| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15CEO Society and Time management.(R) 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints, Daresbury(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30The composer's Suffolk childhood changes forever when his mother battles the authorities.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Oliver Soden's biography about an extraordinary life spanning the 20th century.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30War in Europe approaches and Michael Tippett pays the price for his pacifist beliefs.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Britain is at war and Tippett’s pacifist beliefs land him in Wormwood Scrubs.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30'As I get older, in many ways I get younger!' The twists and turns of later years.(R) 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Melody takes part in an unusual yoga class and discovers something new about her mother.(R) 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.
| 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 the Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. 05:45Are rules in place to control BSE in cattle putting our native breeds at risk? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the common whitethroat.(R)
| 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 the Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. 05:45Does the law need to change to help tackle dog attacks on sheep? 05:58Kate Humble presents the meadow pipit.(R)
| 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 the Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. 05:45Fears over water shortages affecting farmers in parts of north, central and east England. 05:58Kate Humble presents the little grebe.(R)
| 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 the Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks Guy Smith if farming can achieve zero net emissions by 2040. 05:58Kate Humble presents the ruddy duck.(R)
| 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 the Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. 05:45Inmates at Erlestoke grow food for the prison kitchens and shop. 05:58Kate Humble presents the stone curlew.(R)
| 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 youth pastor Juanita Francis. 05:453/6Why do instruments sound different?(R)
| 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 Notre-Dame Cathedral, in Paris. 05:45Alison Cope on a mother's grief.(R)
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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 first memorial to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre has been created in Britain.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a farm where cutting greenhouse gas emissions is a top priority. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully contemplates time, change and resurrection on Easter Day. 06:35Easter is a festival of light - with Baptist minister the Rev Richard Littledale. 06:57The latest weather 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme with Emily Buchanan. 07:54Dr Jan Eldred, a volunteer, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A celebration of the Eucharist for Easter Day live from Southwell Minster. 08:58David Attenborough introduces the male cuckoo.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Booker prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Anna Drew
| 09:00Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies. 09:30Dr Sohom Das talks to Alan Rusbridger about treating prisoners who are mentally unwell. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Michael Hall
| 09:00How is technology changing the way we see? Artist James Bridle looks for hidden networks. 09:303/6Why do instruments sound different? 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Sr Gemma Simmonds
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's comedy, one of his most popular plays 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Claire Campbell-Smith
| 09:00Sue MacGregor brings together key figures caught up in the MPs' expenses scandal of 2009.(R) 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins
| 09:00Christopher Somerville on Cathedrals, Sara Cox shares her Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including Sri Lanka attacks and the increase in older mothers.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Abortion and the Republic of Ireland, Meike Ziervogel, Game of Thrones 10:451/5Drama series set in the Welsh valleys about life before the NHS.
| 10:00Women in Sudan, environmental solutions, sex therapy in the 50s, and food allergies. 10:452/5Manson and Denny attend a charity do for a new clinic, but it doesn't quite go to plan.
| 10:00Dame Glenys Stacey looks back at nearly 40 years in public service. 10:413/5Denny is in love with Manson's wife. When he decides to leave, tragedy strikes. 10:55Friends talk about how a state-of-the-art wheelchair can change your life.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world. 10:454/5A loose coal cart has crashed into Denny's car, seemingly stalled on the railroad tracks.
| 10:00BLACKPINK, special guardianship orders, environmental living tips. 10:455/5Can Manson hold the mine owner accountable for Denny's accident?
| 10:30Jay Rayner takes his culinary panel to Bristol.
| 10:00Tom finds himself in trouble and Ed plays a dangerous game.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Mona Chalabi asks why female facial hair still seems to be a source of such shame. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis has changed her view of medical ethics. 11:30Clara Amfo looks at the UK voguing scene, a unique subculture currently in the spotlight.
