| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie hears about an egalitarian enclave in Andalucia. Also, the meaning of tooth loss.(R) 00:45The bells of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Born 1918, in a village in the Transkei, Nelson Mandela tells the story of his early life.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Working in Johannesburg and doing a degree, Mandela becomes interested in politics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Mr Mandela's involvement with the ANC leads to his arrest and trial for High Treason.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Now using the name David Motsamayi, Mr Mandela is asked to set up a military wing. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5After 20 years imprisonment on Robben Island, the political situation is changing.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Morven Crumlish. A woman meets Walter on the day she was meant to fall in love.(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 the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Big reforms to the common fisheries policy. What will they mean for UK fishing fleets? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the long-tailed duck.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45MEPs decide whether to ban deep sea trawler fishing from the North Atlantic. 05:58Chris Packham presents the gadwall.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45There is a warning to farmers after an unlicensed gangmaster is jailed for seven years. 05:58Chris Packham presents the water rail.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45Farmers count the cost of the clean-up as the tidal surge causes damage to farmland. 05:58Chris Packham presents the mute swan.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Most Rev George Stack. 05:45More testing is urged in wake of the horsemeat scandal, but will farmers foot the bill? 05:58Chris Packham presents the brent goose.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Father Eugene O'Neill. 05:45'Not everyone with my illness is a murderer' - iPM discusses paranoid schizophrenia.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Edward's, Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire. 05:45Edward Stourton profiles Michelle Bachelet, former and perhaps future president of Chile.(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.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans travels from Beeston to Ellesmere Port along the Shropshire Union Canal.(R) 06:30Reforms to EU fishing policies... what will they mean for the fishermen in the UK? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Samira Ahmed reflects on the power and pleasure of making things by hand. 06:35It's not even Christmas yet, and Sybil Ruscoe is helping out in the lambing shed. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Jo Brand presents an appeal for Macmillan Cancer Support. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Mary's Church, Swansea. Preacher: the Most Rev Dr Barry Morgan. 08:48John Gray gives his own theory for the cultural longevity of Charles Dickens.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the long-tailed duck.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy talks to Alison Woollard, Kathryn Asbury, Roger Kneebone and Sir Mark Elder. 09:451/5Born 1918, in a village in the Transkei, Nelson Mandela tells the story of his early life.
| 09:001/4Tarek Osman traces the characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world. 09:452/5Working in Johannesburg and doing a degree, Mandela becomes interested in politics.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets musician Jamie Cullum and Professor Richard Dawkins. 09:453/5Mr Mandela's involvement with the ANC leads to his arrest and trial for High Treason.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger. 09:454/5Now using the name David Motsamayi, Mr Mandela is asked to set up a military wing.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Barbara Hulanicki, fashion designer and creator of Biba.(R) 09:455/5After 20 years imprisonment on Robben Island, the political situation is changing.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with author and educational adviser Dreda Say Mitchell.
| 09:00Presented by John Humphrys, with Allan Little in Qunu.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Winnie Mandela speaking to Woman's Hour in 1986, and WH power-lister Marisa Drew. 10:451/5Sam's cousin asks to borrow £350 to rebuild his house, then jumps in a pond.
| 10:00An advent treat from Mary Beard and businesswoman Harriet Green. With Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Sam buys a pornographic book in French, but then burns it (after reading).
| 10:00Jenni Murray discusses Susan Boyle's Aspergers diagnosis. Plus childcare in Fiji. 10:453/5Sam and Elizabeth visit the hot springs at Bath. Sam thinks the water isn't clean.
| 10:00Wendy takes centre stage as Peter Pan gets a feminist makeover. With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Sam has been gadding about, then Elizabeth finds him fondling the maid.
| 10:00With guest Lady Justice Hallett, and discussion on extreme commutes. 10:455/5Elizabeth is furious with Sam over his affair with the maid and refuses to wash.
| 10:30David Owen Norris recreates poet John Clare's music in his Helpston cottage.
