| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Sexual violence in the Bangledeshi War of Independence. Also, global danger and risk.(R) 00:45Church bells from All Saints, Maidstone.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Robert McCrum talks to Marilynne Robinson about writing the New America.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Robert McCrum talks to Malcolm Gladwell about President Trump and writing the new America.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Robert McCrum talks to Walter Mosley about making the transition from Obama to Trump.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Ariel Levy discusses her role as writer under a new president who distrusts the media.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30Robert McCrum talks to author Richard Ford about the US and Donald Trump.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Fleming visits the garage in Chicago where the St Valentine's Day Massacre took place.(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 Terry Waite CBE. 05:45Cider apple vinegar and the reduction of antibiotic use - are they linked? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the tawny owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Terry Waite CBE. 05:45Gangmasters Licencing Authority to be sued for alleged 'negligence' by exploited workers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the little owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Terry Waite CBE. 05:45The farming reaction to the PM's announcement that Britain will leave the single market. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the short-eared owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Terry Waite CBE. 05:45Farmers at LAMMA, the agricultural machinery show, on their views of life after Brexit. 05:58John Aitchison presents the long-eared owl.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Terry Waite CBE. 05:45Who is George Ervin Perdue III? Charlotte Smith on the new US agriculture secretary. 05:58Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the barn owl.(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 Ed Kessler. 05:45Two widowers rekindle their first love.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from Holy Cross in Woodchurch, Wirral. 05:45Becky Milligan profiles the new vice-president of America.
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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. 06:07Can London be a National Park City? David Lindo finds out.(R) 06:30How a 'hard' Brexit could impact UK agriculture. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05In the week of the Feast of St Paul's Conversion, Mark Tully considers sudden epiphanies. 06:35Sybil Ruscoe meets renowned American agricultural pioneer Joel Salatin. 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. 07:10A Qur'an reading has sparked a debate on Christian buildings hosting interfaith worship. 07:54Broadcaster and presenter Clive Anderson makes an appeal on behalf of LawWorks. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mass during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from St George's Cathedral, Southwark. 08:48Will Self on the role of public art projects like the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the tawny owl.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Graeme Wood, Ziauddin Sardar, Sara Khan and Loretta Napoleoni. 09:45Robert McCrum talks to Marilynne Robinson about writing the New America.
| 09:00Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. 09:30Julia Bradbury explores the challenges of working in a mental health inpatient unit. 09:45Robert McCrum talks to Malcolm Gladwell about President Trump and writing the new America.
| 09:00Lady Antonia Fraser and Stephen K Amos join Libby Purves. 09:45Robert McCrum talks to Walter Mosley about making the transition from Obama to Trump.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots. 09:45Ariel Levy discusses her role as writer under a new president who distrusts the media.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to another castaway, choreographer Wayne McGregor.(R) 09:45Robert McCrum talks to author Richard Ford about the US and Donald Trump.
| 09:00Mark Watson, The Shires, parkour expert Charlotte Blake and a jousting enthusiast.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Who inspired Mary Beard? Are fathers being failed by their employers? 10:451/10In New England, the March family are facing a frugal Christmas without their father.
| 10:00Heidi Thomas, creator and executive producer of Call the Midwife, joins Jane. 10:452/10Jo is determined to get to know Laurie more, and Amy gets into trouble at school.
| 10:00Dava Sobel and the women who mapped the stars, Miriam Margolyes and vegan mums. 10:413/10Eldest March sister Meg is excited to be travelling away from home for the first time. 10:55Whether to be a midwife or a spy, an athlete or a PE teacher in a Trump-led future.
| 10:00Film star Nicole Kidman on starring in Lion and why is craft seen as separate from art? 10:454/10Jo has a secret, as has Laurie. And there are troubling days ahead for the March family.
| 10:00The impact and influence of Jackie Kennedy; Trump and feminist activism. 10:455/10Winter brings the bitter cold to New England and deep and worrying times for the family.
| 10:30With Henry Dimbleby, Zoe Laughlin, Sophie Wright and Tim Hayward.
| 10:00Kirsty has unwanted company, and Rob has got a meeting to attend.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Charlotte really wants a baby, but her epilepsy means pregnancy is fraught with problems. 11:303/6Tom is invited on a stag weekend, and his dad signs up for the Sheffield marathon.(R)
| 11:001/2As the rules on human embryo research are debated, Matthew Hill looks back at their origin 11:30Laura Mvula and Jason Yarde, Laura Jurd, Kevin Le Gendre discuss jazz legend Miles Davis.
| 11:00Bobby Friction discovers the impact social media is having on his life.(R) 11:304/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Mark Billingham and Lynne Truss.(R)
| 11:00Correspondent stories - dressing up to save your life and why a burial could heal wounds. 11:30Peter Curran investigates our compulsion to consume snacks and movies at the same time.
| 11:00Carrie Gibson asks what Trump's presidency could mean for Mexican Americans in the US.(R) 11:304/4Layla and Stu are having their baby christened and have asked Maggie to be the godmother.
