| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the history of hunger and exposes the myths of human trafficking. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Mary the Virgin in Hanbury, Worcestershire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A timid boy of humble origins, Carlos Acosta embarks on his journey. 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Forced to ballet school, Carlos truants and steals, but hard work leads him to win big. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/518-year-old Carlos is invited to dance as a principal with the English National Ballet. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The Cuban economy suffers, but the rising star dazzles audiences around the world. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Carlos becomes the first black principal to dance at Covent Garden. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5By Michael Faber. After a saleswoman knocks, Jeanette's view of the world changes forever.(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 Anna Magnusson. 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 Anna Magnusson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. 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 Rt Rev Tom Wright. 05:453/4Anthony Noel profiles the work of garden writer Christopher Bradley-Hole.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from St Paul's Cathedral in London. 05:452/3Kamran Nazeer talks to people who hold views totally at odds with the prevailing orthodoxy
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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.
| 06:00With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Weather; Sports Desk; Thought for the Day
| 06:00With Edward Stourton, James Naughtie. Including Weather; Sports Desk; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Bethan Bell visits Aviemore to see the effect of climate change on Scottish ski resorts. 06:35Rural magazine programme with Tom Heap. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Fergal Keane explores Christmas traditions of giving and receiving. 06:35Lionel Kelleway discovers that ferns are not just found in damp nooks and crannies. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00With James Naughtie, Edward Stourton. Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Archbishop of York John Sentamu looks at issues of exclusion in Britain. 07:55David Tennant appeals on behalf of Headway. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10An Advent service from Methodist College, Belfast, led by Rev David Neilands. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by Michael Cockerell, Julian Baggini, Martha Fiennes and Maria Wyke. 09:451/5A timid boy of humble origins, Carlos Acosta embarks on his journey.
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to Pascal Khoo Thwe, a Burmese dissident who took up arms. 09:304/5Prof Carl Chinn visits the Birmingham Chinese Community Centre. 09:452/5Forced to ballet school, Carlos truants and steals, but hard work leads him to win big.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/518-year-old Carlos is invited to dance as a principal with the English National Ballet.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history. 09:454/5The Cuban economy suffers, but the rising star dazzles audiences around the world.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is musician Paul Weller. 09:455/5Carlos becomes the first black principal to dance at Covent Garden.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by actor John Gordon Sinclair.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Dr Barbara Reynolds on the legacy of Dorothy L Sayers.
| 10:00What makes you try to find a missing parent? Plus, Rebecca Hosking on wildlife filmmaking.
| 10:00A special on breast cancer, including listener experiences.
| 10:00Are too many mentally ill people being imprisoned?
| 10:00What is the enduring appeal of the infamous schoolgirls?
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig explore how to take children on an adventure holiday. 10:30Laurie Taylor considers the future of money. Will cash disappear in favour of plastic?
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Gordon and Ellen met and married 3 days later. 40 years later, they are still together. 11:30Honor Blackman pays tribute to actress and personality Diana Dors.
| 11:00Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct. 11:30Phill Jupitus discovers the importance of small circulation poetry magazines. From 2007.
| 11:00Matt Frei looks at how the digital revolution is changing the face of American media. 11:303/6Caroline's adoption journey stalls. Both her social worker and Fiona's baby arrive early.
| 11:00Robert Hodierne reports on the high proportion of Native Americans joining the US military 11:302/2Humhprey reveals how such stars as James Stewart and Betty Grable assisted the war effort.
| 11:002/2The candidates, who will go to the computer games BAFTAs in London, are reduced to three. 11:306/6The curmudgeonly writer finds himself embroiled in a public love intrigue.
| 11:00Nick Robinson looks at the tricky relationship between political parties and fund-raising. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian Victoria Wood.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Peter White.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Sheila McClennon.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and John Waite.
