| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie looks at social communication in the Twitter age. Also, elite university admissions(R) 00:45The bells of Howden Minster in East Yorkshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Heston Blumenthal recreates a recipe from the oldest extant cookbook in English.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Heston recreates a 1430 meat parfait disguised as fruit, first served for Henry IV.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Heston finds the 1660 irresistible recipe for Quaking Pudding extraordinarily difficult.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Heston offers a modern twist on Tipsy Cake, examining the English obsession with pineapple(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Heston Blumenthal unveils the inspiration for his signature dish of mock turtle soup.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Pat has secret information about a film script idea. Can he make some dollars out of it?(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.
| 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 Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45Tens of thousands of cattle are killed in snowstorms in the United States. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45Reports of food fraud have gone up by a third, despite fewer resources for food testing. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the rock dove.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45NFU president Peter Kendall won't be standing for re-election. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the short-eared owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45Should farmers be allowed to convert their barns and outbuildings into homes? 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the carrion crow.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain. 05:45The National Farmers' Union breaks its silence over progress with the pilot badger culls. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Goldcrest.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45'My daughter asked if my grandchild could live with me' - iPM explores grandparenthood.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon. 05:45Mary Ann Sieghart presents a biographical sketch of British theatre director Rufus Norris.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Guest presenter Toyah Willcox joins listener Cathy Dreyer for a walk in Oxfordshire.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits the UK's newest power station, which will be fed by farm straw. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully uncorks a bottle with the Bishop of Brighton to consider the symbolism of wine. 06:35Charlotte Smith visits a Zimbabwean farmer growing white maize in south east England. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley discusses pay day loans, christenings and the new Chief Rabbi. 07:55Baroness Boothroyd presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Friends of the Elderly. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A pilgrimage among the saints of Hereford Cathedral with the dean, Michael Tavinor. 08:48Lisa Jardine compares the computer science legacies of Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace.(R) 08:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe talks to Grayson Perry, Penelope Curtis, Philip Davis and Nicholas Lovell. 09:451/5Heston Blumenthal recreates a recipe from the oldest extant cookbook in English.
| 09:001/4The artist Grayson Perry on how to judge quality in contemporary art 09:452/5Heston recreates a 1430 meat parfait disguised as fruit, first served for Henry IV.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets the National Theatre's Sir Nicholas Hytner and comic Jack Whitehall. 09:453/5Heston finds the 1660 irresistible recipe for Quaking Pudding extraordinarily difficult.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer. 09:454/5Heston offers a modern twist on Tipsy Cake, examining the English obsession with pineapple
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews Chris Packham, naturalist, TV presenter and author.(R) 09:455/5Heston Blumenthal unveils the inspiration for his signature dish of mock turtle soup.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein meet space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Do lads' mags deserve a place alongside the weekly groceries? With Anita Anand. 10:451/10Glasgow, 1888. Tragedy strikes after an art-loving Englishwoman meets a Scottish painter.
| 10:00Supermodel and campaigner Waris Dirie, and celebrating Ada Lovelace on her special day. 10:452/10Artist Ned enters a competition to paint the Queen's portrait.
| 10:00Cher - singer, actress, campaigner - talks to Jenni Murray. 10:453/10Annie begins work on Harriet's portrait, but young Sybil is acting strangely.
| 10:00Patsy Kensit's autobiography; Morwenna Banks's new R4 drama; and secrets of a pet nanny. 10:454/10A New Year party goes horribly wrong - and young Sybil gets the blame.
| 10:00Ugandan farmer Polly Apio, undercover police officers and pensions. With Jenni Murray. 10:455/10Young Sybil's erratic behaviour continues to cause concern. Then tragedy strikes.
| 10:30Alan talks to a Saudi woman and Russian man yearning to escape from oppressive regimes.
| 10:00It's party night for Susan. Meanwhile Ed feels demoralised.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Laurence Llewelyn Bowen reports on the international success of British luxury brands. 11:302/6Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Nick Revell, Danielle Ward and Grace Dent.(R)
| 11:00Human population pressure on soils can impact on the earth worm, reducing soil fertility. 11:302/3Alvin Hall looks at the 1960s and 70s, a period of social development for black people.
| 11:00Ian Hargreaves explores the fading visions of legendary Fleet Street editor Hugh Cudlipp. 11:301/4A bike accident lands Tom Sheffield in A&E, just as he is about to go for a pizza.(R)
| 11:00The melodies of Portuguese austerity and other reporters' stories, presented by Kate Adie. 11:30Architecture critic Jonathan Glancey looks at new ways of designing mosques in Britain.
| 11:00Mukti Jain Campion explores the new global interest in Indian-style ingenuity. 11:301/6Mimi branches into teenage fiction. But what's the best name for a go-betweening dog?
