| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Drone warfare: from soldiering to assassination? Also, the world of fitness instructors.(R) 00:45Church bells from St Mark's, Swindon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/4Pete Brown explores the origins of the apple - a fruit held in high regard for millennia.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/4Pete Brown investigates the rise and fall of the Red Delicious, America's favourite apple.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/4Pete Brown visits East Malling, the UK's most influential horticultural research station.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/4Pete Brown discovers the importance of winter dormancy in the life cycle of an apple tree.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/3A woman is found, killed by a falling icicle. But Annika believes it was not an accident.(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.
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| 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 Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45Farm gadgets are in the spotlight during Agri-Tech Week in the East of England. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58John Aitchison presents the chough.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45Is Scotland's food and drink export industry at risk post-Brexit? 05:58David Attenborough presents the magpie.(R)
| 05:57A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Rob Marshall.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45What a President Donald Trump could mean for agriculture in the UK. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the jackdaw.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Claire Campbell Smith. 05:45Would a tax on meat and dairy help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Goldcrest.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Cheryl Meban. 05:45The programme that starts with its listeners.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Westminster Abbey. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the woman behind a court case that could stymie Brexit, Gina Miller.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark meets the runners, organisers and volunteers behind Snowdonia Marathon.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith visits Rothamsted Research to hear about the farm gadgets of the future. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully assesses the worldwide popularity of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet. 06:35Is the milk in your coffee as important as the beans? Meet the farmer who thinks it is. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Life-saving bible, Trump election reaction, Terry Waite poems. 07:54Jamie Andrew makes an appeal on behalf of Bendrigg Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Worship from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris with members of the Royal British Legion. 08:48Roger Scruton assesses some of the reasons behind Donald Trump's victory.(R) 08:58John Aitchison presents the chough.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with William Kentridge, Lucy Bailey, Susie Orbach and Simon Goldhill. 09:451/4Pete Brown explores the origins of the apple - a fruit held in high regard for millennia.
| 09:004/4Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.
| 09:00Physicist Helen Czerski and composer Odaline de la Martinez join Libby Purves. 09:452/4Pete Brown investigates the rise and fall of the Red Delicious, America's favourite apple.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire. 09:453/4Pete Brown visits East Malling, the UK's most influential horticultural research station.
| 09:00Ali Smith, writer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:454/4Pete Brown discovers the importance of winter dormancy in the life cycle of an apple tree.
| 09:00Ray Mears, BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Matt Baker's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 09:15Toby has a new toy, and Rob is forced to rethink.
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| 10:00 | 10:00The Power List Judges deliberate on the most influential women of the past seven decades. 10:451/5Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder.
| 10:00The performance artist Marina Abramovic in conversation with Jane Garvey. 10:452/5Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder.
| 10:00Jane Garvey looks at the outcome of the US election. 10:413/5Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder. 10:55A Muslim and a Hindu find peace and beauty in the Cumbrian fells.
| 10:00What is behind a rise in childhood anxiety, and what can be done to help? 10:454/5Némirovsky drama about a woman so obsessed with her looks & lost youth she commits murder.
| 10:00With Shirley Collins, singing again after losing her voice to heartbreak 38 years ago. 10:455/5Némirovsky drama about a woman so obsessed with her lost youth she commits murder.
| 10:30Comedian Mark Watson wonders why so many adults are playing children's games. Seriously.
| 10:30Jonathan Dimbleby is the commentator at the Ceremony of Remembrance from the Cenotaph.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows the case of two sisters: one who wants to save the life of the other. 11:302/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' rival Martin Hewitt.
| 11:00Brett Westwood gets up close and personal with a bird we fear and revere, the Raven. 11:30The legendary country singer-songwriter unveils the secrets of composing a great song.
| 11:00People talk frankly about the challenging experience of sitting with a dying parent.(R) 11:302/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest puts her marriage to the test by rekindling her infatuation with Venus(R)
| 11:00Tales of power plays and tactics from China, Venezuela, Cote d'Ivoire, Italy and Kosovo. 11:30Exploring the culture war between secularism and a new generation of Muslims in France.
| 11:00The traditional two-minute silence to mark Armistice Day. 11:043/4Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe introduces a fresh take on magic. 11:306/6Comedian Alex Horne's diary focuses on his 1997 gap year, which he spent teaching in China(R)
| 11:00Alan Dein talks to his Facebook friends across America about the election of Donald Trump. 11:30Golf courses, state building and utopia from Ireland, Mexico, Somalia, Croatia to the EU.
