| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty. 00:45The bells of St Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Did you wake up feeling rough? You have probably been philogrobolized at day peep. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Did you jenticulate well this morning? More hidden delights from the English language. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5As the amell approaches, it's time to dash to a grubbery. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Feeling refreshed after your post-lunch slooming? Then get on with your faciendum. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5As the ploughman drops into the western bay, we offer you bene darkmans, dear listener. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A young Chinese girl has to translate sensitive information for her mother.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Pastor Alex Robertson. 05:45Warnings that some honey bees will struggle to make it through the winter. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Pastor Alex Robertson. 05:45A study links low-level exposure to sheep dip chemicals with lasting brain damage.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Pastor Alex Robertson. 05:45Fears for the future of upland farms as new entrants turn their back on the industry.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Pastor Alex Robertson. 05:45Charlotte Smith asks what the Autumn Statement means for the green economy and for farmers
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Pastor Alex Robertson. 05:45The government's latest plans for controlling ash dieback. With Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45'I gave Spandau's Tony Hadley his voice.' Maria Malone ghostwrites pop autobiographies.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Nicholas's Church, Durweston, Dorset. 05:45Lesley Curwen explores the colourful life of business tycoon Sir Philip Green.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Action on tax avoidance, plus 20 years of SMS text messages, and will new laws cut crime?
| 06:00Call to 'restore compassion' in care, plus the latest from Syria and Ang Lee on 3D.
| 06:00Autumn Statement previewed, plus tax avoidance, and the politics of tea drinking.
| 06:00Osborne and Balls on the Autumn Statement, plus sentencing guidelines and 'road wars'.
| 06:00Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Jules Hudson discovers the secrets of 'The Canal That Never Was'. 06:30Finding the next generation of hill farmers - Charlotte Smith visits Exmoor. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Sarah Cuddon reflects on the 'in-between time' of twilight. 06:35Caz Graham visits a Scottish farm that opened its doors to local farmers to help run it. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Beatrice Achieng presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Build Africa. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Advent Expectations: Expect the Unexpected. From the Salvation Army's Regent Hall. 08:50Onora O'Neill reflects anew on the theme of trust, the subject of her Reith lectures.
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| 09:00 | 09:00With guests Shirley Williams, Geoffrey Robertson, Douglas Murray and David Patrikarakos. 09:451/5Did you wake up feeling rough? You have probably been philogrobolized at day peep.
| 09:00Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea. 09:30Olivia O'Leary speaks to piano virtuoso and conductor, Vladimir Ashkenazy. 09:452/5Did you jenticulate well this morning? More hidden delights from the English language.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli and biographer Michael Holroyd. 09:453/5As the amell approaches, it's time to dash to a grubbery.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell. 09:454/5Feeling refreshed after your post-lunch slooming? Then get on with your faciendum.
| 09:00Hollywood film star Dustin Hoffman is interviewed by Kirsty Young. 09:455/5As the ploughman drops into the western bay, we offer you bene darkmans, dear listener.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with poet Pam Ayres.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Doris Day - a screen legend misunderstood? Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5It is 1997, and Naomi and Nick Freeman have almost given up the idea of having a child.
| 10:00Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tracy-Ann Oberman, and Sarah Pennells on co-habiting in later life. 10:452/5After many bureaucratic hurdles, Nick and Naomi travel to China to bring home their baby.
| 10:00Chess grandmaster Judit Polgar, sex workers, teaching compassion. Presenter Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Naomi and Nick must go through some final formalities before they can bring Luo Ning home.
| 10:00Phyllida Lloyd and Melissa Dunne on gender-blind casting, and activist Alaa Murabit. 10:454/5Reality hits as Nick and Naomi try and settle the baby into their lives.
| 10:00Anoraks, Lisa Riley, the undercover witch-pricker, and are powerful women sexy? 10:455/5Desperate to connect with their daughter, Nick and Naomi consult a Chinese doctor.
| 10:30Ian Marchant explores The Secret Power of Trees
| 10:00Matt makes an effort. Meanwhile Mike takes the plunge.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/3Linguist Mark Turin goes in search of Nepal's endangered languages. 11:304/4When disaster strikes, old lovers are forced to confront their new younger replacements.
| 11:0014/24Brett Westwood reports from the Scottish Natural Heritage conference in Edinburgh. 11:30Matthew Bannister tells the story of the London Symphony Orchestra from the 1980s to now.
| 11:00An audio diary from Londoner Amy and her family as they journey back to their Jewish roots 11:301/4The actor-cum-sleuth is drawn into the murky world of a friend's marriage.
| 11:00Linda Pressly looks at the disturbing story of rape and sexual abuse in America's prisons. 11:30Trevor Cox on the physics behind the way orchestral instruments make their unique sound
| 11:002/3Des Lynam and Christopher Matthew trade sporting tales at a boxing gym in West London. 11:305/6Dr Hugh Thornton is horrified when he needs an operation himself.
