| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the history of British gardening and financial markets. 00:45The sound of church bells from St Paul's Cathedral in London. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The hopes and fears of all the years, with the Rt Rev Lord Richard Harries of Pentregarth. 00:302/5Henry VII used the chapel as a propaganda vehicle to emphasise his claim to the throne. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A compendium of Christmas joy and misery over presents. 00:303/5Henry VIII was able to spend lavishly on the arts. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Ian Peacock picks up his spoon and delves into the history of "The King of Fruits”.(R) 00:304/5As the religious climate began to alter, Henry VIII commemorated his wives in art. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Stories and insights into the secret world of ordinary diary-writers.(R) 00:305/5The chapel windows remained unfinished at the death of Henry VIII. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5By Nadia al Yafai. Claude and Nellie advertise for a chef and get more than they expected.(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.
| 01:00Weather conditions for shipping. 01:10BBC 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 Rt Rev Tom Wright. 05:45Mark Holdsdtock tastes traditional English wine in Herefordshire. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rt Rev Tom Wright. 05:45Adam Henson reveals all about the festive season's favourite nut.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rt Rev Tom Wright. 05:45Mark Holdstock explains why there is much more to pigs than bacon and sausages.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rt Rev Tom Wright. 05:45Mark Holdstock samples some traditional English ale.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rt Rev Tom Wright. 05:45Mark Holdstock finds out why some Welsh farmers are giving up lamb in favour of mutton.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Richard Hill. 05:454/4Anthony Noel visits Sissinghurst Castle.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of church bells from Selby Abbey. 05:453/3Kamran Nazeer talks to people who hold views totally at odds with the prevailing orthodoxy
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| 06:00 | 06:00With John Humphrys and Carolyn Quinn. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Harry Enfield explores the history of the Royal Festival Hall through music and anecdotes.(R)
| 06:00Mark Radcliffe discovers the life and legacy of Alfred Wainwright, author and rambler.(R)
| 06:00With Edward Stourton, 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. 06:07Helen Mark visits Kielder Water in Northumberland, England's largest reservoir. 06:35Tom Heap looks to the future after a bad year for farming. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers blessings - what do we wish for other people and why? 06:35Lionel Kelleway joins Stephen Dodd to watch fieldfares in a Worcestershire orchard. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | 07:00Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Jung Chang.(R) 07:453/4Thousands of geese are bred and sold for Christmas from a Worcestershire farm.
| 07:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Thought for the Day.
| | | 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. 07:10Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Mike Wooldridge appeals on behalf of Mercy Corps. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:00Sandi Toksvig introduces a selection of the funniest moments of 2007 from the News Quiz.
| | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Hark, how all the welkin rings! Rev Dr Ian Bradley celebrates the rich heritage of carols. 08:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by Hugh Montgomery, Kevin Macdonald, Martin Kemp and Andrew Davies. 09:451/5The chapel's Christmas Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is broadcast around the world.
| 09:00A service from Wesley's Chapel, London, led by Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths. 09:452/5Henry VII used the chapel as a propaganda vehicle to emphasise his claim to the throne.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:453/5Henry VIII was able to spend lavishly on the arts.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ. 09:454/5As the religious climate began to alter, Henry VIII commemorated his wives in art.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is comedian Victoria Wood. 09:455/5The chapel windows remained unfinished at the death of Henry VIII.
| 09:00Presenter Fi Glover is joined by Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Tracey Dawson and Barry Cryer talk about the comedian Les Dawson.
| 10:00Alan Titchmarsh revels in some of his favourite pieces of prose and poetry. 10:452/5Curator David Garrett gets caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Dr Rant.
| 10:00An episode dedicated to exploring the role of mistresses.
| 10:00Erinma Bell on her organisation that challenges gang culture in Manchester's Moss Side.
| 10:00Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir on the legacy of Benazir Bhutto.
| 10:00David Stafford visits Morocco where he sits in on a course for would be travel writers. 10:30Charlie Luxton celebrates the 500th anniversary of the birth of architect Andrea Palladio.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Gillian and Stewart met when he was 26 and she was 42. They have been together 20 years. 11:301/2Bertie Wooster describes attempts to reunite his chum Freddie with ex-fiancee Elizabeth.
| 11:00Following 100 Shetland ponies as they are transported to appear in pantomimes. 11:30Justine Picardie explores Daphne Du Maurier's legacy and her influence on modern writers.(R)
| 11:00David Snow joins an archaeolological dig in the WWI trenches in Thiepval Wood in France. 11:304/6Caroline and Ruth struggle with Fiona's post-natal tantrums, unaware that worse is to come
| 11:00Kerri Miller reports on the conflict between poverty and conservation in Tanzania. 11:30Malcolm McLaren presents a profile of artist Salvador Dali.(R)
| 11:00Steve Carver puts on his dancing shoes and joins a cruise ship as a 'gentleman host'. 11:301/6The ex-variety star is invited onto a book show, but first he must find a tea towel.