| 12:00Paul Lewis reports on pensions, spotlighting workers and stay at home mums. 12:304/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:006/6Regulars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Andy Hamilton and Jack Dee. 12:32Sheila Dillon meets the young British chocolatiers who are revolutionising the industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Peter Snow hosts the third quarter-final in the nationwide general knowledge quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Conductors Simon Halsey and Harry Christophers discuss Handel's Messiah.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The panel discuss why shyness is now a social stigma.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker investigates the threat to the Dartmoor pony.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Panellists include Michael Wills, Dominic Grieve, Sarah Teather and A N Wilson.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:30Birdie McDonald tells the extraordinary story of her life as a foster mother.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:151/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
| 14:00Bad feeling at Lower Loxley. 14:152/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
| 14:153/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
| 14:00Ambridge hears the Gospel. 14:154/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
| 14:155/5Five plays reimagine Jesus's story through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Pamela Branch's comic murder mystery set in London in 1951, adapted by Mark Gatiss.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. Guests are Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and John Cushnie. 14:452/4The players in the school nativity production take centre stage.
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| 15:00 | 15:001/5Five programmes about the Gospel of Luke. 15:15Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:451/5By Zoe Strachan. Ted Samson's father goes missing in action during World War II.
| 15:002/5Five programmes about the Gospel of Luke. 15:15Vanessa Collingridge explores Lieutenant Colonel L’Etsrange Malone MP prison sentence. 15:452/5By Janette Walkinshaw. A woman thinks of the next day's wedding and what might have been.
| 15:003/5Five programmes exploring the Gospel of Luke. 15:15Eric Robson chairs. Guests are Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood. 15:453/5by Kenneth Steven. The youngest member of a family decides to sell his father’s recipe.
| 15:004/5Five programmes exploring the Gospel of Luke. 15:15Barbara Myers puts questions about problems with the hands to Dr Rupert Eckersley. 15:42Mariella Frostrup appeals on behalf of the National Eczema Society. 15:454/5By Lynda McDonald. A woman stumbles on what she believes to be her long-lost uncle's grave
| 15:005/5Five programmes exploring the Gospel of Luke. 15:15Clare Balding visits eastern Scotland to join the Forfar Ramblers on their weekly walk. 15:455/5By Fiona Sinclair. When the police visit, a girl realises her parents won't be back soon.
| 15:30Conductors Simon Halsey and Harry Christophers discuss Handel's Messiah.
| 15:001/2Eight-year-old Boy and his Norwegian grandmother make an alarming discovery.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon compares the European Christmas market to its British counterpart. 16:30Tim Harford explores how to win at Monopoly using probability theory.
| 16:00Michael Rosen visits the front line of the linguistic war zone that is today's Belgium. 16:30Quentin Blake nominates illustrator George Cruikshank.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the history of British gardening and financial markets. 16:30Dr Raj Persaud describes how Ernest Jones’ biography of Freud is now regarded.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup presents a round-up of the year's best non-fiction books. 16:30Quentin Cooper and phoneticians Francis Nolan and Peter French discuss voice recognition.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Interviews with Julie Christie, Quentin Tarantino, Jodie Foster and David Schwimmer.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Khaled Hosseini, author of the bestseller The Kite Runner. 16:30Award-winning poet Sean O'Brien revisits his home town of Hull.
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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.
| 17:00Tazeen Ahmed examines MI5's attempts to recruit informants from within Muslim communities. 17:407/8Jeremy Hardy and Paul B Davies create a comic play about a crisis of conscience for an MP. 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. 18:306/6Regulars Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Andy Hamilton and Jack Dee.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6The showbiz legend has hospital tests, and says his goodbyes in case the worst happens.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Michael McIntyre hosts. Guests include Paul Sinha, Isy Suttie and Richard Herring.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/3John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Comedy 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's guests are Ben Schott, Richard Ingrams and Ray Gelato.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Laurie Taylor presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Bad feeling at Lower Loxley. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on the unusual Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There. 19:451/5Alison is anxious about the inevitable signs of ageing she sees in her mirror.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including a review of a new St Trinian's film. 19:452/5A bombshell from Jess leaves Alison feeling in need of a boost to her self-esteem.