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie introduces reports from Damascus, Moscow, Istanbul, South Tyrol and Bologna.
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP.
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| 12:00 | 12:00ASDA defies consumer guidelines, direct selling for men and diving for golf balls. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in. Have we forgotten how to care? Julian Worricker hears your stories. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The way we vaccinate for flu is a 'gamble' according to the Department of Health. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Delays to Green Deal energy assessments, professional dog walkers and Christmas loans. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Silver Line, a helpline for elderly people in distress, is launched by Esther Rantzen. 12:52Fi Glover presents the series that captures the nation in conversation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Paul Lewis and guests on the Autumn Statement, financial advice and credit card rights. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6Jack Dee chairs, as regulars Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined on the panel by Jeremy Hardy 12:32Sheila Dillon looks at the role food plays in different faiths. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Young business students from the UK and Mexico compare notes on their experiences.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Fashion designers from the UK and Mexico compare notes.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Green politicians from the UK and Mexico compare notes on their experiences.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:454/5Doctors from the UK and Mexico compare notes on their experiences.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Charity workers from the UK and Mexico compare notes on their experiences.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire.
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Hardeep cooks for Peter and Will, who became friends after Peter broke into Will's house.
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| 14:00 | 14:152/4McLevy discovers that a murdered man had last been seen at the Just Land.
| 14:00Lilian receives a covert call. 14:15By Simon Scardifield. Only one person in the world speaks Ubykh, and he's very, very old.
| 14:00Robert has parental concerns. 14:15By Hugh Hughes. A fantastical tale from a childhood that's long since vanished.
| 14:15By Gary Ogin. Actors often take odd jobs to survive. But can Stevie tackle psychotherapy?
| 14:154/4Polish waitress Zofia has a surprise communication from her brother.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30By Willy Russell. The relationship between a feisty working-class OU student and her tutor(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs BBC Radio 4's horticultural panel programme from Rayleigh in Essex. 14:45Lyn and Mary reconsider their relationship, after Lyn's prison sentence for drink-driving.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind the BBC Food and Farming Awards menu.
| 15:001/6Jay Rayner hosts the first programme of a new series of the culinary panel programme. 15:3011/14Corinne Bailey Rae returns to her second album, The Sea, and plays tracks from it live.
| 15:00Financial phone-in on the Chancellor's Autumn Statement with Paul Lewis and Ruth Alexander 15:30Claudia Hammond on understanding the changes in the brain leading to Alzheimer's disease.
| 15:00Jules Hudson discovers the secrets of 'The Canal That Never Was'. 15:27The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website. 15:30Sathnam Sanghera discusses his award-winning memoir The Boy with the Topknot.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs BBC Radio 4's horticultural panel programme from Rayleigh in Essex. 15:45Libby Purves on the 2011 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. To give this year call 0800 082 8284.
| | 15:003/4The Count unearths a scandal that links two of his remaining enemies.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Cerys Matthews visits Alabama to uncover a sacred choral tradition. 16:30Simon Singh and Dave Gorman join Brian and Robin to discuss Bletchley Park.
| 16:00Composer Michael Berkeley talks frankly about his hearing loss. 16:30Martin Broughton nominates Dick Francis, champion jockey and champion author.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor on a new book exploring gay male identity. Also, work identity in crisis. 16:30Hacked Off's plans after Leveson and NewsCorp's plans for its UK papers.
| 16:00Martin McDonagh and Sam Rockwell on Seven Psychopaths, and Charlotte Rampling on I, Anna. 16:30How science can save boring climate talks and an interview with DNA pioneer James Watson.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Oscar Niemeyer, Dave Brubeck, Bal Thackeray, Hector Camacho. 16:30Tim Harford asks what severe morning sickness tells us about the chances of having twins. 16:55Fi Glover presents the series that captures the nation in conversation.
| 16:00Lisa Riley's Strictly success, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Doris Day - underrated icon and actor?
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to India Knight about her hilarious new novel 'Mutton'. 16:30Roger McGough presents some tree poems, as the country contemplates losing its ashes.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Includes Weather.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Ritula Shah. 17:30'I gave Spandau's Tony Hadley his voice.' Maria Malone ghostwrites pop autobiographies. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Zoe Williams turns school inspector to put a range of academies to the test. 17:40Lesley Curwen explores the colourful life of business tycoon Sir Philip Green. 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. 18:304/6Jack Dee chairs, as regulars Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined on the panel by Jeremy Hardy
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Pip races to Antarctica to thwart another fiendish plot by the evil Mr Gently Benevolent.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Comedian Mark Steel visits the Isle of Mull to take a look under the surface of Tobermory.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Chief registrar Malcolm Fox is a stickler for regulations at Woodborough Register Office.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Harry Hill, Boris Johnson, David Suchet and Rebecca Front.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian receives a covert call. 19:15Martin McDonagh's film Seven Psychopaths; Beryl Bainbridge's paintings; best choir sizes. 19:451/5It is 1997, and Naomi and Nick Freeman have almost given up the idea of having a child.
