| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the risk-taking experiences of young British tourists in Ibiza.(R) 00:45The bells of St Vedast, Foster Lane, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Jung Chang's biography of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Cixi adopts the three-year-old son of her sister and names him Emperor.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a battle of wits ensues.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Cixi faces her greatest challenge as ruler, when anti-Western feeling leads to violence.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3After being converted to northern soul, David plans to hitchhike to the casino in Wigan.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45Good news for wool producers - prices are up by a third. With Charlotte Smith. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45Allegations of scare tactics in the badger cull. We hear calls to stay calm. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the aquatic warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45Restaurants are being inspected to make sure the meat they describe as Welsh actually is. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45Should more development be allowed in National Parks? Charlotte Smith hears pros and cons. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the great reed warbler.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45As the UN reports on climate change, Charlotte Smith asks how farmers can help the planet. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the tawny pipit.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan. 05:45A man convicted of viewing images of child abuse tells iPM why he wasn't sent to prison.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Helen's Parish Church, Sefton, Merseyside. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart asks, is Hassan Rouhani a completely new kind of Iranian leader?(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks with Werca's Folk, a women's choir from Warkworth in Northumberland.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith takes a look at British beverage making - the harvest in a bottle. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully concludes his exploration of the relationship between reason and religion. 06:35Caz Graham heads to Cumbria's Lyth Valley on a hunt for damsons at harvest time. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Modern slavery, halal food, and what's happened to the Big Society. With William Crawley. 07:55Charlotte Sewell, a beneficiary, presents an appeal on behalf of the Trussell Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10For Back to Church Sunday, from Latimer Minster, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. 08:48Stephen King says, 'Love creates horror.' AL Kennedy agrees.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Stephanie Flanders talks to Beeban Kidron, Jamal Edwards, Farida Vis and Adrian Hon. 09:451/5Jung Chang's biography of the woman who single-handedly dragged China into modernity.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Sophie Scott about the science of laughter. 09:30Carolyn Quinn speaks to Claire Derry, whose son went missing in the Australian outback. 09:452/5Cixi forms an important political alliance and launches a palace coup.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets film critic Barry Norman and singer Jacqui Dankworth. 09:453/5Cixi adopts the three-year-old son of her sister and names him Emperor.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria. 09:454/5A young ambitious reformist looks to topple Cixi from power, and a battle of wits ensues.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to novelist and critic Zadie Smith.(R) 09:455/5Cixi faces her greatest challenge as ruler, when anti-Western feeling leads to violence.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Anita Anand meet chairman extraordinaire Nicholas Parsons.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman MP on her life in politics. With Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Summer 1934: Frank's carefree life as a confirmed bachelor is disrupted.
| 10:00Beverley Knight on her new role in The Bodyguard, and the status of women astronauts. 10:452/5Winter 1934: Lilly guides Frank in the art of romance.
| 10:00Jenni Murray looks at conditions inside a Russian women's prison, live opera and more. 10:453/5A bachelor again, Frank organises the latest Clarencourt Cycle Club competition.
| 10:00The life and work of society florist Constance Spry. Plus WH Powerlister Vivien Duffield. 10:454/5Things are in a state of flux. Can Frank recover from his latest blunder with Doris?
| 10:00Arthur Miller's roles for women. A Midlands family in bronze. Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:455/5New Year's Eve. Frank and Doris are saying farewell to 1938.
| 10:301/2Hear the world's cities through the ears of blind BBC presenter and traveller, Peter White
| 10:00Brenda's catching up, and Kathy's been pushed too far.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A portrait of pre Chinese Tibet through the voices of the British who worked there. 11:304/6Brian's dream of retiring to the countryside is shattered.
| 11:00With the illegal trade in ivory on the up, what is the future for Africa's elephants? 11:30Rev Richard Coles returns to his childhood musical hero, with some unexpected twists.(R)
| 11:002/2Headlines show an NHS in crisis. How can those in charge mend the culture? 11:302/4Inspector Lestrade recalls Eugene Valmont, food connoisseur and detective.
| 11:00Reporters with despatches from Kenya, China, Germany, Egypt and islands in the Pacific. 11:30Peter Day salutes the graphic artists whose canvas was Radio Times, which began in 1923.(R)
| 11:00Are ash trees coping with the spread of ash dieback in Britain? Adam Hart investigates. 11:304/6A barbecue proves a painful experience for the three couples.
| 11:00How different are our second attempts at something compared to the first time? 11:30Behind the scenes at the UN, and other reporters' stories from around the world.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to comedian Lee Mack.
