| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the likely costs and benefits of the TTIP.(R) 00:45Bells from Cathedral Church of Christ, Oxford.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Parini recalls his first encounter with Gore and describes a privileged, lonely childhood.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Gore goes to war and emerges with his first novel, establishing himself with the literati.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Lacklustre reviews of The City and The Pillar send Gore in retreat to Europe.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Gore begins writing for the small screen and becomes a star turn at churning out TV drama.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Gore finds his largest audience yet, with his groundbreaking novel Myra Breckinridge.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Jenny Eclair. An actress recalls the highs and (mainly) lows of her life and career.(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 Jasdeep Singh. 05:45Caz Graham asks what the future holds for tenant farmers. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the roaring southern cassowary of Australia's Queensland.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Jasdeep Singh. 05:45Defra faces deep funding cuts over the next four years. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Indian cuckoo found across much of South East Asia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Jasdeep Singh. 05:45With Anna Hill. Including rural policing, tackling wildfires, rural broadband. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian rainforest.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Jasdeep Singh. 05:45New research suggests intensive farming may increase incidence of bovine TB. 05:58Chris Packham presents the bell miner of eastern Australia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Jasdeep Singh. 05:45The report on glyphosate, tenant farming, plus the Farming Today cow. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the Nene, or the endemic and rare Hawaiian goose.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Tony Macauley. 05:45iPM revisits the topic of elderly drivers, and Frances Coverdale reads Your News.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the Parish Church of Holy Trinity, St Austell, Cornwall. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the TV chef and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.(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; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark journeys through north east Scotland in search of the real King Macbeth.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith explores the issues facing tenant farmers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05A look at obsession and the moral consequences of the determined pursuit of a desire. 06:35A visit to the family farm that inspired The Archers. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, 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 William Crawley. 07:54Eloise Daly appeals on behalf of BBC Children in Need. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10The Bishop of Manchester reflects on the Paris atrocities. 08:48Roger Scruton deplores the tyranny of banal and ubiquitous pop music.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the roaring southern cassowary of Australia's Queensland.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy with Claudia Rankine, Amir Darwish, Jules Holroyd and Catherine Fletcher. 09:451/5Parini recalls his first encounter with Gore and describes a privileged, lonely childhood.
| 09:00Kathy Willis, Kew Gardens' director of science, discusses biodiversity with Jim Al-Khalili 09:30David Schneider talks of his fear of death to palliative care consultant Kathryn Mannix. 09:452/5Gore goes to war and emerges with his first novel, establishing himself with the literati.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Michael Portillo, Diana Melly, Yang-May Ooi and Polly Bagnall. 09:453/5Lacklustre reviews of The City and The Pillar send Gore in retreat to Europe.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571. 09:454/5Gore begins writing for the small screen and becomes a star turn at churning out TV drama.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to broadcaster and religious leader Lord Indarjit Singh. 09:455/5Gore finds his largest audience yet, with his groundbreaking novel Myra Breckinridge.
| 09:00Anne Reid joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. With Gordon Buchanan's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Do women deserve better public recognition for their achievements? 10:451/5Skye hates to leave Dexter, but come Thursday, they'll be together.
| 10:00Groping, what is it and what to do? Marina Warner on her new collection of short stories. 10:452/5At home, Skye finds hot food and a new family member. Good, right?
| 10:00Why are there more girls in higher education than boys? And what impact will it have? 10:413/5Skye's in the bath with the door locked, so Dean can't come in. 10:55Life is never the same after your child's birth - even more so if your child is disabled.
| 10:00What do new Nice guidelines mean for women facing the menopause? With Jenni Murray. 10:454/5Skye is excited: Dexter is coming for the night.
| 10:00Women MPs in New Zealand, school refusal, changing attitudes to FGM and the WISE Awards. 10:455/5Dex could sleep through a riot. He just has.