| 19:00Robert has parental concerns. 19:15Turner Prize winner Elizabeth Price, Ben Folds, and the Charles Dickens museum reopens. 19:452/5After many bureaucratic hurdles, Nick and Naomi travel to China to bring home their baby.
| 19:15An all-female staging of Julius Caesar and Mike Bartlett on his first TV drama. 19:453/5Naomi and Nick must go through some final formalities before they can bring Luo Ning home.
| 19:15The Bodyguard musical, Dave Brubeck remembered, and Jeff Park on the latest crime fiction. 19:454/5Reality hits as Nick and Naomi try and settle the baby into their lives.
| 19:15Writer Paul Auster; Tom Robinson plays Beck's sheet music album; comedian Trevor Noah. 19:455/5Desperate to connect with their daughter, Nick and Naomi consult a Chinese doctor.
| 19:00Lesley Curwen explores the colourful life of business tycoon Sir Philip Green. 19:15Seven Psychopaths, Julius Caesar with a female cast, and Loving Miss Hatto.
| 19:152/5A new term, and second-year student Lila is going to teach the freshers all she knows.(R) 19:454/4Miss Wyle takes her dearest friend Miss Loring to see their past - set in stone.
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| 20:00 | 20:00John Simpson returns to Kurdistan, 25 years after a devastating chemical weapons attack. 20:30Rob Walker investigates allegations of corruption affecting South African schools.
| 20:00Zoe Williams turns school inspector to put a range of academies to the test. 20:40RNIB search for people with AMD and a VI New Yorker tells of losing all to hurricane Sandy
| 20:00Should we as consumers think about the moral consequences of where we spend our money? 20:45Amber Dermont explains the benefits of an unhappy childhood.
| 20:00Matthew Hill asks why the Cornwall surgeon Rob Jones remained in practice so long. 20:30Peter Day visits two Swiss pharmaceutical companies to look at future drug development.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. 20:50Onora O'Neill reflects anew on the theme of trust, the subject of her Reith lectures.
| 20:00Allan Little considers the legacy of Lawrence of Arabia.
| 20:00Tim Harford asks what severe morning sickness tells us about the chances of having twins. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Oscar Niemeyer, Dave Brubeck, Bal Thackeray, Hector Camacho.
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| 21:00 | 21:00UK Energy Bill, rat cull in South Georgia, the powers of olive oil, and Romantic Chemistry 21:30With guests Shirley Williams, Geoffrey Robertson, Douglas Murray and David Patrikarakos.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond on understanding the changes in the brain leading to Alzheimer's disease. 21:30Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea.
| 21:00Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk. 21:30Libby Purves meets Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli and biographer Michael Holroyd.
| 21:0014/24Brett Westwood reports from the Scottish Natural Heritage conference in Edinburgh. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell.
| 21:00Two boys experience evil when a 'dark circus' comes to Illinois.(R)
| 21:002/4All Parisian society wants to meet the mysterious, and fabulously wealthy Count.
| 21:00Paul Lewis and guests on the Autumn Statement, financial advice and credit card rights. 21:26Beatrice Achieng presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Build Africa. 21:30Peter Day visits two Swiss pharmaceutical companies to look at future drug development.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Israel's settlement plans - an end to the two-state solution? With Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:457/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00Reaction to the chancellor's Autumn Statement, with Robin Lustig. 22:458/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00Egyptian protests escalate, Ghana's oil-driven elections, and creating a capital city. 22:459/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00David Cameron backs allowing same-sex marriages in churches. Presented by Robin Lustig. 22:4510/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should we as consumers think about the moral consequences of where we spend our money?
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Stephen Glover of the Daily Mail analyses how newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:0010/14Ray Davies take on questions about two classic Kinks' albums, Lola and Muswell Hillbillies 23:30Susan Hulme presents the day's top news stories from Westminster, including press freedom.
| 23:00Simon Singh and Dave Gorman join Brian and Robin to discuss Bletchley Park. 23:30The Foreign Secretary attacks Israel over a plan to build on occupied land near Jerusalem.
| 23:002/4Can Marengo and Copenhagen's equine love overcome conflicting wedding plans? 23:152/4A tale of rowing, wooing and dolphin-watching with the binoculars round the wrong way. 23:30Keith Macdougall with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6The call centre installs a thermostat, which makes temperatures rise. 23:30MPs reflect on the future of rail services on the West Coast Mainline. Sean Curran reports
| 23:00Martin Broughton nominates Dick Francis, champion jockey and champion author. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover presents a conversation between June and Tanya, both blind since birth.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:30Paul Gambaccini chats to Dave Brubeck about his unique jazz career.(R)
| 23:00Martin McDonagh and Sam Rockwell on Seven Psychopaths, and Charlotte Rampling on I, Anna. 23:30Sarah Cuddon reflects on the 'in-between time' of twilight.
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