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| 12:00 | 12:00If you're a UK citizen living abroad, why are passport renewal fees twice as much? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Is Britain an ageist society? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Lost luggage, remote working, halal food, almond milk, restaurants bucking the recession. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Personal finance news. Will the Royal Mail sell-off be a 1st or 2nd class investment? 12:301/6Steve Punt, Susan Calman and the Now Show team present a comedic look at the week's news.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:007/7With Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Liza Tarbuck and Paul Merton.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates the new School Food Plan and asks if it can make real change. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Lucy Powell returns to the gods and ghosts of the ancient Greeks.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Lucy Powell returns to the great mystical dreamers of the Middle Ages.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Lucy Powell explores the dangers of erotic and political dreams in the Renaissance.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Lucy Powell explores the fear and loathing, as Romantic dreams turn to nightmares.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Lucy Powell asks if Freud was right about dreams.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Nottingham.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30The newspaper columnist Steve Richards goes on stage with 'pro-politics comedy'
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| 14:00 | 14:00Caroline's apologetic.(R) 14:15Comedy drama about disability and online dating starring Cherylee Houston. By Lou Ramsden.
| 14:00Kirsty enjoys some time out.(R) 14:151/2A cabal inside the police conspires to unseat the government. Starring Anthony Howell.
| 14:00Joe's not having a good day.(R) 14:152/2A cabal inside the police conspires to unseat the government. Starring Anthony Howell.
| 14:155/6Sarah prepares for her big trip abroad with her new boyfriend Paul, and Frank gets a shock
| 14:00Rob's working flat out.(R) 14:156/6Frank and Sarah have been called into Manchester Central for questioning.
| 14:00The certainties of climate change, a freeze on energy bills and over-tired pilots. 14:30Can a man given a £1m banknote survive a month without spending a single penny of it?(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in north east London to answer audience questions.(R) 14:45In China 're-education' is still used as a form of punishment - hear one man's story.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Reigning champions Wales begin the defence of their title against the North of England. 15:301/5By Sarah Hall. A husband is shocked when his wife undergoes a remarkable transformation.
| 15:001/6Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about bending the truth. 15:302/5By Lisa Blower. The annual holiday conjures memories of children, picnics and arguments.
| 15:00Got a question about bank accounts? Email Paul Lewis and guests at moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:303/5By Lionel Shriver. Resentments finally surface years after the World Trade Center attacks.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks with Werca's Folk, a women's choir from Warkworth in Northumberland. 15:27Martin Hughes-Games presents an appeal on behalf of Freshwater Habitats Trust.(R) 15:304/5By Lucy Wood. The lives and happenings of the neglectful inhabitants of a particular house
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in north east London to answer audience questions. 15:385/5By Lavinia Greenlaw. Haunting story about the chaos of a disintegrating relationship.
| 15:30Rev Richard Coles returns to his childhood musical hero, with some unexpected twists.(R)
| 15:001/7Guy Crouchback is searching for a purpose to live. Evelyn Waugh's satirical masterpiece.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Ian McMillan goes to Doncaster to explore the unique heritage of Working Men's Clubs. 16:30Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about why religions change.
| 16:00Using new documents, Mike Thomson investigates a largely forgotten massacre in India. 16:30Sir Brendan Barber champions John Steinbeck.
| 16:00The rise of instant noodles. Also, British men dancing like Brazilians. 16:30Why BBC children's TV needs to offer more online, and 90 years of the Radio Times.
| 16:00Cate Blanchett talks to Francine Stock about her lead role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine. 16:30Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister remembers Kofi Awoonor, Peter Kay, Carolyn Cassady and Ferguson Smith. 16:30Tim Harford looks at the claim that there are more hospital deaths in England than the US.
| 16:00Featuring Beverley Knight, Harriet Harman, dealing with colourism, and women in space.
| 16:00Sathnanm Sanghera on Marriage Material, and a look at Brazil's vast literary scene. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems by Charles Causley.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage 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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A man convicted of viewing images of child abuse tells iPM why he wasn't sent to prison.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What rights do people have when they feel they've been unfairly put under surveillance?(R) 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart asks, is Hassan Rouhani a completely new kind of Iranian leader?(R) 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. 18:307/7With Jenny Eclair, Julian Clary, Liza Tarbuck and Paul Merton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6A sketch that is much too rude and advice on how to deal with bullies.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Author Kate Mosse's diary tells of a rain-soaked family holiday to the Lake District.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Mrs Birkett locks horns with Lovely Sue, while Alok and Sanjay find a new cool friend.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Steve Punt, Susan Calman and the Now Show team present a comedic 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. 18:15The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by Stuart Maconie.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty enjoys some time out. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in the film thriller Prisoners. 19:451/5Summer 1934: Frank's carefree life as a confirmed bachelor is disrupted.(R)
| 19:00Joe's not having a good day. 19:15Mark Lawson on the artworks competing to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. 19:452/5Winter 1934: Lilly guides Frank in the art of romance.(R)
| 19:15Mark Lawson meets writer William Boyd, as he publishes a new James Bond novel. 19:453/5A bachelor again, Frank organises the latest Clarencourt Cycle Club competition.(R)
| 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of the new family drama Atlantis. 19:454/5Things are in a state of flux. Can Frank recover from his latest blunder with Doris?(R)
| 19:00Oliver is reassuring, and there is a nice surprise for Joe. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Stephen Poliakoff, and Viv Groskop reviews romantic comedy Austenland 19:455/5New Year's Eve. Frank and Doris are saying farewell to 1938.(R)
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart asks, is Hassan Rouhani a completely new kind of Iranian leader? 19:15Cate Blanchett in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, and Zaha Hadid's Serpentine Sackler Galler.
