| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Poet and spoken word artist Harry Baker looks back on his Christmases so far. 00:30Howard Jacobson searches for his Word of the Year.(R) 00:45Church bells from Durham Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/5An exploration of the first of five Shakespeare plays crossing the racial divide.(R) 00:301/5A meditation on snow by writer Marcus Sedgwick.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/5An examination of Tamora and Aaron's relationship in Titus Andronicus.(R) 00:302/5A meditation on snow by writer Marcus Sedgwick.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/5Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores Shylock's complex role in The Merchant of Venice.(R) 00:303/5A meditation on snow by Marcus Sedgwick.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores love in the mystical worlds of A Midsummer Night's Dream.(R) 00:304/5A meditation on snow by Marcus Sedgwick.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/5Yasmin Alibhai-Brown focuses on the relationship between Antony and Cleopatra.(R) 00:305/5Marcus Sedgwick concludes his meditation on the nature of snow.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:01The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15The Musicians Union. Also women heavy metal fans.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 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 Leslie Griffiths. 05:45The music that bees make! And monitoring the hazel dormouse. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe meets the Rev Canon Eileen Davies, a farmer and vicar in west Wales. 05:58Steve Backshall presents the turtle dove.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Vernon Harwood meets the new tenant who'll pay £1 a year for a farm in North Wales. 05:58Chris Packham presents the blackbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45The farm advisor heading out to work on the world's most remote inhabited island. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Former BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs looks at the influence of weather forecasting on farming 05:58David Attenborough presents the nightingale. (Part 1 of 2)(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Duncan MacLaren. 05:45A husband explains why he cheated on his wife of 28 years.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Anne's, Denton. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles David Davis - the man in charge of Brexit.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Listening Project producers remember the highs and lows of the Booth summer tour.(R)
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including 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 explores the landscape that inspired Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith and guests discuss what a new British Agricultural Policy might look like. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Frank Cottrell Boyce sits in his boyhood bedroom and reflects on life and his journey home 06:35Lionel Kelleway is in Worcestershire on the look out for fieldfares. Recorded in 2007. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | 07:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Look ahead to 2017, Bishop James Jones, Hull's Year of Culture. 07:54Broadcaster Jo Whiley makes an appeal on behalf of Arthritis Care. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for New Year's Day live from Emmanuel Church, Didsbury, with the Rev John Bell. 08:48Adam Gopnik explores the differences between patriotism and nationalism.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the robin.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Christopher de Hamel, Lucie Skeaping and Edward Brooke-Hitching. 09:451/5A meditation on snow by writer Marcus Sedgwick.
| 09:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a special Christmas edition of the science/comedy show 09:452/5A meditation on snow by writer Marcus Sedgwick.
| 09:00Katie Melua and Nigel Havers join Libby Purves in the BBC Radio Theatre. 09:453/5A meditation on snow by Marcus Sedgwick.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler. 09:454/5A meditation on snow by Marcus Sedgwick.
| 09:00Gareth Malone, choirmaster, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5Marcus Sedgwick concludes his meditation on the nature of snow.
| 09:00Lucy Porter joins Aasmah Mir and Kate Silverton, and Alan Carr's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00Actor Jeremy Irons reads the poetry of TS Eliot. 09:45A dejected government worker decides to become a Buddhist. By Dorthe Nors.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Kate Tempest and musical highlights from Woman's Hour this year. 10:456/10Henry enraptures Catherine with his tall tales.
| 10:00Andi Osho, Sofie Hagen and the Scummy Mummies join Jane Garvey for a fun quiz. 10:457/10Catherine is determined to discover how Mrs Tilney met her death.
| 10:00Jenni explores the relationship between mothers and daughters. 10:418/10Catherine harbours fears about the terrible deeds that may have taken place. 10:55With hindsight it is easy to see that autism played a part in their marriage.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray and looking at the mental health advocacy of Carrie Fisher. 10:459/10Catherine finds herself abruptly dismissed from Northanger Abbey.
| 10:00How to survive New Year parties and celebrating Honno women's press. 10:4510/10Catherine's visit has ended in disaster, but does she deserve a happy ending?
