| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The rise and fall of Creative Britain. Plus sexology re-visited.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of St Mary and St Benedict, Buckland Brewer in Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/2Scottish-born poet Katrina Porteous explores the Northumbrian landscape.(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. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45A new project aims to develop varieties of wheat better able to cope with climate change. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45Too many farm animals are dying before they even reach the abattoir, says a new report. 05:58Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South American pampas.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45Farmers are calling for a public inquiry into the effects of sheep dip on their health. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45The Rural Coalition says the government must do better for those in the countryside. 05:58Chris Packham presents the nocturnal red-necked nightjar of the Spanish countryside.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Alison Jack. 05:45Tidal surge anniversary, Christmas pork and the Potato Council. Anna Hill presents. 05:58Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North America.
| 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 Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45'She must have held the patient's hand, I'm sure that's how she got infected.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood in Staffordshire. 05:45Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan, the anthropologist with the explosive temper.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. 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. 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. 06:07Helen Mark is in the Belfast Hills to hear from the people who live and work there.(R) 06:30A look at the farmers and producers behind our Christmas dinner. Presented by Anna Hill. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Psst... listen... John McCarthy considers the pleasures and perils of loose-tongued talk. 06:35When an artist met a shepherdess - a story of friendship, farming and art. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Human trafficking, Christian refugees and biblical movie blockbusters. 07:55The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The second service in the Advent series, live from St Joseph's Church in Bradford. 08:48Roger Scruton muses on the difference between genuine art and that based on fake emotion.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the secrets of evolution and threats of extinction. 09:451/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.
| 09:002/4Atul Gawande calls for a radical rethink of medical systems to transform healthcare. 09:452/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets musician Keith Ball and wildlife expert Lucy Cooke. 09:453/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism. 09:454/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews actor Damian Lewis.(R) 09:455/5Essays by Mohsin Hamid encompassing memoir, art and politics.
| 09:00Matthew Bourne and X Factor winner Sam Bailey join Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 09:45Aasmah Mir reports on how the money from the 2013 appeal has been spent.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Helen Lederer and a panel of experts explore how hormones affect women during their life. 10:451/5New York, 1948. A young woman is about to have her life turned upside down.
| 10:00Valerie Trierweiler on her break-up with President Francois Hollande. 10:452/5A chance meeting in a New York department store brings two women together.
| 10:00Prof Angela Davis, best known as a member of the Black Panthers in the 1960s. 10:413/5Carol and Therese set out on a car trip to discover 1940s America - and each other. 10:55A writer and her physicist husband talk about writing a novel together.
| 10:00How Girl Guides are tackling unhealthy body talk and promoting self-esteem. 10:454/5Carol and Therese face the harsh realities of homophobia in 1940's America.
| 10:00Female aviator Sheila Scott, feminism and men, and wills that destroy families. 10:455/5Carol and Therese's relationship seems to be over. But will love find a way?
| 10:306/6A look back at radio comedy in the early 2000s, with Justin Edwards and Jan Ravens.
| 10:00David has news for Brian, and Emma has a question.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein visits an old mariners' home on the banks of the River Mersey. 11:304/8Barney and Evan help David with renovations, while the girls get bikini-ready.
| 11:00As east Africa gets hotter and drier will conflict between cattle and wildlife increase? 11:30Exploring the lasting emotional impact of The Smiths' 1986 anthem.
| 11:00Julie Fernandez considers whether to have children at risk of inheriting her disability.(R) 11:302/4Sitcom where Britain's longest serving PCSO, and Britain's laziest, make quite a pairing.
| 11:00In Yemen, tradition allows men to marry each other's sisters - but at what price? 11:30April de Angelis explores the depiction of sexual violence in feminist theatre.