| 10:00Shula struggles with her emotions. Meanwhile Jennifer and Jess begin to bond.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Can graphene developed in Manchester give the UK an edge in a new global market? 11:305/6Ed takes up a professorship at a prestigious writing retreat.
| 11:00What is the effect of increasing numbers of tourists visiting wildlife hotspots? 11:30Frankie Valli and others share their memories of the classic song.
| 11:00Alan Dein's back with the story of two Norfolk landladies and their ill-assorted lodgers. 11:301/4Richard Wilson charts the extraordinary effect Victor Meldrew has had on his life.
| 11:00Can Indonesia successfully introduce the world's largest public health insurance scheme? 11:30Martin Ellis explores the work of contemporary silversmiths.
| 11:00Frank Cottrell Boyce marks the centenary of DH Lawrence's first masterpiece. 11:303/4Morwenna is bored with life on St Martin's, where locals want to protect the post office.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman of the Spectator looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Will the army move to end the crisis in Thailand? And other reporters' despatches.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to poet Gillian Clarke.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Winifred Robinson looks at charges by fund managers and the UK's first social supermarket. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Why do we have more overweight children in the UK than elsewhere in Western Europe? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson asks why so many diesel drivers are being landed with big repair bills. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest report into food standards following the horsemeat scandal. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Do long shifts put both the doctors and patients in danger? Shari Vahl investigates. 12:52Fi Glover introduces a conversation about the rights and wrongs of cremation. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The pension industry is accused of 'burgling' pensioners over annuities. With Paul Lewis. 12:306/7Satirical review of the news, with guests Samira Ahmed, Hugo Rifkind and Rufus Hound.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:005/6Regulars Tim, Graeme and Barry are joined by David Mitchell. Jack Dee chairs.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon explores a renaissance in the great British fish and chip shop. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45Jeremy Summerly discovers what he believes to be the first carol written in English.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45How the Franciscans used the carol to make the birth of Jesus a focus.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Jeremy Summerly uncovers a developing professionalism in carol singing and writing.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Jeremy describes the impact of the Reformation and Puritan attitudes to music.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Jeremy Summerly visits Dorchester where Thomas Hardy captured the caroling tradition.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leeds.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Yorkshire grandmother Marina Chapman tells her dramatic tale of survival in the wild.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Shula struggles with her emotions.(R) 14:15Docudrama about an aspiring young journalist who decided to spend a week sleeping rough.
| 14:00Jennifer and Jess begin to bond.(R) 14:15By Timothy X Atack. A young boy and a very strange Santa go on a Christmas road trip.
| 14:00Who is the mysterious visitor at Ambridge Hall?(R) 14:15Irritation quickly turns to an obsession as Sarah gets ever more fixated on her neighbours(R)
| 14:154/4By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Pilgrim's quest for the Radiant Boy nears its mysterious end.
| 14:00Shula makes a shocking discovery.(R) 14:15By Virginia Gilbert. A journalist is accused of molesting his stepdaughter.
| 14:00Your thoughts on MPs' salaries, segregation of the sexes, and testing in schools. 14:30David Aaronovitch presents a docudrama examining a secret government Cold War exercise.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts GQT from the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place.(R) 14:45Fi Glover with conversations about terminal cancer, acne, friendship and dreadlocks.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30Lesley Steinitz explains the pioneering story of Bovril - a very beefy love affair.(R)
| 15:006/7Jay Rayner and the team are in Dover for this episode of the culinary panel programme. 15:3010/12Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler answer audience questions about the album Club Classics Vol 1.
| 15:00For the best rates on cash accounts, email or call Ruth Alexander and guests. 15:30Brains struggle with learning to dance. Claudia has a lesson with Strictly's Robin Windsor(R)
| 15:00Felicity Evans travels from Beeston to Ellesmere Port along the Shropshire Union Canal. 15:27Kathy Lette presents an appeal for Women and Children First UK.(R) 15:30Penelope Lively on where she writes and Suzanne Berne on her novel The Dogs of Littlefield(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts GQT from the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place. 15:451/3An Edwardian house party takes a comic turn when the hostess fancies turning into a wolf.
