| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores US art protests. Also, the lives of older, gay, rural dwellers. 00:45The bells of St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The troubled childhood of Charles Dickens. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The early successes of Charles Dickens. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Charles Dickens is well-received in America. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A theatrical performance changes the course of Dickens's life. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Adulation and farewells for Britain's great novelist. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Lollo says he is setting a trap for a local animal but really it will be for a human.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears soil deterioration is costing the EU 38 billion euros a year. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. 05:45New research show two thirds of UK grown oysters tested contained Norovirus.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. 05:45The RSPB questions the Government's commitment to the environment.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. 05:45The end of the cheap food era will hit the poorest hardest, says a new study.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection presented from Edinburgh by Alison Twaddle. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears the government plans to review wildlife habitat legislation.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45In this week's iPM Philthy Delphia tells us about the Roller Derby World Cup.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells from the Church of St. David, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour.
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| 06:00 | 06:00How the North of England views the economy, plus Art Garfunkel on his voice and Paul Simon
| 06:00Debating the Autumn Statement, climate change talks, Stalin's daughter and Stonehenge lit.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Debating public sector pay, prayers in council meetings, bank bonuses and weasel numbers.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07A major recruitment drive is launched for volunteers to help man our waterways. 06:30Charlotte Smith looks beyond the muck and discovers why soil is a precious resource. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully discusses the role of the choir as a keystone of so many rites of worship. 06:35Caz Graham meets a man with 'cows for hire' to graze protected conservation sites. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00John Prescott on climate talks, the latest on the eurozone, plus the Watford focus group.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Searching for Light: A service for Advent from Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge 08:50The historian Lisa Jardine finds herself converted to family history.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with George Ayittey, Maha Azzam, Martin Wolf and Simon Heffer. 09:451/5The troubled childhood of Charles Dickens.
| 09:00Jim al-Khalili talks to biologist John Sulston. 09:30Evan Davis talks to convicted fraudster Elliot Castro. 09:452/5The early successes of Charles Dickens.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Chris Mullin. 09:453/5Charles Dickens is well-received in America.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti. 09:454/5A theatrical performance changes the course of Dickens's life.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to adventurer Bear Grylls. 09:455/5Adulation and farewells for Britain's great novelist.
| 09:00Richard Coles with opera singer Noah Stewart; Inheritance Tracks from Spice Girl Mel C.
| 09:00News, views and discussion with Paddy O'Connell. 09:45Libby Purves on last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Ruby Wax, childcare costs, Anne Brontë, and rape in Haiti. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/10A mysterious new tenant at Wildfell Hall intrigues farmer Gilbert Markham.
| 10:00Sibling relationships; Mary Barbour, Glasgow's WWI rights protester. With Jane Garvey. 10:452/10Mystery surrounds Helen's past as the mysterious new tenant.
| 10:00Is today's industrial action 'a woman's strike', Christmas jumper fashion - scandi knits! 10:453/10Gilbert Markham wants more than friendship with Helen but there are rumours about her.
| 10:00Job sharing at senior level - can it work? Parenting and honesty about past indiscretions. 10:454/10Rumours have been building about Helen Graham's relationship with her landlord.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Choosing the greatest Yorkshirewomen. 10:455/10Gilbert reads about Helen’s tempestuous courtship and marriage.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at Gambia, Nepal, and white water rafting in the Himalayas. 10:30David Owen Norris hears Oscar Wilde's favourite songs, in the room where he was arrested.
| 10:00Pat is unable to resist and things look black for Brian.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Women talk about how they cope with life on the outside when men go to prison. 11:301/4When a mogul tries to buy up every last pebble in Budleigh, Giles decides to run for Mayor
| 11:0028/30Brown hares are in decline in North Wales, but why? 11:303/4Ken Clarke MP examines the life and music of the saxophonist Joe Henderson.
| 11:00Mel Giedroyc takes a British family back 2,000 years to live in a Danish Iron Age village. 11:303/3A dramatised tribute to Tommy Lorne, one of Scotland's great early 20th-century comedians.(R)
| 11:00Martin Plaut investigates Zimbabwe's agriculture ten years after the farm invasions. 11:30Anna Chen makes a personal journey into the culture and community of the Cornish town.
| 11:00Louis de Bernieres uncovers one of the greatest submarine escape stories of WWII. 11:301/6Residents of the market town of Wadenbrook are preparing for the Dickensian Festival.
