View schedule at a glance
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00:00–00:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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00:30–00:483/5. While Britain is spellbound by the Coronation, another royal soap opera is about to unfold
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00:48–01:00
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01:00–05:20BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:20–05:30The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30–05:43News from BBC Radio 4.
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05:43–05:45Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Peter Baker.
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05:45–06:00News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
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06:00–09:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
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09:00–09:45Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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09:45–10:004/5. A new era of affluence is fuelled by an advertising boom and the arrival of commercial TV.
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10:00–11:00With Jane Garvey. Including Kate Humble on her new role as president of the RSPB.
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11:00–11:30Investigating the sixth trial of a black man over the murder of four people in Mississippi
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11:30–12:00Ian Peacock reveals the dark and gothic life of Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
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12:00–12:57Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
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12:57–13:00The latest weather forecast.
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13:00–13:30National and international news with Shaun Ley.
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13:30–14:00With increasing numbers of British pubs closing, Dominic Arkwright considers their demise.
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14:00–14:15
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14:15–15:00By Louis Nowra. A boy and his young mother take to the road across Australia. (R)
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15:00–15:27Helen Mark and Time Team's Mick Aston investigate the story of the Hanbury Crater.
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15:27–15:30Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need.
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15:30–15:453/3. By Malcolm Pryce. A strangely familiar collection of characters take a train journey.
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15:45–16:004/5. Aasmah Mir talks to descendents of Scots who are returning to explore their roots.
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16:00–16:30
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16:30–16:56Quentin Cooper dissects the week's science.
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16:56–17:00Czechoslovakia's prime minister has his first meeting with leading dissident Vaclav Havel.
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17:00–18:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
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18:00–18:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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18:30–19:005/6. Pip Bin, Harry Biscuit and Gently Benevolent are trapped in the vast emptiness of space.
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19:00–19:15Helen's insecurities come to the fore.
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19:15–19:45Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
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19:45–20:0014/20. Lizzie Hexam and Bella Wilfer meet at last, at a funeral in a country churchyard.
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20:00–20:30Current affairs series.
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20:30–21:00Peter Day hears from people who are taking a different approach to running companies.
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21:00–21:30The impact of Darwin's On The Origin of Species on science, society and religion.
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21:30–21:58Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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21:58–22:00Weather information.
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22:00–22:45National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
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22:45–23:004/5. The major, his wife and Leafy Barkwell have a heartbreaking encounter on an evening walk.
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23:00–23:30Special edition of Radio 4's performance poetry show from Cardiff University.
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23:30–00:00News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
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00:00–00:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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00:30–00:484/5. A new era of affluence is fuelled by an advertising boom and the arrival of commercial TV.
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00:48–01:00The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00–05:20BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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