| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The power of numbers in global politics, plus gay rights and religion in Belfast.(R) 00:45The bells of St Andrew's Church in Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The Danes are consistently rated as the happiest people on earth but pay the highest taxes(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The hedonistic antics of an old friend challenge a married couple's complacency.(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.
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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 Lesley Carroll. 05:45A legal loophole could be allowing horses to be exported from Britain for meat. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chaffinch.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45What have the recent storms meant for fishermen in the South West? Anna Hill finds out. 05:58John Aitchison presents the wren.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Reaction from farmers as donated fodder reaches displaced livestock in flood-hit areas. 05:58John Aitchison presents the dunnock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Up to £10m of relief for flooded farmers - but will the cash go far enough? 05:58John Aitchison presents the long-eared owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. 05:45Heated debate as a court ruling paves the way for more prosecutions of animal transporters 05:58John Aitchison presents the waxwing.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. 05:45'I realised I had come back to a war zone' - iPM hears about life in South Sudan.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Clement Danes, Strand, London. 05:4538/3Anne-Marie Imafidon argues that we need to think differently about role models.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Philip Hammond on the government's flood response, plus is Jane Eyre a feminist icon?
| 06:00Assessing the flood damage in Surrey, plus should statins be prescribed to millions?
| 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. 06:07Clare Balding walks along the river Chess with Tom Isaacs who has Parkinson's disease.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe looks at how farmers are coping with devastating floods. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy reflects on how we can experience home both as a place and a state of mind. 06:35Chris Sperring spends a winter's day with a long-tailed-tit family. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00The latest on the floods and how Gravity's visual magic was woven.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. 07:55Denis Goldberg presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Computer Aid International. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Matins live from the Temple Church, London, with the Rev Robin Griffith-Jones. 08:48Adam Gopnik explains why he thinks the pictures on our banknotes matter.(R) 08:58John Aitchison presents the chaffinch.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Harry Collins, Irving Finkel, Hattie Naylor and Colin Blakemore. 09:451/5The Danes are consistently rated as the happiest people on earth but pay the highest taxes
| 09:002/2Responsibility for the Great War has been a fierce battle for meaning ever since 1914. 09:452/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets primatologist Ben Garrod and Australian Aboriginal actor Jack Charles. 09:453/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry. 09:454/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews lawyer Dame Elish Angiolini.(R) 09:455/5Scandinavia and its curious tribes explored in Michael Booth's book.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with Ade Edmondson and Johnny Borrell's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Katy B talks about her new album and performs live. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5A photo is posted to Facebook of a teenager hanging in the woods.
| 10:00The Duchess of Cornwall talks about Shakespeare in schools. Jane Garvey presents. 10:452/5It appears the new case may not be a lynching, but it diverts Craven from Macca's illness.
| 10:00Jenni Murray remembers Shirley Temple Black. Plus abortion advice in the UK. 10:453/5The CPS challenges the cyber bully case, and Florence's dad behaves oddly.
| 10:00Compensation for children with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, plus singer Rosanne Cash. 10:454/5Work diverts Craven from Macca's bedside, and life become impossible for Mark Henderson.
| 10:00UKIP leader Nigel Farage on his party's views on women. With Jenni Murray. 10:455/5Watende is on call, as Mark Henderson is about to jump.
| 10:30Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
| 10:00Kirsty faces a difficult choice, and Kenton ups his game.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2Series following the eight workers picked from 1,700 who applied to work at a new Costa. 11:302/6When Anthony's maiden aunt dies, Damien is asked to do the food for the funeral.
| 11:00Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson follows Arctic terns on their migration north. 11:30John Harris investigates the decline of small music venues on the UK's 'toilet circuit'.
| 11:00Anita Anand explores the taboo of relationships between teachers and students.(R) 11:306/6Clare has finally managed to find some time for romance in between saving society.
| 11:00Correspondents' stories from Bosnia, the United States, Nigeria, Zanzibar and Gaza. 11:302/2Ballet star Carlos Acosta's greatest role - to save a crumbling ballet school in Havana.
| 11:003/3Giles Fraser asks what we can do to strengthen our communities.(R) 11:301/4DJ Asif Ahmed drags Barry from Room 1A to be his on-air radio posse. With Roy Hudd.
| 11:00Jackie Ashley of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Around the world in 28 minutes - BBC foreign correspondents offer colourful stories.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Olympic ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
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| 12:00 | 12:00Consumer news with Winifred Robinson, including how criminals use the dark side of the web 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Winifred Robinson is live from the Baltic Centre in Gateshead for Safer Internet Day. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news with Shari Vahl, including compensation claims for faulty breast implants.