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Stories, analysis and colour from cities, towns and villages around the world.
| 11:15Sir Martin Sorrell is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Recruiting curry chefs, smaller shops showing stronger sales and VAT on takeaway food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Young and jobless: How best to tackle record unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Liverpool's World Heritage status. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. The charities helping businesses avoid rate bills. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Durham nightclub where you can 'Bring Your Own' alcohol. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. Presented by Paul Lewis. 12:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis look at the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6From Sage Gateshead, with the regulars and Marcus Brigstocke on the panel. 12:32Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney presents the national and international news. 13:451/5Joan Armatrading talks to Alex Kapranos, lead guitar of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Joan Armatrading talks to leading American Classical guitarist, Sharon Isbin.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:453/5Joan Armatrading talks to folk guitarist Richard Thompson.
| 13:00Martha Kearney with national and international news. 13:454/5Joan talks to the American rock chick and effects supremo Jennifer Batten.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/5Joan Armatrading talks to the revered Senegalese guitarist Baaba Maal.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from Luton.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events with Shaun Ley. 13:304/4Michael Portillo discovers the story of Sir Francis Drake and the English Armada.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Comedy about an old blues muso who outstays his welcome.
| 14:00Tony tries to make his point. 14:151/4McLevy enlists the help of Jean Brash as he investigates the death of a young seamstress.
| 14:00Things look black for Brian. 14:15A sixth-former decides to take a stand against the current cuts in university funding.
| 14:15A dark comedy about a rodent that doesn't stop growing.
| 14:00It's the day of the Primestock Show. 14:15John is a young gay man whose landlady is turning him into a replica of her husband.(R)
| 14:00Topics include the Autumn Statement, bank bonuses, happiness and the UK's place in Europe. 14:30By Paul Mendelson. Inspector Dover investigates when a girl in a coma is finally murdered.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening debate in Hailsham Pavilion, East Sussex. 14:453/5For 40 years, Kelly has lived with the trauma of inflicting accidental death while driving
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| 15:00 | 15:00With competitors from East Anglia, the West Midlands and London. 15:30Sheila Dillon reports on the winners and finalists of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011
| 15:00How do ground-nesting birds avoid detection by predators? 15:30Did you have any imaginary friends as a child or do you in fact have some now?
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on the implications of the Autumn Statement. 15:30Mentoring scheme for people with anxiety, fraud in psychology and earworms.
| 15:00A major recruitment drive is launched for volunteers to help man our waterways. 15:27Griff Rhys Jones presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Move Europe. 15:30Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a gardening debate in Hailsham Pavilion, East Sussex. 15:451/3By Elizabeth Buchan. A young girl discovers a different side to her stern grandmother.(R)
| 15:303/4Ken Clarke MP examines the life and music of the saxophonist Joe Henderson.
| 15:002/2Hofmiller apparent 'social blunder' sets him on a most perilous course of deception.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Andrew Collins tells the story of Alan Smithee, prolific film director who never existed. 16:30Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by guests Sir Paul Nurse and comedian Katy Brand.
| 16:003/3Matthew Taylor looks at the new political choices created by sophisticated brain science. 16:30Barbara Stocking and Lucy Worsley discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores opera in Argentina, plus grammar schools and social mobility. 16:30Richard Caseby, managing editor of the Sun; the deal behind Rupert Murdoch's wedding.
| 16:00Martin Scorsese talks to Francine Stock about the future of cinema and his new film Hugo. 16:30The risk of thawing permafrost, space worms and DNA barcoding.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Ken Russell, Gary Speed, Lana Peters and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. 16:30Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing.
| 16:00Christmas knitwear, Haiti camps, Music from Larkin Poe, Siblings - the longest bond.
| 16:00Sebastian Barry talks about his Costa prize-winning novel The Secret Scripture. 16:30Daljit Nagra visits the Aran Islands to explore their rich imaginative and poetic life.
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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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day.
| 17:00A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn. 17:30In this week's iPM Philthy Delphia tells us about the Roller Derby World Cup. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Alan Yentob investigates a 2,600-year-old community in Iraq, now almost disappeared. 17:40Libby Purves on last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. 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. 18:303/6From Sage Gateshead, with the regulars and Marcus Brigstocke on the panel.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Is it acceptable to be prejudiced against public schools and the posh?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Victoria Coren Mitchell challenges Mark Steel, Jessica Berens and Christopher Biggins.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Sam is getting wed to Eirwen, while Lord Darkness and Kreech try for a baby.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis look at the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Gerry Northam makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony tries to make his point. 19:15Mark Lawson on Martin Scorsese's new film; news of the Sports Book of the Year winner. 19:451/10A mysterious new tenant at Wildfell Hall intrigues farmer Gilbert Markham.