| 10:30Miranda Sawyer explores personal storytelling with podcasters Anna Sale and Lea Thau.
| 10:00Clarrie could do with a bit of luck, and birthday boy Dan has a moment of clarity.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Misha Glenny explores the impact of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. 11:305/6Sue Perkins with Jason Cook, Cerys Matthews, David Aaronovitch and Sara Pascoe.(R)
| 11:00Brett Westwood learns how fleas are entwined with disease, love, language and humour. 11:302/2Maddy Prior, lead singer of Steeleye Span, and her daughter Rose Kemp on musical futures
| 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:04The untold story of The Last Post, one of the world's most famous pieces of music. 11:301/4The team uncover a correlation between eyebrows, strawberries and dangerous dogs.
| 11:00The sacking of a newspaper editor strains an old friendship between Norway and Russia. 11:30Julia Kogan explores the little-known personal music of exiled composers in Los Angeles.
| 11:00Alan Dein meets pensioners who have transformed their home into a school for bullied kids. 11:305/6In a small town in Germany, Lorna is about to give Elke an English lesson.
| 11:00How important is beauty in design? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss. 11:30A whiff of history in a shop in old Belgrade.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister and SNP leader.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Graffiti is both an ancient and modern activity, but why do we do it? 12:15Including a look at the government's decision on how much money to spend on social care. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04They hold our secrets, and preserve our memories, but why do we need diaries? 12:15Is the care system crumbling under the twin pressures of rising demand and falling funds? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do people have gardens and do gardening? 12:15Winifred Robinson asks why so few people have granted someone a lasting power of attorney. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How did the trainer become an acceptable item of clothing? 12:15A look at what it is like to be a passenger in a driverless car. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do sports fans follow club teams, even when they may live thousands of miles away? 12:15One senior lecturer gives her view on government plans to improve university teaching. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why does no-one agree on who the worst energy companies are for customer service? 12:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/8Sue Perkins, Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth and Andy Hamilton join host Nicholas Parsons.(R) 12:32How did the scotch egg rise from humble bar snack to a chef's favourite? Joe Warwick knows 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Cameron heckled during CBI speech on the EU 13:45Lenny Henry explores the breakthrough arrival of the play Elmina's Kitchen in the West End
| 13:00David Cameron reveals his letter to Donald Tusk on EU renegotiations. 13:45Lenny Henry examines the evolving depiction of Afro-Caribbeans on TV.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:45Lenny Henry on the complex stage history of the role of Othello, Shakespeare's 'Moor'.
| 13:00With Martha Kearney. Includinga look at EU migration measures and NHS bed blocking. 13:45Lenny Henry focuses on how Caribbean migration has been reflected on stage and screen.
| 13:00Reaction to the news 'Jihadi John' has been targeted by US forces in Syria. 13:45Lenny Henry on how anger and protest found their way to stage and screen in the 1970s.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:30Your reaction to the Paris attacks. An extended Any Answers?
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
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| 14:00 | 14:00On Remembrance Sunday, Ambridge remembers the fallen.(R) 14:151/2Louise remembers and relives her childhood experiences after the tragic loss of her mother
| 14:00Someone appears to be in business.(R) 14:152/2When tragedy strikes her family again, Lou concocts a desperate plan.
| 14:00There is another case for PC Harrison Burns.(R) 14:15La Gorgue. Second Lieutenant Mickey Bliss finds himself in two meetings.
| 14:00Charlie is put on the back foot.(R) 14:15Leskov's searing classic Russian tale of passion and murder is an emotional rollercoaster.(R)
| 14:00Clarrie could do with a bit of luck.(R) 14:15By Maxine Peake. Four miners' wives occupy a coal mine to save 31 pits from closure.(R)
| 14:30Clare's husband goes missing, leaving her alone with their young son and a big black dog.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the panel programme from Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.(R) 14:45Three excerpts from a conversation between parents of disabled children.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30The Northern Irish farmer's daughter who changed food writing in France for good.(R)
| 15:005/6Josie Long hears stories of what one generation passes on to another. 15:30Peter Hadfield investigates the illegal trade in Siamese rosewood.
