| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Ivanka Trump, a beach full of sheep and the changing landscape of southern Albania. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Mary's Patshull in Staffordshire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15On her newest novel, The Delusions, and the three literary works that helped shape it. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Matthew Bannister on a sports administrator, a musician, a cave diver and an author. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45The search for fertilisers which don't have to be imported, to lessen price shocks. 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Susan Hulme reports as MPs questions the prime minister about the war in the Middle East. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks celebration.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Sean Curran reports on the latest news from Westminster. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45Tractor protests in Northern Ireland over spiralling fuel costs.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Susan Hulme with the best from Parliament. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45New research suggests dredging is affecting water quality in Lough Neagh.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea. 05:45New report suggests ways to transform uplands to support communities and landscapes.
| 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 Elizabeth Rawlinson-Mills. 05:45What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
| 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 the church of St Bartholomew, Rogate in West Sussex. 05:45In Touch provides tips on how to get the best out of gardening with a visual impairment.
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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.
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:07Mary-Ann Ochota finds out about deer culling. 06:30A new report explores the ways the uplands can flourish. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05The Chinese pianist who discovered God after hearing Vivaldi’s Gloria. 06:35Caz Graham hears about a Landscape Recovery project in Cumbria’s Upper Duddon Valley. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week 07:54Trustee of Magic Bus UK Ruby Parmar makes the Radio Four Appeal on behalf of the charity. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 08:10This Eastertide, Rev Richard Carter reflects on finding hope in a wounded world. 08:48In 1971, a question from his son led Roger Hargreaves to create Mr Men and Little Miss 08:58Of all the seabirds explorer Roland Arnison has seen, the fulmar captured his heart.
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| 09:00 | 09:00John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe 09:45How one man is trying to reduce loneliness by encouraging strangers to chat at a pub table
| 09:00Epidemiologist Seth Berkley on a career trying to get vaccines to those in need. 09:302/3Ali Ansari continues his Persian grand tour from 3000 BC to the present.
| 09:00Dr Sian Williams talks to a woman whose long search for her birth father ends just in time 09:30Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
| 09:00The graphic artist's amazing paradoxical world, and the interplay between maths and art. 09:45Armando Iannucci and Amol Rajan look at politicians getting into their own media bubbles.
| 09:00Kirsty Wark reunites peace campaigners who travelled to Baghdad to act as human shields.
| 09:00John Robins joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
| 09:00Donald Trump claims to have 'obliterated' Iran's navy, so why does it control the strait?
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| 10:00 | 10:00What the end of the Orbán regime means for Hungarian women.
| 10:00An inquiry finds 'catastrophic' failures by parents of the Southport killer and agencies.
| 10:00What does the renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England mean for women?
| 10:00Singer-songwriter Jessie Ware on how disco and funk inspired her new album.
| 10:00How are women impacting the BAFTA Games Awards?
| 10:00Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore our feet and how we can better look after them. 10:302/7Jay Rayner and the panel are in Stockport answering the questions from the audience.
| 10:00Kirsty Wark reunites the team of people who created Cornwall's Eden Project.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia. 11:451/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
| 11:00Ellen and Mark trace the history of the cinematic call, from stick phones to smartphones. 11:452/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
| 11:00When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind? 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
| 11:00Booker prize-winning author David Szalay reveals his creative influences. 11:454/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
| 11:00Frank Fiore is the chef leading a new approach at Milton Keynes hospital. This is his day. 11:455/5Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
| 11:00Sonia Sodha assesses the latest developments at Westminster. 11:30After the deadliest day in the conflict, Lebanese civilians are given some relief.
| 11:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Broadband outages, border delays and house flipping. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: What's your experience of buying a leasehold home? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Will the government's new policy fix potholes? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How tech is under attack from criminals. 12:32Are infrared saunas as effective as traditional ones? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What does Hollywood’s ultra-thin trend mean for body positivity? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Almost half of all adults fear unaffordable energy price rises. Paul Lewis investigates. 12:301/8After six weeks off air, Andy is back with a brand new series. What have we missed? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15Paddington the Musical songwriter, pop-rock star and children's author. 12:305/6Childish nicknames, culling your friends, and bingeing on junk telly. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Tragedy blamed on 'catastrophic' failures by agencies and killer’s 'irresponsible' parents 13:451/5Teenage girls in the UK talk to Catherine Carr about being a girl and becoming a woman.
| 13:00Former Nato chief says the Iran war “has to be a rude wake-up call” on defence spending. 13:452/5Teenage girls all over the country talk to Catherine Carr about their lives online.
| 13:00Undercover reporting reveals the networks that fake evidence to beat the asylum system. 13:453/5Girls all over the country talk to Catherine Carr about how they feel about school.
