| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Foie gras and the politics of taste. Also, male Irish migrants recall the food back home.(R) 00:45Church bells from Exeter Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How did painter Claude Monet first settle in his house at Giverny?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5World War I rages but in his gardens, the illustrious painter gets on with his new project(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Monet's new works are so big, he must come inside to complete them.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Monet comes under pressure from George Clemenceau to donate some canvases to the state.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Monet's cataracts worsen, leading to a disintegration of solid forms.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Kerry Hudson's poetic story of a woman talking through her past with her new love.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry. 05:45How do farmers prepare for the worst conditions that are thrown at them? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry. 05:45A global initiative is launched to tackle nitrogen pollution. 05:58John Aitchison presents the golden pheasant.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry. 05:45The Woodland Trust fears that England is slipping towards becoming deforested. 05:58John Aitchison presents the parrot crossbill.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry. 05:45Avian flu arrives in mainland Europe, leading to lock-down among poultry farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the siskin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Dr Stephen Cherry. 05:45Will wind energy still pay its way in rural areas despite Westminster's cut in subsidies? 05:58The Golden Oriole - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with Andrea Rea. 05:45iPM's Manveen Rana finds out if it's still possible to hitchhike in the UK. iPM@bbc.co.uk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Sheffield Cathedral. 05:45Skinny dipping with Nigel Farage, punching a business partner, and bankrolling Brexit.(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 Yesterday in Parliament, 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 visits Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, home of the UK's largest onshore wind farm.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith is at the Wallingford Monitoring Station in Oxfordshire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Sarah Goldingay examines the transformative process of restoration and mending. 06:35Brett Westwood is in the north east of England looking for red squirrels. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Trafficked women refuge, homeless Jesus and singing carols for good health. 07:54Bill Turnbull makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bees for Development. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10'Hear the Song' is the theme for a service for the third Sunday in Advent. 08:48Adam Gopnik reflects on the greater significance of designer holes in jeans!(R) 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with John Rees, Josie Rourke, Rachel Reeves and James Frayne. 09:451/5How did painter Claude Monet first settle in his house at Giverny?
| 09:00Neuroscientist Richard Morris explains how brain cells remember. 09:30Television executive Peter Bazalgette examines empathy, with primatologist Frans de Waal. 09:452/5World War I rages but in his gardens, the illustrious painter gets on with his new project
| 09:00Television reporter and writer Tom Mangold joins Libby Purves. 09:453/5Monet's new works are so big, he must come inside to complete them.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer. 09:454/5Monet comes under pressure from George Clemenceau to donate some canvases to the state.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Sir Philip Craven, the International Paralympic Committee president.(R) 09:455/5Monet's cataracts worsen, leading to a disintegration of solid forms.
| 09:00Anthony Horowitz, Major Tim Peake and Dave Gorman.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Singer and musician Agnes Obel performs a track from her new album, Citizens of Glass. 10:451/5Sam loves Rose - but after his dad's death, he gets drunk and sleeps with Bayley.
| 10:00MP Naz Shah on integration. Plus lying about your age and should SRE be compulsory? 10:452/5Forty weeks from now a girl called Bayley is having Sam's baby - but he still loves Rose.
| 10:00Choosing Mary for the School Nativity and India's iron lady Jayalalithaa Jayaram. 10:413/5Sam moves in with Bayley and Rose is secretly getting closer to Bayley too. 10:55Two Swansea fans celebrate the Welsh performance in Euro 2016.
| 10:00Velvet for the fashionista, asbestos-free schools, and 60 years of the NCT. 10:454/5Bayley has a fall and Rose rushes her to hospital. With Rebecca Humphries.
| 10:00Christmas Days with Jeanette Winterson. Food, relationships and ghosts! 10:455/5Who will Bayley choose to have at her side for the birth - Sam or Rose?
| 10:30Miles Jupp investigates the strange case of the woman who may have invented James Bond.