| 15:00When it comes to personal finances, how does cohabiting differ from marriage? 15:30The 2016 All in the Mind awards launch, plus can the human brain be recreated?(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark journeys through north east Scotland in search of the real King Macbeth. 15:27Anne, a beneficiary of the charity Adoption UK, presents an appeal on its behalf.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to two writers who have written memoirs of their mothers.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the panel programme from Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. 15:45By Mai Al-Nakib. A Palestinian boy begins a relationship with the girl next door.
| | 15:00Nathanael West's caustic satire of 1930s Hollywood.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Story of the enduring songwriting relationship between Pete Atkin and Clive James. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks what the advent of digital technologies has meant for the human body.
| 16:00Joshua Rozenberg finds out why criminal courts charges have proved controversial. 16:30Jonathan Coe and Gemma Cairney join Harriett Gilbert to recommend favourite books..
| 16:00Laurie Taylor goes on a sociological safari, plus a look at reasons behind funeral choices 16:30The CEO of BBC Worldwide Tim Davie discusses the new BBC store.
| 16:00Aaron Sorkin discusses his biopic about Apple founder Steve Jobs. Francine Stock presents. 16:30Adam Rutherford asks whether Britain's oldest tree has changed sex.
| 16:00Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died. 16:30With falling audiences and squeezed budgets, what are the essentials for BBC local radio? 16:55The responsibilities of parenthood are relentless never more so than with a disabled child
| 16:00Highlights include the campaign to stop sexual assault and harassment on public transport.
| 16:00Edna O'Brien talks about her novel The Little Red Chairs. Presented by Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Neil Kinnock assesses the poetry of a fellow Welshman, Idris Davies.
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| 17:00 | 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00British people smugglers: inside the trade in bringing illegal immigrants into the UK.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the TV chef and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Russian athletes accused of widespread cheating. Opposition expects victory in Myanmar 18:306/8Sue Perkins, Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth and Andy Hamilton join host Nicholas Parsons.
| 18:00David Cameron has set out his four key demands for a reformed European Union. 18:301/6With a general strike looming, the Foxes visit Sizzlinghurst to see how aristocrats live.(R)
| 18:00European and African leaders discuss migrant crisis. Man guilty of murdering step-sister 18:305/5Sophie has a chance to escape, but her mum's birthday is looming
| 18:00Figures suggest the NHS is failing to meet key targets. 18:302/6Alex and his five-piece band explore the body.(R)
| 18:00UK drone involved in the strike targeting Mohammed Emwazi 18:301/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00129 people including at least one British citizen killed by gunmen and suicide bombers 18:30Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Detectives launch a manhunt for a suspect in the Paris attacks. 18:30Gerry Northam chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Someone appears to be in business. 19:15Kenneth Branagh discusses the inaugural season of his theatre company. With John Wilson. 19:451/5Skye hates to leave Dexter, but come Thursday, they'll be together.(R)
| 19:00There is another case for PC Harrison Burns. 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to author Umberto Eco and musician Roger Waters. 19:452/5At home, Skye finds hot food and a new family member. Good, right?(R)
| 19:00Charlie is put on the back foot. 19:15Director Nicholas Hytner describes the filming of The Lady in the Van. With Kirsty Lang. 19:453/5Skye's in the bath with the door locked, so Dean can't come in.(R)
| 19:00Clarrie could do with a bit of luck. 19:15A look at Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer, at Buckingham Palace. Samira Ahmed presents 19:454/5Skye is excited: Dexter is coming for the night.(R)
| 19:00Birthday boy Dan has a moment of clarity. 19:15John Wilson talks to singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman and writer Raymond Briggs. 19:455/5Dex could sleep through a riot. He just has.(R)
| 19:02Mark Coles profiles the TV chef and campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 19:15Including Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs biopic and Branagh's The Winter's Tale.
