| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Is modern sport a product of our economic system? Also, boxing's golden age.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood in Staffordshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5After an unhappy early school life, Oxford beckons and Penelope flourishes.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The Fitzgeralds appear quite the golden couple. But things begin to fall apart.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The family is now homeless but Penelope is determined to rebuild their lives.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Now in her 70s and still fiercely independent, Penelope is finally solvent.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3By Tom Connolly. All is well with the man and his lover, until the past calls out to her.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Clair Jaquiss. 05:45There are new calls for the goverment to gas badgers as part of its efforts to control TB. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the whooper swan.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45The Gloucestershire badger culling pilot has fallen well short of its target. 05:58Chris Packham presents the barn owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45Hear one farmer's solution to dealing with hundreds of thousands of pink-footed geese. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay. 05:45Charlotte Smith on why nearly half the government's animal health laboratories will close. 05:58Chris Packham presents the fieldfare.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment, prayer and tribute to Nelson Mandela with Andrew Graystone. 05:45Action is needed to tackle Bovine Viral Diarrhoea in England and Wales, says advisor. 05:58Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment, prayer and tribute to Nelson Mandela with Lord Harries of Pentregarth 05:45One listener tells iPM - 'My husband was a child sex offender, but I never knew.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London. 05:45Mark Coles profiles British Olympic diver Tom Daley.(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.
| 06:00Including 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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Tales of smuggling, a nuclear power station and medieval churches on Romney Marsh.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a pheasant shoot in East Sussex. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mike Wooldridge presents a celebration of the life and career of Nelson Mandela. 06:35One farmer supplies Anna Hill with everything needed for a roast dinner and a glass of ale 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. 07:10What impact has the life and death of Mandela had on the church in South Africa? 07:55Kathy Lette presents an appeal for Women and Children First UK. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Archbishop of Canterbury reflects on the life of Nelson Mandela. 08:48Will Self reflects that our modern secular society has silenced the voices of the dead.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the whooper swan.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Bridget Kendall meets Patrick Keiller, Robin Robertson, Victoria Henshaw and Giles Fraser. 09:451/5After an unhappy early school life, Oxford beckons and Penelope flourishes.
| 09:003/3Jonathan Glancey looks to the future, and asks whether we should try to build a new city. 09:305/5Hardeep learns who is cool and who is not, and talks to an orthopaedic surgeon.(R) 09:452/5The Fitzgeralds appear quite the golden couple. But things begin to fall apart.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets actor June Brown and jazz singer James Torme. 09:453/5The family is now homeless but Penelope is determined to rebuild their lives.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe. 09:454/5For her second novel, The Bookshop, Penelope relives memories of Southwold.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to broadcaster Clare Balding.(R) 09:455/5Now in her 70s and still fiercely independent, Penelope is finally solvent.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with writer Michael Arditti and children's writer Judith Kerr
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey is joined by some of the top scientists on the WH Power List. 10:451/5An impending wedding brings opportunity and Bev’s not likely to be put off by her rivals.
| 10:00Mona Eltahawy; Randi Zuckerberg; pregnancy and mental health; role models for girls. 10:452/5Bev's plans to muscle in on arrangements for Theresa and Nigel's wedding move forward.
| 10:00Jenni Murray discusses how the autumn budget statement will impact women, and more. 10:453/5Bev's plans to muscle in on arrangements for the wedding hit a considerable obstacle.
| 10:00Christmas jumpers - faux pas or fashion essential? British women's film industry success. 10:454/5With the wedding just two days away, Harriet, the vicar, pops in for a trim.
| 10:00Abortion rights; getting boys to read; author Jeff Kinney; female sports presenters 10:455/5By Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. Bev and Shirley move into wedding planning.
| 10:302/2Peter Curran tells the story of the Enfield 8000, Britain's pioneering electric car.
| 10:00Clarrie wants to heal the rift. Meanwhile, Alistair leads a frantic search.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Three couples describe how they have managed to separate but remain friends. 11:304/6To escape his daughter's gluten-free falafel salad, Ed enrols on a clinical trial.
| 11:00Sea lions in California are developing cancer from ocean pollution. What can be done? 11:30Pascal Rogé leads us through a personal and musical journey of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies.
| 11:00Does true love have to be monogamous? We hear three very modern love stories.(R) 11:304/4It is Ellen's birthday, and Tom wants to make an unforgettable impression.
| 11:00One year on from the attack in Delhi, the experience of women who've chosen to report rape 11:30Laura Barton shares her fascination with the cultural phenomenon of tomboys.
| 11:003/3The Rights and Responsibilities song is written and performed by Ghostpoet. 11:302/4Old Grace is sure of strange happenings since the new telegraph machine was installed.