| 15:30Frankie Valli and others share their memories of the classic song.(R)
| 15:00Jim Sheridan directs Roddy Doyle's groundbreaking novel. Jimmy Rabbite is on a mission.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Bryan Ferry returns to his early passion for jazz music. 16:30Brian and Robin explore mathematics, infinity and the role of numbers in everyday life.
| 16:00Timandra Harkness explores the benefits and challenges from huge amounts of recorded data. 16:30Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue champions songwriter Hank Williams. Matthew Parris presents.
| 16:00Laurie discusses a landmark study into communities. Also, pockets in Papua New Guinea. 16:30Mike Darcey, chief exec of News UK, talks about the success of Sun digital subscriptions.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to legendary film producer Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax. 16:30Scientists are ready to form the vanguard in the fight to protect UK food from criminals.
| 16:00A jazz musician, a Spanish general, a hockey international, a flea expert and an actress. 16:30Was the coverage of Nelson Mandela's death too much? And is music taking over Radio 4? 16:56Fi Glover with a conversation about the lasting impact of having to terminate a pregnancy.
| 16:00Birgitte Hjort Sorensen on Borgen. Lady Justice Hallett. Return of the scrunchie.
| 16:00Jill Paton Walsh and Sarah Crown talk about the enduring appeal of Lord Peter Wimsey. 16:30Edge - a journey through space in poetry by Katrina Porteous, music by Peter Zinovieff.
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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 presented by Paddy O'Connell. 17:30'Not everyone with my illness is a murderer' - iPM discusses paranoid schizophrenia.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Simon Jack tells the surprising story of the US Federal Reserve.(R) 17:40Edward Stourton profiles Michelle Bachelet, former and perhaps future president of Chile.(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. 18:305/6Regulars Tim, Graeme and Barry are joined by David Mitchell. Jack Dee chairs.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/5Pedantic 'Gardener's Question Time' and an enchanted stationery cupboard.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Young Stephen falls in love, discovers something about himself and breaks his first heart.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson explore the bizarre private lives of famous folk.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/7Satirical review of the news, with guests Samira Ahmed, Hugo Rifkind and Rufus Hound.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Benjamin Zephaniah chooses the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jennifer and Jess begin to bond. 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Derren Brown on how to steal valuable paintings. 19:451/5Sam's cousin asks to borrow £350 to rebuild his house, then jumps in a pond.(R)
| 19:00Who is the mysterious visitor at Ambridge Hall? 19:15Mark Lawson samples this year's festive singles with Front Row's Christmas Jukebox. 19:452/5Sam buys a pornographic book in French, but then burns it (after reading).(R)
| 19:15Mark Lawson presents news from the worlds of arts, literature, film and music. 19:453/5Sam and Elizabeth visit the hot springs at Bath. Sam thinks the water isn't clean.(R)
| 19:00Shula makes a shocking discovery. 19:15John Wilson is with Victoria Wood in Salford for the unveiling of a new work of art. 19:454/5Sam has been gadding about, then Elizabeth finds him fondling the maid.(R)
| 19:15Mark Lawson talks to Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. 19:455/5Elizabeth is furious with Sam over his affair with the maid and refuses to wash.(R)
| 19:00Edward Stourton profiles Michelle Bachelet, former and perhaps future president of Chile. 19:15The week's cultural highlights with Tom Sutcliffe, including Matt Smith in American Psycho
| 19:00Leonie is feeling lonely. 19:153/6A trip to China does not work out well for David, especially on the food front. 19:451/5By Linda Ruhemann. Shopping for souvenirs in a small holiday town, a man's past is evoked.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Giles Fraser asks if we have always been nostalgic about community. 20:30One year on from the attack in Delhi, the experience of women who've chosen to report rape(R)
| 20:00Simon Jack tells the surprising story of the US Federal Reserve. 20:40Mani Djazmi presents and talks to guests about the problems of dating as a blind person.