| 19:20Susan Calman hosts a bill including Nish Kumar, Abandoman, Sara Pascoe and Andrew Maxwell.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The work of Imam Alyas Karmani, counselling those Muslims who have troubled sex lives. 20:30Can psychology help opposing groups overcome conflict situations? David Edmonds finds out.
| 20:00British people smugglers: inside the trade in bringing illegal immigrants into the UK. 20:40Neil Heslop from the RNIB announces some important news on Talking Books.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. 20:45Muna Baig argues that forced displacement should be taken seriously as a war crime.
| 20:00Joshua Rozenberg finds out why criminal courts charges have proved controversial.(R) 20:30Rewriting the rules: Evan Davis and guests discuss what it takes to break the mould.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Basingstoke, Hampshire. 20:50Roger Scruton deplores the tyranny of banal and ubiquitous pop music.
| 20:00Simon Farquhar examines how Man Alive reflected changing TV and social values in the 1960s
| 20:00With falling audiences and squeezed budgets, what are the essentials for BBC local radio?(R) 20:30Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores how the cockroach has influenced society, satire and tourism(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy with Claudia Rankine, Amir Darwish, Jules Holroyd and Catherine Fletcher.(R)
| 21:00The 2016 All in the Mind awards launch, plus can the human brain be recreated? 21:30Kathy Willis, Kew Gardens' director of science, discusses biodiversity with Jim Al-Khalili(R)
| 21:00Peter Hadfield investigates the illegal trade in Siamese rosewood.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Michael Portillo, Diana Melly, Yang-May Ooi and Polly Bagnall.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford asks whether Britain's oldest tree has changed sex.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Lepanto, 1571.(R)
| 21:00Lenny Henry on 100 years of black British theatre and screen.
| 21:002/2Dodie Smith's classic novel dramatised by Jane Rogers.(R)
| 21:00Why does no-one agree on who the worst energy companies are for customer service?(R) 21:26Eloise Daly appeals on behalf of BBC Children in Need.(R) 21:30Can psychology help opposing groups overcome conflict situations? David Edmonds finds out.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00A report says London 2012 was 'sabotaged'. A warning of drought in Ethiopia. 22:451/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00David Cameron sets out his EU reform goals. 22:452/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00European and African leaders meet to discuss migrant crisis, what can be done? 22:453/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00Attacks target stronghold of Hezbollah, which is fighting for President Assad in Syria. 22:454/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00Explosions have been reported close to the national stadium, the Stade de France. 22:455/10McCarthyite New York. Gore Vidal entertains with the mysterious death of a ballerina.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Beth Rigby of the Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/2Young patients and their therapists talk frankly about childhood mental health conditions.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on a feisty debate about more powers for Scotland.
| 23:001/4Comedian Liam Williams tells of his teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show. 23:152/4Marengo is unwillingly put out to stud, and discovers the exhausting joys of parenthood.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the day's debates in the House of Lords. 23:45Conversations about rugby, about Handsworth and about leaving home.(R)
| 23:00Susan Calman hosts a bill including Nish Kumar, Abandoman, Sara Pascoe and Andrew Maxwell. 23:45Conversations about retirement, memories, learning and how history can change lives.(R)
| 23:00Jonathan Coe and Gemma Cairney join Harriett Gilbert to recommend favourite books..(R) 23:27Bruce Lacey, legendary artist, performer and mischief-maker, reflects on his life.(R) 23:55Coming up with imaginative fundraising strategies in order to overcome compassion fatigue.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 23:302/2A stellar cast of 26 leading poets read their own work inspired by the Lyrical Ballads.(R)
| 23:00Aaron Sorkin discusses his biopic about Apple founder Steve Jobs. Francine Stock presents.(R) 23:30A look at obsession and the moral consequences of the determined pursuit of a desire.(R)
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