| 11:002/2Geoff Watts contunues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip 11:302/3A respected Scots sheriff tries to retrieve a family heirloom from his brother's coffin.(R)
| 11:00Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30A crackdown in China's most troubled region, Xinjiang.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Julie Bentley, CEO of Girlguiding.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Graham household prepares for an arrival. 12:15Are university students getting value for money? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04No news is good news, but for Kitty, good news is devastating. 12:15Have we become obsessed with getting the best deal? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04All is not well in the Winwood household, but Ralph cannot fathom why. 12:15A look at the councils putting people in need of care up for 'auction'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Jessie wants to do her bit for the war effort, but she cannot seem to find anything to do. 12:15The two-year switch to a new energy company, and Venice's battle with wheelie suitcases. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Joe Macknade dearly wants to enlist, but is it for glory, or to escape home? 12:15More investigations into pension mis-selling. Plus pubs that grow their own produce. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Paul Lewis talks to people who have paid a penalty for an error by HSBC. 12:307/9Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Holly Walsh and Bob Mills.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined by Omid Djalili on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon presents a review of the most exciting cookbooks of 2014. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Beirut became a crucible of terrorism in the 1980s. Fergal Keane revisits the city.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Fergal Keane visits Israel to discover how suicide bombing changed society.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Islamic fighters joined the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Fergal Keane gauges their impact.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Fergal Keane examines how the legal system has changed to tackle terrorism since 9/11.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:45Has our response to terrorism changed since 1800? Fergal Keane ends his series.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Felsted in Essex.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30For Israelis and Palestinians everything is politicised, even the olive harvest.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kenton speaks his mind.(R) 14:151/3Barrister Rebecca Nyman fights for compensation for a client who was 'wrongly' arrested.
| 14:00Kenton speaks his mind, and Peggy speaks from the heart.(R) 14:152/3Barrister Rebecca Nyman represents a teenager facing permanent exclusion from his school.
| 14:00David has news for Brian.(R) 14:153/3A mother fights for compensation following the traumatic birth of her son.
| 14:00Elizabeth and Shula face Jill.(R) 14:15David Pownall imagines a row between WB Yeats and Sean O'Casey in Literary Revival Dublin.
| 14:15Drama imagining a day in the life of Hans Christian Andersen as a child.(R)
| 14:00Spending cuts, treating obese and smokers on the NHS, and new Scottish drink driving laws. 14:304/4Leonardo Padura's award-winning Cuban detective series featuring Lieutenant Mario Conde.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Bournemouth.(R) 14:45Conversations about homelessness, boarding school and finding ways of working together.
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| 15:00 | 15:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs another semi-final of the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30In New York's south Bronx, Sheila Dillon finds out how food is transforming communities.(R)
| 15:003/4Tom talks to Sir Kenneth Grange about his ideas on designing furniture for older people. 15:308/12Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats talk to John Wilson about 'A Tonic for the Troops'.
| 15:00Answering listeners' queries about investing and the best rates on cash accounts. 15:30Mobile phones and driving, intensive treatment for PTSD, and new drugs for psychosis.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark is in the Belfast Hills to hear from the people who live and work there. 15:27Michael Palin presents an appeal for Motivation(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to Mal Peet about his latest book The Murdstone Trilogy.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Bournemouth. 15:453/3A writer's research for a story about time machines takes a strange turn.
| 15:30Exploring the lasting emotional impact of The Smiths' 1986 anthem.(R)
| 15:005/6Murder and betrayal threaten to undermine all that Arthur holds dear.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Bruce Lacey, legendary artist, performer and mischief-maker, reflects on his life. 16:30How are religious plague narratives affecting the responses to the Ebola outbreak?
| 16:001/2Kevin Fong explores the development of trauma medicine through conflict and catastrophe. 16:30Sean Lock and Roisin Conaty discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Port cities in the global age, from Marseilles to Liverpool. Plus middle class drinking. 16:30Steve Hewlett talks to Christopher Jefferies, plus news that The Times has turned a profit
| 16:00Kevin Macdonald on Jude Law, Ben Burtt on Ewoks, and Jason Reitman. 16:30A NASA space capsule which could transport humans to Mars is set to make its maiden flight
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, an ice hockey coach, a clown, and a singer. 16:30Elan Closs Stephens on why listeners' views matter, plus behind-the-scenes of Home Front. 16:55Friends who have both experienced homelessness find that it can have unexpected bonuses.
| 16:00Professor Angela Davis, the celebrated civil rights activist.
| 16:00James Naughtie and Allan Mallinson discuss Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian. 16:302/4Paul Farley does the Knowledge, collecting taxi poems and sounds from all over London.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'She must have held the patient's hand, I'm sure that's how she got infected.'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Tom Mangold investigates the life of Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal leader.(R) 17:40Aasmah Mir reports on how the money from the 2013 appeal has been spent.(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. 18:303/6Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined by Omid Djalili on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Tom's parents take extreme measures when a new zebra crossing appears outside their house.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/4Paul finds out how his high street became dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Musician Chris Difford reads his 1974 diary, which charts the birth of his band Squeeze.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:307/9Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Holly Walsh and Bob Mills.
