| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the accelerating process of globalisation with Professor Stiglitz. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Anne's in Limehouse, London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A postal delivery is one of the few unplanned and unplannable experiences left. 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Pity the author, a night owl married to a lark, suffering society's prejudices. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A compact history of our love affair with this invigorating bean. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5After moving to the country, the author explores the stresses of the process. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A passionate reappraisal of the life and work of essayist Charles Lamb. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5By Nick Parker. The invention of a new edible packaging material transforms the nation.(R) 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.
| 01:00BBC 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 news and current affairs.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Vincent. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Vincent. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Vincent. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Vincent. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Noel Vincent. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:451/4Anthony Noel profiles the work of garden writer Charles Jencks.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Augustine's in West Monkton, Somerset. 05:452/2Matthew d'Ancona asks whether the internet has the potential to reshape society.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With John Humphrys, Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker explores the South Crofty tin mine in Cornwall, which plans to reopen. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting meets Yahya Birt, who converted to Islam as a student 06:35Lionel Kelleway joins Greg Conway of the British Trust for Ornithology. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With Edward Stourton, John Humphrys. Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Eric Robson appeals on behalf of Garden Africa. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, led by Rev Nicholas Holtam. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by James Rubin, Anatol Lieven, Giles Foden and Gillian Beer. 09:451/5A postal delivery is one of the few unplanned and unplannable experiences left.
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks to stand up for what they believe in. 09:302/5Prof Carl Chinn visits Birmingham's Polish Centre. 09:452/5Pity the author, a night owl married to a lark, suffering society's prejudices.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5A compact history of our love affair with this invigorating bean.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution. 09:454/5After moving to the country, the author explores the stresses of the process.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is cellist Steven Isserlis. 09:455/5A passionate reappraisal of the life and work of essayist Charles Lamb.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by author Anthony Horowitz.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Peace campaigner Eileen Daffern discusses her passion for social justice and feminism.
| 10:00Does our focus on breast cancer mean that other cancers lose out on research and funding?
| 10:00Singer-songwriter PJ Harvey talks about her life and career.
| 10:00Is the feminisation of society to blame for boys performing badly at school?
| 10:00An investigation into the early twentieth century women who crossed gender.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig hears how anthropologists plan and manage their trips. 10:30The music promoter Bill Graham is remembered by Bob Geldof, Ronnie Wood and others.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Catherine Merridale talks to Poles who have recently come to live and work in Britain.(R) 11:304/6Comedy sketches from Philippa Fordham and Simon Lipson. With Alex Lowe and Laura Shavin.
| 11:00Tom Feilden reports on a project offering first-hand experience of climate change. 11:30Lucy Ash explores Red Westerns, action films made in the former Soviet Union.
| 11:00Lawrence Kohlberg's experiment to quantify the human capacity for ethical reasoning. 11:301/6Ruth may be in love, Fiona may be in labour, and Caroline may wish she hadn't bothered.
| 11:00Lucy Ash reports from Angola, China's biggest African trading partner. 11:302/2Stewart Lee, co-creator of Jerry Springer the Opera, explores depictions of the Devil.
| 11:00Chris Watson's evocative and powerful soundscape of Dunstanburgh Castle in Northumberland. 11:304/6The curmudgeonly writer unearths wartime intrigue in an idyllic French location.
| 11:00A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve Richards. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is geneticist Alec Jeffreys.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Mishal Husain. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues discussion with Peter White and Mishal Husain.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Sheila McClennon and Stewart Flinders.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Mishal Husain.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Peter White.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:302/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy. 12:32The food magazine explores Mexican cuisine. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Peter Snow hosts the first quarter-final in the national general knowledge quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright and his guests talk about an uncomfortable subject.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker visits the last working slate mine in England in the Lake District.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Jenni Murray and guests discuss how current media trends affect our lives.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton chairs a topical discussion from Wootton, Bedfordshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Rowan Pelling visits Vienna to explore the enduring appeal of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Stephen Sharkey. German astronomer Johannes Kepler's mother is accused of witchcraft.
| 14:15By Gillian Plowman. A recently widowed woman begins to write to an African child.
| 14:15Graham Slater thinks he may be having a nervous breakdown, due to an imaginary friend.
| 14:154/5By Sharon Oakes. Vito is expecting his mother from Italy for the 1953 coronation.
| 14:15Gary Bleasdale's play about the life of motion picture pioneer William Friese-Greene.(R)
| 14:00Edward Stourton takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Robin Glendinning's play recalls the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic Dr Zhivago.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. Guests are John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood. 14:45Einstein said the most joy in his life came from his violin. Brian Foster investigates.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5Max recalls his birth into a showbiz world of spit and sawdust in Brixton in 1908. 15:451/4Suffolk pargeter Bill Sargent teaches the skills of decorative plasterwork to his son.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the past and present of the chancel repair liability clause. 15:302/5Max describes his own comedy dance routine and recalls his exploits in Berlin and Paris. 15:452/4Clare Jenkins talks to three Norfolk flint-knappers about their prehistoric skill.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. Guests are Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank. 15:303/5Max describes his tempestuous relationship with his mother Stella. 15:453/4Clare Jenkins talks to three generations of the Somerset Willow Company.(R)
| 15:00Barbara Myers discusses shoulder problems with Angus Wallace from Nottingham University. 15:27Rev Nicholas Holtam appeals on behalf of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. 15:304/5Max describes his invention of the character Prof Wallowski. 15:45How the money raised in the 2006 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal was spent.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks in the West Country with Beryl Griffiths, founder of Granny Treks. 15:305/5Max describes the success he enjoyed in later life as a character actor. 15:454/4Clare Jenkins visits Castleford to observe the job of a canal lock engineer.(R)
| 15:30Jazz composer Julian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians from the past.
