| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Underclass: its rise and fall. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Mary the Virgin, Ilminster in Somerset. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:157/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. 00:30A writer goes to Lucca to complete another author’s 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 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh 05:45A farm discussion group has voted to retain a ban on women. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the ptarmigan.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. 05:45Lorries full of chilled meat are sitting in the queues at Dover for days. 05:58Kate Humble presents the black grouse.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh 05:45More than 60% of estate sales in Scotland last year were made behind closed doors. 05:58Tiffany Francis recalls not realising she's seen a corncrake on Lunga for Tweet of the Day
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh 05:45The Trade and Agricultural Commission's response to the UK-Australia trade deal. 05:58London chef and restaurant owner Cyrus Todiwala on his love of the city's house sparrow.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh 05:45Anna Hill finds out how a Suffolk couple are managing to farm, without a farm. 05:58David Attenborough presents the great tit.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill 05:45A series of personal reflections inspired by an aspect of Jesus' ministry and Passion.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes this Easter from Canterbury Cathedra 05:45The National Rally leader hoping to be the next president of France.
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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. 06:07Emily Knight takes a walk along the Norfolk coast, on the trail of ancient mammoths. 06:30Have fears about the impact of the UK’s Free Trade Deal with Australia been 'overblown'? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully discusses the meaning of Resurrection, in a programme about moving on. 06:35An Easter pilgrimage across the sand to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. 06:57The latest weather reports and 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. 07:10William Crawley looks at the ethical and religious issues of the week 07:54Jonathan Freedland makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Orchid, the charity for male cancers 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A celebration of the Eucharist with the Archbishop of Canterbury's Easter Message. 08:58Bill Oddie presents the blackbird.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Katherine Rundell, Emma Smith and Megan Walsh 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Prof Jenn Strawbridge.
| 09:00Could polyamory be the way of the future? 09:30Hear one man's story of life in a Soviet labour camp during Stalin's rule. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark ZY Tan.
| 09:00Jane and Gilbert Taylor each face turning points which force the couple in a new direction 09:30Find out what you're made of, one gene at a time - with Dr Kat Arney. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Grace Thomas.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the two-million-year span of our most adaptable ancestor. 09:45A Meditation for Maundy Thursday led by Rev Richard Carter.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark and guests recall the 1990s decade-long libel case involving McDonald’s. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Matthew Roche Saunders
| 09:00Actress and author Carrie Hope Fletcher, and Milton Jones shares his Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The director and choreographer of a new musical about the pop icon Cher.
| 10:00Actor Anya Taylor-Joy discusses her latest film, The Northman.
| 10:00The woman who is the UK's permanent representative to the UN talks about Ukraine.
| 10:00'Roar'- a new series of 'darkly comic fables'- includes Meera Syal as Anu,
| 10:00Philomena Cunk, Mandy and Liz in Motherland; some of the parts played by Diane Morgan.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00David receives a surprising offer and Ruairi makes a shocking confession.
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| 11:00 | 11:003/3In August 1939, the Russians and the Germans agreed to slice Poland up. 11:30The second part of comedian Shaparak Khorsandi's witty and personal look at UK education.
| 11:00Putin returns to the presidency to save Russia from the west. 11:30Fresh perspectives on cultural treasures from the cleaners who look after them.
| 11:00Abigail Disney introduces a group of British millionaires demanding to pay more tax. 11:30Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss talks to Oti Mabuse about his dancing legends - The Lockers
| 11:00How are the thousands of Russians who’ve now fled their country being received in Georgia? 11:30Four notable black artists explore Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel Invisible Man.
| 11:002/3British South Asians and the noughties: too British or not British enough? 11:302/5Florence watches some of the very raunchy movies that Selina has made.
| 11:00British Asian Ramaa Sharma on why, in therapy, one size doesn't fit all. 11:30A look at Russian opinion now that dissent has been criminalised and protestors arrested.
| 11:00Kirsty Wark reunites the team behind the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony. 11:457/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Cost of living squeeze hits a chain of food clubs as hundreds turned away. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Is the travel chaos affecting your holiday plans this Easter? What do you need to know. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04We look at whether the 'death of the city' narrative was overplayed in the pandemic. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04You and Yours: Gap Finders - Anne Boden 12:32What makes them more sustainable? Do they last longer? Greg puts them to the test. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04What’s fake, what’s real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04As livings costs rise Felicity Hannah & guests ask how we can make our money go further. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:042/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Lambeth Town Hall.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Big cats, night skies, long Covid and when the person you love has a different belief.