| 11:00Jay wants to leave behind a life in gangs, but who is there to help? 11:303/4Matt - Lost Voice Guy - decides to turn over a new leaf and earn some money legally.
| 11:00Can the treasures lost when Brazil's National Museum burnt down be salvaged or replaced? 11:30Singer Gwenno champions the vitality of music written and sung in minoritised languages.
| 11:00Ruth Barnes continues her exploration of working life with the Recruitment Revolution. 11:304/4Nigel Havers stars, as Hardacre's ad agency fight for the biggest account of their lives.(R)
| 11:00Builders and sculptors of Southeast Asia's awe-inspiring monuments. 11:30Satire and reality blur together in Ukraine's presidential election.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor brings together the RAF men held as prisoners during the first Gulf war.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Adrian’s diary restarts in 2002 with the Iraq War looming. He is 34 and single again. 12:18TSB's new fraud protection guarantee. Having a 'sound' bath. The latest on Store First. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Adrian goes to Glenn’s passing-out parade. He furnishes his new loft apartment on credit. 12:18Are you caught up in the leasehold scandal? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Adrian attends his school reunion and his relationship with Marigold moves on a stage. 12:18The psychologist who believes video games can be a force for good. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Adrian attends a crisis meeting with the Flowers family and meets Marigold’s sister Daisy. 12:18After plastic will palm oil be the next focus for green campaigners? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Adrian tries to break up with Marigold, while finding himself drawn to her sister Daisy. 12:18Calls for controls on online sales of stolen car parts. Pet insurance concerns. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04Why do we fall for fraudsters? 12:30Miles Jupp is joined by Zoe Lyons, John Robins, Hugo Rifkind and Danielle Ward.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino meets the scientists working on the future of a truly global food, the banana 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:45Tricky? Bronwen Maddox hears how one brother and sister sorted out their farm inheritance.(R)
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Bronwen Maddox talks to solicitor and stepfather Gary Rycroft about solving disputes.(R)
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Bronwen Maddox with environmentalist Tom Burke, who's planning to leave his money to birds
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Space nerd Jack Dearlove interviews Doug Hurley, astronaut on the last space shuttle.(R)
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45Jack Dearlove talks to software developer Jonathan Kay about their love of MSN Messenger.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents topical debate from the Radio Theatre at London Broadcasting House.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Racism, the man in the caravan, Easter and forgiveness, mermaids and why daffodils matter.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Eddie has serious concerns.(R) 14:15Joe encounters the stark reality of twenty first century poverty close to home.
| 14:00Tom finds himself in trouble(R) 14:15Drama of trust and survival set on a deep sea trawler. By Henry Darke.
| 14:00Freddie is forced to ask a favour from the enemy(R) 14:15Paul French tells the story of the power struggle in North Korea. Drama by Nick Perry.
| 14:00Natasha finds herself the talk of Ambridge(R) 14:15Life is a balancing act. Quite literally so - for Charles Blondin. With Philip Jackson.(R)
| 14:00Lily offers an explanation(R) 14:151/5In this everyday story of British folk, the Fletcher family face the UK's next civil war.(R)
| 14:00Are you sympathetic to the approach and objectives of Extinction Rebellion? 14:301/2Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's tale set in Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th-century Paris.(R)
| 14:00Correspondence edition from the Oxford Botanic Garden. 14:45Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The toughest general knowledge quiz on radio, with Russell Davies 15:30Can you reinvent a food culture? Dan Saladino meets a man who did, Denmark's Claus Meyer.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel are in Leeds.(R) 15:30Where does Brexit leave the UK countryside? Tom Heap hosts a debate.
| 15:00Nearly eight million people live alone in the UK. What are the financial challenges? 15:30Sodium, the explosive alkali metal that is crucial for all life on Earth.(R)
| 15:00The first memorial to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre has been created in Britain. 15:27Michael Palin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Action for Stammering Children(R) 15:30Debut novelists Damian Barr and Candice Carty-Williams join presenter Shahidha Bari.