| 10:30A tribute presented by Liza Tarbuck.
| 10:00Lilian's plans are scuppered, and Kenton is in full creative flow.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent follows BHS worker Anthony as he hunts for a new job. 11:30Can cricket's king of sleaze save sport's damaged image? Maybe - if there's money in it.
| 11:00Glenda Jackson's returns to the stage for the first time in 23 years playing King Lear.(R) 11:30Stories of love, loss and joy associated with Auld Lang Syne.
| 11:00Tim Montgomerie reflects on the largely forgotten Collect for Holy Innocents day. 11:301/6James Walton tests his guests on their literary knowledge.(R)
| 11:00The story of Cheran, a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime. 11:30BBC disability correspondent Nikki Fox on the portrayal of disability in films and on TV.
| 11:00Robin Ince explores the scientific ideas hidden within the wonderful world of Dr Seuss 11:301/4Return of the comedy about four generations of women living under one roof.
| 11:00How the idea of curation has radically changed. 11:30Correspondents reflect on a momentous year and what has happened in their region.
| 11:15Sir Kenneth Grange, designer, 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. 12:04At Marshall's factory, Boxing Day is a festive occasion. 12:15How mobile phone numbers are being used to steal money from people's bank accounts. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Tyneside, the Marshall Girls say 'fiddlesticks to convention'. 12:15You & Yours investigates how punters have few consumer rights in the UK gambling market. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain on this day a hundred years ago. 12:15How has gambling affected you? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04On the day Rasputin is assassinated in Russia, DR Walker discovers an unexpected ally. 12:15City funds prepare to go on a build-to-rent binge. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04The Allies reject the German peace proposals, and Lester Reed stirs up the fighting spirit 12:15Twitter complaints, consumer trends, learning an instrument.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How does the trend away from a single price for a single product affect consumers? 12:302/2A look at the year that never was. What life would be like had Remain won and Trump lost?(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Tim Vine and the British public offer up a sleigh-full of Yuletide jokes.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon explores how food binds together the rural Scottish community of Loch Fyne. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Paddy and Bob arrive on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Paddy O’Connell travels the country with his dog, Bob. This time they’re in South Wales.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Paddy and Bob are in Stroud, where retailers are proud of their independence.
| 13:00Analysis of news & current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:454/5How much do folk in Newham know about a local Bletchley Park codebreaker?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Shaun Ley. 13:455/5Paddy meets a trawlerman who has fishing in his blood.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10The BBC's senior journalists forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Actor Jeremy Irons reads the poetry of TS Eliot.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen has an early start.(R) 14:15Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman’s unproduced follow-up script to North by Northwest.(R)
| 14:00Lilian's plans are scuppered.(R) 14:15Rumpole shares some of his favourite yuletide stories as he recounts seasonal legal cases.
| 14:00Debbie does some straight talking.(R) 14:151/3By Meic Povey. A couple buy a dilapidated pub on the Welsh coast.(R)
| 14:00Kenton is in full creative flow.(R) 14:152/3By Annamaria Murphy. In the village of Glan Don, something is lurking in the sea mist.(R)
| 14:00Kaz makes an observation.(R) 14:153/3By Meic Povey. The village of Glan Don is hit by a violent storm.(R)
| 14:00How country music became a powerful form of expression for Australia’s Aboriginal peoples.(R) 14:30Hattie Naylor's version of the Gothic novel full of dark deeds and dastardly villains.
| 14:00Actor Jeremy Irons reads the poetry of TS Eliot. 14:45A divorced couple reflect on marriage, autism and friendship.
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| 15:00 | 15:45Howard Jacobson searches for his Word of the Year.(R)
| 15:00Paul McCartney joins John Wilson and the audience at BBC Maida Vale to discuss songwriting(R)
| 15:00How does the trend away from a single price for a single product affect consumers? 15:30Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of cryptic connections.