| 11:00Discussion series which sharpens the focus on current events. With Dennis Sewell. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is businesswoman Karren Brady.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The team from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue present their own unique take on Lewis Carroll.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Sheila McLennon and Stuart Flinders.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with John Waite.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Winifred Robinson.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:305/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Highlights from recent series of the perennial antidote to panel games. 12:32Food writers, chefs and producers reveal their secret culinary passions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Peter Snow hosts the last quarter-final in the nationwide general knowledge quiz.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:151/4Alan Plater's story exploring the relationship between a man and his dog. 13:301/2Alyn Shipton looks at the rise and reign of the crooner, with Bing Crosby on the throne.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30With historian Dominic Sandbrook, performer Dillie Keane and writer Isabel Losada.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Bethan Bell visits Aviemore to see the effect of climate change on Scottish ski resorts.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 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. 13:10Stephen Sackur asks BBC correspondents to forecast the news stories for the year ahead.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:30Nica Pritchard introduces the art of fly fishing to a group of Muslim women.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Michael Morpurgo's imaginative and humorous retelling of some of the best-known stories.
| 14:15Lenny Henry chooses his favourite moments from the best of BBC Radio 2007.
| 14:15Special adaptation of the Marx Brothers' award-winning musical, written by Dick Vosburgh.
| 14:15Romantic comedy by Peter Souter. Sam's efforts to win his girlfriend back land him in jail
| 14:15By Robin Brooks. A feminist film-maker is making a documentary about writer MR James.
| 14:00Stephen Sackur hosts a phone-in in which listeners predict the news in 2008. 14:30Simon Bovey's murder mystery is set in London in 1860.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. Guests are John Cushnie, Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank. 14:454/4Many families board stream trains and visit Father Christmas on the Severn Valley Railway.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Stephen Cleobury directs the choir for the annual Festival from King's College, Cambridge.
| 15:00The Queen's Christmas message to the peoples of the Commonwealth. 15:05Helene Hanff's tale of the friendship between an American writer and an English gentleman.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. Guests are Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and John Cushnie. 15:302/4By Stephen Wyatt. Do people spare a thought for the man in the Father Christmas costume? 15:45A compendium of Christmas joy and misery over presents.
| 15:00Barbara Myers visits MEND, a programme designed to combat childhood obesity. 15:27David Tennant appeals on behalf of Headway. 15:303/4By Oscar Wilde. A swallow longs to migrate south but stays behind to obey a gilded statue. 15:45The story of the arrival and survival of the large juicy navel orange in the United States(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding takes her favourite walk near her family home in Hampshire.(R) 15:304/4By Roy Apps. A canine lapse in concentration causes chaos during the making of a movie. 15:45A look at one of the most deceptively simple jobs in music.(R)
| 15:301/2Alyn Shipton looks at the rise and reign of the crooner, with Bing Crosby on the throne.
| 15:002/2Eight-year-old Boy has been turned into a mouse.
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| 16:00 | 16:30Sheila Dillon meets the young British chocolatiers who are revolutionising the industry.
| 16:35Vanessa Collingridge explores Abermawr, Wales.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the city of Berlin's continuing struggle with its troubled history. 16:30Stephen Fry and Arthur Smith investigate the peculiar English predilection for puns.(R)
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Khaled Hosseini, author of the bestseller The Kite Runner. 16:30Quentin Cooper invites a panel of experts to answer science questions from listeners.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock presents a special edition of the show celebrating Thelma Schoonmaker.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup explores the elusive art of comedy writing. 16:30Mario Petrucci's collection of poems evokes the workhouse at Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Veteran comedian Ken Dodd discusses his eventful career with actor Ricky Tomlinson.(R)
| 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. 17:301/6Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt on how to find out what our ancestors did for a living.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Martha Kearney and guests revisit 1977 through previously classified government documents. 17:408/8Ryan Craig's comically tender play Resolution reflects on a year of political upheaval. 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. 18:151/6Gordon Brown and David Cameron are the two gang leaders with nothing to fight about.(R) 18:30Highlights from recent series of the perennial antidote to panel games.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:152/6Noel Edmonds wakes up in 2007 and desperately wants to return to 1973.(R) 18:306/6The showbiz legend gives a lecture to impress the Egyptology Society.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:153/6Camilla Parker Bowles leaves the convent to help look after Charles Von Windsor's family.(R) 18:303/4Featured performers include Shappi Khorsandi, Wil Hodgson and Rhod Gilbert.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Ian Hislop examines the iconic status of Lord Kitchener, the face of World War I.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:154/6A tornado dumps Jeremy Clarkson under the rainbow in the pedestrian-friendly Land of Oz.(R) 18:305/6Comedy 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 celebrates the end of 2007. Guests include Sean Hughes and Martha Wainwright.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Lenny Henry chooses his favourite moments from the best of BBC Radio 2007.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Mark Lawson presents a selection of highlights from 2007. 19:451/5Prof Parkins uncovers a curious artefact from the ruins of a Templar preceptory.