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The refugee stories of Lampedusa, and other journalists' despatches from around the world.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Jeremy Hutchinson, former barrister and member of the House of Lords
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| 12:00 | 12:00Carolyn Atkinson has exclusive access to an unannounced CQC inspection of a care home. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How we can improve care homes for the elderly? Andrea Sutcliffe takes calls and emails. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How to reduce the number of young drivers killed on the roads. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Jeremy Hunt on social care, the success of Lush and Edinburgh trams. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a conversation about dealing with breast cancer and pregnancy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winter blast as British Gas hikes prices, star fund managers, and credit unions square up. 12:304/6Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6John Lloyd and Humphrey Ker with Richard Ingrams, Jane Bussmann and Howard Stringer.(R) 12:32Drinks writer Pete Brown explains why bottles of cider should be on the UK's dinner tables 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45In 1947, a bomb in Whitehall brought the conflict in Palestine to British shores.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Fergal Keane considers Britain's counter terror techniques in Kenya and Malaya.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45The Arab revolt against the French in Algeria is explored by Fergal Keane.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Fergal Keane looks at how the challenge of change ignited violence in Northern Ireland.
| 13:00News and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:45Fergal Keane looks back on the 40-year struggle of the Basque separatists, ETA.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Rothbury in the North East(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Rich Morton gathers comedians' tales of their all-time nightmare stand-up shows.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's party night for Susan.(R) 14:15Only an arranged marriage will allow the great composer and organist Buxtehude to retire.
| 14:00Jamie takes the initiative.(R) 14:15By Julia Hollander. Environmental activists are on trial for breaking into a power station(R)
| 14:15By Paul Dornan. Hannah needs a job. Her dad's up for town mayor. Can she run against him?
| 14:00There's a welcome phone call for Helen.(R) 14:15By Lenny Henry. Corrinne returns to Jamaica after 20 years. What will she find?(R)
| 14:00David deals with an emergency.(R) 14:15A man is contracted to repair the lift in a tower block. Why does no one believe him?
| 14:00Caring for the elderly better and Chinese investment in our energy supply. 14:30An extraordinary story of friendship and farewells from Morwenna Banks.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team are at RHS Rosemoor for some autumnal topical tips.(R) 14:45Fi Glover focuses on the support supplied by grandparents, mothers and daughters.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Can there really be only 60 hop farmers left in the UK? Miles Warde finds out.(R)
| 15:004/6Josie Long presents a sequence of mini documentaries about the pain of growing up. 15:30Is Britain heading for an energy crisis? Tom Heap asks how do we keep UK lights on.
| 15:00Thinking of investing ethically? Call Ruth Alexander, or email moneybox@bbc.co.uk. 15:30Does linking child immunisation to benefits and child care improve vaccination rates?(R)
| 15:00Guest presenter Toyah Willcox joins listener Cathy Dreyer for a walk in Oxfordshire. 15:27Michael Palin presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Farm Africa.(R) 15:30Philip Pullman discusses children's books of the early Soviet era with Mariella Frostrup.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT team are at RHS Rosemoor for some autumnal topical tips. 15:453/3By Antonio Prata. On a suburban street in 1980s Brazil, toys determine status and wealth.
| 15:45In October 1983 Grenada's leftist prime minister was killed. Six days later the US invaded
| 15:004/7Guy's unit have been posted to Egypt, where they are surrounded more by rumour than action
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| 16:00 | 16:002/2Laurie looks at how cultural studies has reached beyond academia and into everyday life. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores what technology tells us about ourselves and the age we live in.
| 16:00Attorney General Dominic Grieve on sentencing, the laws of war and human rights. 16:30Arlene Phillips and Jocelyn Jee Esien talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.
| 16:00The World Service and its broadcasters. Also, the use of mental health 'sections'. 16:30Steve Hewlett talks to BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow about her vision for the channel.
| 16:00Director Paul Greengrass talks about piracy and treachery on the high seas in his new film 16:30Robert Plomin on why Michael Gove's advisor is right to highlight genetics in education.
| 16:00Aasmah Mir on Choje Akong Rinpoche, Marcella Hazan, Maxine Powell and Mark 'Chopper' Read. 16:30Should climate change sceptics be given airtime? Where has CBeebies radio been hiding? 16:56A father and son discuss the impact the Leeds Carnival has had on their lives.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Cher on her life, her look and her passions.
| 16:00Conn Iggulden on Stormbird, the first in his new series set during The Wars of the Roses. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests made by a live audience.
