| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores the pleasures and dangers in keeping up appearances.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Somerset.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A star is born - in Kenosha.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Orson gets his first professional acting job at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5At 20, and white, Orson is the surprise appointment to direct the Negro Unit's Macbeth.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Welles finds himself at the centre of a political storm. Will the show go on?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Welles and Houseman agree on an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. What could go wrong?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3An impulse purchase in a department store changes a woman's life. Read by Rosie Cavaliero.(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 and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner. 05:45Anna Hill previews the Oxford Farming Conference and the Oxford Real Farming Conference. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South American pampas.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner. 05:45Farming is less entrepreneurial than many other industries, according to a new report. 05:58Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary, singing in the Tenerife treetops.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner. 05:45The Environment Agency's chairman faces questions from MPs on flooding. 05:58Chris Packham presents the nocturnal red-necked nightjar of the Spanish countryside.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner. 05:45Anna Hill presents Farming Today from Oxford, where two farming conferences are underway. 05:58Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North America.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Neil Gardner. 05:45The EU: to stay in or to exit? The debate heats up at the Oxford Farming Conference. 05:58Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian and Pacific oceans.(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 Krish Kandiah. 05:45A listener's experience of binge eating disorder. Martha Kearney reads Your News.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Bells from St Peter's Church, Congleton. 05:45Michelle Madsen makes the case for life on Britain's rivers and canals.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 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.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Salmon, apples and whisky. Caz Graham follows the fertile flow of the River Tay.(R) 06:30Anna Hill meets a farmer who's installed floating solar panels on a reservoir on his land. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05John McCarthy investigates the weird and wonderful world of sleep. 06:35Lionel Kelleway investigates why lapwings are disappearing from the British countryside. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Morning news, with Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Is it the 'Last roll of the dice' for the Anglican communion? Edward Stourton presents. 07:54Joanna Lumley presents an appeal on behalf of the Gurkha Welfare Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From the Metropolitan Cathedral of St David, Cardiff, with the Most Rev George Stack. 08:48Tom Shakespeare suggests ways to shrink and completely reform the House of Lords.(R) 08:58Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South American pampas.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00David Mitchell sets out on a polite but firm inquiry into the confusing world of manners. 09:301/5How telephone exchanges changed young women's working lives.(R) 09:451/5A star is born - in Kenosha.
| 09:00David Mitchell continues his look at our behaviour. What do we mean by 'civility'? 09:302/5How a telephone cable let Paul Robeson sing live to UK fans from New York in 1957.(R) 09:452/5Orson gets his first professional acting job at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.
| 09:00David Mitchell's enquiries take him to an assertiveness class. Should he always say sorry? 09:303/5How the first TV show linked the globe by satellite in 1967.(R) 09:453/5At 20, and white, Orson is the surprise appointment to direct the Negro Unit's Macbeth.
| 09:00David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. Has it all gone wrong? 09:304/5How cake and teashop company, Lyons, built the first business computer.(R) 09:454/5Welles finds himself at the centre of a political storm. Will the show go on?
| 09:00Colm Toibin, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5Welles and Houseman agree on an adaptation of The War of the Worlds. What could go wrong?
| 09:00Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles are joined by the self-help author Paul McKenna.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00A phone-in discussing making small or significant life changes. 10:451/10Adaptation of Toni Morrison's seminal novel about ghosts, slavery and terrible secrets.
| 10:00Helen Zaltzman and Miranda Sawyer on podcasts to look out for in 2016. 10:452/10The spirit of a murdered child haunts 124 Bluestone Road, the home of former slave Sethe.
| 10:00Loneliness - who suffers, and what can be done? Jenni Murray presents. 10:413/10Paul D's arrival has rid the house of the ghost that had haunted it for years. 10:55A conversation during the first stages of labour, only hours before their baby was born(R)
| 10:00Actor Jessica Raine talks about her starring role in ITV's new period drama Jericho. 10:454/10The residents of 124 Bluestone Road discover a young woman collapsed outside their home.
| 10:00Women's pensions, new alcohol guidelines, Bollywood's Amy Jackson, One Girl and Her Dogs. 10:455/10Beloved's hold on the residents of 124 Bluestone Road strengthens day by day.
| 10:30Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Reading.