| 11:00Steve Richards of The Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30BBC News correspondents tell stories of their encounters with Nelson Mandela.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Barbara Hulanicki, fashion designer and creator of Biba.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The impact of rapidly rising London house prices on the UK market, and timeshares. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00How much is debt a part and parcel of our lives? Shari Vahl answers calls and emails. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Diesel problems, the chancellor's Autumn Statement and the fight against counterfeit trade 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Friday brings the World Cup draw - Melanie Abbott looks at ticket and travel prices. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a father and daughter talking about cleaning windows for a living. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Energy firms that keep your money, Autumn Statement, and the deal to end mega mobile bills 12:305/7A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:004/6Victoria Wood joins regulars Tim, Graeme and Barry. Jack Dee chairs.(R) 12:32Lesley Steinitz explains the pioneering story of Bovril - a very beefy love affair. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5In the 17th century, the first colonists traded with native Americans using cowrie shells.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5In 1785, the leaders of the new republic declare the dollar will be the monetary unit.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Graham Ingham traces the attempts in 1791 and 1816 to establish a central bank.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Before the Civil War, any bank could issue its own dollar bills - good for counterfeiters.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Examining the circumstances that led to the establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Coleford, Gloucestershire.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Clarrie wants to heal the rift.(R) 14:15An elderly man and his relationship with his middle-aged daughter.
| 14:00Caroline offers tea and sympathy.(R) 14:15A happy family life is disrupted when Tom's son Simon comes to stay.
| 14:15A stranger is found murdered in a walled garden with one entrance. How did he get there?
| 14:00Joe gives some sound advice.(R) 14:153/4By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Pilgrim must assist an odd couple in a very unusual courtship.
| 14:15Steve is stressed. His wife barely recognises him. Retirement wasn't meant to be like this(R)
| 14:00Your views on Nelson Mandela, the economic recovery, and UK education and the Pisa tests. 14:30Lili arrives in London penniless, set on a permanent arrangement with her rich boyfriend.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the GQT team visit Wainfleet near Skegness.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with some surprising decisions involved in being a parent, even one about wolves
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her food story with Sheila Dillon.(R)
| 15:005/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Fishbourne, West Sussex. 15:308/12It's the turn of the audience to question Edwyn Collins about his album Gorgeous George.
| 15:00Need advice on cutting your gas and electricity bills? Call or email Ruth Alexander. 15:30Claudia launches 3 new awards to recognise outstanding help and support in mental health.(R)
| 15:00Tales of smuggling, a nuclear power station and medieval churches on Romney Marsh. 15:27The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website.(R) 15:30Lee Child talks about Killing Floor, the first Jack Reacher book. With James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the GQT team visit Wainfleet near Skegness. 15:45News of the 2012 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. To give this year call 0800 082 8284.(R)
| 15:30Pascal Rogé leads us through a personal and musical journey of Erik Satie's Gymnopédies.(R)
| 15:00A young woman turns up at Jess Tyler's cabin, tempting the God-fearing farmer into sin.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Joe Queenan on the German Wild West novels that inspired Adolf Hitler throughout his life. 16:30A witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world of fossils and geology.
| 16:004/4Historian Michael Scott ends his series with a global perspective on the year 0BC. 16:30Fern Britton and Katherine Grainger talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00Laurie hears about an egalitarian enclave in Andalucia. Also, the meaning of tooth loss. 16:30Steve Hewlett discusses exporting British TV to China, Gary Barlow on Radio 2 and more.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Daniel Radcliffe on playing a beat poet in Kill Your Darlings. 16:30The global march of valley-girl 'uptalk' - now men too are upwardly inflecting.
| 16:00Fergal Keane takes a journey through the private notebooks and letters of Nelson Mandela. 16:30Too much Nigella on Radio 4? And a trip to Ambridge with the Archers archivist. 16:56Fi Glover with a conversation about the role football plays in friendship and love.
| 16:00Barbara Broccoli on her love of Bond movies, and Jeff Kinney on his Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
| 16:00Penelope Lively on where she writes and Suzanne Berne on her novel The Dogs of Littlefield 16:30A portrait of Martinique's most famous son, poet and politician Aime Cesaire.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage 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. 17:30One listener tells iPM - 'My husband was a child sex offender, but I never knew.'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00We face a housing crisis, but is land the real issue? Chris Bowlby investigates.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles British Olympic diver Tom Daley.(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. 18:304/6Victoria Wood joins regulars Tim, Graeme and Barry. Jack Dee chairs.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/5The real point of owning a cat and a culture clash at the Proms.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Stephen traces his ability to spin a yarn to an incident with his mum and the school fete.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson explore the bizarre private lives of famous folk.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/7A 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. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week chosen by Sheila McClennon.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Caroline offers tea and sympathy. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to author Hilary Mantel about two new RSC stage productions of her work. 19:451/5An impending wedding brings opportunity and Bev’s not likely to be put off by her rivals.(R)
| 19:15Arts news, interviews and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a review of Nebraska. 19:452/5Bev's plans to muscle in on arrangements for Theresa and Nigel's wedding move forward.(R)
| 19:00Joe gives some sound advice. 19:15Mark Lawson and guests review Jude Law's performance as Henry V on the West End. 19:453/5Bev's plans to muscle in on arrangements for the wedding hit a considerable obstacle.(R)
| 19:15Arts news, including a review of Daniel Radcliffe in beat poets film Kill Your Darlings. 19:454/5With the wedding just two days away, Harriet, the vicar, pops in for a trim.(R)
| 19:00Alistair leads a frantic search. 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including Lenny Henry's tribute to Nelson Mandela. 19:455/5By Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. Bev and Shirley move into wedding planning.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles British Olympic diver Tom Daley. 19:15Emil and the Detectives at National Theatre, and photorealism exhibition in Birmingham.
