| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor discusses the emotional commitment people bring to 'high' and 'low' culture.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip, Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Nicholas Shakespeare writes about his aunt, who lived in Paris during the last war.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Teenage Priscilla flees to Paris with problems and meets gallant Robert.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Priscilla is ordered to the police station by a gendarme in wartime Paris.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Priscilla’s closest wartime friend gathers more facts in the Bodleian library.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30The war is over but is that an end to all of Priscilla’s dramas and privations?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5When a girl who loves her father discovers his deception, it is time to grow up.(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 the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45Is the government taking too long to reduce the red tape around livestock movement rules? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the bewick's swan.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45A year on from the horsemeat scandal, has anything changed? 05:58David Attenborough presents the great white egret.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45A badge of honour for more British foods as Europe gives them protected status. 05:58David Attenborough presents the greylag goose.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45How succession planning can help family farms bolster their business for the future. 05:58David Attenborough presents the black-necked grebe.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. 05:45It's only January, but is it already spring? Nature seems to think so. 05:58David Attenborough presents the glossy ibis.
| 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 Richard Frazer, Edinburgh. 05:45'Nothing is ever the same' - we speak to a listener who lived through a nuclear disaster.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Edward's Church in Eggbuckland, Plymouth. 05:4534/3Former prisoner turned entrepreneur, Curtis Blanc, says prison only works if you let it.(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.
| 06:00Bankers' bonuses, Hollande's question time and underwater internet.
| 06:00Former US defence secretary warns on UK/US relationship, plus anger on Benefit Street.
| 06:00Morning news. Obama's NSA plan analysed, plus a crane climber in action.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans visits Falkland Estate in Fife, home to a former royal palace.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits a small family farm in Warwickshire run by a father and his son. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Sarah Cuddon reflects on the conjunction of the familiar and the strange in our lives. 06:35He's behind you! Anna Jones meets the pantomime farmers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00A body is found in the search for Mikaeel Kumar, plus Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's UK pen pal.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Jonathon Porritt presents an appeal on behalf of the Green Belt Movement International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Jordanhill Parish Church, Glasgow. Preacher: the Rev Colin Renwick. 08:48Adam Gopnik reflects on the attitude of the French to the sex lives of their statesmen.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the bewick's swan.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy talks to Linda Colley, David Pilling, Maria Delgado and David Charter. 09:45Nicholas Shakespeare writes about his aunt, who lived in Paris during the last war.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares the rise of electronic cigarettes with snuff in the 1600s. 09:30Anita Anand talks to Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust. 09:45Teenage Priscilla flees to Paris with problems and meets gallant Robert.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Peter Hain MP and art dealer Philip Mould. 09:45Priscilla is ordered to the police station by a gendarme in wartime Paris.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732. 09:45Priscilla’s closest wartime friend gathers more facts in the Bodleian library.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to violinist Nicola Benedetti.(R) 09:45The war is over but is that an end to all of Priscilla’s dramas and privations?
| 09:00Suzy Klein and JP Devlin with BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz and Princess Michael of Kent.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane Garvey asks why we spend so much time worrying about our physical appearance. 10:451/5Eight years ago an avalanche took the children of Rosscoille. Now one of them has returned
| 10:00Tunisian cartoonist Nadia Khiari talks about how life has changed since the 2011 uprising. 10:452/5The village of Rosscoille is struggling with Cormick's impossible discovery.
| 10:00Are child-free couples happier than those with children? With Jane Garvey. 10:453/5When Cormick attempts to access money from the disaster fund, Thomas smells a rat.
| 10:00Bette Davis archive. Caesarean and forceps births. Sajda Mughal from JAN Trust. 10:454/5With Sally gone, Thomas wants answers and he forces Cormick to admit the truth.
| 10:00Sheila McClennon presents the female perspective, with TV sports presenter Charlie Webster 10:455/5The police catch up with Cormick, but another discovery is made on Aonach Hourn.
| 10:303/3Jazz pianist Jamie Cullum meets piano enthusiasts up and down the country.
| 10:00Pat has her suspicions. Meanwhile Susan strikes it lucky.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Tim Samuels presents a social history of the password as we prepare for its demise.(R) 11:304/6Waiting in for a delivery tests the patience of even the most well-meaning of daughters.
| 11:00Can local initiatives be developed into wider protection for a species? 11:30Simon Broughton tells the story of Hungarian folk musicians Muzsikas.
| 11:00How the Natural History Museum packed its collections off to country houses during WWII. 11:302/6Clare is convinced that the centre is the home of the Secret Social Worker blogger.
| 11:00A profile of Gulnara Karimova, the pop star daughter of Uzbekistan's ruthless leader. 11:30Professor Andrew Hussey explores whether heroin use creates a particular aesthetic style.
| 11:002/2Cerys Matthews continues her trip down the A470, the road connecting north and south Wales 11:301/4Pam offers home truths about where we live. Poetry and sketches.