| 20:00What are the moral limits of forgiveness? Engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:451/3Tim Harford and his guests tell intriguing stories inspired by maps.
| 20:00Andrew Fletcher investigates tensions in some UK cities with large Roma communities. 20:30Peter Day talks to people with disabilities and asks how equal their opportunities are.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leeds. 20:50John Gray gives his own theory for the cultural longevity of Charles Dickens.
| 20:00Rex Bloomstein revisits the stories of human rights appeals he made 25 years ago.
| 20:00Was the coverage of Nelson Mandela's death too much? And is music taking over Radio 4?(R) 20:30A jazz musician, a Spanish general, a hockey international, a flea expert and an actress.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sea lions in California are developing cancer from ocean pollution. What can be done?(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy talks to Alison Woollard, Kathryn Asbury, Roger Kneebone and Sir Mark Elder.(R)
| 21:00Brains struggle with learning to dance. Claudia has a lesson with Strictly's Robin Windsor 21:301/4Tarek Osman traces the characters and ideas that have shaped the modern Arab world.(R)
| 21:00Gaia Vince asks if geoengineering by blocking the sun could stop the earth warming up. 21:30Libby Purves meets musician Jamie Cullum and Professor Richard Dawkins.(R)
| 21:00Scientists are ready to form the vanguard in the fight to protect UK food from criminals.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Roman letter-writer Pliny the Younger.(R)
| 21:001/2Jeremy Summerly tells the story of the enduring tradition that is the Christmas carol.
| 21:00A young woman turns up at Jess Tyler's cabin, tempting the God-fearing farmer into sin.(R)
| 21:00The pension industry is accused of 'burgling' pensioners over annuities. With Paul Lewis.(R) 21:26Jo Brand presents an appeal for Macmillan Cancer Support.(R) 21:30Peter Day talks to people with disabilities and asks how equal their opportunities are.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Will the ANC be able to tackle corruption after the death of Mandela? With Ritula Shah. 22:451/5Seven-year-old Buddy and best friend the elderly Miss Sook prepare for the festive season.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/5Buddy and his elderly best friend Miss Sook go to the woods in search of a tree.
| 22:00Dementia pledge, US Ukraine threat, and Indonesian healthcare. With Ritula Shah. 22:453/5Sook invites Buddy's worst enemy to their special party.
| 22:00Will Ukraine's Yanukovich sign Europe's trade deal? News round-up with Philippa Thomas. 22:454/5A shudder goes through Buddy. Then his worst enemy appears.
| 22:00Violent purge in North Korea raises new fears about stability. With Philippa Thomas. 22:455/5Buddy is invited to New Orleans to spend the festive season with his estranged father.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15What are the moral limits of forgiveness? Engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Caroline Daniel of the FT looks at how papers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:009/12Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler talk to John Wilson about the album Club Classics Vol 1. 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Brian and Robin explore mathematics, infinity and the role of numbers in everyday life. 23:30Iain Duncan Smith defends plans for the introduction of Universal Credit.
| 23:002/4Barney reveals how George Bush broke his heart by being unfaithful with another man. 23:152/4Ben and Graham are short on food supplies and cannot radio main base.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports on Prime Minister's Questions and the rest of the day's events.
| 23:001/4Welcome to a kingdom much like our own and nothing like it in the slightest. 23:30Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue champions songwriter Hank Williams. Matthew Parris presents.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Fi Glover presents a conversation about LARPing - that is, Live Action Role Play.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30A portrait of Martinique's most famous son, poet and politician Aime Cesaire.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to legendary film producer Harvey Weinstein, co-founder of Miramax.(R) 23:30Samira Ahmed reflects on the power and pleasure of making things by hand.(R)
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