| 00:00 | | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 00:305/5An anthology of extracts from books offering thoughts and advice on better living. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 00:30Stories about being alone. A man attempts to come to terms with the death of his mother. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00News, current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.
| 01:00News, current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Agricultural news and features with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Agricultural news and features with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:45Agricultural news and features with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by John Holdsworth. 05:453/5BBC wildlife film maker Huw Cordey and friends set off up the River Rewa in Guyana.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Mary’s Parish Church, Putney. 05:45A profile of Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, the first woman Justice of the Court of Appeal.
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| 06:00The latest news headlines, including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07A tour of the British countryside. 06:35Miriam O'Reilly presents the rural magazine. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 09:305/5With David Livingstone's first-hand account of being attacked by a lion.
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| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Anthony Horowitz(R)
| 09:00Real life stories with Fi Glover and a guest presenter.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Why are married-couple households in the minority in the UK?Plus Explorer Rosie Stancer.
| 10:00Renee Zellweger on playing Beatrix Potter.Plus adoption and tracing birth families.
| 10:00Why is the stigma of living with HIV increasing in the UK?Also Women and Human Rights Law.
| 10:00Drug Addiction and Families.Private Life and Public Office.Also Poet Rachel Trezise.
| 10:00In-Vitro Maturation.Also visually impaired parents & Gender Equality in the Civil Service.
| 10:00John McCarthy explores the development of cycling holidays with Mark Waters. 10:30Arthur Smith presents the fascinating story of 100 years of the scouting movement.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/21/2. Hardeep Singh Kohli traces the history of the corner shop. 11:303/6Bossy Clare is coerced into organising a children's party.
| 11:00David Lomax reports on the story of the Kamchatka crabs brought to the Arctic by Stalin. 11:30John Aiziewood investigates the phenomenon known as 'prog rock'.(R)
| 11:301/4Fixing some bells in a belfry, the Yorkshire builders get in a flap.
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| 11:304/6The hack tries to save money by going on an archaeological dig. From 2007.
| 11:00Peter Hennessy explores how Macmillan transformed the country's mood after the Suez crisis 11:30BBC foreign correspondents examine the stories behind the headlines, with Kate Adie.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is pianist Natasha Spender.
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| 12:00 | 12:00David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00With Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and discussion with Liz Barclay and Sheila McClennon. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer affairs magazine with Liz Barclay and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer and social matters with Winifred Robinson and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:30Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:30A Romany community in Hatfield, saved by Barbara Cartland, is under threat again.(R)
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| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a topical discussion.
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| 14:15Dan Jamieson's magical modern version of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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| 14:15Robert Baden-Powell, scout movement founder, looks back over a life of hope and regrets.(R)
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:3012th century coroner Sir John de Wolfe, aided by his clerk, investigates mysterious deaths
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| 15:00 | 15:00A playful deconstruction of Queen's pop classic, Bohemian Rhapsody.(R) 15:301/4Sally Beamish's tale of a woman whose life is turned upside down when her husband leaves. 15:451/5Chris Sperring goes in search of a tawny owl in Bristol city centre.
| 15:302/4Kenneth Steven's story of a young Celtic supporter who gets a life-changing job. 15:452/5Chris Sperring goes in search of Britain's smallest owl - the Little Owl.
| 15:00Gardening Grumbles: Eric Robson chairs a special edition of the programme. 15:453/5Owl expert Chris Sperring uses his own methods to hear different owl calls.
| 15:303/4By Merryn Glover. A young woman returns to her home town to visit her estranged mother. 15:454/5Chris Sperring travels to Sweden to meet the largest owl in the world, the Eagle Owl.
| 15:304/4By Fiona Thackeray. An inmate finds unexpected refuge from prison life. 15:455/5Chris Sperring visits the Mendips to catch up with the Barn Owl.
| 15:30Lowri Blake traces the story of Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod.
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| 16:30Actor Victor Spinetti explains his admiration for director Joan Littlewood.
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| 16:00Highlights of the week's Woman's Hour programmes, presented by Martha Kearney.
| 16:00The author Jonathan Franzen discusses his novel The Corrections.
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| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30Highlights from English-language radio programmes from around the world. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:40A profile of Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, the first woman Justice of the Court of Appeal.
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| 18:306/6Award-winning spoof phone-in show, with talk radio host Gary Bellamy. Stars Rhys Thomas.(R)
| 18:305/6Agony aunt Claire Rayner quizzes a panel about herself.
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| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather. 18:15Ned Sherrin presents the weekly feast of comedy, live music and lively conversation.
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| 19:00A profile of Lady Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, the first woman Justice of the Court of Appeal. 19:15Mark Ravenhill, Sarfraz Manzoor and Susan Jeffreys join Tom Sutcliffe.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Louise Puck Hansen looks at the demand in eastern Europe for items from the old regimes.
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| 20:00BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson looks at how Whitehall makes controversial decisions.
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| 20:00Exploring the work of poet and innovative radio producer, Louis Macneice.
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| 21:00 | 21:006/10Gabrielle Walker discovers how the Earth has warmed before and how that affected the world 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Has the drug Ecstasy bred a generation of depressed and forgetful forty-somethings? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Claire Bolderson.
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| 22:00With Robin Lustig. Somalia's power vaccuum: will the African Union send in peacekeepers
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
| 22:00President Bush continues to reshuffle his top team, but can they turn the tide in Iraq?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 22:15Nick Robinson explores the process by which decisions are reached in Whitehall.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen presents the series on words, language and the way we speak.
| 23:004/6A nightmare tennis client makes the headlines for the wrong reasons. Stars Neil Pearson.(R)
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| 23:30Jenni Trent Hughes explores paternal advice - the nuggets imparted from fathers to sons.(R)
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| 23:00Barry Norman presents his favourite pieces of writing, read by Andrew Sachs and others.(R) 23:30Roger McGough welcomes in the New Year with poems about hope, regret, sunrise and time.
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