| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the first biography of this leading cultural commentator.(R) 00:45The bells of Worcester Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5JFK's letters to his brother Joe during World War Two when both were in combat.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5At the time of his inauguration, Kennedy was lauded by a famous poet.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Sundry correspondences reveal the warmth and wit of JFK.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A surprisingly intimate and informal exchange of letters with Nikita Khrushchev.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Kennedy receives a vivid missive listing the pros and cons of nuclear fallout shelters.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3It is Christmas, and Achtitsa has no food or money. Then she hears from her long-lost son.(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. 05:43With the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson. 05:45What future for small rural schools? Charlotte Smith starts a week of reports. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the siskin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson. 05:45'The inequality has just grown and grown' - MP Sir Nick Harvey on rural school funding. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the black-headed gull.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson 05:45Hill farmers and retailers. And does lower funding affect results at rural schools? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the golden plover.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson 05:45Are Scottish deer an asset to the rural economy or a menace to the environment? 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the common crane.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Presented by the Chaplain to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Kabul, Padre David Anderson 05:45Charlotte Smith discusses building garden cities in the countryside. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the linnet.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Frances Finn. 05:45'I'm here to rescue this family' - an iPM listener attempts to save his alcoholic wife.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford. 05:45Tim Franks profiles the man who embodied the Indian dream, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; 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.
| 06:00Morning 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. 06:07Felicity Evans visits the Birmingham bog that inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth.(R) 06:30Can rural schools be successful? We visit one of the smallest secondaries in Herefordshire 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully appreciates harmony in the company of pianist and composer David Owen Norris. 06:35Chris Sperring joins Peter Wright and Andrew Gibson at Spurn National Nature Reserve. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Religious news and current affairs with Edward Stourton. 07:55Sir Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10CS Lewis's biographer Alister McGrath marks the 50th anniversary of the author's death. 08:48Will Self argues for greater British cultural self-confidence in the debate over the veil.(R) 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the siskin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with John Drury, John Tavener and Jeanette Winterson. 09:451/5JFK's letters to his brother Joe during World War Two when both were in combat.
| 09:00CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley died on the same day. What events shaped the two authors? 09:301/5Hardeep Singh Kohli explores the origin and associations of the word 'box'.(R) 09:452/5At the time of his inauguration, Kennedy was lauded by a famous poet.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets author Nicholas Shakespeare and singer-songwriter Dillie Keane. 09:453/5Sundry correspondences reveal the warmth and wit of JFK.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest. 09:454/5A surprisingly intimate and informal exchange of letters with Nikita Khrushchev.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to pianist Alfred Brendel. 09:455/5Kennedy receives a vivid missive listing the pros and cons of nuclear fallout shelters.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with poet Owen Sheers; actor Mat Horne's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00WH power-lister Dame Carol Black on her leading role in medicine. With Jane Garvey. 10:451/5Fourteen-year-old Holly can't believe her luck when she is asked out by 20-year-old Jay.
| 10:00The negative stereotypes of nuns on TV and in film. Cecelia Ahern on How to Fall in Love. 10:452/5Police are called to the family home, when 14-year-old Holly goes missing for the night.
| 10:00Biddy Baxter, famed editor of Blue Peter talks to Jenni Murray. 10:453/5As Jay's hold on her gets stronger, will anyone be able to help Holly?
| 10:00A feminist Lily Allen - does her parody of the modern pop video hit the right note? 10:454/5As the pressure on Holly escalates, she tries to stand up to Jay.
| 10:00Jenni Murray meets Oprah Winfrey; the Chilean presidential election, Helena Morrissey. 10:455/5As Holly is helped to come to terms with the truth, she faces a difficult decision.
| 10:30Pete Paphides talks to musicians about five stages of grief following a huge hit record.(R)
| 10:00Kirsty faces a dilemma. Meanwhile Lynda refuses to be deterred.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:04Can Harry Potter fans change the world? Jolyon Jenkins looks at the growth of fan activism 11:301/6Ed starts applying for real jobs to try to get back into ex-girlfriend Fiona's good books.
| 11:00Climate change is forcing some national parks in America to rethink their boundaries. 11:30Tim Key explores the strange sounds that became the Soviet soundtrack to the space race.
| 11:00Dotun Adebayo asks if a bold scheme really has transformed the prospects of black pupils. 11:301/4Tom and Ellen organise a night out so that their parents can meet.
| 11:00Is a deal between Iran and the West imminent? And other despatches. 11:30Dawn French and Juliet Stevenson reveal how a military childhood shaped their careers.
| 11:00Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson retraces Benjamin Britten's composing walks. 11:305/6Joe has to cancel a romantic holiday with his girlfriend, sparking more problems for Mimi.