| 19:00Shula struggles with her emotions. 19:152/6David expounds on the guilt he feels as a result of writing stories about his family. 19:453/3By Frank Cottrell Boyce. A certain Oxford academic is transported to a strange world.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/3Giles Fraser explores the importance of community in our lives. 20:30Why Catholic priests in Mexico believe they can fight drug trafficking through exorcism.(R)
| 20:00We face a housing crisis, but is land the real issue? Chris Bowlby investigates. 20:40Gary O'Donoghue gets a rare opportunity to sit in the Speaker's chair in the Commons.
| 20:00When we send men and women to war, how do we ensure they do the right thing? 20:4532/3Brian Lavery on how a fishwife from Hull changed the country's most dangerous industry.
| 20:00Have the Coalition's terror reforms struck the right balance? 20:30Peter Day discovers if a war game can help bridge the gap of healthy living in Newcastle.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Coleford, Gloucestershire. 20:50Will Self reflects that our modern secular society has silenced the voices of the dead.
| 20:00Laurie Taylor tells the story of how Nelson Mandela became a moral icon in Britain.
| 20:00Too much Nigella on Radio 4? And a trip to Ambridge with the Archers archivist.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a general, an archpriestess, an autonumerologist and a nephrologist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Conflict between people and wildlife is increasing, what are the solutions?(R) 21:30Bridget Kendall meets Patrick Keiller, Robin Robertson, Victoria Henshaw and Giles Fraser.(R)
| 21:00Claudia launches 3 new awards to recognise outstanding help and support in mental health. 21:303/3Jonathan Glancey looks to the future, and asks whether we should try to build a new city.(R)
| 21:00Prof Andrea Sella looks at efforts to reduce our dependence on the Haber-Bosch process. 21:30Libby Purves meets actor June Brown and jazz singer James Torme.(R)
| 21:00The global march of valley-girl 'uptalk' - now men too are upwardly inflecting.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about the creation of the universe.(R) 21:50BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 21:00Allan Little tells the life story of Nelson Mandela, from prisoner to president.
| 21:00An insurance man comes up with the perfect murder, or so he thinks. Stars Trevor White.(R)
| 21:00Energy firms that keep your money, Autumn Statement, and the deal to end mega mobile bills(R) 21:26Kathy Lette presents an appeal for Women and Children First UK.(R) 21:30Peter Day discovers if a war game can help bridge the gap of healthy living in Newcastle.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Protests on the streets in Ukraine continue. Reporting and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:456/10Laurie risks court martial when a friend's marriage is threatened with ruin.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Laurie and Andrew are drawn closer than ever by an emergency on the ward.
| 22:00Big changes to renewables, China tensions and Central African violence. With Ritula Shah. 22:458/10Laurie's transfer to the civilian hospital puts his relationship with Ralph in crisis.
| 22:00Osborne says austerity plan working, but job of recovery 'not yet done'. With David Eades.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10Laurie is racked with guilt and worry about the two great loves in his life.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15When we send men and women to war, how do we ensure they do the right thing?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dennis Sewell of the Spectator looks at how papers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:007/12Edwyn Collins talks to John Wilson about Gorgeous George, his best-known solo album. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00A witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world of fossils and geology. 23:30Michael Gove on British academic achievement in English, maths and science.
| 23:001/4President Obama's dog Bo suffers an identity crisis. 23:151/4Scientist Ben loses his watch and logs on to a dating website. With Reece Shearsmith.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 23:0010/10Laurie pursues Andrew to London, furious with Ralph for betraying him. 23:15News of the 2012 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. To give this year call 0800 082 8284.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Two reading group friends whose tastes range from Tolkien to bloody murder.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Poet Jean Sprackland takes the Hull train to recall Larkin's famous poem Whitsun Weddings.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Daniel Radcliffe on playing a beat poet in Kill Your Darlings.(R) 23:30Mike Wooldridge presents a celebration of the life and career of Nelson Mandela.(R)
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