| 10:00David fights a losing battle, and Helen has a heavy heart.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The tale of a maverick lawyer and his attempt to win asylum for a Pakistani man. 11:302/4Trisha tries to impress Jill with her recipe for eggs.
| 11:002/3A profoundly deaf woman reveals how there is more to listening than hearing. 11:302/3A celebration of the autographed manuscript of Puccini's masterpiece, Madame Butterfly.
| 11:00Hugh Muir charts the movement of ethnic minorities from cities to the English countryside.(R) 11:306/6The visit of the Prince of Wales to Sizzlinghurst Castle throws the household into chaos.(R)
| 11:00Black sporting talent is still struggling to break through into South Africa's top teams. 11:302/3How Australian culture is reflecting and engaging with an ever-more diverse population.
| 11:00Anjana Ahuja believes we should take control of our online identity before it is too late.(R) 11:302/4When the star of Cinderella is shot, Charles takes over. But who wanted him dead?
| 11:00Jim Waterson of Buzzfeed looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Stories of strong-arm tactics, strongmen, empty places and discarded lives and hopes.
| 11:15Davina McCall, TV presenter, 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. 12:04'Why is my mother tone deaf?' asks listener Simon. The team investigates. 12:15Loan sharks targeting addicted gamblers. Agency work pressures. A boost for British lace. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Does nothing exist? Our scientific duo consider the nature of nothing. 12:15How important is it to have a clean house? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How zero was discovered and why it allows us to forecast the future. 12:15Two spooks from GCHQ reveal the secrets behind cracking the code of their new puzzle book. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Does the full moon make us act strangely? 12:15New energy credit figures. Sherry makes a comeback. Rent to own alternatives. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Why do some people have a terrible sense of direction? 12:15Radio 4's consumer affairs programme.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A Money Box listener shares his alternative investment concerns. 12:306/7Steve 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. 12:044/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Susan Calman and Richard Osman join Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino finds out what the future holds for cheese, including the role of raw milk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs.
| 13:00Analysis of news & current affairs with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Mark Mardell.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Reepham High School and College, Norfolk.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30Peter White meets stand-up comedienne Geri Jewell, who was born with cerebral palsy.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Kate needs to turn her ideas into reality.(R) 14:153/4Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. Casualties written by Martin Jameson.
| 14:00Kenton makes an impulse buy.(R) 14:15A fundraiser to save a sick child turns sour when the proceeds go missing.
| 14:00David fights a losing battle.(R) 14:15A father and daughter are challenged by a secret from the past. By Kate Lock.
| 14:00Helen has a heavy heart.(R) 14:151/2Stanley Baldwin and Cosmo Lang vie to persuade Edward VIII not to abdicate.
| 14:00Usha meets a prospective tenant.(R) 14:152/2Wallis Simpson's view of the abdication crisis from a safe haven in the south of France.
| 14:00Have your say on Any Questions? Saudi, schools and migrants. Presented by Amol Rajan. 14:30James Bond v SPECTRE. Can the Western world be saved? Martin Jarvis directs a star cast.
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire.(R) 14:45Men on Euro 2016, identity and mass trespass, and Methodism.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of cryptic clues and convoluted connections. 15:30A female takeover. Sheila Dillon speaks to ten women chefs coming together to fight hunger(R)
| 15:002/3Three more students raise the curtain on their final year at performing arts school. 15:30Shattered - how three people cope with chronic sleep disorders.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests talk about the high cost credit market and take your calls. 15:30ADHD and mindwandering, treating insomnia helps depression and the Think Ahead scheme.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, home of the UK's largest onshore wind farm. 15:27The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.(R) 15:30Jay McInerney discusses his debut novel Bright Lights, Big City with James Naughtie.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire. 15:45Aasmah Mir reports on how the money from the 2015 appeal has been spent.(R)
| | 15:002/2Starring David Tennant. Three destitute men steal a schooner and try to steal pearls.
