| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor examines the intellectual credibility of key thinkers of the new left.(R) 00:45Church bells from Crediton Parish Church, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The advent of trains changed our vocabulary and also did some odd things to time.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The railways highlighted the nuances of the classes – the difference a seat makes.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The railways allowed faster movement, but things changed when trains stopped.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Feats of new railway engineering have stood the test of time.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The track and engine revolution gave birth to the railway enthusiast.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3By Lucy Caldwell. A yellow dress marks the beginning of a journey of self-discovery.(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. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Farmers in Ireland are angry over a two million euro pay-off for a union leader. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents Australia's laughing kookaburra.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45What could farmers be doing to reduce their carbon footprint? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the mimic specialist Greater Hill Mynah from Asia.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45The Welsh badger vaccination programme is suspended because of a shortage of the vaccine. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the widespread marine species, the white tern.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45Includes an exclusive report on modern-day slavery in British farming. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents a widely regarded symbol of Australia, the black swan.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45The global shortage of TB jabs could hit the badger TB vaccination programme in England. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the red-throated caracara from the Amazonian rainforest.(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 Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. 05:45One listener hated being a mother, whilst another wishes he was a father.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfred, Ripon, North Yorkshire. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Labour's shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.(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. 06:07Felicity Evans asks how the valleys of south Wales have fared since the mines closed.(R) 06:30What impact does agriculture have on the climate, and how can it be managed? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05The pianist Lucy Parham reflects on the yearning of the exile. 06:35How one of Britain's oldest breeds of cattle, the Longhorn, is now going global. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news. Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10William Crawley presents a special programme looking at the future of religious education. 07:54The 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. 08:10Second in an Advent series from Brentwood Cathedral in Essex sung in the Taize tradition. 08:48Sarah Dunant reflects on the links between protest, terrorism, climate change and Paris.(R) 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents Australia's laughing kookaburra.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Robin Lane Fox, Larissa MacFarquhar and Adam Phillips. 09:451/5The advent of trains changed our vocabulary and also did some odd things to time.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili and fellow physicists explain why they think equations are beautiful. 09:302/5'Frailty, thy name is woman!' What can Hamlet tell us about attitudes to women today?(R) 09:452/5The railways highlighted the nuances of the classes – the difference a seat makes.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets conductor Marin Alsop and producer Sir Michael Codron. 09:453/5The railways allowed faster movement, but things changed when trains stopped.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyages of James Cook, as suggested by listeners. 09:454/5Feats of new railway engineering have stood the test of time.
| 09:00Sandi Toksvig is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5The track and engine revolution gave birth to the railway enthusiast.
| 09:00Suzi Perry joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir in listener Philip's house in Wolverhampton.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 09:45Aasmah Mir reports on how the money from the 2014 appeal has been spent.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Three women's experiences of living with the genetic condition albinism. 10:451/5Drama of the true story of the Derbyshire village of Eyam during The Plague of 1665-66
| 10:00Second in a series of programmes dedicated to listeners' lives and experiences. 10:452/5Drama series charting the true story of the Plague in Eyam, Derbyshire.
| 10:00Woman's Hour meets glass blower Laura McKinley as she works at a studio in South London. 10:413/5Drama series charting the true story of the Plague in Eyam, Derbyshire. 10:55A supportive friendship begun in a hostel for the homeless continues now life is better.
| 10:00Jenni Murray presents a look at the attractions of a vegan lifestyle. 10:454/5Drama series charting the true story of the Plague in the Derbyshire Village of Eyam
| 10:00Looking at innovative sanitary pad producing, handbags, and men and the female menopause. 10:455/5Concluding episode of drama series charting true story of the plague in Eyam, Derbyshire.
| 10:30How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.
| 10:00What a pain for David. Charlie could use some advice.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Clare Jenkins presents a personal insight into the world of premature babies. 11:302/5Tony takes up astronomy, and finds something terrible among the stars.