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the landscape that inspired Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. 15:27Alexander Armstrong makes an appeal on behalf of MapAction.(R) 15:30A special edition of Open Book - literary postcards from around the world.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Berkshire. 15:45In Sophie Ward's new story, Greg and Hal face a dilemma trying to bring up their son.
| 15:30Stories of love, loss and joy associated with Auld Lang Syne.
| 15:001/2When a woman ends up in small-town Sweden, miracles happen.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Armstrong and Miller reunite to present their favourite bits of writing, music and song.(R)
| 16:00A chance purchase of an old suitcase leads to the discovery of a forgotten war hero. 16:30Ruth Holdaway champions sports broadcaster, Helen Rollason.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor and guests explore the relationship between fiction and the real world. 16:30Scoops, scandals & sackings: Piers Morgan reveals his life story to Steve Hewlett.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Adam Driver, the star of Martin Scorsese's religious drama Silence 16:30Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister and Nick Serpell recall a year when obituarists were in huge demand. 16:30Robert Rinder, Stella Duffy and Harriett Gilbert discuss some of their favourite books.(R) 16:55Sometimes partners in a marriage do not communicate in the same way.
| 16:00Andi Osho, Sofie Hagen and the Scummy Mummies help us celebrate 2016; Motherhood.
| 16:00John Lanchester talks to James Naughtie and readers about his novel Capital. 16:303/4New year, new poems, veteran poets: Tom Pickard and Denise Riley.
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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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A husband explains why he cheated on his wife of 28 years.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:004/5Actor Jeremy Irons reads the poetry of TS Eliot. 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles David Davis - the man in charge of Brexit.(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. 18:151/2Comic look at the Nativity from the perspective of Sandy (a camel) and Martha (a donkey). 18:30Tim Vine and the British public offer up a sleigh-full of Yuletide jokes.
| 18:00Carrie Fisher's death announced - hours after that of Watership Down author Richard Adams 18:152/2The letters of Sandy (a camel) and Martha (a donkey). A comic perspective on the Nativity. 18:301/6TV adverts, woodland talent contests, and a special Christmas song.
| 18:00The US Secretary of State has warned about the prospects of peace in the Middle East. 18:15"Kobbolovski's Little Helper" is a twist-in-the-tale story with a Christmas theme. 18:301/4Elis James visits the Lyric Theatre in his home town of Carmarthen.
| 18:00Russia and Turkey have backed a truce due to come into force across Syria tonight. 18:15The US elections are given a much-needed Disney-style fairy tale makeover. 18:301/4Geoff attempts to start a career as a comedian in the tiny Swedish village of Yxsjo.(R)
| 18:00Putin rejects reciprocal measures, after the US told 35 Russians to leave. 18:15Come join the Cabarexit! Cabaret meets Brexit in this sassy and sublime-sounding musical. 18:302/2A look at the year that never was. What life would be like had Remain won and Trump lost?
| 18:00Rebel groups say they'll resume fighting if attacks by the Syrian government continue. 18:15Clive Anderson with a sparkling array of some of the best guests from Loose Ends in 2016.
| 18:00Police are looking for the gunman who killed people as they celebrated the New Year. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lilian's plans are scuppered. 19:15Front Row tests knowledge of 2016's cultural events. 19:456/10Henry enraptures Catherine with his tall tales.(R)
| 19:00Debbie does some straight talking. 19:15With award winners Paul Beatty, Helen Marten, Leonardo DiCaprio and Denise Gough. 19:457/10Catherine is determined to discover how Mrs Tilney met her death.(R)
| 19:00Kenton is in full creative flow. 19:15Samira Ahmed celebrates Jane Austen, ahead of next year's 200th anniversary of her death. 19:458/10Catherine harbours fears about the terrible deeds that may have taken place.(R)
| 19:00Kaz makes an observation. 19:15John Wilson reports from Hull as it prepares to launch as UK City of Culture 2017. 19:459/10Catherine finds herself abruptly dismissed from Northanger Abbey.(R)
| 19:15Actor Liam Neeson; author Christian Jungersen; dancing Mad Hatters; Assassin's Creed. 19:4510/10Catherine's visit has ended in disaster, but does she deserve a happy ending?(R)
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles David Davis - the man in charge of Brexit. 19:15Highlights of 2016, according to our panel and listeners, with a few surprises!
| 19:155/5Actor Jeremy Irons reads the poetry of TS Eliot.