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr John Wright, one of the first NHS volunteers in Sierra Leone, returns to the country. 11:301/6Surrealist pirates, rum butter's odd origins and what links rugby and nuclear power?(R)
| 11:00Three scientists each present their idea for how to reduce sugar intake. 11:30A poetic and musical collaboration melding two traditions and seeking common ground.
| 11:00From Kenya to Nepal via Stonehenge, Miles Warde discovers the power of roads. 11:304/4Two old men with a shared love of the art of fishing have a past which haunts them both.
| 11:00Untangling the web of corruption in a forgotten corner of Brazil. With Linda Pressly. 11:30Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.
| 11:00Why is there such a demand for British etiquette around the world? 11:302/4Geoff finds himself pitted against a perfect Swedish male.
| 11:00Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Who is the real hero in today's China?
| 11:15Kirsty Young interviews journalist Alex Crawford.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Dorothea Winwood is getting into the rhythm of work at the Bevan. 12:15A former minister says people entitled to personal care are missing out on millions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Adeline Lumley brings her son home. 12:15Winifred Robinson asks if listeners are drinking more than they should. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Hilary is caught up in the arrangements for celebrating the Derby Scheme. 12:15Winifred Robinson discusses state benefits for disabled people who use aids in their homes 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Victor feels more hunted than hunter. 12:15A round-up of how the big retailers on the high street performed over the festive period. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Ruth Billings cold and hungry and unsure how to survive. 12:15Is the smart meter rollout the mess one industry insider says it is?
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Has the regulator got too cosy with the banks? The head of the FCA defends her record. 12:301/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:046/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Rob Brydon.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon and this year's judging team launch the 2016 BBC Food and Farming Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Anne Widdecombe rewinds 5,000 years to look at the history of etiquette.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Ann Widdecombe presents etiquette history from 1600 - how to behave in court.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Ann Widdecombe explores the growing middle classes 18th century guide to etiquette.
| 13:00Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5Ann Widdecombe looks at how etiquette divided Britain and America in the 18th century.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5Ann Widdecombe zooms forward to the making of manners in cyberspace.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Caterham in Surrey.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Catherine Guilyardi examines traditional French values after the Charlie Hebdo killings.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jill is feeling excited.(R) 14:151/5By Katherine Jakeways. Two strangers meet on the train from Paddington to Penzance.
| 14:00There is much praise for Brian.(R) 14:154/4McLevy keeps a young woman in hiding while the Rev Gideon searches anxiously for her.
| 14:00Helen is hanging on the telephone.(R) 14:156/10Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth.
| 14:00Phoebe calls for moral support.(R) 14:15By Michael Symmons Roberts. Jimmy and his guardian angel Leila examine Jimmy's life.
| 14:00Is David having doubts?(R) 14:152/2The entry fee is 20 gold sovereigns, so how will Velvet ever ride her horse at Aintree?(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the junior doctors' strike and flooding. 14:30Witty drama about the real-life antics of 17th-century composer Alessandro Stradella.
| 14:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Monmouthshire in Wales.(R) 14:45Views from parents-to-be, fathers-to-be and friends who have not had children.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last contest in the current series of the cryptic quiz. 15:30How important is diet to running performance? Dan Saladino looks at, and tries, new ideas.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel from Chepstow, Monmouthshire.(R) 15:30David Hinds & Selwyn Brown answer audience questions about the Steel Pulse's debut album
| 15:00Lesley Curwen and guests answer calls on tax and self-assessment. 15:303/3Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals how there is more to listening than hearing.(R)
| 15:00Salmon, apples and whisky. Caz Graham follows the fertile flow of the River Tay. 15:27Jonathan Self presents an appeal on behalf of Room to Read.(R) 15:30Richard Flanagan talks about The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which won the Man Booker.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Monmouthshire in Wales. 15:454/6By Nafisa Muhtadi. A woman shares her considerable experience of Rishta meetings.