| 11:00Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30A runaway dog returns in Mali, and other correspondents' despatches from around the world.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to the Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer affairs programme, presented by Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Is your high street thriving or dying? Call or email Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The Olympic legacy, statins, the little black dress and the Food and Farming Awards. 12:30The underground networks helping mums on the run from social services and forced adoptions
| 12:00The classes teaching five-year-olds how to handle money. With Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Peter White hears calls for a crack down on so-called 'legal highs'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Biggest UK investment broker Hargreaves Lansdown changes charges. With Paul Lewis. 12:302/5Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:003/6David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which comedians are encouraged to lie to each other(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon hears the latest on the role of food in the future of the British pub. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45Linda Colley examines England and Englishness.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Linda explores the disparities between the north and south in terms of wealth and living.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Linda Colley explores the principality, which is not represented on the Union Jack.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Linda Colley explores the compromises made when Scotland was subsumed into Great Britain.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:45Linda Colley explores Ireland's relations with its neighbours over the centuries.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Southport.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Exclusive BBC interview with David Attenborough about his life in wildlife sound.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pat has her suspicions.(R) 14:15In Jerusalem, Rasha discovers some home truths in Selma Dabbagh's story of family secrets.
| 14:00Susan strikes it lucky.(R) 14:151/3Aidan Stephens has gone missing. Michael Butt explores the quiet devastation left behind.
| 14:00Hazel takes centre stage.(R) 14:152/3Sally Stephens has not seen or heard from husband Aidan for 16 months.
| 14:00Roy has an inspired idea.(R) 14:153/3Aidan Stephens wants to return home, 17 months after going missing.
| 14:00Henry surprises everyone.(R) 14:15A drama of estranged brothers, with music created from the sounds of the Somerset Levels.
| 14:00Radio 4 listeners have their say on processed foods, the minimum wage, and security. 14:30Jeremy Irons reads TS Eliot's four linked meditations.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the show from Myerscough College, Preston.(R) 14:45In 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other activists were executed by the Nigerian regime.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon revisits the inspirational caterers from the BBC Food and Farming Awards.(R)
| 15:00The British work camps that time forgot, and the return of the Diggers to a London suburb. 15:301/4Michael Blastland explores human foibles. Can we really control our own behaviour?
| 15:00Need help with tax or self-assessment? Paul Lewis takes your calls and emails. 15:30Claudia Hammond reports on a mental health triage scheme with Leicestershire police force.(R)
| 15:00Felicity Evans visits Falkland Estate in Fife, home to a former royal palace. 15:27Rhod Gilbert presents an appeal on behalf of Alzheimer's Society.(R) 15:30Books news with Mariella Frostrup. Carlos Acosta shares his Five of the Best Books.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the show from Myerscough College, Preston. 15:453/3By Ali Shaw. A woman decides to meet the stranger who collects shards of glass. But why?
| 15:45A rare visit to Palmerston, the south Pacific island, where all are descended from one man(R)
| 15:003/3Jenny becomes a nurse again, as she helps Garp to piece his life back together.
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| 16:00 | 16:001/2David Bailey reveals how he's photographed the images that have defined the last 60 years. 16:30Discussion on the impact of archaeological discoveries on religious belief.
| 16:00Michael Rosen and guests 'drill down' into the subject of office jargon. 16:30Irish Comic Dave Allen is chosen by actor and comedian Adil Ray. Matthew Parris presents
| 16:00Laurie looks at research into the fragility of both religious and political belief systems 16:30Does Channel 4's Benefits Street reinforce harmful stereotypes or depict reality?
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Jonah Hill about The Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese's latest film. 16:30Personal genetics kits - useful service or unregulated, irresponsible and gimmicky?
| 16:00Remembering an actor, a psychologist, an opera singer and a former Israeli prime minister. 16:30Tim Harford discovers that health data contradict a report which says obesity is worsening
| 16:00Are child free couples happier? The obsession with body image, and soprano Alwyn Meller.