| 11:00The care organisations pioneering new ways of looking after people in their own homes. 11:30Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Albert Mazibuko remembers the song Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
| 11:00Lucy Kellaway asks whether we should be more open about what we are paid. 11:30An all-star gala in celebration of Barry Cryer's 80th birthday.(R)
| 11:00Maria Margaronis explores the debris of Albania's painful past. 11:30Wana Udobang meets the poets and writers exploring Nigerian ideas of identity.
| 11:001/3Bettany Hughes follows the ancient Roman road to Istanbul. 11:302/4Michael Frayn's brilliantly funny view of our world. With Joanna Lumley and Tom Hollander.
| 11:00Jim Waterson of Buzzfeed looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The dictators may have gone, but their influence lives on.
| 11:15Atul Gawande, surgeon and writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04John Harris talks to Penny Andrews, who was only diagnosed as autistic in her thirties.(R) 12:15With reports about household energy bills, pet theft and room rental fraud. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Frank Gardner talks to Tim Rushby-Smith about facing up to a life-changing accident.(R) 12:15Are we going back to our old ways when it comes to borrowing? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Mary Ann Sieghart talks to Charles Hanson about being convicted for the murder of his wife(R) 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Emma Barnett discovers whether you can be a feminist if you are an orthodox Jew.(R) 12:15You and Yours investigates allegations of lies, fraud and forgery that unlocked pensions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Michael Grade talks to Juno Roche, who risked losing everything when she changed sex.(R) 12:15Are social media sites acting quickly and decisively enough when sites are misused? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Insurance transparency delays, credit for Christmas and the self-employed shun pensions. 12:304/6Steve 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. 12:041/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Tony Hawks.(R) 12:32With two new food museums in London and New York, Sheila Dillon asks how to exhibit food. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00The Labour Shadow Cabinet prepares to decide on the Syria vote whip. 13:451/4Alexandra Harris & Chris Stewart scramble past lemon trees in Virginia Woolf's footsteps.(R)
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:452/4Virginia Woolf and a balloon of airballs! Kensington Gardens as a magical playground(R)
| 13:00MPs to debate Syria airstrikes motion. 13:453/4St Ives - where writer Virginia Woolf scramble over the cliffs, inspired by the waves(R)
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:454/4Monk's House and Charleston in the Sussex Downs - Virginia Woolf's familiar and final walk(R)
| 13:00Including an interview with Jens Stoltenberg, Nato's secretary general. 13:45Author Bernard Hare recalls a terrifying childhood experience which changed his life.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leeds Trinity University.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30Jack Straw looks at the state of the west's often difficult relationship with Iran.
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| 14:00 | 14:00What a pain for David.(R) 14:15Jane says she has found the man who attacked her five years ago, but he denies it.
| 14:00Joe is hunting for his lost youth.(R) 14:15Ellie's ex gets in touch after 25 years, so her husband Dave can't resist doing the same.
| 14:00Who is that at the Brookfield door?(R) 14:151/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth.
| 14:00Bert gets his hands dirty for Freda.(R) 14:15An astonishing act of creativity frees one woman to live the life she has always wanted.
| 14:00Too much information for Helen?(R) 14:15Passions run high between Thomas Hardy, his wife Florence and actress Gertrude Bugler.
| 14:00Anita Anand takes listeners' calls on protests and the bombing in Syria. 14:30Crime drama set in 1990s Shanghai. The first case for Qiu Xiaolong's poet detective.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Usk in Monmouthshire.(R) 14:45Remembered childhoods without television, with dyslexia, or with parents who are addicts.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Sheila Dillon and guests reflect on a year of cookery books and food writing.(R)
| 15:00How one of the highest-ranking education systems in the world is being overhauled. 15:30When you are forced to flee your home country and resettle in another, where is home?