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| 17:00 | 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 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. 17:30How are digital marketplaces changing the way we shop? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Who are the British jihadists fighting in Syria and could they pose a threat to the UK?(R) 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart presents a biographical sketch of British theatre director Rufus Norris.(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. 18:303/6John Lloyd and Humphrey Ker with Richard Ingrams, Jane Bussmann and Howard Stringer.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Games galore! Angus Deayton with Fred MacAulay, Josie Long, Miles Jupp and Nick Helm.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Bridget's comic look at how women treat each other in their day-to-day relationships.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Social worker Clare Barker and her colleagues have to move offices and embrace hot-desking(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 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. 18:15Helen Fawkes chooses the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jamie takes the initiative. 19:15Mark Lawson reviews the comedy film Enough Said, starring the late James Gandolfini. 19:451/10Glasgow, 1888. Tragedy strikes after an art-loving Englishwoman meets a Scottish painter.(R)
| 19:15Actor David Jason; Rufus Norris, next director of the National Theatre; Jeremy Deller. 19:452/10Artist Ned enters a competition to paint the Queen's portrait.(R)
| 19:00There's a welcome phone call for Helen. 19:15Arts news. John Wilson meets Paul McCartney, who talks about his latest album, New. 19:453/10Annie begins work on Harriet's portrait, but young Sybil is acting strangely.(R)
| 19:00David deals with an emergency. 19:15The film Prince Avalanche starring Paul Rudd; theatre director Michael Blakemore. 19:454/10A New Year party goes horribly wrong - and young Sybil gets the blame.(R)
| 19:00Kirsty uncovers the truth. 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including Philip Hoare on Morrissey's Autobiograph 19:455/10Young Sybil's erratic behaviour continues to cause concern. Then tragedy strikes.(R)
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart presents a biographical sketch of British theatre director Rufus Norris. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss David Tennant's starring role in Richard II at the RSC.
| 19:154/4Alex and his band try interactive cookery, and Kevin Eldon joins them for a song.(R) 19:452/3By TW Robinson. A granddaughter helps her grandmother to confront a truth from the past.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3Misha Glenny begins his history with the French invasion of 1494. 20:30Have big charities lost their philanthropic purpose? Fran Abrams investigates.
| 20:00Who are the British jihadists fighting in Syria and could they pose a threat to the UK? 20:40Peter White hears how the Young Apprentices fared, and Dave Clarke joins the Hall of Fame.
| 20:00What is our moral responsibility to economic migrants? With Michael Buerk. 20:4525/3Farrah Jarral puts the case for more cheekiness.
| 20:00Attorney General Dominic Grieve on sentencing, the laws of war and human rights.(R) 20:30How are digital marketplaces changing the way we shop? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Rothbury in the North East 20:50Lisa Jardine compares the computer science legacies of Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace.
| 20:00Claudia Hammond looks back at 80 years ago of time use surveys, started by the BBC.
| 20:00Should climate change sceptics be given airtime? Where has CBeebies radio been hiding?(R) 20:30Aasmah Mir on Choje Akong Rinpoche, Marcella Hazan, Maxine Powell and Mark 'Chopper' Read.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sharks are one of the great icons of the oceans and yet are in severe decline.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe talks to Grayson Perry, Penelope Curtis, Philip Davis and Nicholas Lovell.(R)
| 21:00Does linking child immunisation to benefits and child care improve vaccination rates? 21:301/4Michael Blastland invites us to discover the way we think, behave and make decisions.(R)
| 21:00Is Britain heading for an energy crisis? Tom Heap asks how do we keep UK lights on.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets the National Theatre's Sir Nicholas Hytner and comic Jack Whitehall.(R)
| 21:00Robert Plomin on why Michael Gove's advisor is right to highlight genetics in education.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Book of Common Prayer.(R)
| 21:002/3Fergal Keane explores the rise in the power of terrorism in the post-war years.
| 21:003/7Sent home in disgrace following the Dakar raid, Guy is again looking for useful employment(R)
| 21:00Winter blast as British Gas hikes prices, star fund managers, and credit unions square up.(R) 21:26Baroness Boothroyd presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Friends of the Elderly.(R) 21:30Have big charities lost their philanthropic purpose? Fran Abrams investigates.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00US budget deadlock - is a deal imminent? News and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5A young student is forced to entertain a most unwelcome visitor.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/5A novelist recounts a bizarre encounter in a shop that set him on a writing career.
| 22:00US Senators strike a deal to avert default and end government shutdown. With Ritula Shah. 22:453/5A governess watches in horror as her charge behaves increasingly strangely.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/5A man travels back in time for a second and rights the wrong that has haunted his life.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/5A borrowed kit bag harbours a shocking surprise for a young solicitor's clerk.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/4The artist Grayson Perry on how to judge quality in contemporary art(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 | 23:003/4Two original story poems from spoken word artists Salena Godden and Scroobius Pip.(R) 23:153/4The lovers face a challenge to their relationship - Marengo's stablemate Marcy.(R) 23:30Sean Curran with the latest news from the Commons and the Lords.
| 23:003/3The detective risks becoming the next murder victim. Stars Burn Gorman and Toby Jones. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/6What the world's best-known writers did for a living before they became famous. 23:153/4The women US astronauts of Mercury 13, who never got into space.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports on PMQs and the rest of the day's events at Westminster.
| 23:003/6There's a bloke at the other end of the waiting area who starts to unnerve the boys. 23:30Rachel Byrne and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Arlene Phillips and Jocelyn Jee Esien talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster, as MPs debate Private Members' Bills. 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation between friends about what makes them happy and sad.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of poems on a watery theme.(R)
| 23:00Director Paul Greengrass talks about piracy and treachery on the high seas in his new film(R) 23:30Mark Tully uncorks a bottle with the Bishop of Brighton to consider the symbolism of wine.(R)
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