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| 20:00 | 20:00As the sales get underway, Ernie Rea's guests discuss religion and consumerism. 20:30James Fletcher asks if art and activism can bring about change in Malaysia.(R)
| 20:00Emily Bell asks how we can control the powerful algorithms which shape modern life. 20:40Peter White meets Maggie Moore, who inspired Turkey's first guide dog association.
| 20:00Will intimacy survive the challenges it faces in the 21st century? 20:45Jonnie Bayfield on being the last generation to grow up in an analogue childhood.
| 20:00Tim Montgomerie reflects on the largely forgotten Collect for Holy Innocents day.(R) 20:30With work on HS2 close to starting, what does big infrastructure mean for business?
| 20:00The BBC's senior journalists forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year. 20:50Adam Gopnik explores the differences between patriotism and nationalism.
| 20:00In-house journals and industrial musicals, how firms have communicated to their workers.
| 20:30Matthew Bannister and Nick Serpell recall a year when obituarists were in huge demand.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is this the beginning of a new expansion in human rights for great apes?(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Christopher de Hamel, Lucie Skeaping and Edward Brooke-Hitching.(R)
| 21:00Garden designer James Wong asks if British gardening is stuck in the past.(R) 21:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a special Christmas edition of the science/comedy show(R)
| 21:00Philip Ball tells the story of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism. 21:30Katie Melua and Nigel Havers join Libby Purves in the BBC Radio Theatre.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss astronomer Johannes Kepler.(R)
| 21:00Germany's peace offer is rejected, but Christmas week still brings some cheer to Tyneside.
| 21:00A special evening of music and stories with David Sedaris and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
| 21:00How does the trend away from a single price for a single product affect consumers?(R) 21:26Broadcaster Jo Whiley makes an appeal on behalf of Arthritis Care.(R) 21:30With work on HS2 close to starting, what does big infrastructure mean for business?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00The World Tonight examines the political acts of George Michael. 22:451/10The Elliot family, finding themselves in debt, are forced to rent out their baronial home.
| 22:00We remember her career and talk to a long-time friend. 22:452/10Anne Elliot meets Captain Wentworth, once her suitor, after eight long years apart.
| 22:00Is there any hope of a two state solution in the Middle East? 22:453/10Anne Elliot, during a long country walk, overhears a conversation that disturbs her.
| 22:00Russia is sanctioned for interfering in the US election. But is it too little too late? 22:454/10A party, including Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth, goes to the seaside at Lyme.
| 22:00China - the biggest ivory market in the world - says ban takes effect at end of 2017. 22:455/10Anne Elliot moves to Bath and continues her acquaintance with her father's heir.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Will intimacy survive the challenges it faces in the 21st century?(R)
| 22:00James Naughtie and guests analyse an extraordinary year in politics for the UK and the USA
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| 23:00 | 23:00Paul McCartney joins John Wilson and the audience at BBC Maida Vale to discuss songwriting(R)
| 23:003/4David Jason stars in David Renwick's dark and eclectic post-apocalyptic sketch comedy 23:30Roger McGough presents a selection of winter poems read by some celebrated actors.(R)
| 23:001/4Award-winning comedian Sam Simmons presents a show about birds. 23:154/4Quirky sketches and poems with merriment and melancholy in equal measure.(R) 23:30Francine Stock and guests discuss the best films of 2016.(R)
| 23:003/4Matt Harvey and guests with more poetry and cabaret, from Dartington in south Devon.(R) 23:30Can cricket's king of sleaze save sport's damaged image? Maybe - if there's money in it.(R)
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests discuss the delights and perils of parties. 23:30Ruth Holdaway champions sports broadcaster, Helen Rollason.(R) 23:55A few years on from their divorce, their relationship is solid.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Levi Roots explores the story of William Blake's childhood vision of angels on Peckham Rye(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Adam Driver, the star of Martin Scorsese's religious drama Silence(R) 23:30Frank Cottrell Boyce sits in his boyhood bedroom and reflects on life and his journey home(R)
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