| 19:00Ambridge hears the Gospel. 19:15With John Wilson, including the verdict on a new staging of Much Ado About Nothing. 19:453/5Simon overcomes Alison's doubts and persuades her to have cosmetic surgery.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including a report from the Norwegian city of Stavanger. 19:454/5Alison's husband and daughter are horrified at the change in her.
| 19:15Mark Lawson presents a selection of highlights from the past year. 19:455/5Arriving at Jess's wedding, Alison is optimistic, but things turn out differently.
| 19:007/8Jeremy Hardy and Paul B Davies create a comic play about a crisis of conscience for an MP. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:15Natalie Barrass presents a special pantomime edition of the children's magazine. 19:451/5A mysterious Miss Jane Eyre calls at Sherlock Holmes's Baker Street residence.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Godfrey Hodgson returns to an article he wrote about Tranmere Rovers FC in 1985. 20:30Linda Pressly reports on efforts to prevent human trafficking in El Salvador and Nicaragua
| 20:00Tazeen Ahmed examines MI5's attempts to recruit informants from within Muslim communities. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system for young offenders is in crisis. 20:452/3Kamran Nazeer talks to people who hold views totally at odds with the prevailing orthodoxy
| 20:001/2Winifred Robinson tracks the movement of cannabis. 20:30Peter Day presents the first of two special reports on company laboratories.
| 20:00Panellists include Michael Wills, Dominic Grieve, Sarah Teather and A N Wilson. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00Peggy Reynolds takes a look at the history of the virtuoso, from Paganini to Eric Clapton.
| 20:00Jenni Murray and guests in conversation about how current media trends affect our lives. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Frauke Jensen reports on a research project set up to count Namibia's cheetah population.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by Michael Cockerell, Julian Baggini, Martha Fiennes and Maria Wyke. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Dr Raj Persaud describes how Ernest Jones’ biography of Freud is now regarded. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to Pascal Khoo Thwe, a Burmese dissident who took up arms.
| 21:00Serious criminal cases seem to increasingly hinge on scientific evidence. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:001/2Edi Stark looks at the burgeoning field of epigenetics. 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses the four humours in medical history.
| 21:00By Mark Lawson. A middle-aged prime minister encounters America's sexiest ever president.(R)
| 21:006/6Yuri, Lara and Pasha face death in the purges. Komarovsky brings them an impossible choice
| 21:00Paul Lewis reports on pensions, spotlighting workers and stay at home mums. 21:26David Tennant appeals on behalf of Headway. 21:30Peter Day presents the first of two special reports on company laboratories. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:456/10Reverend Mother recalls the event that drove her to turn her back on the world.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Financial imprudence has begun to take its toll on Anna's parents' marriage.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10On the annual family holiday, Anna's brother Charlie is drowned in the local harbour.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Reeta Chakrabarti. 22:459/10Anna's formidable grandmother wants her to forego her hard-won scholarship.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Reeta Chakrabarti. 22:4510/10A telegram from Brussels presents Reverend Mother with the biggest challenge of her life.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system for young offenders is in crisis.
| 22:00News from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Stop the World.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen visits the front line of the linguistic war zone that is today's Belgium. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:001/6The overbearing Mrs Bywater visits Single Files to find her henpecked son Lennie a date. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:002/6Deputy curator Rod battles to save the museum and pursue Prunella.(R) 23:30Neil Innes tells the story of Peter Handford, Britain's greatest sound recordist.(R)
| 23:002/6Jo Caulfield offers her acerbic mix of stand-up, audience interaction and sketches.(R) 23:30Tom Heap looks at the prison farm and its special place in the history of penal policy.(R)
| 23:00Quentin Blake nominates illustrator George Cruikshank. 23:30Jo, diagnosed with cancer at the age of 29, walked the Great Wall of China for charity.(R)
| 23:00Peter Snow hosts the third quarter-final in the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 23:304/4John Betjeman's Death of King George V captures not just the passing of a monarch.
| 23:00The panel discuss why shyness is now a social stigma. 23:30Fergal Keane explores Christmas traditions of giving and receiving.
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