| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Canon Mark Oakley reflects on the meaning of Christmas. 00:303/3Christopher Driver's thoughts on the evocative and bizarre language of food description.(R) 00:45The bells from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The author and philosopher John Gray on the merits of living for the present. 00:301/5Bart's East End childhood and early exposure to music. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Sarah Dunant looks at different aspects of debt. 00:302/5Bart meets Joan Littlewood and writes songs for a new West End show. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Will Self reflects on the new landscape for the press. 00:303/5Bart starts work on his masterpiece, 'Oliver!'. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Simon Schama reflects on how the world - ten years on - remembered the events of 9/11. 00:304/5It's opening night for Lionel Bart's new musical 'Oliver!' 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/3Julia rediscovers a letter her father wrote to her before his death and is comforted.(R) 00:305/5The flop of 'Twang!' leaves Bart's reputation in tatters. Can he climb back? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Pete Paphides visits the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar Services.(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 with Bishop Steven Croft. 05:45Sarah Swadling goes out with Exmoor farmer Robin Milton on his sheep feeding rounds. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Bishop Steven Croft. 05:45Rex Milton talks to Sarah Swadling about his family's herd of Exmoor ponies.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Bishop Steven Croft. 05:45Sarah Swadling meets the beef herd on the Exmoor farm of the Milton family.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Bishop Steven Croft. 05:45Winter On An Exmoor Farm. Part 4, Conservation in the Cornfields.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Bishop Steven Croft. 05:45Winter on an Exmoor Farm. Part 5, Family and Future.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. 05:45Featuring Gareth Malone and the New Year Honour nominees.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon. 05:45Rory Cellan-Jones profiles Moshi Monsters founder Michael Acton Smith.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Guest edited by Sir Victor Blank, and examining leadership, communication and altruism.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07The coastal communities of Moray Firth discuss the importance of preserving the gansey. 06:30Sarah Swadling finds out about life on an Exmoor farm in the depths of winter. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Irma Kurtz reflects on expatriation. 06:35Anna Hill visits a farm converting to organic at a time when the UK market is shrinking. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Guest editor Stewart Lee investigates myths, music, super-size comedy and Mark E Smith.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Samira Ahmed presents a special New Year's Day edition of Sunday. 07:55Jane Garvey presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity African Initiatives. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10All Souls Langham Place remembers a significant 20th-century preacher - John Stott. 08:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the historic power of royal glamour in times of austerity. 08:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr visits the artist David Hockney at his studio in Bridlington. 09:451/5Bart's East End childhood and early exposure to music.
| 09:00Prof Jim Al-Khalili talks to planetary scientist Colin Pillinger about life on Mars. 09:30Bridget Kendall talks to Archbishop Rowan Williams about his fascination with Dostoyevsky. 09:452/5Bart meets Joan Littlewood and writes songs for a new West End show.
| 09:00Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Simon Russell Beale. 09:453/5Bart starts work on his masterpiece, 'Oliver!'.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that underpin all life. 09:454/5It's opening night for Lionel Bart's new musical 'Oliver!'
| 09:00Professor of physics Brian Cox is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:455/5The flop of 'Twang!' leaves Bart's reputation in tatters. Can he climb back?
| 09:00Anita Anand with social entrepreneur Paul Twivy; singer Cyndi Lauper's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell presents news and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Celebrating women in music. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:456/15Professor gets wind of the letters and wants to get his hands on them for his collection.
| 10:00Jane Garvey presents the guests and subjects inspiring the most Twitter comment in 2011. 10:457/15Roland and Maud try to find the truth about the relationship between Ash and LaMotte.
| 10:00The life of a shepherdess; jurors and distressing evidence; children's table manners. 10:458/15The true weight of what happened between Ash and LaMotte is revealed.
| 10:00The year of the protestor; Elizabeth of York; Christie Watson; new year resolutions. 10:459/15Back in Lincoln, Maud's American feminist friend Leonora Stern pays her a visit.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Tackling truancy and Whistle Down the Wind at 50. 10:4510/15News of the stolen letters has now spread across the academic vaults.
| 10:00John McCarthy looks at the traditional attractions of England and how they are changing. 10:30John Sergeant invites his guests to a musical celebration of the ancient art of toasting.
| 10:00There's stunning news for Tom and Helen. And will Lynda's show be all right on the night?
