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Early
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00:15
View Programme informationThinking Allowed — Post-Katrina New Orleans; The Capitalist Personality
Laurie investigates New Orleans' disaster relief failure. Also, the capitalist personality (R)
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00:48
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05:20
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05:30
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05:43
View Programme informationPrayer for the Day — 17/03/2014
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray.
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05:45
View Programme informationFarming Today — Scotland, Sheep-worrying, Hill farming
Would Scottish farmers be better off in the UK or out of it? Charlotte Smith investigates.
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Morning
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06:00
View Programme informationToday — 17/03/2014
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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09:00
View Programme informationStart the Week — Decision-making with Daniel Kahneman and Michael Ignatieff
Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Kahneman, Michael Ignatieff, Henry Marsh and Lisa Appignanesi.
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09:45
View Programme informationBook of the Week — Free at Last - The Benn Diaries 1991 to 2001, Episode 1
1/5 January 1991 to the eve of the 1992 general election - 'I think Kinnock will be PM'.
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10:00
View Programme informationWoman's Hour — Men who pay for sex; Food writer Diana Henry; MEP Nikki Sinclaire; Music in offices
Jane Garvey speaks to men who pay for sex in ongoing series on laws on prostitution.
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10:45
View Programme information15 Minute Drama — Shirley, The Valley of the Shadow of Death
6/10 Robert has suddenly left Yorkshire, unaware that Caroline has fallen into a deep sickness.
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11:00
View Programme informationThe Regimental Future
Will Robson looks at the Army's regimental system as evolving war and cuts force change.
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Afternoon
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12:00
View Programme informationYou and Yours — Dangerous Mail
Why Royal Mail destroyed a cycle helmet, and the electric buses that charge themselves.
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13:00
View Programme informationWorld at One — 17/03/2014
Ukraine's foreign minister says his country will use force to defend itself from incursion
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13:45
View Programme informationRussia: The Wild East — Series 1, A Church for the State
2/25 Martin Sixsmith charts the history of Russia's relationship with Ukraine. (R)
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14:00
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14:15
View Programme informationAfternoon Drama — A Kidnapping, Episode 1
1/3 Two teachers at an international school in Manila kidnap a child in their care.
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15:00
View Programme informationBrain of Britain — 17/03/2014
Russell Davies chairs the third semi-final of the nationwide general knowledge quiz.
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15:30
View Programme informationFood Programme — Hospital Food
Sheila Dillon investigates the government's latest plans to improve food in the NHS. (R)
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Evening
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18:30
On airView Programme informationJust a Minute — Series 68, Episode 6
6/8 Sheila Hancock, Richard Herring, Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence try to talk for 60 seconds
Listen live (BBC Radio 4 homepage)
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19:15
View Programme informationFront Row — Harry Hill on I Can't Sing; George Michael's Symphonica album; A Long Way Down
John Wilson talks to Harry Hill and Sean Foley about their new musical I Can't Sing.
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19:45
View Programme information15 Minute Drama — Shirley, The Valley of the Shadow of Death
6/10 Robert has suddenly left Yorkshire, unaware that Caroline has fallen into a deep sickness. (R)
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20:00
View Programme informationThe Roots of Extremism
What drives extremist violence? Daniel Pick reveals the story of an attempt to find out.
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20:30
View Programme informationAnalysis — Eldar Shafir: Scarcity
An interview with psychologist Eldar Shafir about the concept of scarcity.
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21:00
View Programme informationNature — Series 8, The Midland Brown Snake - Dead or Alive
6/7 Howard Stableford finds out how the midland brown snake is getting help to cross the road. (R)
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21:30
View Programme informationStart the Week — Decision-making with Daniel Kahneman and Michael Ignatieff
Tom Sutcliffe with Daniel Kahneman, Michael Ignatieff, Henry Marsh and Lisa Appignanesi. (R)
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22:45
View Programme informationBook at Bedtime — The Collected Works of AJ Fikry, Love and Loss
1/10 Gabrielle Zevin's new novel about love and the transformative power of books and reading.
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23:00
View Programme informationShort Cuts — Series 4, Growing Pains
4/6 Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about the pain of growing up. (R)
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Late
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00:30
View Programme informationBook of the Week — Free at Last - The Benn Diaries 1991 to 2001, Episode 1
1/5 January 1991 to the eve of the 1992 general election - 'I think Kinnock will be PM'.
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05:43
View Programme informationPrayer for the Day — 18/03/2014
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Gordon Gray.
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05:45
View Programme informationFarming Today — TB testing, Phosphorus, Micro-dairy
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Anna Hill.