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| 16:00 | 16:008/8Josie Long explores what can emerge from an ending. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the impact of immigration on the church in Britain.
| 16:00Matthew Syed explores the vexed role of money at the pinnacle of contemporary sport. 16:30Lucy Porter, the comedian and writer, champions Cary Grant as her Great Life
| 16:00Success and luck. Also private school attitudes towards cosmopolitanism. 16:30Trump and the New York Times - Steve Hewlett talks to Mark Thompson about their meeting.
| 16:00Francine Stock visits the locations of The Proud Valley, which starred Paul Robeson. 16:30Could rocks discovered by the Mars rover Spirit contain the hallmarks of ancient life?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an actor, an Indian politician, a musician. 16:30The economic doom that never was; childhood cancer figures and Ed Balls 16:55Two friends reflect on identity and the right to roam.
| 16:00What does it mean to play Mary in the school nativity? Why do women lie about their age?
| 16:00Writer Henrietta Rose-Innes talks to Mariella Frostrup about her novel Nineveh. 16:302/4A mix-tape of new poems from two American poets: Daisy Fried and Brenda Shaughnessy.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Russia has denied it intervened in the US presidential election to help Donald Trump. 17:30iPM's Manveen Rana finds out if it's still possible to hitchhike in the UK. iPM@bbc.co.uk.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The struggle between the world of Hasidic Jews in the UK and those who decide to leave.(R) 17:40Skinny dipping with Nigel Farage, punching a business partner, and bankrolling Brexit.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The government tries to win back control of the Brexit process 18:304/6Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Susan Calman and Richard Osman join Jack Dee.
| 18:00Brexit: EU's chief negotiator says UK will have to reach a deal by October 2018. 18:304/6Clare has lost her memory, but is still positive that she is right, all of the time.
| 18:00Tata Steel announces commitment to secure future of Port Talbot and other steelworks. 18:302/4Olivia Colman tells Victoria Coren Mitchell about her life and the cars she's known.
| 18:00Downing Street says Boris Johnson's Saudi comments are not the government's views. 18:306/6Ben Franklin arrives in a thunderstorm and wins the Fair Intellectuals' hearts and minds.
| 18:00Report says Russian state-sponsored doping corrupted London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics 18:306/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Trump dismisses claims of Russian hacking Syrian troops in final Aleppo push 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Donald Trump has dismissed the CIA's claim that Russia tried to influence the US election 18:15Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kenton makes an impulse buy. 19:15Author Lee Child discusses short stories inspired by Edward Hopper paintings. 19:451/5Sam loves Rose - but after his dad's death, he gets drunk and sleeps with Bayley.(R)
| 19:00David fights a losing battle. 19:15Dreamgirls composer Henry Krieger, Australia's Impressionists and Peter Vaughan remembered 19:452/5Forty weeks from now a girl called Bayley is having Sam's baby - but he still loves Rose.(R)
| 19:15Zaha Hadid's new Science Museum gallery, film editor Anne V Coates, Office Christmas Party 19:453/5Sam moves in with Bayley and Rose is secretly getting closer to Bayley too.(R)
| 19:00Usha meets a prospective tenant. 19:15Arts news, interviews and reviews. 19:454/5Bayley has a fall and Rose rushes her to hospital. With Rebecca Humphries.(R)
| 19:15Ashley Clarke reviews The Birth of a Nation, Ruth Padel reveals the reality of Christmas. 19:455/5Who will Bayley choose to have at her side for the birth - Sam or Rose?(R)
| 19:00Skinny dipping with Nigel Farage, punching a business partner, and bankrolling Brexit. 19:15Once in a Lifetime, Birth of a Nation, Alice In Space, Mathematics exhibition, BBC Disney.