| 11:00Does the explosion of social media in China empower the individual or the state? 11:30The doughty victims of Typhoon Haiyan, and other despatches from around the world.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to author and children's laureate Malorie Blackman.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Why BrandAlley customers aren't receiving the goods they bought online. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson asks if Remembrance Sunday has lost some of its true meaning. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Do children get too many presents at Christmas? Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Should you buy the album before you wear the band T-shirt? Also, intensive dog-farming. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00What next for DVD chain Blockbuster? Peter White speaks to one of its administrators. 12:52Fi Glover with a mother and son who are dealing with bullying, helped by Children in Need. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Are interest rates going to rise in 2014, 2015 or 2016? And postcode muddles on insurance. 12:302/7A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/6Sixtieth series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game, chaired by Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon investigates the impact of PGI status on Grimsby traditional smoked fish. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5The gripping story of a battle of two cities and a battle of two competing cultures.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5The gripping story of a battle of two cities and a battle of two competing cultures.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5The gripping story of a battle of two cities and a battle of two competing cultures.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5The gripping story of a battle of two cities and a battle of two competing cultures.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5The gripping story of a battle of two cities and a battle of two competing cultures.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Chartwell in Kent.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. 13:303/4Peter Hennessy talks to former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Tebbit (Norman Tebbit).(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Shula tries to face the facts.(R) 14:151/2Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi face an old adversary.(R)
| 14:00Kirsty faces a dilemma.(R) 14:152/2More adventures from Botswana. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi go on safari.(R)
| 14:00David is making plans.(R) 14:15William Morris's trip to Iceland and the clash of friendship and love that lay behind it.
| 14:00Lynda refuses to be deterred.(R) 14:15What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?
| 14:00There's a welcome arrival at The Stables.(R) 14:15Dreaming of fame and fortune, Mary convinces doctors that she is giving birth to rabbits.
| 14:00A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30What really happened after JFK's murder, in the hospital and on the presidential jet?
| 14:00Eric Robson and the team visit the birthplace of the modern co-operative movement.(R) 14:45Fi Glover introduces eight men talking about work, fishing, hooliganism and pickled eggs.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30The incredible story of one farmer who is trying to change the way we produce our food.(R)
| 15:002/7Jay Rayner chairs the culinary panel programme from Oxford. 15:302/12The audience questions Robbie about Life Thru a Lens, his debut solo album.
| 15:00Need help with renting or letting? Ask the Money Box Live property experts for guidance. 15:30Claudia explores how attitudes to mental health have changed over the last 25 years.(R)
| 15:00Felicity Evans visits the Birmingham bog that inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth. 15:27Giles Duley presents an appeal on behalf of Mines Advisory Group (MAG).(R) 15:30Margaret Drabble talks about her latest novel The Pure Gold Baby.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the team visit the birthplace of the modern co-operative movement. 15:451/3For most, TV or radio broke the news of JFK across the world, but not for one Irish farmer
| 15:30Tim Key explores the strange sounds that became the Soviet soundtrack to the space race.(R)
| 15:001/2Ed Stoppard plays an obsessive pianist in a modern-day take on Dostoevsky's classic.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Irma Kurtz looks at painter Henri Matisse's creative relationship with poetry and words. 16:30Aleks explores how technology can give someone back a life that had seemed gone forever.
| 16:001/4Not only the year of the gunpowder plot, in 1605 the world's first newspaper was published 16:30Johnnie Walker and Kate Silverton talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses why neoliberal economics still dominates the post-recession world. 16:30Why small local commercial radio stations fear the digital switchover. With Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00The latest news from the world of film. 16:30How DNA matching techniques can help identify those who perished in Typhoon Haiyan.
| 16:00Sir John Tavener, Manfred Rommel, Anca Petrescu, Eddie McGrady and Grace Jones. 16:30Was Radio 4's Profile programme sexist? And BBC impartiality for Scotland's referendum. 16:56Fi Glover with a conversation about life with a cleft lip and some famous role models.
| 16:00Oprah Winfrey, Biddy Baxter, WH power-lister Ann Cairns and singer-songwriter Nadine Shah.
| 16:00Scott Turow talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Identical. 16:303/4Paul Farley introduces new poems on the old theme of autumnal rot and mulch.
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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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30It's the lifeblood of the world's economy - Evan Davis and guests discuss shipping.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00What do we know about the deals struck with private companies to run parts of the NHS?(R) 17:40Tim Franks profiles the man who embodied the Indian dream, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.(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. 18:301/6Sixtieth series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game, chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:27An appeal on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee for the Philippines. 18:305/6With panellists Tom Wrigglesworth, Lloyd Langford, Lucy Porter and Robert Popper.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Tom is annoyed his parents don't trust him - with his own car or sister.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Clare is in deep water at work, after an unprofessional mishap.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7A satirical 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. 18:15John Waite chooses the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including singer Bryan Adams on his war photography. 19:451/5Fourteen-year-old Holly can't believe her luck when she is asked out by 20-year-old Jay.(R)
| 19:15Mark Lawson discusses the music of John Tavener, whose death was announced today. 19:452/5Police are called to the family home, when 14-year-old Holly goes missing for the night.(R)
| 19:00Lynda refuses to be deterred. 19:15John Wilson interviews designer Paul Smith, on the eve of a retrospective exhibition. 19:453/5As Jay's hold on her gets stronger, will anyone be able to help Holly?(R)
| 19:00There's a welcome arrival at The Stables. 19:15American novelist Donna Tartt, Forest Whitaker on The Butler and 'days of the week' songs. 19:454/5As the pressure on Holly escalates, she tries to stand up to Jay.(R)
| 19:00Jill makes her feelings known. 19:15Kirsty Lang interviews Adam Price, creator of Borgen, the acclaimed Danish TV drama. 19:455/5As Holly is helped to come to terms with the truth, she faces a difficult decision.(R)
| 19:00Tim Franks profiles the man who embodied the Indian dream, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. 19:15Jez Butterworth's play Mojo, Cormac McCarthy's The Counselor and Paul Smith exhibition.
