12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00 AM - 05:00 AM
World Service
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:00 AM - 05:04 AM
News Summary
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
05:04 AM - 05:34 AM
Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme.
05:34 AM - 05:43 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:43 AM - 05:45 AM
Prayer for the Day
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop David Walker.
05:45 AM - 05:57 AM
Farming Today
Devon-based photographer Chris Chapman has been documenting Dartmoor farming life for over fifty years.
05:57 AM - 06:00 AM
Weather for Farmers
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers.
06:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Today
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Start The Week
Two hundred years after the formation of the ZSL, the Zoological Society of London, Adam Rutherford discusses zoos, sex and conservation.
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Café Hope
Nuala MacDonald tells Rachel Burden how she made her village in the Highlands become autism-friendly.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Woman's Hour
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The Invention Of...
Why did the slow disintegration of the Ottoman empire lead to war in the Balkans? Misha Glenny finds out.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Lifeboat at the End of the World by Dominic Gregory
1/5. Dominic Gregory recalls a childhood treasure, the Ladybird book The Life-Boat Men.
12:00 PM - 12:04 PM
News Summary
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:04 PM - 12:57 PM
You and Yours
News and discussion of consumer affairs.
12:57 PM - 01:00 PM
Weather Forecast
The latest weather forecast.
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
The World at One
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Puffed Up: Inventions Out of Thin Air
1/5. From the earliest instruments to brass bands Mark Miodovnik explores puff power in music.
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Something unexpected happens at the Easter Day service, and Robert receives a surprise birthday present.
02:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Celebrating Stoppard: In the Native State
Tom Stoppard's 1991 drama, starring Felicity Kendal and Peggy Ashcroft in her final performance. A young poet in 1930s India. A portrait. And sixty years of unanswered questions.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Great Lives
Beverley Knight picks the great Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer turned pioneer, with help from Joe Boyd.
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
PM
Full coverage of the day's news.
06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Six O'Clock News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Unspeakable
4/6. Phil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words and help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With guests Hugh Dennis, Jess Fostekew and Katy Wix.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
Can Robert square his conscience, and will George go to Keira's birthday party?
07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
Front Row
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss a century of television, tracing the development of the medium from early experimental broadcasts through to the present day.
08:00 PM - 08:30 PM
How Did We Get Here?
9/10. The back-story of the Middle East conflict, explored by leading experts. This episode covers 2000-2009, from the Second Intifada to Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election as Israeli PM.
08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Celebrating Stoppard: The Voyage of the St Louis
Tom Stoppard's adaptation of the true story of 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Germany, 1939.
10:00 PM - 10:45 PM
The World Tonight
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
10:45 PM - 11:00 PM
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
6/10. Evening low water: Edgar Acheson joins Thomas in his cart as they go down to the Longferry shoreline to see if it could be used as a location for his film.
11:00 PM - 11:45 PM
Start the Week
Two hundred years after the formation of the ZSL, the Zoological Society of London, Adam Rutherford discusses zoos, sex and conservation.
11:45 PM - 12:00 AM
Café Hope
Nuala MacDonald tells Rachel Burden how she made her village in the Highlands become autism-friendly.
12:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:30 AM - 12:48 AM
Lifeboat at the End of the World by Dominic Gregory
1/5. Dominic Gregory recalls a childhood treasure, the Ladybird book The Life-Boat Men.
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.