| 11:45John Harris of the Guardian talks to autism specialist Professor Simon Baron-Cohen.(R)
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets 75-year-old Maureen, whose husband has dementia. 12:15Calls for the UK to resume flights to Sharm el-Sheikh. A fall in profits at charity shops. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets advertising executive Charles. 12:15What should change at M&S? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/10Susie Orbach meets Richard and Louise, new parents struggling to make things work. 12:15Holiday sickness claims. Delays in switching energy supplier. Abandoned horses. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/10Susie Orbach meets estate agent Natalie, whose faith is very important to her. 12:15How online bookies encourage problem gamblers to play again by sending them special offers 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets retired railway worker and union man John. 12:15What's to choose between banks? Not much if feeble switching numbers are to be believed.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Families win against housing benefit cut. Plus Tesco Bank fraud and RBS compensation. 12:302/7Steve 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. 12:046/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.(R) 12:32Spain's Basque region exerts a powerful influence on global cuisine Dan Saladino asks why. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney at the US presidential elections and Mark Mardell in the UK. 13:45Robert Hart: a Victorian diplomat who helped transform China into a modern trading nation.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Robert Hart: a Victorian diplomat who helped transform China into a modern trading nation.
| 13:00News with Martha Kearney in New York as Donald Trump becomes president-elect of the USA.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Sir Robert is called in to help with the fight against the Taiping rebels.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Sir Robert organises the defence of Peking against the Boxer rebels.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Cambridge Union Society.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Mary Ann Sieghart isn't being rude - she just can't identify people by their faces.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Bittersweet drama about agoraphobia by Jane Wainwright. Starring Paapa Essiedu.
| 14:00Lilian has an unwanted phone call.(R) 14:15A young priest meets a traumatised soldier in Neil Noon's intriguing psychological drama.
| 14:15Boris Johnson and Michael Gove snatch leadership defeat from the jaws of Brexit victory.
| 14:00Johnny seeks out Freddie.(R) 14:15By Jessica Mitic. Comedy about two backpackers travelling across Thailand.
| 14:00Rob is forced to rethink.(R) 14:151/5Doctor Celestine de Tullio has gone from doctoring to fighting in Serbia.
| 14:00Is populism such a bad thing? Plus globalisation and no-platforming. 14:30Samantha Bond and Toby Jones star in the classic First World War adventure.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in the West Midlands.(R) 14:45The beauty of nature on land, on water and in sound.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30How will British chef Gavin Chun and his team fare at the Olympics of Chinese Food?(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel of culinary experts visit Warwick.(R) 15:30Can we find a use for all that pesky climate-changing carbon dioxide? Tom Heap reports.
| 15:00Vanguard founder John Bogle on revolutionising fund management. 15:30Claudia Hammond meets the winners of the 2016 Brain Prize.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark meets the runners, organisers and volunteers behind Snowdonia Marathon. 15:27Shappi Khorsandi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Health Poverty Action.(R) 15:30James Naughtie and novelist Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in the West Midlands. 15:45A family heirloom provides the spark for an unexpected literary inheritance.
| 15:30The legendary country singer-songwriter unveils the secrets of composing a great song.(R)
| 15:002/2To ensure the future of their new home, the rabbits face a terrifying confrontation.
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| 16:00 | 16:004/8Josie Long hears stories of what can be found when we lose ourselves. 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores whether technology can allow us to walk in another man's shoes.
| 16:00What are the legal ramifications of the High Court ruling on the Brexit legal challenge? 16:30Sally Phillips and Julia Donaldson talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'. 16:30Paddy O'Connell discusses how the media dealt with Donald Trump's rise to the presidency.
| 16:00Kevin Brownlow talks about his quest to restore Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoleon. 16:30Climate change - listeners' questions answered.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a singer, a war hero, a US attorney general, a broadcaster. 16:30Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK? 16:55A couple have found a common passion in Celtic long boats and French Yoles.
| 16:00Marina Abramovic, the 'grande dame' of radical performance art.
| 16:00Margaret Drabble on her new novel. 16:30Andrew Motion responds to the subject of climate change in a unique audio poem.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30The future of the car industry - is it driverless? Evan Davis and guests discuss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is the UK doing enough to tackle corruption and prevent money laundering in the capital?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the woman behind a court case that could stymie Brexit, Gina Miller.(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. 18:306/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Could one of Ed's rediscovered films change his life?