| 19:00Peggy voices her concerns. 19:154/4John Shuttleworth invites Mari Wilson to sing one of his songs. 19:454/4By Nick Walker. Annika witnesses someone being pushed from the top of a rock face.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Hugh Muir charts the movement of ethnic minorities from cities to the English countryside.(R) 20:30Investigating Albania's 'green gold'.(R)
| 20:00The struggle between the world of Hasidic Jews in the UK and those who decide to leave. 20:40Why some BBC content is inaccessible, Mark Fulcher on Access to Work and Red Szell.
| 20:00Joan Bakewell explores one of our greatest fears about death and dying: being in pain. 20:45Tommy Whitelaw calls for more support and respect for people living with dementia.
| 20:00What are the policies and political decisions which led to the current crisis in prisons? 20:30Matthew Gwyther asks if the digital revolution is creating a crisis in advertising.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Reepham High School and College, Norfolk. 20:50Adam Gopnik reflects on the greater significance of designer holes in jeans!
| 20:00American satirist Joe Queenan presents spats, tantrums and explosions from the archive.(R)
| 20:00The economic doom that never was; childhood cancer figures and Ed Balls(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an actor, an Indian politician, a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:001/3Two female composers reveal how there is far more to listening than hearing.(R) 21:30Kirsty Wark with John Rees, Josie Rourke, Rachel Reeves and James Frayne.(R)
| 21:00ADHD and mindwandering, treating insomnia helps depression and the Think Ahead scheme. 21:30Neuroscientist Richard Morris explains how brain cells remember.(R)
| 21:00How testosterone has been used and abused in history 21:30Television reporter and writer Tom Mangold joins Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Could rocks discovered by the Mars rover Spirit contain the hallmarks of ancient life?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of Harriet Martineau, writer.(R)
| 21:00Adrian Moore explores the philosophical, mathematical and cultural history of the infinite
| 21:001/2David Tennant stars as Wiltshire, a trader freshly arrived on a Samoan Island.(R)
| 21:00A Money Box listener shares his alternative investment concerns.(R) 21:26Bill Turnbull makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bees for Development.(R) 21:30Matthew Gwyther asks if the digital revolution is creating a crisis in advertising.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00After a defeat in Sunday's constitutional referendum, what next for Italy's government? 22:456/8Ian McEwan's modern-day take on Hamlet, told from the perspective of an unborn child.
| 22:00Is it time for Syrian rebels to give up - and admit Assad has won? 22:457/8Ian McEwan's modern-day take on Hamlet, told from the perspective of an unborn child.
| 22:00MPs have voted - but the arguments over Brexit will continue. 22:458/8Ian McEwan's modern-day take on Hamlet, told from the perspective of an unborn child.
| 22:00Russia says military operations have been halted so that civilians can be evacuated. 22:451/2A story of theft in the literary world by Ian McEwan. Read in two episodes by Roger Allam.
| 22:00UK athletes condemn Russian state-sponsored doping. 22:452/2A story of theft in the literary world by Ian McEwan. Read in two episodes by Roger Allam.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Joan Bakewell explores one of our greatest fears about death and dying: being in pain.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss all the latest political developments.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Olly Mann and guests tackle male feelings of inadequacy. 23:30Joanna Shinn reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Alexei explores the role of the entertainer and explains why he will never go on Strictly. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4More delightful craziness from the mind of Terry Alderton. 23:151/4Fandom, fatherhood and 17th-century France. Quirky sketches and poems.(R) 23:30The government agrees to Labour demands for it to publish a plan for Brexit.
| 23:00Thom is enthralled by the melodramatic extravaganza of straight-to-DVD Bollywood films.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Lucy Porter, the comedian and writer, champions Cary Grant as her Great Life(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A father and son's different outlooks are still grounded in the Methodist experience.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of cryptic clues and convoluted connections.(R) 23:301/4Paul Farley hears new poems from Matthew Hollis and Fiona Sampson.(R)
| 23:001/13Catherine Burns introduces stories that explore 'what went wrong'. 23:50Adam Gopnik reflects on the greater significance of designer holes in jeans!(R)
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