| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Tracing the origins of neo-liberalism. Plus, the relationship between race and music. 00:45The bells of St Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church in York. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5One man's attempt to build a utopia becomes a story about the birth of fascism. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/51915, and d'Annunzio risks death when he takes to the air on a daring propaganda mission. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Peace for d'Annunzio spells disaster, and he looks to further his military ambitions. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5D'Annunzio transforms the Croatian port of Fiume into a delinquent city-state. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Now an enemy of the state, d'Annunzio struggles to keep his utopian experiment alive. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3The winters are particularly hard, but Neil revels in the isolation and tranquillity.(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. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45The fight for farmland - Charlotte Smith hears how high demand is pushing up prices. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45Anna Hill delves into the snow to see how birds are struggling to survive in the cold snap
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45The Government is bringing in tighter controls over plant imports into the UK.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45MEPs vote on changes to the £40 billion subsidy given to European farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45Secretary of State Owen Paterson says MEPs' CAP reform proposals are a retrograde step.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. 05:45"Were there school lessons in Auschwitz?" A Holocaust survivor on sharing his story.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide, Australia. 05:452/5The story of Al Roth, who worked out how to create a clearing-house for kidneys.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00School snow closures, the rise of 'big data' and the art of playing a corpse.
| 06:00David Cameron's EU speech, Heathrow snow delays and new Doctor Who stories.
| 06:00Immigration backlogs, plus the IMF on UK austerity, and ball boys and footballers.
| 06:00A Holocaust survivor's remarkable story, plus Wilko Johnson on life, death and music.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans visits the Black Isle where residents are collecting landscape memories. 06:30Changes are planned to EU subsidies but how will they affect farming and the countryside? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Chris Brookes looks back on life and asks 'was I ever that person'? 06:35Seen soaring overhead red kites are one of the most iconic birds of the Tyneside landscape 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Labour and EU referendums, BBC journalists 'intimidated', and are Britons bad complainers?
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Baroness Helena Kennedy QC presents an appeal for Circles UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Service from the Metropolitan Cathedral of St David in Cardiff, led by Canon Peter Collins 08:50David Cannadine reflects on the history of American presidential inaugurations.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe talks to John Adams, Howard Goodall, Barb Jungr and Stephen Poliakoff. 09:451/5One man's attempt to build a utopia becomes a story about the birth of fascism.
| 09:00Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith. 09:30Martin Wainwright talks to creationist Malcolm Bowden. 09:452/51915, and d'Annunzio risks death when he takes to the air on a daring propaganda mission.
| 09:002/2Fi Glover discovers how the transition to adulthood has changed since the 1960s. 09:453/5Peace for d'Annunzio spells disaster, and he looks to further his military ambitions.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome. 09:454/5D'Annunzio transforms the Croatian port of Fiume into a delinquent city-state.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews veteran television producer Beryl Vertue. 09:455/5Now an enemy of the state, d'Annunzio struggles to keep his utopian experiment alive.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Sean Hughes; Tamasin Day-Lewis's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Aimee Mann, women at Davos, gravlax and Chinese entrepreneur Ping Fu. With Jane Garvey. 10:451/5A case involving dangerous dogs and legal drugs piques DCI Craven's interest.(R)
| 10:00Steve Biddulph on raising girls, Diane Abbott on slut shaming, and all about comfort food. 10:452/5Craven believes a dog attack and a 'drugs busy' pet shop are the key to a bigger crime.
| 10:00Mary Beard on online abuse, soprano Barbara Hannigan, Tina Renton. With Jenni Murray. 10:453/5Threat of enforced retirement distracts Price, as a 17-year-old dies from legal drug use.
| 10:00Armistead Maupin talks to Jenni Murray as Radio 4 dramatises his Tales of the City. 10:454/5When Craven's team raid a farm for drugs, they are not prepared for the horrors discovered
| 10:00Why are so few streets named after women? Vicars' daughters. Male geeks rise up for women. 10:455/5Craven underestimates the pack mentality on the drug-addled estate, as the case concludes.
| 10:30Singer and musician Pauline Black invites us to re-imagine Coventry.
| 10:00Lilian is in trouble, and Vicky is overcome with emotion.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Science writer Chris Riley examines the enduring legacy of the Apollo moon missions.(R) 11:301/6It's new year! Damien's asked to write a restaurant review for Pink Floyd.
| 11:0021/24Saving Species reports from the Congo basin on the plight of bonobos. 11:30Eric Clapton tells Paul Gambaccini about the 1992 recording of his ground-breaking album.(R)
| 11:001/4The rise and fall of Lymeswold cheese - the first new British cheese in 200 years. 11:304/6Brian and Clare are struggling with their son, when they bump into their beloved ex-nanny.
| 11:00Berlusconi swaggers back - and other despatches from reporters around the globe. 11:30Susan Marling reports from the Hudson Valley on the painters that shaped America.