| 15:30A poetic and musical collaboration melding two traditions and seeking common ground.(R)
| 15:002/3John Steinbeck’s epic tale inspired by the story of Cain and Abel.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Phill Jupitus takes us through his life in books and songs - Sex Pistols and Steve Martin. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between religion and psychotherapy.
| 16:00Opera singer Andrea Baker explores the impact of Frederick Douglass' time in Scotland.(R) 16:30Martin Jennings nominates the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores personal identity in an era of uncertain working lives. 16:30Scotland's culture minister Fiona Hyslop discusses BBC spending in Scotland.
| 16:00Presented by Francine Stock. Eddie Redmayne discusses The Danish Girl. 16:30How the current El Nino event is affecting lives in the UK and around the world.
| 16:00Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died. 16:30Is there a north-south divide in the amount of money spent on flood defences in England? 16:55What do you leave to the world if you don't leave children?(R)
| 16:00The influence of Toni Morrison's book Beloved. BBC Sound of 2016: Alessia Cara and Nao.
| 16:00Alex Clark talks to Francesca Kay about her novel The Long Room. 16:30A winter journey in poetry, sound and music through Scotland's capital by Stewart Conn.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00News interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A listener's experience of binge eating disorder. Martha Kearney reads Your News.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Carolyn Quinn explores the practical process for exiting the EU if UK voters opt to leave.(R) 17:40Writer Chris Dolan creates a dramatic response to a story in the week's news.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Speculation over identity of man with British accent in video from Islamic State group 18:306/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Rob Brydon.
| 18:00David Cameron says ministers will be able to campaign for either side in EU referendum 18:302/6Milton accidentally makes a delicious sparkling wine - and a deadly enemy.
| 18:00Labour reshuffle leads to resignations. UK calls for more sanctions against North Korea. 18:302/4From pedantic dinner dates to coping with annoying friends. Stars Jocelyn Jee Esien.
| 18:00Chancellor warned of the "dangerous cocktail of economic risks" facing the UK. 18:301/6An unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman and a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas.
| 18:00The security company, G4S, suspends seven members of staff from a young offenders unit 18:301/8A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Violence at Cologne protests Man arrested in Ghana for murder of Eastenders actress 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Cameron talks of reaching a deal with EU leaders 18:15Sarfraz Manzoor chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There is much praise for Brian. 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to director Quentin Tarantino about The Hateful Eight. 19:451/10Adaptation of Toni Morrison's seminal novel about ghosts, slavery and terrible secrets.(R)
| 19:00Helen is hanging on the telephone. 19:15Including a review of David Bowie's new jazz-influenced album Blackstar. With John Wilson. 19:452/10The spirit of a murdered child haunts 124 Bluestone Road, the home of former slave Sethe.(R)
| 19:00Phoebe calls for moral support. 19:15Pierre Boulez obituary, Costa Biography winner, Tracey Ullman's Show, Bolshoi Babylon 19:453/10Paul D's arrival has rid the house of the ghost that had haunted it for years.(R)
| 19:15Tim Collins reviews Danish film A War, and Natasha Cooper on the return of Maigret. 19:454/10The residents of 124 Bluestone Road discover a young woman collapsed outside their home.(R)
| 19:00Who fancies a race up Lakey Hill? 19:15Emma Donoghue talks to Kirsty Lang about adapting her best-selling novel Room into a film. 19:455/10Beloved's hold on the residents of 124 Bluestone Road strengthens day by day.(R)
| 19:00Writer Chris Dolan creates a dramatic response to a story in the week's news. 19:15Including a look at Quentin Tarantino's new film Hateful Eight.
| 19:00On Plough Sunday, Ed is feeling nervous. 19:151/6Lee Mack, Susan Calman and Daniel Maier compete to supply the best wrong answers.(R) 19:45In this amusing story, author Padgett Powell imagines the schooldays of Janis Joplin.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Catherine Guilyardi examines traditional French values after the Charlie Hebdo killings. 20:30Tim Whewell is on a quest to find a Syrian football team who were torn apart by civil war.(R)
| 20:00Carolyn Quinn explores the practical process for exiting the EU if UK voters opt to leave. 20:40Peter White discusses body language with three guests, all blind or partially sighted.
