| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Why are more people living on their own and what are the consequences for society? 00:45The sound of bells from St Michael's Church, Kingsteignton in Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Why postmen used to have the best job in the world, and why it's becoming the worst. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The special relationship between the postman and his clients. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5How does the right letter end up in the right letterbox? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The end of the team talk and the beginning of new-fangled machinery. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The tale of Tom and Jerry and the big grey boxes. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5By Kay Sexton. A marine scientist challenges a Russian gangmaster to a swimming contest.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Anna Hill meets a farmer working round the clock to gather in parsnips for Christmas.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Anna Hill asks about the current state of the UK fishing industry.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears how the Defra fund available for flooded farmers is not enough.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra. 05:45The animal disease Q Fever has hit Dutch agriculture but UK farmers are told not to panic.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Bishop Alan Abernethy. 05:454/5Comedian Hugh Dennis takes one of his favourite walks near his home on the Sussex Downs.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St John the Baptist, Loughton. 05:451/3Does the press act as freedom's guardian or is it a 'feral beast', in Tony Blair's phrase?
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark visits the Gower Peninsula to explore the impact of tourism on farming. 06:30Research predicts that food sales will be up on last year despite the recession. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Madeleine Bunting explores the traditional desire of communities to create festivals. 06:35Adam Henson visits Hunmanby Grange Farm on the Yorkshire Wolds. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Dame Diana Rigg appeals on behalf of Build Africa. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St John's College, Durham. The preacher is Rev Dr David Wilkinson. 08:50Clive James vents his frustration at automated customer systems.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Andrew Dalby, Evgeny Morozov, Amanda Goodall and David Boyd Haycock. 09:451/5Why postmen used to have the best job in the world, and why it's becoming the worst.
| 09:001/3The impact of the internet - dreamt up by visionaries and embraced by commerce. 09:452/5The special relationship between the postman and his clients.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Val Doonican. 09:453/5How does the right letter end up in the right letterbox?
| 09:003/3John Simpson returns to Bucharest 20 years after the bloody overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu 09:30Jon Sopel explores the techniques used by politicians to avoid questions in interviews.(R) 09:454/5The end of the team talk and the beginning of new-fangled machinery.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is Lord Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee. 09:455/5The tale of Tom and Jerry and the big grey boxes.
| 09:00Fi Glover is joined by sports reporter Garry Richardson. With poetry from Susan Richardson
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Actor Sigourney Weaver on Avatar. Plus, would you leave an eight year old home alone?
| 10:00HM Consul-General in Basra and mother of six Alice Walpole on motherhood and her role.
| 10:00A special editon of the programme, looking at the first decade of the 21st century.
| 10:00What can fill the gap once children outgrow panto? Plus, finding the right wig.
| 10:00Top Gear presenter James May on how the true concept of manliness is being undermined.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig hears about pyramids, opera houses and cargo containers round the world. 10:30John Waite tells the story of The Monkees, the successful 1960s pop group.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Andy Hayman examines the challenges facing policing in Britain today. 11:301/4Giles goes to Greece on a desperate mission and discovers that halloumi is officially yum.
| 11:00Sable Island, a sand dune in the Atlantic, is crucial to the world and our imagination. 11:30Glenn Mitchell celebrates the life and work of entertainer Harry Worth.
| 11:003/4Jolyon Jenkins talks to those involved in the UK's longest plane hijack, in February 2000. 11:304/6Phonsie locates a venue for his 1959 "Festival of Light".
| 11:00Lucy Ash asks if the authorities can end the rule of gangs and guns in Rio de Janeiro. 11:30John Waite investigates the work of the Vatican Secret Archives laboratory.
| 11:00Justin Webb finds out about type 1 diabetes, following the diagnosis on his son Sam.(R) 11:30Arthur's off on a day trip to France with his friends – and he's brushed up his French.
| 11:00Peter Riddell leads a round-table reflection on an extraordinary year in politics. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is Sir Michael Caine.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6Jack Dee chairs. With Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy. 12:32Sheila Dillon tastes her way through the long tradition of turning fruit into alcohol. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Russell Davies chairs the tenth, heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:303/4Frances Fyfield and guests pore over the pages of the manuscript of Holst's The Planets.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Simon Cowell's plans for a Political X Factor.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Dominic Arkwright considers the point of driving in the 21st century.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Who really pays most tax and why Christmas shopping is an orgy of 'value destruction'.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Martha Kearney chairs the topical debate from Masham, North Yorkshire.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. 13:30Broadcaster Stephen Evans explores the life and work of lyricist Yip Harburg.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Iain Heggie's satirical play about an impecunious lawyer, set in 18th-century Glasgow.