| 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. 18:15Antonia Quirke chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kenton speaks his mind, and Peggy speaks from the heart. 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews the film St Vincent, which stars Bill Murray as a reluctant babysitter 19:451/5New York, 1948. A young woman is about to have her life turned upside down.(R)
| 19:00David has news for Brian. 19:15Albums of the year, Jeremy Deller, Assassins, historic photographs at the Science Museum. 19:452/5A chance meeting in a New York department store brings two women together.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth and Shula face Jill. 19:15Peter Jackson on The Hobbit, Philip Pullman on William Blake, and memoirs of the year. 19:453/5Carol and Therese set out on a car trip to discover 1940s America - and each other.(R)
| 19:15Composer Harrison Birtwistle at 80; The Grandmaster; Christmas boxsets; Wonder Woman. 19:454/5Carol and Therese face the harsh realities of homophobia in 1940's America.(R)
| 19:00We delve into The Archers’ archive and it’s the night of the Christmas Lights Switch On. 19:15Jim Broadbent, young adult fiction, the Elgin Marbles, Tena Stivicic, and comedy DVDs. 19:455/5Carol and Therese's relationship seems to be over. But will love find a way?
| 19:00Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan, the anthropologist with the explosive temper. 19:15Men Women and Children, Hope, William Blake, Olive Kitteridge, and End of Days.
| 19:00Time to learn about the History of the Turkey? 19:154/4How will happily married Hal cope with the romantic attention of a new neighbour. 19:452/3By Natalie Haynes. Penny helps at a care home to distract from her own life.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Danny Kruger investigates why some US conservatives want to get people out of jail. 20:30Gabriel Gatehouse goes in search of Annie, an Ebola victim in Liberia.(R)
| 20:00Aditya Chakrabortty reports on the student fight to reform their economics education. 20:40Paralympic skier Jade Etherington talks of her decision to retire.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch presents the combative, provocative and engaging debate. 20:4575/3Elizabeth Wurtzel explores the relationship between writing and the need to pay the bills.
| 20:00Suspected suicide bomber Kabir Ahmed left Derby to join IS. Simon Cox investigates why. 20:30Peter Day investigates government-run sovereign wealth funds.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Felsted in Essex. 20:50Roger Scruton muses on the difference between genuine art and that based on fake emotion.
| 20:00Stephen Tuck asks why Malcolm X was so passionate about speaking at an Oxford Union debate
| 20:00Elan Closs Stephens on why listeners' views matter, plus behind-the-scenes of Home Front.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a politician, a musician, an ice hockey coach, a clown, and a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Are we being short-sighted when it comes to conserving long-lived species?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the secrets of evolution and threats of extinction.(R)
| 21:00Mobile phones and driving, intensive treatment for PTSD, and new drugs for psychosis. 21:30David Loyn investigates how a lost record is helping Afghanistan address its painful past.(R)
| 21:00Jack Stewart meets the pioneers redesigning our international airspace. 21:30Libby Purves meets musician Keith Ball and wildlife expert Lucy Cooke.(R)
| 21:00A NASA space capsule which could transport humans to Mars is set to make its maiden flight(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.(R)
| 21:00Everyone is looking to do their bit for the war effort.
| 21:004/6Full of zeal for Arthur's new chivalric order, Lancelot rides into Camelot.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis talks to people who have paid a penalty for an error by HSBC.(R) 21:26The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.(R) 21:30Peter Day investigates government-run sovereign wealth funds.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:456/10Esmond receives bad news from England and learns more about Father Bailey and Ada.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Esmond and Ada travel to the coast on a mission for the Resistance.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/10With Florence now under occupation by the Germans, the Resistance steps up its operations.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10Esmond and Ada's work for the Resistance takes a bloodier turn.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. With David Eades. 22:4510/10Esmond and Bruno attempt a rescue at Blackshirt headquarters.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:152/4Atul Gawande calls for a radical rethink of medical systems to transform healthcare.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Miranda Green of Newsweek analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:007/12Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats talk about their album 'A Tonic for the Troops'. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Kirsty Wark presents a documentary from the future. What if we could all live forever? 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Lach launches his extra-worldy experiences into an unexplored world - comedy. 23:155/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the notion of 'Egypt' through the medium of poetry.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/6Speech therapist Milton helps a prince find his voice and a king find his pomegranates.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Tom Mangold investigates the life of Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal leader. 23:40Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 23:0011/13Paul Gambaccini chairs another semi-final of the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:301/4Paul Farley listens to old and new poetry of extinction.(R)
| 23:00Kevin Macdonald on Jude Law, Ben Burtt on Ewoks, and Jason Reitman.(R) 23:30Psst... listen... John McCarthy considers the pleasures and perils of loose-tongued talk.(R)
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