| 19:15It's Ashes time. Will England's anti-hero Dave Podmore be picked...for 'I'm a Celebrity'? 19:453/3A bewildered husband struggles to cope with his wife's political activism.
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| 20:00 | 20:00The newspaper columnist Steve Richards goes on stage with 'pro-politics comedy'(R) 20:30Can France afford its attachment to the big state? Emma Jane Kirby presents.
| 20:00What do we know about the deals struck with private companies to run parts of the NHS? 20:40Blind people talk about using the Motability scheme and a report on an Action rebab course
| 20:00Should charity begin at home? Provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:4529/3Jane Burston argues that we should put profit in its place: as a means to an end.
| 20:00Are children safe in the hands of Birmingham City Council social services? 20:30It's the lifeblood of the world's economy - Evan Davis and guests discuss shipping.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Chartwell in Kent. 20:50Will Self argues for greater British cultural self-confidence in the debate over the veil.
| 20:00Mark Lawson explores the literary and cultural responses to JFK's assassination.
| 20:00Was Radio 4's Profile programme sexist? And BBC impartiality for Scotland's referendum.(R) 20:30Sir John Tavener, Manfred Rommel, Anca Petrescu, Eddie McGrady and Grace Jones.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00As more rubbish is put in landfill and the human population grows, can this help wildlife?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with John Drury, John Tavener and Jeanette Winterson.(R)
| 21:00Claudia explores how attitudes to mental health have changed over the last 25 years. 21:30CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley died on the same day. What events shaped the two authors?(R)
| 21:00New insights into the important relationship we have with microbes that live in our gut. 21:30Libby Purves meets author Nicholas Shakespeare and singer-songwriter Dillie Keane.(R)
| 21:00How DNA matching techniques can help identify those who perished in Typhoon Haiyan.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.(R)
| 21:00Mandy Rice-Davies looks back to being caught up in the sensational trial of Stephen Ward.(R)
| 21:007/7Guy believes his wartime experience is at an end, but then he receives new orders.(R)
| 21:00Are interest rates going to rise in 2014, 2015 or 2016? And postcode muddles on insurance.(R) 21:26Sir Terry Wogan appeals on behalf of Children in Need.(R) 21:30Can France afford its attachment to the big state? Emma Jane Kirby presents.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00President of Philippines declares state of national calamity after typhoon. 22:451/101960s revolution is in the air, and brothers Subhash and Udayan find their paths diverging
| 22:00The UN starts a huge Philippine rescue effort. News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10As Subhash tries to make a new life in the US, he receives a shocking letter from Udayan.
| 22:00UK recovery has 'taken hold', says Bank of England. Presented by Philippa Thomas. 22:453/10As Subhash finally starts to make a life in America, tragic news arrives from Calcutta.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/10Subhash becomes further troubled by the life now open to Udayan's widow Gauri.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10A mother's prediction is in danger of coming true.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should charity begin at home? Provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Iain Martin of the Telegraph looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/12Robbie Williams talks to John Wilson about his debut solo album, Life Thru a Lens. 23:30The foreign secretary makes a statement on relations with Iran. Sean Curran reports.
| 23:004/4Meet the funniest (and unhappiest) man in the world. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as MPs and peers begin a half term break.
| 23:005/6Even the most successful writers have, at some point, had to take jobs to pay the bills. 23:153/4Yasmine Akram and Aisling Bea bring to life some of Ireland's most popular folklore.(R) 23:301/3Alvin Hall examines the struggle of African Americans in the music industry.(R)
| 23:001/4Probing into lazy assumptions about threats to society, starting with the food industry. 23:302/3Alvin Hall looks at the 1960s and 70s, a period of social development for black people.(R)
| 23:00Johnnie Walker and Kate Silverton talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:273/3Alvin Hall looks at the 1980s and beyond, concluding with the rise of hip-hop.(R) 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation about how talking about being adopted can help how you feel.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:302/4Paul Farley meets poets Roy Fisher and Michael Longley.(R)
| 23:00The latest news from the world of film.(R) 23:30Mark Tully appreciates harmony in the company of pianist and composer David Owen Norris.(R)
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