| 11:00Peter Snow visits Paris to recreate the 1889 event which gave the world the Eiffel Tower. 11:303/6Sandy determines to discover the truth behind his neighbour Ken's winning ways.
| 11:00Anne McElvoy of the Economist looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30French men go to seduction school - and other despatches from reporters worldwide.
| 11:15Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's opposition leader, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Cost of raising a child. Will capping social care fees increase the cost of going private? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Julian Worricker asks how more young people can get into work in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Are tourists falling out of love with our city centre Big Wheels? With Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Radio 4's consumer affairs programme with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Craig Charles looks at HMV and music sales. Plus salt levels in food, and winter car tyres 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Money Box Saving Challenge, IFA value for money and the monster shock bill victory. 12:306/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6With Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Lucy Porter and Charlie Higson. David Mitchell hosts. 12:32Sheila Dillon with an exclusive food interview with former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Murray Lachlan Young writes a ballad about the Naked Rambler's release from Perth prison.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Murray Lachlan Young writes and sings a ballad on the popularity of earth-based religions.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Murray Lachlan Young writes a ballad on festival litter-pickers and what they can teach us
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Murray Lachlan Young meets pole-dancers past and present and writes a ballad about them.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Murray Lachlan Young writes a ballad about Dave, who tells tales of war and redemption.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University of Surrey in Guildford.
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30The enduring appeal of the Dire Straits classic is explored by those touched by the piece.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Inventing the truth leads a would-be journalist into the criminal underworld.
| 14:00Vicky is overcome with emotion. 14:15A fictional story about a ghostly meeting of ways written and narrated by Paul Evans.
| 14:151931. More than friendship is at stake when Oswald Mosley gives a speech in Birmingham.
| 14:15True story of woman's abduction in Ecuador and her husband and son's journey for justice.(R)
| 14:152/5By Vivienne Harvey. DCI Stone investigates the murder of a promising young Thai kick-boxer
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30Tamsin Greig narrates George Orwell's satire about power and corruption.
| 14:00Pippa Greenwood, Matt Biggs and Anne Swithinbank answer questions for a postbag edition. 14:45One girl's memories of the bombing that came before the ceasefire of 27 January 1973.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Russell Davies chairs the latest heat in the 60th season of the general knowledge quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon investigates the horsemeat burger scandal affecting food in Ireland and UK.
| 15:00Helen Castor and guests discuss the ideas and events that are Making History. 15:30Alan Dein investigates the rebirth of steelmaking in Redcar, Teesside.(R)
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests take your calls on saving and investing. 15:30Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
| 15:00Felicity Evans visits the Black Isle where residents are collecting landscape memories. 15:27Juliet Stevenson presents an appeal for international children's charity ChildHope. 15:30Mariella Frostrup on Chinese literature, Eleanor Updale and a good time for debut novels.
| 15:00Pippa Greenwood, Matt Biggs and Anne Swithinbank answer questions for a postbag edition. 15:451/3Tony Lidington tells the story of the founder of Britain's first Pierrot troupe.
| | 15:001/2Eric Blair goes to Spain to report on the fight against fascism.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Mel Giedroyc chooses her favourite writing at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. 16:30Ernie Rea discusses the development of Makkah with distingished guests.
| 16:00Michael Rosen charts the rise of the audiobook and asks if every writer is a performer. 16:30Grace Dent loves Nancy Mitford, author of Love in a Cold Climate. From 2013.
| 16:00Climate change - why is it denied by so many? Plus class, commuting and the 'tube'. 16:30Why aren't there more women on radio and tv as experts, commentators and presenters?
| 16:00Steven Spielberg - a special extended interview with Francine Stock on his film Lincoln. 16:30How to design a new plane, bird flu, dog domestication and mackerel.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Inez McCormack, Michael Winner, Pauline Phillips and Katie Stewart. 16:30Ticket troubles as CarFest launches and what you should expect of a Writer-in-Residence.
| 16:00Mary Beard on online abuse; Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin; Aimee Mann sings.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup celebrates classic Australian literature with author Thomas Keneally. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests explore the ups and downs of running a family business. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Can the NHS afford to have more senior doctors working out of hours? Jane Deith reports. 17:407/8In a week of wintry weather Cath Staincliffe imagines a world where the snow never stops. 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. 18:304/6With Tony Hawks, Ed Byrne, Lucy Porter and Charlie Higson. David Mitchell hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Les Dennis tries cheese for the first time and gives his verdict to Marcus Brigstocke.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6The crew of MJN Air have to face a real live king and a mythical fax machine.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Stephen K Amos on facing fears, with Michael Redmond, Holly Walsh and Boothby Graffoe.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/8Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
| 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. 18:15The best of BBC Radio, chosen by Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Vicky is overcome with emotion. 19:15Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain; filmmaker Michael Winner remembered. 19:451/5Katie is facing her release from prison after spending most of her life behind bars.(R)
| 19:15Denzel Washington discusses his film Flight; A S Byatt reviews a major Manet exhibition. 19:452/5Katie starts work on the Burnsides order, while Terry starts her rehabilitation.(R)
| 19:15Spielberg's Lincoln; Hilary Mantel; crime writer Adrian McKinty; Lesley Joseph on panto. 19:453/5As Katie is drawn into Grant's plan, the reasons for her imprisonment become clear.(R)
| 19:15Alexei Sayle on his return to stand-up comedy; violinist Vanessa-Mae's Olympic dream. 19:454/5Terry takes Katie on her first trip to the countryside and the pair grow closer.(R)
| 19:00Lillian needs time to think. 19:15Wilko Johnson on facing death; the life of painter William Scott; The Turn of the Screw. 19:455/5Terry confronts Grant over the Burnsides' order and Katie's release date is looming.(R)
| 19:007/8In a week of wintry weather Cath Staincliffe imagines a world where the snow never stops. 19:15Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty and the new Manet exhibition at the Royal Academy.
