| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the changing middle classes. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Canterbury Cathedral in Kent 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The history of the restaurant from AD79 to now. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The birth of the coffee house. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The birth of the first Working Men’s Club. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The rise of Indian cuisine in the UK. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Alan connects with people around the world, looking to the day they restart their lives. 00:45The 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 | 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley 05:45Anna Jones talks to farm retailers who are changing their businesses to cope with lockdown 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the corncrake.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley 05:45Coronavirus is shutting Britain down, but farmers are still out producing food. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the tree pipit.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley 05:45Could a campaign to light sky lanterns to show support for the NHS lead to wildfires? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the herring gull.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley 05:45As farm workers are flown in from Romania, is it wise or necessary? 05:58Steve Backshall presents the little tern.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley 05:45We hear from farmers trying to recruit British people to pick their crops. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the spotted flycatcher.
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Zahid Hussain. 05:45Greg Foot finds out if there's any science behind the current craze in CBD-based products
| 05:33The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary the Virgin in Bathwick, Somerset. 05:45Mark Coles looks at the life of Dame Vera Lynn.
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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. 06:07Ian Marchant explores music inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills. 06:30Labour shortages, wasted milk and finding solace on social media. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Writer and priest Malcolm Doney explores the wonder in his everyday surroundings. 06:35Sarah Swadling meets a young Devon couple dairy farming like their grandparents did. 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. 07:10Emily Buchanan presents the week's religious, moral and ethical news and current affairs. 07:54Radio presenter Jo Whiley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Family Fund. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service reflecting on the experience of the disciples after Jesus' resurrection. 08:48Rebecca Stott reflects on unfinished projects. 08:58Writer, gardener and TV presenter Monty Don recalls the summer swallow in Tweet of the Day
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Sue Stuart-Smith and Jonathan Bate 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rt Rev Chris Edmondson.
| 09:002/3Clarke Peters continues his compelling history of Black music in Europe. 09:304/5When a delicate ecosystem gets out of balance the effects can be devastating. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark Dowd.
| 09:00The Rex cinema started in 1912, still has an interval and organ, but faces a shock in 2020 09:30Greg Foot finds out if there's any science behind the current craze in CBD-based products 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds. 09:45A meditation for Easter Week with Rev Richard Littledale.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor talks to the Beirut hostages John McCarthy, Brian Keenan and Terry Waite. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Jonathan Thomas.
| 09:00Comedian Joe Lycett and longest-serving Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Sian Clifford, caring for a person with dementia, TV soaps, and the new podcast You'll Do. 10:456/10Four years have passed - Maggie reunites with a friend and Tom wants help his father.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:457/10Tom is working to get the Tulliver finances on track.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:418/10Launched into the higher society of St Ogg's, Maggie enjoys all the attention. 10:55Friends travel back in time to when they first met as student nurses. Fi Glover presents.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:459/10Maggie tries to resist temptation but a fateful decision changes everything.
| 10:00Sourdough; Women in US politics; Ainissa Ramirez; Increased use of porn since lockdown. 10:4510/10Can love win through the bitterness and conflict?
| 10:303/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Harrison attempts to get to the bottom of recent events.
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| 11:00 | 11:00In the 1970s, Ron accidentally saved Princess Anne. Now he’s decided to sell his medal. 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00In this episode doctors ask patients on the Covid-19 wards to test possible treatments. 11:30Stripping away trees to reveal the sapling inside – art that touches nature.
| 11:00Alan connects with people around the world, looking to the day they restart their lives. 11:303/6Plum House is up for a prestigious award in London, so it's off to the big smoke.
| 11:00Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education. 11:30Zoë Comyns explores the pose of the girl reader with painters and writers.
| 11:001/3Alex Beard imagines a world without the school as we know it. Episode 1: Knowing. 11:304/4Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
| 11:00What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be? 11:30Tales from Germany, Georgia, France, America and Sri Lanka one year after the bombings.