| 19:151/4Comedian Alex Horne and his five-piece jazz band are joined by guest David O'Doherty.(R) 19:452/3By Malcolm Mackay. A professional hitman finds himself in an unexpected situation.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Owen Bennett Jones has a sideways look at confusions and contradictions of the Middle East 20:30How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold miners.(R)
| 20:00What rights do people have when they feel they've been unfairly put under surveillance? 20:40Norman Lamb MP Minister for Care and Support talks about rehab services for blind people.
| 20:00Is our legal right to challenge the power of government under threat? With Clive Anderson. 20:4522/3Prof Mona Siddiqui considers the importance of friendship in a divided world.
| 20:00Samantha Lewthwaite is once again connected to terrorism in Kenya. Who is she? 20:30Peter Day travels to China to ask why so many graduates are having difficulty finding jobs
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Nottingham. 20:50Stephen King says, 'Love creates horror.' AL Kennedy agrees.
| 20:00Satirist Joe Queenan charts the rise and fall of the 'nudge nudge wink wink' epidemic.
| 20:00Tim Harford looks at the claim that there are more hospital deaths in England than the US.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister remembers Kofi Awoonor, Peter Kay, Carolyn Cassady and Ferguson Smith.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Does human population increase mean more disease for wild and domestic animals and plants?(R) 21:30Stephanie Flanders talks to Beeban Kidron, Jamal Edwards, Farida Vis and Adrian Hon.(R)
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter goes on a quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Sophie Scott about the science of laughter.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap explores how fat from waste is helping us to heal and keep warm. 21:30Libby Purves meets film critic Barry Norman and singer Jacqui Dankworth.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Mamluks, medieval rulers of Egypt and Syria.(R)
| 21:00Elmore Leonard's classic western about John Russell, a white man raised by Indians.
| 21:002/2Unable to recollect words or tune, Harris attempts a comic song to the dismay of all.(R)
| 21:00Personal finance news. Will the Royal Mail sell-off be a 1st or 2nd class investment?(R) 21:26Charlotte Sewell, a beneficiary, presents an appeal on behalf of the Trussell Trust.(R) 21:30Peter Day travels to China to ask why so many graduates are having difficulty finding jobs(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:451/5The merry widow Lady Susan descends on her brother in law Charles, trailing admirers.
| 22:00Ed Miliband announces energy price freeze. News round-up with Carolyn Quinn. 22:452/5Much to his sister's dismay, Reginald is falling under Lady Susan's spell.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/5Two new arrivals at Churchill ruffle Lady Susan's best-laid plans.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/5Lady Susan's plans are unravelling, but she remains determined to marry off her daughter.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/5Back in London, Lady Susan's admirers gather for some surprises.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Is our legal right to challenge the power of government under threat? With Clive Anderson.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Director, author and performer Neil Bartlett explores the myth and song of the nightingale 23:30A composed feature that explores sleeplessness and the sounds of a sleepless night.(R)
| 23:004/4DS Nick Mohammed is asked to provide additional security for a major event. 23:30Gunfight in Cairo, a nervous French woman and a Brazilian man's troubled love affair.(R)
| 23:004/6Nigel is distracted from his teaching duties by his temporary homelessness. 23:154/4Can we make it to the stars? Quirky true history with Helen Keen and Peter Serafinowicz.(R) 23:30Ghanaian healer, injured dance teacher and barrister left for dead in a pool of blood.(R)
| 23:004/4The bizarre and hilarious world of sketches, stories and characters from the ringmaster. 23:30Alan Dein hears a moving story of widowhood from 60-year-old Jennie in the Australian bush(R)
| 23:00Sir Brendan Barber champions John Steinbeck. 23:30Alan Dein hears stories from Peru, Canada and Israel about the power of belief.(R)
| 23:00Reigning champions Wales begin the defence of their title against the North of England.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for the poems of RS Thomas.(R)
| 23:00Cate Blanchett talks to Francine Stock about her lead role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.(R) 23:30Mark Tully concludes his exploration of the relationship between reason and religion.(R)
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