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| 14:00 | 14:15How the man who proved climate change is manmade was attacked by the fossil fuel industry.
| 14:00David receives a surprising offer. 14:15Lucy Gannon’s two part drama about a rural village in Ireland taken in by fraudster.
| 14:00Jill gets in the driving seat. 14:15There are multiple gateways to a QAnon obsession as Jen finds to her cost.
| 14:00Elizabeth is not impressed. 14:155/10Peter Flannery's adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for BBC Radio 4.
| 14:00Ruairi makes a shocking confession. 14:153/5Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast. 14:45Neil MacGregor on the fire of Vesta in Ancient Rome, and the Parsi fire temple in Gujarat.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Taking Governments and organisations to court enforce environmental law.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago in 1922 a move with profound influence
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| 15:00 | 15:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with Kirsty Lang asking the cryptic questions. 15:30Dan Saladino speaks to food suppliers and farmers in Ukraine about the impact of war.
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Tom Heap delves into the government's newly-announced energy strategy.
| 15:00Louise Cooper and a panel of experts discuss scams targeting small businesses. 15:303/3In August 1939, the Russians and the Germans agreed to slice Poland up.
| 15:00Emily Knight takes a walk along the Norfolk coast, on the trail of ancient mammoths. 15:27Stephen Fry makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. 15:30Two historic novels about Belfast, literary spinsters, and dissident Russian writers.
| 15:00The Rev Sharon Grenham-Thompson explores her personal path through grief for Good Friday. 15:30A series of personal reflections inspired by an aspect of Jesus' ministry and Passion. 15:45A writer goes to Lucca to complete another author’s novel.
| 15:00In Margaret Drabble’s novel an actor’s wife finds life in rep more than she bargained for.
| 15:00Neil Brand's mix of Irish balladry and classic Le Fanu stories of supernatural justice.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Escape the now and immerse yourself in a lost 12th-century world. 16:30Is communal prayer and worship 'in real life' still as important to the faithful?
| 16:00Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English. 16:30Donald Macintyre on Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post and Drum.
| 16:00Strongmen: what accounts for the global rise of authoritarian leaders? 16:30As Macron and Le Pen go head to head, Le Monde launches an English edition.
| 16:003/3Oscar-winner Paul Franklin tells how visual effects changed and how they changed cinema. 16:30Could magic mushrooms be the key to a revolution in treating depression?
| 16:00John Wilson on a punk icon, a writer, an aid worker and an illustrator. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00The Queen's Gambit actor Anya Taylor-Joy on her new film and female friendships.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart about his new novel, Young Mungo 16:302/3Books to help us navigate everyday life, with Damian Barr.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30What makes them more sustainable? Do they last longer? Greg puts them to the test. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Killed by somebody who should still have been locked up. 17:40The National Rally leader hoping to be the next president of France. 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 man who killed the Conservative MP, Sir David Amess, has been convicted of murder. 18:302/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00Boris Johnson is fined for attending a lockdown party in breach of his own rules. 18:302/4Joe ambushes Donna with an impromptu date night. Stars Philip Glenister.
| 18:00Inflation has risen to 7 per cent - its highest level for thirty years. 18:301/10Comedy revelations as Stephen Mangan talks to Cariad Lloyd about her guiltiest memories.
| 18:00The government agrees multi-million pound deal to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. 18:30Tim Vine tells some jokes and chats to the Great British Public
| 18:00Plant makes the type of missiles which Ukraine claims sank Russian flagship Moskva. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Moscow's attacks look like a shift in focus since the sinking of flagship vessel Moskva 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Justin Welby says sending refugees to Rwanda would be "the opposite of the nature of God" 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week, chosen by Rajan Datar.