| 18:00Donald Trump says he intends to serve all Americans - and pays tribute to his rival 18:30Rich Hall follows the closing stages of the US presidential race.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The young ladies teach Voltaire the value of free speech and new uses for broom handles.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00The government is distancing itself from concerns in the EU about the next US president. 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. 18:15Peter Curran chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian has an unwanted phone call. 19:15R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and Mike Mills on the album Out of Time, 25 years after its release 19:451/5Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder.(R)
| 19:15John Wilson explores the role of art in the regeneration of the north east of England. 19:452/5Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder.(R)
| 19:00Johnny seeks out Freddie. 19:15With Andrew Lloyd Webber on School of Rock, and actor and director Ewan McGregor. 19:453/5Gladys is so obsessed with hiding her age she will stop at nothing, including murder.(R)
| 19:00Rob is forced to rethink. 19:15The TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's novel NW, and artist Norman Ackroyd in his studio. 19:454/5Némirovsky drama about a woman so obsessed with her looks & lost youth she commits murder.(R)
| 19:15A rare interview with the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, whose death was announced today 19:455/5Némirovsky drama about a woman so obsessed with her lost youth she commits murder.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the woman behind a court case that could stymie Brexit, Gina Miller. 19:15King Lear, The Innocents, Linda Grant, Elton John's Radical Eye, Close to the Enemy.
| 19:155/6Mark is in Manchester for thoughts on low-cost housing and novel road safety techniques.(R) 19:453/3Fay Weldon's story is about a beauty queen coming face to face with her true self.
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| 20:00 | 20:00People talk frankly about the challenging experience of sitting with a dying parent. 20:30The story, and lessons, of the international effort to end ozone-destroying chemicals.
| 20:00Is the UK doing enough to tackle corruption and prevent money laundering in the capital? 20:40Richard Leaman is to leave his job as CEO of Guide Dogs & Ffion Miles leaves for Australia
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate, presented by Michael Buerk. 20:45Chris Pierson makes the case for a radical rethinking of private property.
| 20:00What are the legal ramifications of the High Court ruling on the Brexit legal challenge?(R) 20:30The future of the car industry - is it driverless? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Cambridge Union Society. 20:50Roger Scruton assesses some of the reasons behind Donald Trump's victory.
| 20:00Andrew Hussey on the history of the 'no platform' debates raging on university campuses.
| 20:00Who voted in the US elections? Plus are there nine million stray cats in the UK?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a singer, a war hero, a US attorney general, a broadcaster.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood explores our relationship with crickets and tunes in to their songs.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with William Kentridge, Lucy Bailey, Susie Orbach and Simon Goldhill.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond meets the winners of the 2016 Brain Prize. 21:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 21:00Can we find a use for all that pesky climate-changing carbon dioxide? Tom Heap reports.(R) 21:30Physicist Helen Czerski and composer Odaline de la Martinez join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Climate change - listeners' questions answered.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss JMW Turner's The Fighting Temeraire.(R)
| 21:00Exploring three lives from the world of power and one from the world of art.
| 21:001/2Fantasy classic about a band of rabbits on a quest to find a new home.(R)
| 21:00Families win against housing benefit cut. Plus Tesco Bank fraud and RBS compensation.(R) 21:26Jamie Andrew makes an appeal on behalf of Bendrigg Trust.(R) 21:30The story, and lessons, of the international effort to end ozone-destroying chemicals.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Has the divisive and acrimonious campaign changed US politics for good? 22:456/10With the Civil War under way, Thomas and John Cole are ordered to engage the rebel army.
| 22:00Coverage of the US presidential election as the results are announced.
| 22:00The world reacts to Trump's election victory. 22:458/10When ambushed by former rebel soldiers, Thomas takes drastic action to protect his family.
| 22:00Mr Obama says he has had an 'excellent' and 'wide-ranging' conversation with Donald Trump. 22:459/10Thomas McNulty must decide if he can really lose Winona in order to save another's life.
| 22:00Evidence of fresh atrocities in wake of Mosul massacre. 22:4510/10Some visitors to Lige's farm threaten Thomas McNulty's life in Tennessee.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:154/4Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah asks us to give up the idea of western civilisation.(R)
| 22:00What does the election of Donald Trump mean for the UK? Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss.
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| 23:00 | 23:007/10Surrounded by enemy forces, Thomas and John Cole must admit defeat. 23:15Simon Callow explores one of the earliest forms of human interaction.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| | 23:002/4The Bard of Salford performs classic and brand new poems at the BBC’s Radio Theatre 23:151/4Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together a rapid-fire sketch show.(R)
| 23:00Rich Hall follows the closing stages of the US presidential race.(R) 23:30Following artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints a portrait of poet Imtiaz Dharker.(R)
| 23:00Sally Phillips and Julia Donaldson talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.(R) 23:27Following artist Fiona Graham-Mackay as she paints a portrait of poet Lemn Sissay.(R) 23:55Artists who have found inspiration and sisterhood in working together
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Jean Sprackland visits the breweries and tap-rooms of her home town, Burton-upon-Trent.(R)
| 23:00Kevin Brownlow talks about his quest to restore Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoleon.(R) 23:30Mark Tully assesses the worldwide popularity of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet.(R)
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