| 15:005/6Kidnapped by Red partisan troops, Yuri has been a prisoner in the forest for two years.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon catches up with the winners of the 2006 Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards. 16:30Tim Harford examines the science on lifestyle links to cancer.
| 16:00This special edition is devoted to children's nursey rhymes with Dan Jones. 16:30Discussion of books written by Sam Selvon, G H Hardy and Juliet Nicolson.
| 16:00What makes a good Grandparent? Laurie Taylor discovers the secret to a good relationship. 16:30Dr Raj Persaud presents the series exploring developments in psychology and psychiatry.
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally. 16:30Quentin Cooper looks at a brighter future for Light Emitting Diode technology.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Chris Weitz, director of Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup features a Christmas selection of some of the year's best fiction. 16:303/4Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, by John Dryden, recalls the events of 1666.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Ritula Shah. 17:30Eddie Mair presents the weekly interactive current affairs magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:001/2Gordon Corera looks at how MI5 responded to 9/11 and how has it adapted since. 17:405/8Director Jamie Harper's Left, a fictional response to the week's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The former variety star attempts to get work as an after-dinner speaker.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4A week of radio that never happened. With Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Sketch show by David Armand, Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner, with Katy Brand
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran talks to James Taylor, Patrick Marber and Diarmuid Gavin.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Charlotte Smith presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Mark Lawson reports on the playwrights who are reinventing the traditional pantomime. 19:4511/20Harriet tries to appeal to her brother's better nature.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:4512/20The Dombeys return from their honeymoon and embark upon a frosty married existence.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:4513/20Edith Dombey tries to reason with her husband.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 19:4514/20Dombey engages Carker to act as intermediary with his wife.
| 19:15Including a report from the opening night of the RSC's Noughts and Crosses. 19:4515/20Edith is driven to extreme measures by Dombey's attempts to control her.
| 19:005/8Director Jamie Harper's Left, a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Sarah Dunant, Kathryn Hughes and John Carey.
| 19:15Barney Harwood presents the children's magazine. 19:454/5Emma Fielding reads from Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3Nick Davies revisits his story from 1993 about African stowaways trying to reach Europe. 20:30Julia Rooke tells the story of Leila, an Iranian sold into prostitution at the age of nine
| 20:001/2Gordon Corera looks at how MI5 responded to 9/11 and how has it adapted since. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Cutbacks in the Government's legal aid budget have led to warnings of injustices. 20:452/2Matthew d'Ancona asks whether the internet has the potential to reshape society.
| 20:003/4Simon Cox investigates an apparently strange case of European Commission funding. 20:30Could tensions between Holyrood and Westminster could mean an end to the Union?
| 20:00Edward Stourton chairs a topical discussion from Wootton, Bedfordshire. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00Lee Hurst looks back at a century of cockney comics, from Albert Chevalier to Ricky Grover(R)
| 20:00Jenni Murray and guests discuss how current media trends affect our lives. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2Michael Portillo hunts down nature's tyrants and meets the animals who make it to the top.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by James Rubin, Anatol Lieven, Giles Foden and Gillian Beer. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Dr Raj Persaud presents the series exploring developments in psychology and psychiatry. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks to stand up for what they believe in.
| 21:00Andrew Luck-Baker meets the astronauts preparing to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Will bio-fuels will save us from global warming? 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses mutation in genetics and evolution.
| 21:006/6As the 1980s merge into the 1990s, old friends continue to spring surprises.
| 21:004/6Arriving in the remote Ural mountains, Yuri and his family find civil war raging.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Eric Robson appeals on behalf of Garden Africa. 21:30Could tensions between Holyrood and Westminster could mean an end to the Union? 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Robin Lustig. Are Russians content with outcome of their election? 22:456/10Maisie has taken a shine to John Astley. A chance encounter leads the girl into danger.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:457/10Maisie has been seduced by John but Maggie enlists the help of the Blakes to save her.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with David Eades. 22:458/10Maggie and Jem join forces to warn Mr Blake that he is to be targeted as a revolutionary.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Reeta Chakrabarti. 22:459/10Maggie tells her guilty secret to Jem. Read by Jenny Coverack.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Reeta Chakrabarti. 22:4510/10Maggie discovers that Maisie has stayed behind and is being cared for by the Blakes.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Cutbacks in the Government's legal aid budget have led to warnings of injustices.
| 22:00News from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Stop the World.
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| 23:00 | 23:00This special edition is devoted to children's nursey rhymes with Dan Jones. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:005/6Agony aunt Claire Rayner quizzes a panel about herself.(R) 23:30News, views and features on the day's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:006/6Unable to look at his own reflection in a mirror, Martin seeks help from a local artist. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:006/6Featuring the world's most ornate object and live updates from the Office Olympics.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:00Discussion of books written by Sam Selvon, G H Hardy and Juliet Nicolson. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Peter Snow hosts the first quarter-final in the national general knowledge quiz. 23:302/4Linton Kwesi Johnson's poem Di Great Insohreckshan recalls the Brixton riots of April 1981
| 23:00Dominic Arkwright and his guests talk about an uncomfortable subject. 23:30Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting meets Yahya Birt, who converted to Islam as a student
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