| 13:00The chair of the National Preparedness Committee tells us how to ready ourselves. 13:454/5Girls all over the country talk to Catherine Carr about sex, consent and relationships.
| 13:00His close friend questions whether he did anything wrong. 13:455/5Girls in the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Adastra Hall, Hassocks, West Sussex.
| 13:00A look at the week's big stories and preview of the week to come. 13:30Why tech-savvy Sweden is ditching screens for books and pens in its schools.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Bert is threatening to sue. 14:15Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Agatha Christie. 14:45A radical teacher who believed passionately in knowledge and education for all.
| 14:00Alice catches up with Fallon. 14:15Atmospheric drama about an encounter between a mysterious old man and two strangers.
| 14:00Stella tries to keep her fears in check. 14:15The Shell Seven wanted to put their case before a jury. True story by Margaret Heffernan.
| 14:00Bert warns Chelsea not to be too trusting. 14:151/3Comedy drama series set in a Cardiff pawn shop. With Lisa Palfrey and Julian Lewis Jones.
| 14:00Pip goes to her appointment. 14:153/5After a terrifying night, Elly is sure she knows who killed Sabine. 14:45What would happen to the world if the USA disappears?
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Alice thinks she needs to take action.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the panel visit the outskirts of Bolton in Lancashire. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at Transcription by Kate Atkinson.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Impressionist, poet and comedian Alistair McGowan on author HE Bates 15:30Join a farmer, a cheesemaker, a philosopher and a scientist on a guided tour through a cow
| 15:00How did Sarah Breedlove become one of the wealthiest African American Women of her time? 15:30The Chinese pianist who discovered God after hearing Vivaldi’s Gloria.
| 15:00We look at how you can protect your finances from global shocks. 15:30Illuminating new science on artificial light and our health.
| 15:00Mary-Ann Ochota finds out about deer culling. 15:27Jenny Seagrove makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Born Free Foundation 15:30Andrea Catherwood talks to the team in charge of a long-running drama.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the panel visit the outskirts of Bolton in Lancashire. 15:45Life's full of beauty and hardship for Annie, on the remote Welsh coast. By Rebecca F John
| 15:00Danni takes drastic action to escape the catastrophic news cycle in Jeremy Front's drama.
| 15:001/2Katie Hims adapts Kate Atkinson's spy thriller set in MI5 and the BBC.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean. 16:301/7Jay Rayner and the panel tuck into questions from the postbag.
| 16:00A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore our feet and how we can better look after them.
| 16:00Sophie O’Brien on how she plans to disrupt the recruitment industry. 16:15BBC job cuts, journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market.
| 16:00Why is the state pension protected by the triple lock? 16:30What was learnt from the Chernobyl disaster and how has it shaped UK energy production?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a singer, a curator, a surgeon and a model. 16:30Dr Sian Williams talks to a woman whose long search for her birth father ends just in time
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week
| 16:00The Danish writer on the latest instalment of her On the Calculation of Volume books. 16:30Northern Ireland face England in the contest of lateral thinking, chaired by Kirsty Lang.
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| 17:00 | 17:00The US president tells Iran that any ships approaching the blockade will be eliminated.
| 17:00It also warns the global economy is at risk of recession. A former NatWest chair reacts.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news
| 17:00A report suggests Lord Mandelson failed his security vetting for the role of US ambassador
| 17:00Sir Keir Starmer denies he knew Lord Mandelson failed security checks ahead of US posting.
| 17:00Iran shuts the Strait of Hormuz again after the US refuses to end its naval blockade. 17:30Are infrared saunas as effective as traditional ones? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Dusko Popov was one of WWII's most successful double agents, inspiring the fictional 007. 17:102/3Sifting through the dust, Mark Miodownik discovers the toxins polluting our living spaces. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Iran describes the move as "piracy" 18:305/6Childish nicknames, culling your friends, and bingeing on junk telly.
| 18:00The International Monetary Fund says the conflict could cause a global recession 18:302/6A church-eating fungus wows the guests.
| 18:00The Home Secretary promises action against anyone caught defrauding the asylum system 18:30Maria travels 6,000 miles to try to fulfil the hopes of her Coptic Egyptian parents.
| 18:00The break in fighting is due to last for ten days 18:306/6Politicians love a ban. But does banning anything ever actually work?
| 18:00Andrew Malkinson was wrongly convicted for the crime and spent 17 years in jail 18:301/8After six weeks off air, Andy is back with a brand new series. What have we missed?
| 18:00Trump says things are "working out very well" despite blockade 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Iran hasn't confirmed if it will take part in negotiations 18:15William Crawley presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Alice catches up with Fallon. 19:15Mark Gatiss takes on Brecht's Hitler satire, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
| 19:00Stella tries to keep her fears in check. 19:15Musician Jack Savoretti plays live, and Turner Prize artist Veronica Ryan's latest show.