| 15:00Bishop James Jones with a personal reflection for Good Friday on Psalm 22. 15:30Jeremy Irons reads from the Book of Psalms - the most beautiful poetry in the Bible.
| 15:30Jeremy Irons reads from the Book of Psalms - the most beautiful poetry in the Bible.
| 15:002/2Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's classic tale set in 15th-century Paris.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Ian Sansom offers a delayed deliberation on waiting in music, literature and art. 16:30Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Lida Kindersley, well known letter cutter, on the art of marking time in stone and wood. 16:30Tom Holland chooses Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians
| 16:00Detective fiction - how it represents social change. Also homicide confessions on Facebook 16:30When journalists and politicians do battle
| 16:00Antonia Quirke reunites three cast members of Barbra Streisand's cult classic Yentl. 16:30Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, ExoMars and evolution of faces.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a scientist, an actress, a comedian, a journalist, a songwriter. 16:30Sally Phillips and Julia Donaldson talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 16:55Two 17-year-old girls talk about what it's like to be HIV positive. Fi Glover presents.
| 16:00What role have women played in the protests in Sudan?
| 16:00Ali Smith discusses her new novel Spring, the third instalment of her seasonal quartet. 16:30Jeremy Irons reads from the Book of Psalms - the most beautiful poetry in the Bible.
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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 and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30What motivates the global space race - power, prestige or social progress?(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Meeting the populists governing European nations along the Iron Curtain’s route(R) 17:40Becky Milligan looks at the life of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Sajid Javid says he could have had a life of crime instead of becoming Home Secretary. 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Officials in Paris say Notre Dame may have been spared the worst ravages of a huge fire. 18:305/6Journalist Samira Ahmed recalls growing up in 1980s London.(R)
| 18:00Scientists have partially revived the brains of dead pigs 18:304/4Malcolm surprises Ramesh by announcing she wants to become a foster carer.(R)
| 18:00Robert Mueller's report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election has been published 18:303/6Globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller returns with more wit and wisdom.
| 18:00Police say they believe the dissident group, the New IRA, killed journalist Lyra McKee 18:30Miles Jupp is joined by Zoe Lyons, John Robins, Hugo Rifkind and Danielle Ward.
| 18:00Police investigating the death of Lyra McKee say a "new breed of terrorist" is emerging. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00At least 207 people have been killed in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Lindsey Chapman.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tom finds himself in trouble 19:15Andrew Scott, star of Sherlock and Fleabag, talks about his new film, Steel Country. 19:451/5Drama series set in the Welsh valleys about life before the NHS.(R)
| 19:00Freddie is forced to ask a favour from the enemy 19:15Notre-Dame de Paris' artistic and musical significance, plus poet Roger McGough. 19:452/5Manson and Denny attend a charity do for a new clinic, but it doesn't quite go to plan.(R)
| 19:00Natasha finds herself the talk of Ambridge 19:15Homecoming: A film by Beyoncé and Madonna's new Madame X alter-ego is discussed. 19:453/5Denny is in love with Manson's wife. When he decides to leave, tragedy strikes.
| 19:00Lily offers an explanation 19:15Saxophonist Jess Gillam plays live and talks about the sax in classical music. 19:454/5A loose coal cart has crashed into Denny's car, seemingly stalled on the railroad tracks.(R)
| 19:00Ed plays a dangerous game 19:15Tom Gates author Liz Pichon and the quality of books for 6- to-12-year-olds. 19:455/5Can Manson hold the mine owner accountable for Denny's accident?(R)
| 19:00Becky Milligan looks at the life of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. 19:15Sweet Charity, Machines Like Me, Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic, Loro
| 19:00Tom is backed into a corner 19:153/3An edible dormouse and a peacock butterfly reveal the truth about life in an attic.(R) 19:45Quiz Night at Meridian Cliffs in a new story by Lynne Truss set in the windy seaside town.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Jay wants to leave behind a life in gangs, but who is there to help? 20:30For some in Poland the Cursed Soldiers are national heroes; for others they are murderers.(R)
| 20:00Meeting the populists governing European nations along the Iron Curtain’s route 20:40Does the data protection act stop volunteers from reading blind people's personal letters?