| 20:00Top journalists debate live with Andrew Rawnsley what leading opinion articles should say. 20:45Michelle Madsen makes the case for life on Britain's rivers and canals.
| 20:00Is it time for the west to admit it lost the war in Afghanistan? 20:30How important is trust, and can it be won back if it is lost? Matthew Gwyther investigates
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Caterham in Surrey. 20:50Tom Shakespeare suggests ways to shrink and completely reform the House of Lords.
| 20:00In the days before audience research, who did the early BBC think it was talking to?(R)
| 20:00Is there a north-south divide in the amount of money spent on flood defences in England?(R) 20:30Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the lives of people who have recently died.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Jim Al-Khalili and guests debate ideas that could help to improve safety at public events.(R) 21:30David Mitchell sets out on a polite but firm inquiry into the confusing world of manners.(R)
| 21:003/3Dame Evelyn Glennie reveals how there is more to listening than hearing. 21:30David Mitchell continues his look at our behaviour. What do we mean by 'civility'?(R)
| 21:00The magical world of Conelis Drebbel, inventor of the first submarine in 1621. 21:30David Mitchell's enquiries take him to an assertiveness class. Should he always say sorry?(R)
| 21:00How the current El Nino event is affecting lives in the UK and around the world.(R) 21:30David Mitchell ends his look at modern manners in a golf club bar. Has it all gone wrong?(R)
| 21:00The Bevan hospital becomes a welcome alternative to home for Dorothea.
| 21:001/3John Steinbeck’s epic tale inspired by the story of Cain and Abel.(R)
| 21:00Has the regulator got too cosy with the banks? The head of the FCA defends her record. 21:26Joanna Lumley presents an appeal on behalf of the Gurkha Welfare Trust.(R) 21:30How important is trust, and can it be won back if it is lost? Matthew Gwyther investigates(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00What impact will the diplomatic row between Saudi Arabia and Iran have on the Syria talks? 22:451/10Young backpacker Richard is looking for paradise and finds a map that may lead him there.
| 22:00Cameron gives ministers freedom on the EU vote. Liam Fox says it will not divide the party 22:452/10Richard, Francoise and Etienne head for the Marine Park in search of the secret beach.
| 22:00Are people being starved to death in siege warfare in Syria? 22:453/10Richard and the French couple make it to the forbidden island, but new dangers await them.
| 22:00A report from Yemen's second city, are we still 'Je Suis Charlie'? Plus Big Yin's tour. 22:454/10Richard settles in to life on the beach, and finds he is forgetting about his former life.
| 22:00Who will invest in Saudi oil, and will new alcohol guidelines change behaviour? 22:455/10Richard and Jed undertake a rice run to Hat Rin and make some unpleasant discoveries.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michelle Madsen makes the case for life on Britain's rivers and canals.(R) 22:301/3The turbulent years from 1968 to 1976 for South Asians in Britain.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire of the Mirror analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00David Hinds & Selwyn Brown about Steel Pulse's 1978 album, 'Handsworth Revolution' 23:30Novelist Neil Gaiman explores the the intricacies of the Orpheus myth(R)
| 23:003/6Alex and his romantic band explore the theme of love.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4Cardamom-scented candles, kumquats and a debate over the virtues of shared bathing. 23:155/6Even the most successful writers have, at some point, had to take jobs to pay the bills.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the first PMQs of 2016.
| 23:001/4Mark addresses tax avoidance, quantitative easing and voting reform.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Martin Jennings nominates the British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Two friends who are new fathers-to-be reflect on forthcoming life changing events.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the last contest in the current series of the cryptic quiz. 23:30Kathleen Jamie reads from her new book of poems for Paul Farley.(R)
| 23:00Presented by Francine Stock. Eddie Redmayne discusses The Danish Girl.(R) 23:30John McCarthy investigates the weird and wonderful world of sleep.(R)
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