| 19:15Midge Ure visits Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club, where the Beatles first found fame.(R) 19:452/5Curator David Garrett gets caught up in the machinations of the mysterious Dr Rant.
| 19:15Kirsty Lang presents a special programme about songs written for Disney films. 19:453/5Stephen Elliot, orphaned at the age of 12, is troubled by dreams of two ghostly figures.
| 19:15Mark Lawson reports on how some of 2007's best sculpture has been found in the open air. 19:454/5Mary and George, renovating an old house in rural Essex, open a doorway to the area's past
| 19:15John Wilson meets architect Norman Foster, who discusses some of his most famous designs. 19:455/5Dr Anderson's interest in why his hotel doesn't include a number 13 puts him in danger.
| 19:008/8Ryan Craig's comically tender play Resolution reflects on a year of political upheaval. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Susannah Clapp, Peter Kemp, Adam Mars-Jones and Amanda Vickery.
| 19:15Barney Harwood presents highlights of the children's magazine from 2007. 19:452/5By John Morrison. Gulliver reaches the John Bull's Other Island of George Bernard Shaw.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/4Parts of the Suffragette movement's history have been conveniently forgotten. 20:30Robert Hodierne reports on the high proportion of Native Americans joining the US military
| 20:00Stewart Henderson tells the story of music hall and variety theatre veteran Arthur Tolcher(R) 20:30Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:001/4Government advisors, teachers and parents discuss admission to secondary schools. 20:453/3Kamran Nazeer talks to people who hold views totally at odds with the prevailing orthodoxy
| 20:002/2Winifred Robinson examines the supply of the drug and asks why so many are using it. 20:30Peter Day presents the second of two special reports on company laboratories.
| 20:00Stephen Sackur asks BBC correspondents to forecast the news stories for the year ahead. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00Ray Gosling explores the history of shoemaking in Northampton.
| 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 | 21:00Dein evokes Christmas in Florida, Georgia, Alaska and the town of Bethlehem, New Zealand.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by Hugh Montgomery, Kevin Macdonald, Martin Kemp and Andrew Davies. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Alan encounters the lonely, the lost, the brave and the strange.(R) 21:30Chris Difford and Tom Robinson tell of the musical education of Times critic Hilary Finch.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond investigates new research connecting moral revulsion with physiology. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:002/2Edi Stark looks at the burgeoning field of epigenetics. 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses the Nicene Creed which established the Divinity of Christ.
| 21:00By Marcy Kahan. Oscar attempts to give up smoking and win the woman of his dreams.(R)
| 21:001/2Eight-year-old Boy and his Norwegian grandmother make an alarming discovery.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Mike Wooldridge appeals on behalf of Mercy Corps. 21:30Peter Day presents the second 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. 22:451/10Lord Peter Wimsey and Bunter find themselves stranded in a remote East Anglian villlage.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson explores the value of Wikipedia as a source of human knowledge.(R) 22:452/10Tales of an unsolved jewellery theft arouse Lord Peter Wimsey's curiosity.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:453/10Lord Peter Wimsey returns to the village following two strange discoveries.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:454/10Lord Peter Wimsey goes fishing for clues and hears the ramblings of dim-witted Potty Peake
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Roger Hearing. 22:455/10Lord Peter Wimsey's manservant charms some vital information out of the postmistress.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4Government advisors, teachers and parents discuss admission to secondary schools.
| 22:00Edward Stourton looks back at the stories that hit the headlines in 2007.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen continues the series exploring the words we use. 23:30From Westminster Cathedral with Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster
| 23:002/6Extreme life coach Douggie agrees to train painfully shy Pam using a radical approach. 23:30A funny, evocative memory of a boy's Christmas in Wales.(R)
| 23:003/6Curators Rod and Julian are both planning grand gestures.(R) 23:30Phil Jupitus recalls the way that television and radio have celebrated Christmas Day.(R)
| 23:003/6Jo Caulfield offers her acerbic mix of stand-up, audience interaction and sketches.(R) 23:30Finance guru Alvin Hall charts the rise of rap music entrepreneur Jay-Z.(R)
| 23:00Martha Kearney and guests revisit 1977 through previously classified government documents. 23:40Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents a composition based on his own recordings.(R) 23:55David Tennant appeals on behalf of Headway.
| 23:00Peter Snow hosts the last quarter-final in the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 23:30Award-winning poet Sean O'Brien revisits his home town of Hull.
| 23:00With historian Dominic Sandbrook, performer Dillie Keane and writer Isabel Losada. 23:30Mark Tully considers blessings - what do we wish for other people and why?
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