| 19:153/3The story of Robert the Bruce's fateful encounter with a spider on the eve of battle. 19:452/3After a witness tip-off, the police find a mysterious crate in the depths of the Oslofjord
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| 20:00 | 20:00Radio 4 has been granted access to track work with some of the UK most troubled families. 20:30Why have workers appeared so weak as bosses tip the balance of power in their favour?
| 20:00Can the NHS afford to have more senior doctors working out of hours? Jane Deith reports. 20:40Advice for people taking some glaucoma drugs and tips on coping during the snow.
| 20:00Nick Robinson examines how decisions are reached behind closed doors in Westminster. 20:452/5The story of Al Roth, who worked out how to create a clearing-house for kidneys.
| 20:00Phil Kemp examines the Police Federation and the resignation of Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell 20:30Evan Davis and guests explore the ups and downs of running a family business.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University of Surrey in Guildford. 20:50David Cannadine reflects on the history of American presidential inaugurations.
| 20:00Maxwell Hutchinson on the architects who rebuilt Britain after the Second World War.(R)
| 20:00Ticket troubles as CarFest launches and what you should expect of a Writer-in-Residence. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Inez McCormack, Michael Winner, Pauline Phillips and Katie Stewart.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper looks at the smog in China, alternatives to research on animals, and novae. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe talks to John Adams, Howard Goodall, Barb Jungr and Stephen Poliakoff.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us. 21:30Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
| 21:002/2There may be only two sexes but nature has evolved many weird ways to make female and male 21:302/2Fi Glover discovers how the transition to adulthood has changed since the 1960s.
| 21:0021/24Saving Species reports from the Congo basin on the plight of bonobos. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Romulus and Remus, the foundation myth of Rome.
| 21:00Robin Glendinning's play recalls the publication of Boris Pasternak's classic Dr Zhivago.(R)
| 21:002/2The arrival of Janet's mother triggers a reaction that will have calamitous repercussions.
| 21:00The Money Box Saving Challenge, IFA value for money and the monster shock bill victory. 21:26Baroness Helena Kennedy QC presents an appeal for Circles UK. 21:30Why have workers appeared so weak as bosses tip the balance of power in their favour?
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| 22:00 | 22:00Roger Hearing looks at the challenges for the second-term Obama administration. 22:451/5Muriel Spark's sparkling and much-loved classic story of an Edinburgh school teacher.
| 22:00The Israeli election results and France and Germany mark 50 years of cooperation. 22:452/5A walk through the Old Town reveals another side of the city, and of Miss Brodie.
| 22:00Cameron promises in/out EU referendum by end of 2017. Presented by Ritula Shah. 22:453/5The competing charms of art and music vie for Miss Brodie's favours.
| 22:00Libya, Syria and Israel's election. Presented by David Eades. 22:454/5Art teacher Mr Teddy Lloyd begins to paint Miss Brodie's girls.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Philippa Thomas. 22:455/5Sandy realises that 'you can only betray where loyalty is due'.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Nick Robinson examines how decisions are reached behind closed doors in Westminster.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Sue Cameron of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen on communicating with people with autism or profound learning difficulties. 23:30David Cameron on the situation in Algeria, and more arguments over benefits changes.
| 23:006/6Victoria Coren Mitchell gets Rufus Hound, Clive Anderson and Fern Britton to commit heresy(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:004/6Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle more problems, including - 'It's me or the dog!'(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Shedtown continues into surreal seaside chaos as it hits the headlines. 23:30Alicia McCarthy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Grace Dent loves Nancy Mitford, author of Love in a Cold Climate. From 2013. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs the latest heat in the 60th season of the general knowledge quiz. 23:30Roger McGough with an abridged version of Isabella, by John Keats, read by Barbara Flynn.
| 23:00Steven Spielberg - a special extended interview with Francine Stock on his film Lincoln. 23:30Chris Brookes looks back on life and asks 'was I ever that person'?
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