| 14:00Will's temper explodes at the shoot. 14:15Farce by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding, set in and around Bev's hairdressing salon.
| 14:00New guard at the tramshed. 14:15By Deborah Davis. Dina and Jake rush their baby daughter to hospital.
| 14:151/2Tiffany Khan calls on Rumpole after her husband is arrested on suspicion of terrorism.(R)
| 14:152/2As he struggles to win justice for his client, Rumpole's marriage comes under strain.(R)
| 14:00Martha Kearney takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30When a tornado lands Dorothy in Oz, she must battle her way to get back home...
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and John Cushnie. 14:453/5Joan meets a choir that practices in an embassy and reflects the culture of its homeland.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Richard Weight reassesses Kenneth Clark and his landmark BBC TV series, Civilisation.(R) 15:451/5Chris Tally Evans evokes the sights and sounds of the River Wye in Mid-Wales.(R)
| 15:00Richard Daniel and his team discuss insects and sea life. 15:301/3A newly widowed woman must look to the wife she replaced when a stranger threatens her. 15:452/5Chris Tally Evans evokes the Summer sights and sounds of the River Wye.(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on credit cards, loans and repairing your credit report 15:302/3A young girl learns from very different women fighting for the attention of a dying man. 15:453/5Chris Tally Evans discovers the importance of the River Wye to the economy of Mid-Wales.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Northern Ireland to follow the Ballinderry River from source to lough. 15:27Dr Ros Taylor appeals on behalf of Help the Hospices. 15:303/3The story of a marriage, and a man who goes into the bush to fell trees and slips. 15:454/5Chris Tally Evans is out and about early on the River Wye.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and John Cushnie. 15:455/5Chris Tally Evans enjoys the extremes of winter weather.(R)
| 15:303/4Frances Fyfield and guests pore over the pages of the manuscript of Holst's The Planets.
| 15:001/2Dramatisation of Roald Dahl's modern children's classic about a five-year-old genius.
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| 16:00 | 16:00What is the relationship between food and art today? 16:30Ben Miller joins Brian Cox and Robin Ince to talk physics, comedy and astrology. 16:56Chile elects a civilian president to replace Augusto Pinochet.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and critics test George Orwell's rules for writing about politics. 16:30Stand-up comedian Rich Hall discusses the life of playwright Tennessee Williams. 16:56Soviet human rights campaigner Andrei Sakharov dies.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the history of prison clothing, and the power of the boycott. 16:30Claudia Hammond reports on hopeful new research to help anxious children. 16:56East Germany discusses what do to after dismantling the Stasi.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Colum McCann and hosts a discussion on the future of bookshops. 16:30Predicting our climate future; revealing heat of cosmic creation; mapping cancer's genome. 16:56Labour select Peter Mandelson to stand as an MP.
| 16:00The lives of Paul Samuelson, Yegor Gaidar, Bobby Jaye, Sir John Quicke and Ken Wlaschin. 16:30Daniel Day-Lewis on Nine, James Cameron on Avatar and Sam Taylor-Wood on Nowhere Boy. 16:56Troops have fired on protestors in Romania.
| 16:00Sigourney Weaver talks about Avatar and life beyond the screen. 16:56Serious unrest is reported in Romania, with hundreds massacred.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Mark Billingham and Barry Forshaw about Sherlock Holmes. 16:30Thomas Lynch introduces a poignant and insightful programme on poetry inspired by children 16:56US forces looking for General Noriega invade Panama.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage 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 with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:001/2James Naughtie asks if British diplomacy is still fit for purpose. 17:407/8Writer Liz Jensen creates a fictional response to the week's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Jack Dee chairs. With Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor, Jo Brand and Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The bungling surveillance team are out of their depth shadowing a corrupt Russian.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6United Planetary Super Council news - and a new voice on the Shipping Forecast
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Andy Zaltzman applies his twisted logic to banking, corporate fraud and the credit crunch.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran is joined by Boy George, Mark Ravenhill and Michael Fassbender.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Val McDermid introduces her selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Will's temper explodes at the shoot. 19:15Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law on Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and a review of Avatar. 19:451/5Disgraced city trader Tim Ng is offered immunity from prosecution by the FSA.
