The latest shipping forecast.
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News Briefing
The latest news headlines.
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Bells on Sunday
The sound of church bells from St Michael and All Angels, Great Cumberton, Worcestershire.
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Profile
Broadcaster and art historian Tim Marlow takes a personal look at the career of Charles Saumarez Smith, the director of the National Gallery. Show more
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News Summary
The latest national and international news.
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Something Understood
The distinguished Canadian broadcaster Chris Brookes reflects on how memories are captured in the mundane objects we gather around ourselves.
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Living World
The Vernal Lantern Fish: Lionel Kelleway goes in search of this beautiful luminescent creature which is beginning to appear around our coast due to rising sea temperatures. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
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News; Sunday Papers
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Sunday
Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week.
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Radio 4 Appeal
Jeremy Irons appeals on behalf of Child Welfare Scheme.
The latest weather forecast.
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News; Sunday Papers
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Sunday Worship
A service for Palm Sunday from Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, Co Down, led by the Dean, the Very Reverend Henry Hill. Preacher is Archbishop Philip Patterson.
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A Point Of View
Clive James considers torture and whether TV dramas encourage its use against terrorism. Show more
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Broadcasting House
News and conversation about the big stories of the week, with Patrick O'Connell.
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The Archers
The week's events in Ambridge.
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Desert Island Discs
Kirsty Young's castaway is campaigner Ben Helfgott. Show more
James Walton's quiz at the Oxford Literary Festival with John Walsh, Sebastian Faulks, Peter Kemp and Sue Limb. From March 2007. Show more
3/6. Literary quizmaster James Walton presides over team captains Sebastian Faulks and John Walsh with guests Jane Thynne and Wendy Holden. The author of the week and subject for pastiche is Tom Stoppard , and the reader is Beth Chalmers. Repeated from Monday
Takeaway Food. Given the public's growing demand for nutritious fast food, Sheila Dillon explores the new style of take-away that provides quick and easy food that's also healthy and locally sourced. Producer Margaret Collins Repeated tomorrow at 4pm
How much pressure do the providers of fast food come under to choose a cheaper and easier route? Sheila Dillon visits some of the new takeaways and discusses the implications. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
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The World This Weekend
A look at events around the world.
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Battle for Birth
Penny Marshall looks back at the key decisions that have been made over the last century that have produced the maternity services in the NHS today. Show more
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Gardeners' Question Time
Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. Matthew Biggs, John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew answer questions from gardeners in Hertfordshire.
Another Super Eights match. Commentators include
Christopher Martin-Jenkins , Tony Cozier and Kevin Howells , With further input from Colin Croft and Ranjit Fernando.
Producer Peter Baxter 'approximate times
Highlights of today's play are on BBC 1 tonight
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The Page Turners
A look at one of the most deceptively simple jobs in music, that of turning the pages of the score during a live performance. There is far more to the job than meets the eye.
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Classic Serial: The Making of a Marchioness
Michelene Wandor's dramatisation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's romance. Emily Fox-Seton's life changes when Lady Maria invites her to a party.
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Bookclub
James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to comic fiction author Jonathan Coe, who discusses his novel What A Carve Up!
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Poetry Please
Roger McGough introduces a collection of comic poems requested by listeners, including John Betjeman, Stanley Holloway, Roald Dahl, Wendy Cope and Ogden Nash.
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1707: the Birth of Britain
Allan Little presents George Rosie's dramatised account of the wheeling and dealing which led to the Act of Union of 1707, which merged the parliaments of England and Scotland.
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
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Six o'Clock News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Pick of the Week
Claudia Hammond presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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The Archers
Eddie does his bit for international relations. Show more
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Go 4 It
Barney Harwood presents a prank-filled April Fool's Day edition of the children's magazine with authors Francesca Simon and Jeremy Strong.
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Lent Talks
Douglas Hurd puts himself in the shoes of Pilate, forced to choose between the sacrifice of an innocent man and a mass uprising.
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Feedback Repeated from Friday
Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
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Last Word
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died.
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Money
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Including a report on a major security breach at TK Maxx involving credit card details.
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Radio 4 Appeal
Jeremy Irons appeals on behalf of Child Welfare Scheme.
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Analysis
France is unhappy with itself. Quentin Peel asks if the country has deep-seated problems that require radical reform or is just suffering from hypochondria.
The latest weather forecast.
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The Westminster Hour
Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
Nick Fraser looks at the issues facing France as an important presidential election approaches, with demands for widespread social change from all sides.
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Kith and Kin
Amanda Vickery traces the history of the family through four centuries. Jane Austen's favourite of all her heroines was Fanny Price in Mansfield Park.
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Something Understood Repeated from 6.05am
The distinguished Canadian broadcaster Chris Brookes reflects on how memories are captured in the mundane objects we gather around ourselves.
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News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Philip Pullman and Miss Jones
Terry Jones presides over a conversation between best-selling author Philip Pullman and his former schoolteacher Enid Jones, whose friendship has endured nearly fifty years. Show more
The sound of church bells from St Michael and All Angels, Great Cumberton, Worcestershire.
The latest shipping forecast.
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World Briefing
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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