| 19:00Things look black for Brian. 19:15Ricky Gervais on Life's Too Short and Wayne McGregor on his new dance work. 19:452/10Mystery surrounds Helen's past as the mysterious new tenant.
| 19:15Mark Lawson reviews Lenny Henry in The Comedy of Errors, and meets Rob Brydon. 19:453/10Gilbert Markham wants more than friendship with Helen but there are rumours about her.
| 19:00It's the day of the Primestock Show. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz and reviews the film The Big Year. 19:454/10Rumours have been building about Helen Graham's relationship with her landlord.
| 19:00Tom makes his feelings clear. 19:15The Heart of Robin Hood at the RSC; Tracy Chevalier and Joanna Trollope. 19:455/10Gilbert reads about Helen’s tempestuous courtship and marriage.
| 19:02Edward Stourton profiles the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:00Pat can barely contain her emotions. 19:154/6Sue Perkins' moral and ethical posers for Susan Calman, Greg Proops and Simon Evans. 19:453/3Byng explains how he began playing risque female characters.
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| 20:00 | 20:00What do attitudes to the Confederate Flag say about American identity today? 20:30Lucy Ash asks if a billionaire's roubles can help to end Dagestan's bloody insurgency.
| 20:00Alan Yentob investigates a 2,600-year-old community in Iraq, now almost disappeared. 20:40Blindness for Beginners. Top tips for gadgets to help you if you've just lost your sight.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch and guests explore the moral implications of the public sector strike. 20:45Science writer Angela Saini celebrates being a late adopter of new technology.
| 20:00Behind the scenes in Birmingham as unions and services plan for the TUC's Day of Action. 20:30Is there an 'Argentine Solution' for Europe? Peter Day reports from Argentina.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from Luton. 20:50The historian Lisa Jardine finds herself converted to family history.
| 20:00Stewart Purvis explores the history of impartiality in broadcast news.
| 20:00Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Ken Russell, Gary Speed, Lana Peters and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Top government scientists discuss risk and Quentin investigates insect flight. 21:30Andrew Marr with George Ayittey, Maha Azzam, Martin Wolf and Simon Heffer.
| 21:00Mentoring scheme for people with anxiety, fraud in psychology and earworms. 21:30Jim al-Khalili talks to biologist John Sulston.
| 21:00Geoff Watts explores the origins of depression and efforts to find new treatments. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Chris Mullin.
| 21:0028/30Brown hares are in decline in North Wales, but why? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti.
| 21:00Dramatised account by Matthew Solon of England's failed bid to host the FIFA World Cup.
| 21:001/2Story of a man and the effect his pity for a young disabled girl has on both their lives.
| 21:00The latest news from the world of personal finance. Presented by Paul Lewis. 21:26The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website. 21:30Is there an 'Argentine Solution' for Europe? Peter Day reports from Argentina.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis. 22:451/5By Angela Carter. A virginal English soldier finds himself in a deserted Romanian village.
| 22:00With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis. 22:452/5By Fritz Lieber. An utterly captivating and alluring vampiress-cum-glamour model.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:453/5By Edith Wharton. Saul slips out to see his ex-girlfriend, even though she died years ago.
| 22:00Robin Lustig with national and international news and analysis. 22:454/5By Richard Matheson. Pasty-faced schoolkid Jules' only ambition is to become a vampire.
| 22:00Ritula Shah with national and international news and analysis. 22:455/5By Robert Swindells. Carollers receive a special treat from the same cottage every year.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15David Aaronovitch and guests explore the moral implications of the public sector strike.
| 22:00Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Hiroko Kawanami, Richard Lloyd Parry and Imran Yusuf explore the idea of Japan. 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by guests Sir Paul Nurse and comedian Katy Brand. 23:30Sean Curran with the news from Westminster as George Osborne delivers the Autumn Statement
| 23:005/6Can tolerance turn people into doormats? 23:30Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/4The mouthy host meets Britain's only male nun and a man who speaks using sound effects. 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Barbara Stocking and Lucy Worsley discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 23:30Mark D'Arcy presents his weekly round-up of events at Westminster.
| 23:00With competitors from East Anglia, the West Midlands and London. 23:30Poet Robert Crawford asks what connects the ancient Greek poet Simonides with war today.
| 23:00Martin Scorsese talks to Francine Stock about the future of cinema and his new film Hugo. 23:30Mark Tully discusses the role of the choir as a keystone of so many rites of worship.
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