| 11:00Sue MacGregor reunites the women who were maids of honour to the Queen at her coronation. 11:452/10Lucy Worsley investigates Lady Flora Hastings, one of Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waiting.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:066/10Lydia learns some shocking news about El Jefe's daughter. 12:20Hundreds of thousands volunteered to help the NHS, but many haven't heard a thing since. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:067/10Lydia, Luca and the teenage girls are rounded up by La Migra. Lydia expects the worst. 12:20Do you feel your relative in care is being properly protected from coronavirus? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:068/10Lydia, Luca and the girls are nearing the US border now, but how will they cross? 12:20Warnings not to delay holding funerals, as limited numbers are allowed to attend services. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:069/10El norte is almost in sight, but first a harsh journey through desert and across mountains 12:20One of the UK's largest debt charities experiences its busiest ever day on its website. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:0610/10Can Lydia, Luca and the girls survive the final desperate miles into the US? 12:20Demand for home deliveries is really high, what's life like for a delivery driver? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What the coronavirus furlough scheme date change means for you. 12:301/8Angela Barnes leads a panel of comics and journalists in rounding up the news. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/6Milton goes under the sea to save the earth and stumbles across a mysterious Great Aunt. 12:32Sheila Dillon and Dan Saladino hear inspirational tales from those helping others via food 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:451/5Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/5Every object has a story; Neil MacGregor continues his material history of human society
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/5Neil MacGregor continues his history of human society with the story of a handaxe
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/5Neil MacGregor investigates how humanity's development is reflected in the things it makes
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/5Neil MacGregor reveals how man-made objects reflect the story of human development
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30New and extended edition with voices old and new on the shared experience of the lockdown.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Harrison attempts to get to the bottom of recent events. 14:15The Penny Dreadfuls return to right some wrongs for the much-maligned Richard III.
| 14:00Robert faces friction at the B&B. 14:15A strange craft crash lands on a mountain, with seismic effects. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
| 14:00Roy receives some interesting information and Tracy tries to get her own way. 14:15After a decade cohabiting, a couple face the decision: is it time for separate bedrooms?
| 14:00Alistair makes an unusual offer. 14:153/3Drama from Syria. One woman fights a tide of change in contemporary Damascus.
| 14:15Romantic comedy by Guy Meredith about two estate agents who yearn for a better life.
| 14:00Was the UK too late to lockdown?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel show from home. 14:451/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it?
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz 15:30Stepping into a 'dark kitchen', Sheila Dillon sees how takeaway is changing food culture.
| 15:002/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30What effect is the coronavirus pandemic having on the environment? Tom Heap investigates.
| 15:00How are student finances being affected by coronavirus? Louise Cooper finds out. 15:30Claudia Hammond reports on the first drug trials for the treatment of Covid-19.
| 15:00Ian Marchant explores music inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills. 15:27Paul Mayhew-Archer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Cure Parkinson's Trust 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Evie Wyld about The Bass Rock
| 15:00Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel show from home. 15:45Julianne Pachico's specially commissioned story is about the art of contemporary writing.
| 15:002/3Lina is reporting from Aleppo when she is confronted by Taghreed.
| 15:00Stevenson's final novel - a story of family rebellion and forbidden love.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Stephen Fry talks to presenter Michael Rosen about their mutual obsession with language. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00How Ben Frow turned the broadcaster into RTS Channel of the Year. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine. 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, an astronomer, a politician, a comedian 16:30Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 16:00Booker Prize-winning novelist Bernadine Evaristo. Caring for a person with dementia.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Ingrid Persaud about her debut novel, Love After Love. 16:302/2A brilliant new generation of young Chicago poets continues a city's radical poetic legacy
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| 17:00 | | | | | | 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30With poorer economies and less developed healthcare, how will Africa deal with Covid-19? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Conversations about money in modern Britain. With Cathy FitzGerald. 17:40Mark Coles looks at the life of Dame Vera Lynn. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Ministers don't expect to relax lockdown measures when they are reviewed later this week. 18:304/6Milton goes under the sea to save the earth and stumbles across a mysterious Great Aunt.
| 18:00The Office for Budget Responsibility says the economy could shrink by 35% by June 18:302/4Stand-up show with Ellie Taylor in which she talks about a controversial subject.
| 18:00Health secretary releases new guidance for families of patients dying with coronavirus. 18:303/4Sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Godliman about trying to live ethically.
| 18:00Covid restrictions for at least three more weeks; warning of long-term social distancing 18:303/4Matt and Bob decide to see how far they can go - and attempt shoplifting.
| 18:00MPs and scientists criticise the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic 18:301/8Angela Barnes leads a panel of comics and journalists in rounding up the news.
| 18:00Councils in England get extra money to help them cope with coronavirus; 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Gavin Williamson dismisses reports that children could go back to class in 3 weeks. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Robert faces friction at the B&B. 19:15Speaking in 2015, the late music hall veteran on his seven-decade career. 19:456/10Four years have passed - Maggie reunites with a friend and Tom wants help his father.
| 19:00Roy receives some interesting information and Tracy tries to get her own way. 19:15Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom. 19:457/10Tom is working to get the Tulliver finances on track.