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| 11:00 | 11:00Colin Dexter and Ken Dodd are mutual fans - and they perform together for the first time. 11:30David Tennant stars in Robert Browning's legendary poem.
| 11:00What do a film star, a biologist and a journalist have in common? A mysterious finger. 11:30Alexei Sayle explores The Beatles festive fan club recordings and Christmas concerts.
| 11:00Gyles Brandreth discovers what it takes to become a national treasure. 11:30Dave Podmore takes out a superinjunction in a bid to get himself back in the spotlight.
| 11:00Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command. 11:30Frances Fyfield explores the handwritten manuscript of Dickens's great political thriller.
| 11:00Martha Kearney's guests review secret government papers from 1981.
| 11:00Anne McElvoy asks if politicians use memoirs and diaries to control our view of the past. 11:30Kate Adie looks back at the revolution that swept Colonel Gaddafi from power in Libya.
| 11:15Sir Terry Wogan is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Quizzing Suzy Klein, Julian Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice - plus the BBC Philharmonic. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Big Society: Have you got involved and has your community benefitted? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson with first-time buyers, self-sufficient town and vintage mobile phones. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Why recessions are good for great innovation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Who will be running our railways in 2012? Could new food labels lead to more confusion? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:002/8Sandi Toksvig attempts to recover the stolen Pips from the mysterious Radio 4 Island. 12:45Lisa Jardine reflects on the historic power of royal glamour in times of austerity. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6With panellists Lee Mack, Jack Dee, Rufus Hound and Graeme Garden. 12:32Tim Hayward and the Food Quiz team juggle more food history, trivia and recipe knowledge. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:451/5Nina Myskow in conversation with David Sedaris about how his family affected his eating.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:452/5Chips, cabbage and chocolate? Yoko Ono discusses her life in food with Nina Myskow.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:453/5From fat kid to fit soldier, Andy McNab talks about his life in food with Nina Myskow.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:454/5Nina Myskow and children's author Judith Kerr on the meals that make a place home.
| 13:00Edward Stourton presents national and international news. 13:455/5Dancer Carlos Acosta explains how what we eat, shapes the life we lead. With Nina Myskow.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10The BBC's leading foreign correspondents predict what is likely to be in the news in 2012.
| 13:00In-depth reporting of national and international events. Presented by Edward Stourton. 13:30David Owen Norris recreates Charles Dickens's favourite music.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00There's stunning news for Tom and Helen. 14:151/5Classic story of love and loss in the French Revolution. Stars Robert Lindsay.
| 14:00Recriminations fly at Bridge Farm. 14:152/5Lucie Manette is a witness at Charles Darnay's trial for treason at the Old Bailey.
| 14:00Pat tries to make amends. 14:153/5In a Paris wine shop, information is exchanged about a courtship.
| 14:00Will Lynda's show be all right on the night? 14:154/5Charles Darnay is determined to travel to Paris to go to the aid of the family retainer.
| 14:155/5Will it be possible to save Charles Darnay's life?
| 14:004/4Steve Punt searches for the site of the epic Battle of Watling Street.(R) 14:30Can a man given a £1m banknote survive a month without spending a single penny of it?