| 15:00What will the impact be on landlords and tenants from the buy-to-let stamp duty increase? 15:30Claudia Hammond finds out why bilingualism protects against damage caused by a stroke.(R)
| 15:00Felicity Evans asks how the valleys of south Wales have fared since the mines closed. 15:27Michael Ball presents The Radio 4 Appeal for the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability.(R) 15:30Diana Athill talks to Mariella Frostrup, and Lee Child is observed at work.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Usk in Monmouthshire. 15:45In Robin Ince's story an unusual schoolboy is inspired to test 'the happiest thought'.
| | 15:001/2An inventive adaptation by Glen Neath of wondrously entertaining and earthy tales.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/4Conductor Simone Young joins Frances to explore the score of Richard Strauss's comic opera(R) 16:30Ernie Rae and guests discuss the pros and cons of interfaith marriage.
| 16:00Michael Blastland on why so many think other people share their beliefs and choices. 16:30Dr Christian Jessen and James Wong nominate their favourite books, with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor takes a sociological look at everyday life. Plus cafe society. 16:30Including Lord Puttnam on his new inquiry into the future of public service broadcasting.
| 16:00Terence Davies discusses Sunset Song, and Chris Milk talks about virtual reality films. 16:30Adam Rutherford questions the latest government science funding review.
| 16:00Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died. 16:30Glitz behind the scenes at Friday Night is Music Night, and new World Service funding. 16:55An aunt and her niece compare their widely different experiences of having dyslexia.
| 16:00Three listeners describe their experience of living with the genetic condition albinism.
| 16:00Colum McCann discusses his Man Booker-nominated novel TransAtlantic. With James Naughtie. 16:30An exchange of villages inspires Romanian poet Ioana Ieronim and UK poet Fiona Sampson.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30One listener hated being a mother, whilst another wishes he was a father.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Internet security is vital, but increasingly fragile. Edward Lucas explores online trust.(R) 17:40Aasmah Mir reports on how the money from the 2014 appeal has been spent.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Jeremy Corbyn won't try to force MPs into voting against bombing IS militants in Syria. 18:301/6Jack Dee, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden are joined by Tony Hawks.
| 18:00David Cameron urges MPs fto back air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. 18:304/6Flushed with her recent success, Ginny holds a literary salon at Vera's castle.(R)
| 18:00Cameron calls for attacks on "medieval monsters", Corbyn warns of mission creep 18:303/6Mr and Mrs Wrigglesworth receive some bad news about a friend.
| 18:00David Cameron warns bombing campaign against Islamic State group in Syria will take time 18:301/4Country music star Tina C's life story - with a red hot live band.
| 18:00A woman who took part in a US gun attack which killed 14 people pledged allegiance to IS. 18:304/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Severe flood warnings issued for northern England and southwest Scotland 18:15Clive Anderson and Sara Cox present an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Appeal for witnesses to Leytonstone knife attack. France votes in regional elections. 18:15Adrian Goldberg chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Joe is hunting for his lost youth. 19:15Samira Ahmed reviews Victor Frankenstein and interviews the poet Andrew McMillan. 19:451/5Drama of the true story of the Derbyshire village of Eyam during The Plague of 1665-66(R)
| 19:00Who is that at the Brookfield door? 19:15Arts news with Kirsty Lang. Kate Williams reviews Queen Anne at the RSC. 19:452/5Drama series charting the true story of the Plague in Eyam, Derbyshire.(R)
| 19:00Bert gets his hands dirty for Freda. 19:15With Kirsty Lang. Jason Solomons reviews A Very Murray Christmas. 19:453/5Drama series charting the true story of the Plague in Eyam, Derbyshire.(R)
| 19:00Too much information for Helen? 19:15John Wilson talks to ballet star Carlos Acosta as he starts his UK farewell tour. 19:454/5Drama series charting the true story of the Plague in the Derbyshire Village of Eyam(R)
| 19:00Let there be Christmas light! 19:15John Wilson talks to Frank Sinatra's biographer and views Constable's The Lock. 19:455/5Concluding episode of drama series charting true story of the plague in Eyam, Derbyshire.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Labour's shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn. 19:15Sunset Song, Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, Edna O'Brien, Big Bang Data, What a Performance
| 19:00Debating David is down in the dumps. 19:153/4Fresh characters and old favourites from sketch comedy duo Lucy Trodd and Ruth Bratt. 19:45Joe Dunthorne reads his story about a microscope, inspired by the Natural History Museum.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Roger Harrabin asks what chance for a deal on climate change in Paris 20:30The complex business of dying in Greece. With Chloe Hadjimatheou.(R)
| 20:00Internet security is vital, but increasingly fragile. Edward Lucas explores online trust. 20:40Peter White meets the blind child who has been told she can't use her long cane in school.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by David Aaronovitch. 20:45Ann York discusses diagnoses - her own, and ones she gives to others.