| 19:00Alistair makes an unusual offer. 19:15Patrick Stewart on his daily performance of Shakespeare's Sonnets. 19:458/10Launched into the higher society of St Ogg's, Maggie enjoys all the attention.
| 19:15Artist Luke Jerram on replicating Covid-19 in sculpture. 19:459/10Maggie tries to resist temptation but a fateful decision changes everything.
| 19:00Adam Macqueen on imagining, in his first novel, that Jeremy Thorpe did murder his lover. 19:4510/10Can love win through the bitterness and conflict?
| 19:00Mark Coles looks at the life of Dame Vera Lynn. 19:154/4Grayson Perry discusses the painful yet rewarding process of becoming an artist.
| 19:00Roy has a revealing encounter. 19:154/12Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition & deviation? 19:45Norah learns something about her husband Gary in the dead of night.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Has the Covid-19 epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party? 20:30California's homeless take a ride on the 'Motel 22' - a bus route that provides shelter.
| 20:00Conversations about money in modern Britain. With Cathy FitzGerald. 20:40Blind charities struggling during the coronavirus crisis. Video calling with sight loss.
| 20:003/4Assessing the long term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global healthcare. 20:45Greg Foot finds out if there's any science behind the current craze in CBD-based products
| 20:00What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be? 20:30Millions of us are now working from home. What are the upsides and challenges?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Rebecca Stott reflects on unfinished projects.
| 20:00The story of the BBC in the strange period of 1939-1940 and the echoes of Covid-19 today
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, an astronomer, a politician, a comedian
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sue Armstrong hears the personal experience of people with aphantasia - no mind's eye. 21:30Andrew Marr with Sue Stuart-Smith and Jonathan Bate
| 21:00Claudia Hammond reports on the first drug trials for the treatment of Covid-19. 21:302/3Clarke Peters continues his compelling history of Black music in Europe.
| 21:00What effect is the coronavirus pandemic having on the environment? Tom Heap investigates. 21:30How Ben Frow turned the broadcaster into RTS Channel of the Year.
| 21:00Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
| 21:001/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
| 21:005/6By Peter Jukes. Lenny Henry stars as lifer Frank Watt. 21:452/10Harry and Janice confront their broken marriage and their reluctance to mend it.
| 21:00What the coronavirus furlough scheme date change means for you. 21:25Radio presenter Jo Whiley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Family Fund. 21:30Millions of us are now working from home. What are the upsides and challenges?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Raab confirms he expects no relaxation of measures for now 22:456/10Lydia learns some shocking news about El Jefe's daughter.
| 22:00Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts huge hit to GDP if lockdown lasts 3 months 22:457/10Lydia, Luca and the teenage girls are rounded up by La Migra. Lydia expects the worst.
| 22:00Health Secretary promises more testing - and more deliveries of gloves and masks 22:458/10Lydia, Luca and the girls are nearing the US border now, but how will they cross?
| 22:00Government says "irresponsible" to say when or how restrictions could be lifted 22:459/10El norte is almost in sight, but first a harsh journey through desert and across mountains
| 22:00Officials in China deny a lack of transparency in their reporting 22:4510/10Can Lydia, Luca and the girls survive the final desperate miles into the US?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:153/4Assessing the long term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global healthcare.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The things people say about prison. 23:301/4An intimate portrait of the voice of electronic music duo Goldfrapp.
| 23:002/4Award-winning sketch show featuring new diverse writers and performers from across the UK. 23:302/4An intimate portrait of Kurt Wagner, singer and creative force behind US band Lambchop.
| 23:001/4Challenging stand-up comedy from a northern, gay, disabled woman who refuses to conform. 23:151/4Lenny Henry writes and stars as a family butcher whose son is a musical prodigy. 23:303/4An intimate portrait of Steph Phillips from black feminist punk band Big Joanie.
| 23:003/6Jon Holmes, Jake Yapp, Salma Shah and Natt Tapley drop in on isolated home-bound guests. 23:304/4An intimate portrait of folk musician Richard Dawson.
| 23:00Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. 23:25Being sampled by Jay-Z seemed like a miracle for singer Hannah Williams. But was it? 23:55Friends who met through their shared love of running. Fi Glover presents.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the nationwide general knowledge quiz 23:301/2Chicago born and raised, poet Patricia Smith creates work of searing power and honesty.
| 23:00Film Club: Antonia Quirke presents a special on the 1950 crime drama Night and the City. 23:30Writer and priest Malcolm Doney explores the wonder in his everyday surroundings.
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