| 12:00Are heating improvement schemes really working? Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Consumer news. Peter White looks at ways your home can be made flood proof. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00Annuities confusion, fluid situation, A-Z of no claims bonuses and stamping out avoidance. 12:301/9A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:001/8With Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks, Fi Glover and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.(R) 12:32From krill burgers to goat's blood, the intriguing diet of the BBC Natural History Unit. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:456/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:457/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:458/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 13:00National and international news. 13:459/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 13:00Gloucester prepares for rising river levels. With Shaun Ley. 13:4510/10Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Walsall.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30The tale of an unexpected encounter between 20th century legends - in a Miami gym in 1964.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Hugh Hughes tells of the time the Isle of Anglesey floated away.(R)
| 14:00Kirsty faces a difficult choice.(R) 14:15Mark discovers his wife has been replaced by a replica, in Ed Harris's twisted love story.
| 14:15Mainz, 1945. Oppenheim has a visitor. A Gestapo officer needs a reference - from a Jew.(R)
| 14:00Jill comes to the rescue.(R) 14:15Three elderly tailors discover that the bespoke suit they're making has mysterious powers.(R)
| 14:15An imagined wartime encounter between Elizabeth Bowen and John Betjeman in Dublin.
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand. 14:301/8The trouble-seeking private eye gets entangled in the rich Sternwood family's tribulations(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Lowestoft, Suffolk.(R) 14:45In February 1979, Iran was undergoing a revolution which would lead to an Islamic state.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30Claudia Roden talks about her life, cooking and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food.(R)
| 15:001/7Jay Rayner and the team are in Norwich for this episode of the culinary panel programme. 15:302.5 billion people on the planet have no sanitation so how do we give toilets to everyone?
| 15:00Looking for mortgage advice or a better interest rate? Lesley Curwen takes your calls. 15:30What roles do paracetamol and glucosamine play in treating osteoarthritis?(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks along the river Chess with Tom Isaacs who has Parkinson's disease. 15:27Lilly Cook presents an appeal for the charity Heart n Soul.(R) 15:30Adam Foulds on his novel In the Wolf's Mouth, set in Sicily during the Second World War.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Lowestoft, Suffolk. 15:452/2Radio pioneer Roger Eckersley's memories of life inside the new Broadcasting House in 1932(R)
| | 15:003/3Miss Thorne organises a summer fete and then develops a cunning plan for Eleanor.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen presents his favourite pieces of writing to a theatre audience. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the spiritual roots of yoga.
| 16:002/4When our cities, our homes or our bodies suffer damage, how can design help? 16:30Daniel Finkelstein and Jill Paton Walsh reveal their favourite books to Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00A tribute to the leading cultural theorist Stuart Hall, who died this week. 16:30Funny women on panel shows, the power of exposes, and is Twitter too niche to fly?
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Grant Heslov, a producer on the WWII epic The Monuments Men. 16:30Dr Lucie Green discovers how underwater whales can be spotted from space.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister remembers a sociologist, a dancer, a car maker and a child star. 16:30Referendum coverage, iPlayer woes, and is Lord Lawson a suitable guest on climate change?
| 16:00Rosanne Cash on her new album. Living to be 105. And the end of all-male TV panel shows.
| 16:00Ben Watt on his memoir about his parents, and literary reviews - do women get a fair deal? 16:30Roger McGough introduces poems requested by listeners.
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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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the business of selling TV formats around the world.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How well prepared is Britain's transport infrastructure to weather the winter storms?(R) 17:406/8By Lloyd Peters. What will young British competitor Chris find in the new Russia?(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. 18:301/8With Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks, Fi Glover and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Sue Perkins sets moral posers for Tony Law, Isy Suttie, Gemma Cairney and Tim Harford.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Mark Steel visits Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, the home of Last of the Summer Wine.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Coming of age in post-apartheid South Africa, Trevor Noah explores race and place.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/9A 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. 18:15Sheila McClennon selects highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty faces a difficult choice. 19:15John Wilson talks to American writer Armistead Maupin about his new Tales of the City book 19:451/5A photo is posted to Facebook of a teenager hanging in the woods.(R)
| 19:15John Wilson visits a new exhibition of work by the late Richard Hamilton at Tate Modern. 19:452/5It appears the new case may not be a lynching, but it diverts Craven from Macca's illness.(R)
| 19:00Jill comes to the rescue. 19:15A review of the revival of the 1963 stage classic Oh, What a Lovely War! with Kirsty Lang. 19:453/5The CPS challenges the cyber bully case, and Florence's dad behaves oddly.(R)
| 19:15Richard Rogers and Norman Foster in a rare interview together. Arts news with John Wilson. 19:454/5Work diverts Craven from Macca's bedside, and life become impossible for Mark Henderson.(R)
| 19:00Helen's evening takes a turn for the worse. 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Kevin Spacey on season 2 of House of Cards. 19:455/5Watende is on call, as Mark Henderson is about to jump.(R)
| 19:006/8By Lloyd Peters. What will young British competitor Chris find in the new Russia? 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural events, including the film Her.