| 16:00Horatio Clare and Christopher Nicholson discuss the influence of winter in literature. 16:30Roger McGough presents Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, read by Shirley Henderson.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'Nothing is ever the same' - we speak to a listener who lived through a nuclear disaster.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00As water company bills rise, Lesley Curwen investigates where the money goes.(R) 17:402/8Peter Bradshaw looks at Thursday's Oscar nominations and a simmering 'scandal'.(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. 18:303/6David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which comedians are encouraged to lie to each other
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Comic book legend Grant Morrison talks to musical comedy genius Neil Innes.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The history, local dialect and the new bridge.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4The truth behind the war effort, sty construction and evolution.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/5Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis 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. 18:15Mark Thomas presents highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including the winner of the TS Eliot Prize for poetry. 19:451/5Eight years ago an avalanche took the children of Rosscoille. Now one of them has returned(R)
| 19:00Hazel takes centre stage. 19:15Christos Tsiolkas, author of The Slap, discusses his new novel Barracuda with Mark Lawson. 19:452/5The village of Rosscoille is struggling with Cormick's impossible discovery.(R)
| 19:00Roy has an inspired idea. 19:15Arts news with Mark Lawson, including cellists Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. 19:453/5When Cormick attempts to access money from the disaster fund, Thomas smells a rat.(R)
| 19:00Henry surprises everyone. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to some of the nominees for this year's Oscars. 19:454/5With Sally gone, Thomas wants answers and he forces Cormick to admit the truth.(R)
| 19:00It's the night of the Ambridge Wassail. 19:15Joyce Carol Oates on new novel Carthage; special effects on screen; The Musketeers return. 19:455/5The police catch up with Cormick, but another discovery is made on Aonach Hourn.(R)
| 19:002/8Peter Bradshaw looks at Thursday's Oscar nominations and a simmering 'scandal'. 19:15The week's cultural highlights, including The Wolf of Wall Street with Leonardo DiCaprio.
| 19:00Peggy makes an announcement. 19:152/4Marengo is unwillingly put out to stud, and discovers the exhausting joys of parenthood. 19:302/4The chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, 1989-1997, reflects on life with New Labour.(R) 19:451/2A Highland shepherd sees into the future after a meeting with a fellow Scot in London.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Timandra Harkness explores the benefits and challenges from huge amounts of recorded data.(R) 20:30Russia's volunteer diggers who continue to search for the remains of World War II soldiers(R)
| 20:00As water company bills rise, Lesley Curwen investigates where the money goes. 20:40A report on the government's refusal to legislate for audio-visual announcements on buses.
| 20:001/3Spending or saving - Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss children, parenting and money. 20:4534/3Former prisoner turned entrepreneur, Curtis Blanc, says prison only works if you let it.
| 20:00How can the NHS offer more in a time of unprecedented financial pressures? 20:30Peter Day visits Malvern to find out why it is a hub in the fight against cyber crime.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Southport. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on the attitude of the French to the sex lives of their statesmen.
| 20:00Marcia Shakespeare reflects on the media coverage of the murder of her daughter Letisha.
| 20:00Tim Harford discovers that health data contradict a report which says obesity is worsening(R) 20:30Remembering an actor, a psychologist, an opera singer and a former Israeli prime minister.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00As both human and deer populations are increasing, is there potential for conflict?(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy talks to Linda Colley, David Pilling, Maria Delgado and David Charter.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond reports on a mental health triage scheme with Leicestershire police force. 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares the rise of electronic cigarettes with snuff in the 1600s.(R)
| 21:00Dr Kevin Fong evaluates the realities of travelling by bike on UK roads. 21:30Libby Purves meets Peter Hain MP and art dealer Philip Mould.(R)
| 21:00Personal genetics kits - useful service or unregulated, irresponsible and gimmicky?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours of 732.(R)
| 21:002/3Linda examines the four nations that make up the British Isles and their relationships.
| 21:002/3Jenny becomes an ardent feminist, whilst her son tries to emulate her writing success.(R)
| 21:00Biggest UK investment broker Hargreaves Lansdown changes charges. With Paul Lewis.(R) 21:26Jonathon Porritt presents an appeal on behalf of the Green Belt Movement International.(R) 21:30Peter Day visits Malvern to find out why it is a hub in the fight against cyber crime.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Fracking - will government incentives persuade local opposition? 22:451/5Cult classic about youth culture, cool music and racial tension in 1950s London.
| 22:00Egypt votes in referendum on new constitution. Reporting and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/5Mr Cool reports trouble brewing on London's streets.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:453/5A warning visit from Ed the Ted and a worrying visit from Mr Cool.
| 22:00UN warns of African genocide risk, Osborne call for higher minimum wage, Rwanda investment 22:454/5The shocked narrator is determined to woo Suzette back.
| 22:00Obama orders curbs on use of intelligence data. News round-up with Philippa Thomas. 22:455/5Violence erupts on the London streets of Notting Hill.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Spending or saving - Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss children, parenting and money.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Hugh Muir of the Guardian looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Chimps communicate but, asks Michael Rosen, do their utterances mean they use language?(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Using her own experience, Shappi Khorsandi reveals what it's like being an addict.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/6Comedian Tim Key gets interested in magic, to the detriment of his poetry. 23:152/6David Soul and Simon Day star in a series of fantastical comedy apocalypses.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/6Missing for years, Brian has plenty of bizarre adventures to share...(R) 23:30Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.
| 23:00Irish Comic Dave Allen is chosen by actor and comedian Adil Ray. Matthew Parris presents(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs debate a series of Private Member's Bills.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30A compilation of some of Seamus Heaney's notable contributions to radio.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Jonah Hill about The Wolf of Wall Street, Scorsese's latest film.(R) 23:30Sarah Cuddon reflects on the conjunction of the familiar and the strange in our lives.(R)
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