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| 19:00 | 19:00David receives a surprising offer. 19:1570 years after a debut on BBC’s Talent Night, Sooty’s Magic Show embarks on a new tour.
| 19:00Jill gets in the driving seat. 19:15Photographer Edward Burtynsky; Turner Prize shortlist; novelist Patrick McCabe.
| 19:00Elizabeth is not impressed. 19:15Jude Owusu from To Kill a Mockingbird, and a review of Operation Mincemeat.
| 19:00Ruairi makes a shocking confession. 19:15Paul Verhoeven's film Benedetta is reviewed by our critics.
| 19:007/8Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore Christianity on screen, from faith films to nunsploitation.
| 19:00The National Rally leader hoping to be the next president of France. 19:15Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys reveals his most important cultural influences.
| 19:00The identity of the mysterious Easter bunny is revealed. 19:154/4David Jason stars in David Renwick's post-apocalyptic and post-truth selection of sketches 19:453/5By Thomas Morris. An original short story for radio.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Abigail Disney introduces a group of British millionaires demanding to pay more tax. 20:30A string of fatal accidents have turned hunting into a hot topic in the French elections.
| 20:00Killed by somebody who should still have been locked up. 20:40We speak to visually impaired wellness practitioners; within yoga, reiki & sound healing.
| 20:00Two strangers meet to share a common experience, and their differences. They bring a gift. 20:45A series of personal reflections inspired by an aspect of Jesus' ministry and Passion.
| 20:00How should we manage people with mental health issues who are convicted of terrorism? 20:30Jane and Gilbert Taylor each face turning points which force the couple in a new direction
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Lambeth Town Hall. 20:50Zoe Strimpel asks the simple-yet-complex question, 'what is a woman?'
| 20:00Greg James presents a compilation of the long-running, self-styled antidote to panel games
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30John Wilson on a punk icon, a writer, an aid worker and an illustrator.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3British South Asians and the noughties: pioneers and a backlash. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Katherine Rundell, Emma Smith and Megan Walsh
| 21:002/3Tim Hayward in a race against time to save fungi we’re only just beginning to understand. 21:30Could polyamory be the way of the future?
| 21:00Tom Heap delves into the government's newly-announced energy strategy. 21:30As Macron and Le Pen go head to head, Le Monde launches an English edition.
| 21:00Could magic mushrooms be the key to a revolution in treating depression? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the two-million-year span of our most adaptable ancestor.
| 21:00Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
| 21:003/10The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel 21:452/8Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - Hashtag Partygate and Kicking Against The Pickles
| 21:00As livings costs rise Felicity Hannah & guests ask how we can make our money go further. 21:25Jonathan Freedland makes the Radio 4 Appeal for Orchid, the charity for male cancers 21:30Aleks Krotoski explores the digital night.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ukraine’s President says tens of thousands dead in southern port 22:456/10The decline and fall of the white South African Swart family, told through four funerals.
| 22:00Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fined for breaking lockdown rules 22:457/102021's Booker Prize-winner charting the decline and fall of the South African Swart family
| 22:00Justice minister quits over "repeated rule-breaking" in Downing Street 22:458/10The decline and fall of a white South African family, told through four funerals.
| 22:00Multi-million pound deal to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda 22:459/10The decline and fall of a white South African family, told through four funerals.
| 22:00Moscow loses the pride of the Black Sea fleet 22:4510/102021's Booker-winning novel following the fall and decline of a white South African family
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Two strangers meet to share a common experience, and their differences. They bring a gift.
| 22:00Tim Dunn and Toby Jones tell the story of the whistleblower who saved Britain's railways.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech. 23:30Surreal, silly vibrations from a flatlining, radio desert near the Irish Border.
| 23:001/2Jayde Adams discusses why we leave home and why some of us are drawn to go back. 23:30A brand new sitcom by Will Hislop and Barney Fishwick.
| 23:002/6Jenny Eclair's comic monologue starring Fenella Woolgar 23:152/8Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - Hashtag Partygate and Kicking Against The Pickles 23:30Sitcom about a family who go back in time for a TV show, which can barely afford it.
| 23:002/6Tim Vincent hosts the comedy panel show about the funny side of fatherhood. 23:30Suggs takes you on a dark, comedic trip through Europe’s busiest shopping street.
| 23:00Donald Macintyre on Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post and Drum. 23:30Suggs takes us on a trip around London's Docklands.
| 23:00Radio's most fiendish quiz, with Kirsty Lang asking the cryptic questions. 23:30Meetings between poets and scientists who share language and ideas and create new work.
| 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30Mark Tully discusses the meaning of Resurrection, in a programme about moving on.
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