| 19:00Helen has a lot on her mind. 19:152/4Cancel the organic food box, adopt a panda, sell the Cath Kidston potting shed.(R) 19:453/4An argument with his brother sets Ranald on the journey of a lifetime.
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2Steve Richards tells the inside story of the Lib Dems' turbulent years in government. 20:30Is the Saudi-style ultra-conservative branch of Islam the ideological engine of extremism?
| 20:00How well prepared is Britain's transport infrastructure to weather the winter storms? 20:40Sports for the blind lose funding, and a new sleep drug is approved in the US.
| 20:00When should the common good outweigh our freedom to do as we please? 20:4538/3Anne-Marie Imafidon argues that we need to think differently about role models.
| 20:00Phil Kemp reveals the ideological battle between Ofsted and some of its inspectors. 20:30Evan Davis and guests discuss the business of selling TV formats around the world.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Walsall. 20:50Adam Gopnik explains why he thinks the pictures on our banknotes matter.
| 20:00Iggy Pop explores the life of William S Burroughs, America's most iconoclastic writer.
| 20:00Referendum coverage, iPlayer woes, and is Lord Lawson a suitable guest on climate change?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister remembers a sociologist, a dancer, a car maker and a child star.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Sound recordist Chris Watson captures the dramatic sounds of Iceland's dynamic landscape.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Harry Collins, Irving Finkel, Hattie Naylor and Colin Blakemore.(R)
| 21:00What roles do paracetamol and glucosamine play in treating osteoarthritis? 21:302/2Responsibility for the Great War has been a fierce battle for meaning ever since 1914.(R)
| 21:002.5 billion people on the planet have no sanitation so how do we give toilets to everyone?(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets primatologist Ben Garrod and Australian Aboriginal actor Jack Charles.(R)
| 21:00Dr Lucie Green discovers how underwater whales can be spotted from space.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss medieval chivalry.(R)
| 21:002/21986: Roxanna and Danny are in despair over the actions of their father.(R)
| 21:002/3Will the Archdeacon's new vicar be a challenge to the slippery chaplain?(R)
| 21:00Annuities confusion, fluid situation, A-Z of no claims bonuses and stamping out avoidance.(R) 21:26Denis Goldberg presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Computer Aid International.(R) 21:30Is the Saudi-style ultra-conservative branch of Islam the ideological engine of extremism?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. 22:456/20Planning their evening, two young men debate how to handle an infatuated servant girl.
| 22:00Do we need to prepare better for more extreme weather? News round-up with Ritula Shah. 22:457/20Mrs Mooney finds the solution to her daughter's future within her own boarding house.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/20A drink with an old friend soon makes Little Chandler look at his own life in a new way.
| 22:00Economic cost of floods, Belgian euthanasia for children, latest on Syria. 22:459/20A man struggles to get through his day at work, anticipating a good night's drinking.
| 22:00Catholic leader condemns 'punitive' welfare system as 'disgrace'. With Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/20Maria sets out to celebrate Halloween, only to encounter an ominous portent.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15When should the common good outweigh our freedom to do as we please?(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Nosheen Iqbal of the Guardian looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00A special edition devoted to a reunion of classic sketch group Absolutely.(R) 23:30MPs consider an urgent question on the flooding crisis. Susan Hulme reports.
| 23:002/62525 invites you to hear snippets of our future from weight-gain classes to talking pets. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:006/6Tim Key holds an impromptu stag party for his guitarist Tom Basden. 23:156/6Another parallel earth is obliterated when Ian inadvertently mucks up global faith.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Brian tells of his visit to a land with a very different sexual politics.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Daniel Finkelstein and Jill Paton Walsh reveal their favourite books to Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Poems on islands and high seas sail through this show, with Roger McGough at the helm.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock presents a full round-up of 2014's Bafta winners. 23:30John McCarthy reflects on how we can experience home both as a place and a state of mind.(R)
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