| 20:00How the home will be disrupted and transformed by radical technological change. 20:45Alison Cope on a mother's grief.
| 20:00What's in the Mueller report - and what are the implications for US politics? 20:30How the changing relationship between landlord and tenant is reshaping our high street.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents topical debate from the Radio Theatre at London Broadcasting House. 20:50Joanna Robertson reflects from Paris on the days after the Notre Dame fire.
| 20:00Erring is easy in the prophecy business. Why risk is too important to be left to experts!
| 20:00Poet and Booker prize winner Ben Okri joins Roger McGough to talk about his chosen poems. 20:30Julian Worricker on a scientist, an actress, a comedian, a journalist, a songwriter.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Historian Zareer Masani examines the details and lasting impact of the Amritsar Massacre. 21:30Andrew Marr with Booker prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan.(R)
| 21:00The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode.(R) 21:30Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies.(R)
| 21:00Where does Brexit leave the UK countryside? Tom Heap hosts a debate. 21:30How is technology changing the way we see? Artist James Bridle looks for hidden networks.
| 21:00Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, ExoMars and evolution of faces.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's comedy, one of his most popular plays(R)
| 21:00Zoe Williams asks what protests movements need to do to achieve long-term success.(R)
| 21:00Branwen Jeffreys on how the fallout from a fiscal illusion will impact universities.
| 21:00Why do we fall for fraudsters? 21:25Dr Jan Eldred, a volunteer, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity.(R) 21:30How the changing relationship between landlord and tenant is reshaping our high street.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45Adrian’s diary restarts in 2002 with the Iraq War looming. He is 34 and single again.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45Adrian goes to Glenn’s passing-out parade. He furnishes his new loft apartment on credit.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45Adrian attends his school reunion and his relationship with Marigold moves on a stage.(R)
| 22:00A redacted version of the 400-page Mueller report has been published. 22:45Adrian attends a crisis meeting with the Flowers family and meets Marigold’s sister Daisy.(R)
| 22:00In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective 22:45Adrian tries to break up with Marigold, while finding himself drawn to her sister Daisy.(R)
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15How the home will be disrupted and transformed by radical technological change.(R)
| 22:00Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jerry Brotton looks at Sir Walter Raleigh's quest for gold(R) 23:30A restaurant owner in Wales loses his staff after he's found employing them illegally.(R)
| 23:003/6Fred MacAulay introduces some of the country's best comedians, recorded live in Glasgow. 23:30A young man injured in a terrorist attack faces up to his changing views of the incident.(R)
| 23:001/4Patrick Marber and Peter Curran are joined by Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett. 23:152/4An idiot's guide to Mahler. Perfect for fans of comedy, classical music, and idiots.(R) 23:30A dyslexic postman gets the chance to realise his dream of becoming a professional actor.(R)
| 23:002/6Wild night-time noises from upstairs keep Mitch and Will awake. Stars Angus Deayton.(R) 23:30Jackie has a 50-50 chance of developing Huntington's disease. Does she have it?(R)
| 23:00Tom Holland chooses Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians(R) 23:25What happens when you accidentally write a song for a global superstar?(R) 23:55Cousins talk about what it's like to suffer serious sight issues.
| 23:00The toughest general knowledge quiz on radio, with Russell Davies(R) 23:30A portrait of poet Kim Moore exploring the experiences that have formed her writing.(R)
| 23:00Antonia Quirke reunites three cast members of Barbra Streisand's cult classic Yentl.(R) 23:30Mark Tully contemplates time, change and resurrection on Easter Day.(R)
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