the values that inspire him to rescue people for a living. 19:45A series of personal reflections on power.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/10Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict. 20:30What would it really take to build a city on the moon?
| 20:00Can boxing do more to look after its fighters? 20:40A campaign to help visually impaired people better identify ultra-processed foods.
| 20:00Should Heathcliff be played by a white actor? 20:45Julian Metcalfe on starting up fast food chain Pret A Manger and later Itsu.
| 20:00David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss how to fight a PR battle in the face of raw emotion. 20:15MTV’s pop‑culture revolution, true crime boom, winners and losers in the ad industry.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Chittlehampton Village Hall in North Devon. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00Brains behaving badly: how talented people are fooled into failing.
| 20:00Michael Rosen talks to Sophia Smith Galer about the languages we're losing from the world. 20:30Kirsty Lang on a civil rights leader, a campaigner, a clown and a charity worker.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Tom Sutcliffe's guests include Booker Prize-winner George Saunders on his new novel, Vigil 21:45How a garden project is providing therapy for a GP and her patients.
| 21:00What can a critically endangered species of lemur tell us about the origins of music? 21:30Why do private landlords attract so much criticism – and how fair is it?
| 21:00Julius Kivimäki is put on trial for all of Finland to see. Will he be proven guilty? 21:30James Gallagher is joined by a panel to explore the side effects of weight loss drugs.
| 21:00Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Lifting the veil of opacity, Michael Gove joins Armando and Natalie Haynes.
| 21:00Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind.
| 21:00Noel Titheradge uncovers the devastating side effects of dopamine agonist drugs.
| 21:00Claims management firms for customers mis-sold car finance are being warned over fees. 21:25Actor Jemma Redgrave makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Encephalitis International. 21:30Soldiers and civilians share their stories of grief, resistance and desire for peace.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Parents have been told kids could be excluded from school if they’re not fully vaccinated 22:456/10The next part of the Pulitzer-winning novel from one of the US's greatest living writers.
| 22:00Politicians across all parties pay tribute to a giant of the civil rights movement 22:457/10The Pulitzer-winning novel from one of the US's greatest living writers continues.
| 22:00Vulnerable women and girls, some as young as 14, lured into world of forced sex 22:458/10The next episode of Percival Everett's Pulitzer-winning novel.
| 22:00He was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of misconduct in public office 22:459/10The next part of Percival Everett's Pulitzer-winning novel, read by Rhashan Stone.
| 22:00President Trump announced a new 10% global tariff after a "deeply disappointing" ruling 22:4510/10The finale of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from one of the US's greatest writers.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Sheila Dillon talks to chefs about creativity in a cost of living crisis.
| 22:00Discussing how to reform special needs education and help the young unemployed.
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| 23:00 | 23:005/8Sam scales the burning T-Tech building. Sarah is still inside. Can the planes be saved? 23:30Stories and reflections by actors from across the world who have all played the same part.
| 23:00Delve into the world of Iris Barry – pioneering film critic, curator and preservationist. 23:30Stories and reflections by actors from across the world who have all played the same part.
| 23:001/6Slim lets us in on his early years avoiding the belt, and a baby's day out adventure. 23:15Finlay Christie and Kyrah Gray will teach us all how not to be cringe. 23:30One big role. Actors who have played the part tell their stories. This time: Cleopatra
| 23:00Regional inequality is holding people back, and Joe Seddon wants to do something about it. 23:30One big role. Actors who have played the part tell their stories. This time: Fagin.
| 23:00And what does MAGA look like post-Trump? 23:30One big role. Actors who have played the part tell their stories. Today: Blanche DuBois.
| 23:00Comedian and immigration lawyer Sikisa walks us through British immigration law. 23:307/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
| 23:00How one of the great Romantic poets produced so much in his brilliant but short life. 23:45A specially commissioned short story by the award-winning writer Tahmima Anam.
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