| 19:00New guard at the tramshed. 19:15Terry Wogan on bowing out, and a review of new film Nine. 19:452/5Disgraced trader Tim Ng's ransacked apartment suggests he is not quite out of the woods.
| 19:15The Cat in the Hat on stage; St Trininan's 2; crime books for Christmas; countertenors. 19:453/5After Tim's visit to Grant Brunner, someone ran him off the road and tried to kill him.
| 19:15Catherine Tate; Rope on screen and stage; artist Conrad Shawcross; audio books. 19:454/5Tim discovers that the subject of the FSA probe is really his billionaire banker father.
| 19:15Keira Knightley in The Misanthrope and an interview with John Hurt. 19:455/5Tim's father appeals to stop the investigations, but Tim may already know too much.
| 19:007/8Writer Liz Jensen creates a fictional response to the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Richard Coles, Jude Kelly and Amanda Vickery.
| 19:15Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the stories shaping America today. 19:455/5By Nick Walker. There is plenty of time to think during the long journey to Mars.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/4Michael examines Neville Chamberlain's 1938 declaration of 'peace for our time'. 20:30Alan Johnston returns to the West Bank town of Nablus to see how life has changed there.
| 20:001/2James Naughtie asks if British diplomacy is still fit for purpose. 20:40A review of the Intel reader, a new device to help visually-impaired people access print.
| 20:00Will the Lisbon Treaty generate a legal tsunami which will overwhelm British sovereignty? 20:451/3Does the press act as freedom's guardian or is it a 'feral beast', in Tony Blair's phrase?
| 20:00Gill Dummigan investigates how ambulance crews are meeting tough new government targets. 20:30Peter Day finds out what businessmen can learn from rock musicians and comedians.
| 20:00Martha Kearney chairs the topical debate from Masham, North Yorkshire. 20:50Clive James vents his frustration at automated customer systems.
| 20:00Peter White examines the changing role of the working dog.
| 20:00Who really pays most tax and why Christmas shopping is an orgy of 'value destruction'. 20:30The lives of Paul Samuelson, Yegor Gaidar, Bobby Jaye, Sir John Quicke and Ken Wlaschin.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Gerry Northam explores proposals to check asylum seekers' credentials using DNA analysis. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Andrew Dalby, Evgeny Morozov, Amanda Goodall and David Boyd Haycock.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond reports on hopeful new research to help anxious children. 21:301/3The impact of the internet - dreamt up by visionaries and embraced by commerce.
| 21:00Ben Miller joins Brian Cox and Robin Ince to talk physics, comedy and astrology. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Val Doonican.
| 21:002/3Stephen Webster talks to Professor Clare Lloyd, who runs a medical research lab. 21:303/3John Simpson returns to Bucharest 20 years after the bloody overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu
| 21:00By Angela Clarke. A carer injures herself and has to call on the help of support services.
| 21:003/3George Smiley reaches the end of his hunt for the mole.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Dame Diana Rigg appeals on behalf of Build Africa. 21:30Peter Day finds out what businessmen can learn from rock musicians and comedians. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10A husband sits at the foot of his dying wife's bed, and considers who he might marry next.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10An avaricious woman plots with her doctor to get rid of her spouse.
| 22:00Confusion and crisis reigns in Copenhagen. Plus, the latest on the planned BA strike. 22:453/10An avaricious woman plots with her doctor to rid herself of her spouse.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:454/10A grisly and comic poetic tale concerning a local Bluebeard intent on causing havoc.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig and Paul Moss. 22:455/10Is it possible for a wig to be possessed? And can it possess a person who wears it?
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Will the Lisbon Treaty generate a legal tsunami which will overwhelm British sovereignty?
| 22:00Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen meets the consultants who will teach you how to speak more clearly. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/6Disraeli arrives to deconstruct the characters and folk in Ben's life. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Scroobius Pip gives his update on a classic theme with his poem Mr Otis Regrets.(R) 23:155/6Luke gets stranded on his way home from Calais with a comatose groom-to-be.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:003/4The famous TV pensioner passes the baton to the Fast Show gal in the relay chat show.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Stand-up comedian Rich Hall discusses the life of playwright Tennessee Williams. 23:30John Harris investigates the life and work of director Lindsay Anderson.(R)
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the tenth, heat of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:306/6Peggy Reynolds explores the stories behind the Keats' poem and its enduring appeal.
| 23:00FW de Klerk meets Nelson Mandela, Chile elects a civilian president to replace Pinochet. 23:30Madeleine Bunting explores the traditional desire of communities to create festivals.
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