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs a forward-looking programme from the village of Mickleton. 14:45Why Dickens's timeless story of love, greed and hypocrisy works in an Indian setting.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Chaired by Russell Davies. With contestants from South Wales, London and the Home Counties 15:30Tim Hayward presents a special food quiz edition recorded at the Abergavenny Food Festival
| 15:00Do second flushes of spring blooms signal changing seasons? 15:30Stewart Henderson ponders the universal appeal of the protest chant.(R)
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on consumer rights. 15:30Tucker the sniffer dog takes a boat trip to save the whales.(R)
| 15:00The coastal communities of Moray Firth discuss the importance of preserving the gansey. 15:27Maureen Lipman presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Carers UK. 15:30Mariella Frostrup and her line-up of comedians and authors debate their funniest book.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs a forward-looking programme from the village of Mickleton. 15:452/3A young man is encouraged to pursue the love of his life by his father.
| 15:30Alexei Sayle explores The Beatles festive fan club recordings and Christmas concerts.
| 15:001/3Orphan Thomas befriends Mickey, grandson and heir of rich old miser Martin Chuzzlewit.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Frank Cottrell Boyce celebrates one of the great TV families - The Waltons. 16:30Robin Ince and Brian Cox discuss Christmas with Richard Dawkins and Mark Gatiss.
| 16:00Michael Rosen examines letters we use before and after our names. 16:30Brian Sewell on his love of 'Mad' King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
| 16:00Laurie explores the home lifestyle of six young people who live together. 16:30Steve discusses research on TV's impact on children and claims of possible harm.
| 16:00Francine Stock and guests explore the enduring appeal of silent film. 16:30Revealing the four finalists competing to become the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year.
| 16:00Bridget Kendall profiles the three female Nobel Peace Laureates. 16:30A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
| 16:00Jane Garvey celebrates remarkable women from 2011, including Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.
| 16:00Hunter Davies discusses his authorised biography of The Beatles, recorded at the Cavern. 16:303/4Ruth leads a workshop in Newcastle for a group of poets on the theme of The City.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
| 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 brings you the top stories of the day.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn presents a fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Featuring Gareth Malone and the New Year Honour nominees. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates. 17:40Rory Cellan-Jones profiles Moshi Monsters founder Michael Acton Smith. 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. 18:15The author and philosopher John Gray on the merits of living for the present. 18:301/6With panellists Lee Mack, Jack Dee, Rufus Hound and Graeme Garden.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sarah Dunant looks at different aspects of debt. 18:304/6Mark Steel creates a stand-up show for residents of Douglas on the Isle of Man.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Will Self reflects on the new landscape for the press. 18:305/6With comedian Dave Gorman and newspaper columnists Matthew Parris and Julia Hartley-Brewer
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Simon Schama reflects on how the world - ten years on - remembered the events of 9/11. 18:305/6The Questers are welcomed by the White Wizard, the nicest man in the whole of Lower Earth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:152/8Sandi Toksvig attempts to recover the stolen Pips from the mysterious Radio 4 Island.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests bid farewell to 2011 from the Radio Theatre, London.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Recriminations fly at Bridge Farm. 19:15The Boxing Day Quiz! Mark Lawson poses cultural brain-teasers to writers and performers. 19:456/15Professor gets wind of the letters and wants to get his hands on them for his collection.
| 19:00Pat tries to make amends. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to singers Joseph Calleja, Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore and Iestyn Davies 19:457/15Roland and Maud try to find the truth about the relationship between Ash and LaMotte.
| 19:00Will Lynda's show be all right on the night? 19:15Novelists from India and Pakistan on writing about profound social and political shifts. 19:458/15The true weight of what happened between Ash and LaMotte is revealed.
| 19:15John Wilson talks to singers Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Jack Jones, Bruce Forsyth. 19:459/15Back in Lincoln, Maud's American feminist friend Leonora Stern pays her a visit.
| 19:00There's a wedding worry for Caroline. 19:15Novelists who take on another writer's characters, with guests including PD James. 19:4510/15News of the stolen letters has now spread across the academic vaults.
| 19:00Rory Cellan-Jones profiles Moshi Monsters founder Michael Acton Smith. 19:15Martha Kearney chooses her favourite audio moments from BBC Radio in 2011.