| 20:00The secretive counter-extremism programme known as Channel is investigated by John Ware. 20:30The former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins talks to the BBC's business editor Kamal Ahmed.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leeds Trinity University. 20:50Sarah Dunant reflects on the links between protest, terrorism, climate change and Paris.
| 20:00Ritula Shah explores Britain's first Race Relations Act, fifty years on.
| 20:00Glitz behind the scenes at Friday Night is Music Night, and new World Service funding.(R) 20:30Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Disturbing stories from carers who look after vulnerable people in their own homes.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Robin Lane Fox, Larissa MacFarquhar and Adam Phillips.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond finds out why bilingualism protects against damage caused by a stroke. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili and fellow physicists explain why they think equations are beautiful.(R)
| 21:00Clare Jenkins presents a personal insight into the world of premature babies.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets conductor Marin Alsop and producer Sir Michael Codron.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford questions the latest government science funding review.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyages of James Cook, as suggested by listeners.(R)
| 21:00Writer Bidisha explores how complaining has become such an important part of British life.(R)
| 21:009/9Zola's dark tale of train driver Jacques, who hides a terrifying desire to kill women.(R)
| 21:00Insurance transparency delays, credit for Christmas and the self-employed shun pensions.(R) 21:26The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.(R) 21:30The former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins talks to the BBC's business editor Kamal Ahmed.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The foreign secretary says he expects the government to win the Syria vote on Wednesday. 22:451/10Ruth Rendell's final novel, a dark tale of psychological suspense. Read by Patricia Hodge.
| 22:00Cameron tells his MPs not to side with 'terrorist sympathisers'. 22:452/10Dermot tells Carl he knows he is implicated in Stacey's death.
| 22:00This edition focuses on the parliamentary debate on possible military action against IS. 22:453/10Carl's situation goes from bad to worse as Dermot threatens to go to the police.
| 22:00Top US official tells about an American plan to defeat IS, with the help of UK. 22:454/10Nicola defends Carl but is herself threatened by Dermot.
| 22:00A mass shooting that left 14 people dead is being investigated as an act of terrorism. 22:455/10Dermot puts more pressure upon Carl. Final novel by Ruth Rendell.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by David Aaronovitch.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Sam Coates of the Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jarvis meets an unlucky trucker, a hopeful hitchhiker and a host of Scottish ghostbusters. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Comedian Liam Williams tells of his teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/6Beverley, once an avid traveller, now watches baking shows. Why? Stars Samantha Spiro. 23:151/6What the world's best-known writers did for a living before they became famous.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as MPs vote on military action in Syria.
| 23:003/5Travelling the UK, Jon Ronson puts a manual of mental disorders to the test.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Dr Christian Jessen and James Wong nominate their favourite books, with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Childhood before television and computers remembered, when nature walks were the highlight
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 23:30US Air Force veteran and poet Lynn Hill opens up the alien soul of 21st-century warfare.(R)
| 23:00Terence Davies discusses Sunset Song, and Chris Milk talks about virtual reality films.(R) 23:30The pianist Lucy Parham reflects on the yearning of the exile.(R)
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