| 19:00Bert warns Chelsea not to be too trusting. 19:15Scottish Ballet's Starstruck honours Gene Kelly's creative legacy.
| 19:00Pip goes to her appointment. 19:15Reviewing Lena Dunham's memoir, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Mistakes.
| 19:00Alice thinks she needs to take action. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore cinema's most heavyweight genre, 50 years on from Rocky.
| 19:00Paddington the Musical songwriter, pop-rock star and children's author. 19:15Booker prize-winning author David Szalay reveals his creative influences.
| 19:00Lilian tries to reassure Alice. 19:15Reflections on life with a terrible surname. 19:453/5Sit back and unwind as Dr Michael Mosley reveals the relaxing powers of guided imagery.
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| 20:00 | 20:0010/10Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict. 20:30What have we learnt from Artemis II?
| 20:00When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind? 20:40In Touch provides tips on how to get the best out of gardening with a visual impairment.
| 20:00The Girl Guides says that trans girls will have to leave but do we need single sex groups? 20:45The irascible Greek thinker who lived in a barrel and argued for a simpler happier life.
| 20:00Sophie O’Brien on how she plans to disrupt the recruitment industry. 20:15BBC job cuts, journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Adastra Hall, Hassocks, West Sussex. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00Ella Al-Shamahi revisits Desmond Morris’s controversial book The Naked Ape, six decades on
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood talks to the team in charge of a long-running drama. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a singer, a curator, a surgeon and a model.
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| 21:00 | 21:00John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe 21:45How one man is trying to reduce loneliness by encouraging strangers to chat at a pub table
| 21:00How and why Pakistani hospitals might be putting children at risk of HIV. 21:30Impressionist, poet and comedian Alistair McGowan on author HE Bates
| 21:00Epidemiologist Seth Berkley on a career trying to get vaccines to those in need. 21:302/3Ali Ansari continues his Persian grand tour from 3000 BC to the present.
| 21:00Kiri Pritchard-McLean and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Armando Iannucci and Amol Rajan look at politicians getting into their own media bubbles.
| 21:00Jo Whiley looks back at the artist's music and legacy.
| 21:00The story of My Funny Valentine as it travelled across time. 21:30Writer and presenter Julie Tsang explores the world of Chinese literature.
| 21:00Almost half of all adults fear unaffordable energy price rises. Paul Lewis investigates. 21:25Trustee of Magic Bus UK Ruby Parmar makes the Radio Four Appeal on behalf of the charity. 21:30After the deadliest day in the conflict, Lebanese civilians are given some relief.
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| 22:00 | 22:00A US blockade of Iranian ports has come into force, as Tehran warns of retaliation 22:451/10The Connollys host a guest at their home on Small Flat.
| 22:00One of the authors of a government defence review accused it of "corrosive complacency" 22:452/10Alex discovers more about the Connollys and what brought them to the Ark.
| 22:00Chancellor Rachel Reeves voiced sweeping criticism of the war at IMF conference 22:453/10Alex asks to meet the Ark’s last surviving original resident.
| 22:00The PM did not know Lord Mandelson failed security vetting for the role of US ambassador. 22:454/10Marion introduces Alex to the Sleepers.
| 22:00The government produces a memo showing the PM was first alerted on Tuesday 22:455/10Alex learns more about Sandra.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Frank Fiore is the chef leading a new approach at Milton Keynes hospital. This is his day.
| 22:00Looking ahead to Keir Starmer's Commons showdown and the election in Scotland.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/5A rumour spreads on the streets of Edinburgh that there has been a series of killings. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the prime minister responds to the latest in Iran.
| 23:002/12Danny Robins continues a historical investigation into a poltergeist in 1960s Pontefract. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as MPs protest over government plans to rein in demonstrations.
| 23:00Roger makes a new friend and Brian is keen to capitalise. 23:15A series of surreal stories parodying the guided meditation boom. Starring Mina Anwar. 23:30Sean Curran reports as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over defence at PMQs.
| 23:00The author and Bloomberg columnist argues for the revival of liberalism. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as ministers announce help with bills for more energy-intensive firms.
| 23:00Why an oyster fisherman with a controversial past is splitting the Democrats 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports on the rush to make new laws before the parliamentary session ends
| 23:006/6Politicians love a ban. But does banning anything ever actually work? 23:30Wales face Northern Ireland in the contest of lateral thinking, chaired by Kirsty Lang.
| 23:00The graphic artist's amazing paradoxical world, and the interplay between maths and art. 23:45Life's full of beauty and hardship for Annie, on the remote Welsh coast. By Rebecca F John
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