| 19:00It's Will and Nic's big day. 19:152/6Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones. 19:451/3An eccentric writer-explorer and his bemused amanuensis explore the island.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3Hugh contrasts the role of philanthropy today with that of the middle of the 20th century. 20:30Who are the thousands of people discovered in mass graves in Indian Kashmir?
| 20:00Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates. 20:40Why playing Jazzer in The Archers is a dream come true for blind actor Ryan Kelly.
| 20:003/4Mariella and guests on what we buy our kids and who is choosing. 20:45Tim Smit argues that if we learn to trust one another, Britain could be great again.
| 20:00With diplomatic relations at a new low, does Iran still have influence in the UK? 20:30Peter Day looks at the boom in small-scale spirits companies.
| 20:00The BBC's leading foreign correspondents predict what is likely to be in the news in 2012. 20:50Lisa Jardine reflects on the historic power of royal glamour in times of austerity.
| 20:00Kevin Maguire chairs a What the Papers Say review of 2011, with hackgate and beyond.
| 20:00A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year. 20:30Peter Day looks at the boom in small-scale spirits companies. 20:56Jane Garvey presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity African Initiatives.
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| 21:00 | 21:00New planets, brain chips, amateur scientists, Christmas trees and sexy robins. 21:30Andrew Marr visits the artist David Hockney at his studio in Bridlington.
| 21:00Chris Eldon Lee follows the fortunes of tradesmen recruited to work in the Antarctic.(R) 21:30Prof Jim Al-Khalili talks to planetary scientist Colin Pillinger about life on Mars.
| 21:00Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the life of a teetotaller in the UK.(R) 21:30Lively conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Simon Russell Beale.
| 21:00What do a film star, a biologist and a journalist have in common? A mysterious finger. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the giant molecules that underpin all life.
| 21:00How, in 1950, secret French plans created the organisation that became the European Union. 21:45Libby Purves on last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.(R)
| 21:00A Scot, invalided in 1918, writes a book about the eccentricities of the English.
| 21:00Quizzing Suzy Klein, Julian Lloyd Webber and Sir Tim Rice - plus the BBC Philharmonic.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Linda falls in love again, but finds that communists' parties are frightfully gloomy.
| 22:00Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis. 22:457/10Linda's success with the communists does not extend to Christian.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10Linda is living in Paris with the seductive Fabrice, Duc of Sauveterre.
| 22:00With Felicity Evans. Egyptian security forces raid pro democracy organisations in Cairo. 22:459/10Linda has to leave her beloved Fabrice in Paris and return to London.
| 22:00Felicity Evans presents national and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Now certain of Fabrice's feelings, Linda returns home to await the end of the war.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4Mariella and guests on what we buy our kids and who is choosing.
| 22:00Martha Kearney's guests review secret government papers from 1981.
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| 23:00 | 23:00The language of the financial markets. Michael Rosen returns for a new series on words. 23:30Paul Gambaccini recalls the 1960 classic album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart.(R)
| 23:00Robin Ince and Brian Cox discuss Christmas with Richard Dawkins and Mark Gatiss. 23:302/4Paul Gambaccini tells the story behind BB King's classic 1964 album, Live at the Regal(R)
| 23:003/4There's a riot going on... topical! Nick tackles a full-on student protest. 23:30Paul Gambaccini re-visits Sir Colin Davis's triumph with the LSO and Berlioz's Les Troyens(R)
| 23:004/4Victoria can't sleep at night. Then bad dreams haunt her waking hours. 23:30Paul Gambaccini tells the story of Keith Jarrett's 1975 live album The Cologne Concert.(R)
| 23:00Melvyn Bragg with a special programme of his favourite poetry and prose.
| 23:00Chaired by Russell Davies. With contestants from South Wales, London and the Home Counties 23:30Kenneth Steven explores Robert Frost's iconic poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock and guests explore the enduring appeal of silent film. 23:30Irma Kurtz reflects on expatriation.
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