| 11:00Anushka Asthana of the Guardian looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Featuring correspondents' stories from Namibia, Georgia, Nepal, Turkey and Germany.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to columnist and author Caitlin Moran.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Tynemouth, Sylvia Graham finds an unlikely ally. 12:15How to avoid costly impulse online purchases. BT's new battle with the nuisance callers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In North Shields, Iris Reed plans some entertainment. 12:15How does living in the countryside affect your services? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Journalist DR Walker finds that all the stories she pursues come back to one thing. 12:15Will the Supreme Court rule that buses must clear spaces for wheelchair users? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In North Shields, Marion is still shaken by recent events. 12:15Pets in care homes. How to make a fashion statement. Why online fraud crime is on the rise 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04At Collingwood Park, Adeline has some wonderful news. 12:15How Openreach is trying to get millions of homes in the UK faster broadband.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A landmark season ticket refund, latest fraud stats, an end to 50/50 divorce settlements? 12:303/8A satirical review of the news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with Lucy Porter, Mark Forsyth and Dave Trott.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon returns to her food roots, taking a road trip through Lancashire. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5In 1829, duellist and Indian-fighter Andrew Jackson won power.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5To his enemies, Abraham Lincoln's win in 1860 was utterly intolerable.
| 13:00The foreign secretary compares French warnings on Brexit to "punishment beatings". 13:453/5In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt swept to power promising action amid crisis.
| 13:00Thirty people are missing in an avalanche in central Italy. We hear from a rescue worker. 13:454/5In 1968, angry opposition to liberal reform swept Richard Nixon to power.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Edward Stourton. 13:455/5In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the White House by running against politics.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Cathy FitzGerald takes a walk around 17th-century Kyoto.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00It gets awkward at Willow Farm.(R) 14:156/10Joseph (Toby Jones) is still being stymied by lack of progress in his building project.
| 14:00Kirsty has unwanted company.(R) 14:157/10Brian makes a friend in the Kensington planning department.
| 14:00Toby searches for a helping hand.(R) 14:158/10Joseph (Toby Jones) is desperate to get back to work and save his building development.
| 14:00Elizabeth shares some memories.(R) 14:159/10The police have found a tape proving who started the fire at Joseph's buildings.
| 14:00Johnny needs a wingman.(R) 14:1510/10Brian faces a life sentence for a murder he says he didn't commit.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? Presented by Amol Rajan 14:30An irreverent riff on James Boswell's Corsican journals. By David Ashton.
| 14:00Eric Robson and his panel are guests of the Aldershot and District Allotment Association.(R) 14:45Beekeeping, football and a marriage proposal.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Giorgio Locatelli launches 2017's 'Oscars' of food and in 2017, the search goes global.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his panel take a trip to Southampton.(R) 15:30Shirley Collins answers questions about her classic album, ‘Love, Death and the Lady’.
| 15:00Relieving the extra financial pressure of the winter months. 15:30Do funding requests hinder NHS operations? Plus breast cancer prevention.(R)
| 15:00Can London be a National Park City? David Lindo finds out. 15:27Author Victoria Hislop makes an appeal on behalf of Lepra.(R) 15:30Mariella Frostrup talks to James Lasdun.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and his panel are guests of the Aldershot and District Allotment Association. 15:45A specially commissioned short story from acclaimed writer Krys Lee.
| 15:30Laura Mvula and Jason Yarde, Laura Jurd, Kevin Le Gendre discuss jazz legend Miles Davis.(R)
| 15:002/2Second novel in Elena Ferrante's acclaimed series about a friendship that lasts a lifetime
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| 16:00 | 16:00Music journalist and writer John Harris selects music and writing that has shaped his life 16:30Robin Ince and Brian Cox look at the laws of nature that govern your everyday life.
| 16:00Alan Dein tells the moving story of 3 years in the life of Hank and Norma from Arkansas.(R) 16:30Len Goodman champions Lionel Bart, the man who created the musical Oliver, as his hero.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor considers how unwanted sounds came to characterise modernity. 16:30Andrea Catherwood discusses Theresa May's pick of media outlets, why US Vogue?
| 16:00Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker takes Francine behind the scenes of Goodfellas. 16:30Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned.
| 16:00Can the new BBC Reality Check team combat the spread of fake news? 16:30Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 16:00Heidi Thomas on why Call The Midwife has never been cosy. Nicole Kidman. Miriam Margolyes.
| 16:00Award-winning author Tessa Hadley talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short stories. 16:30Musicians Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock carry us to the Celtic rainforest of mid Wales
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
| 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.
| | 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Two widowers rekindle their first love.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00An expose of firms offering to produce fake papers to enable migrants to get into the UK.(R) 17:40Becky Milligan profiles the new vice-president of America.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Inquest for 30 British tourists hears police delayed response to Tunisia beach attack 18:302/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand with Lucy Porter, Mark Forsyth and Dave Trott.
| 18:00The PM rejects "anything that leaves us half-in, half-out". 18:304/6John Finnemore presents more sketches in his award-winning Souvenir Programme.
| 18:00Two banks have confirmed they will transfer jobs from London to Europe after Brexit. 18:304/4Elis James hosts a stand-up show from the Stand Comedy Club in Glasgow.
| 18:00Martin McGuiness is leaving politics; Four dead, thirty missing in Italian avalanche 18:304/4Danny Robins' Scandicom continues with house-hunting Swedish-style as Linda's baby is due.(R)
| 18:00In his inaugural address, Donald Trump vowed to put America first 18:303/8A satirical review of the news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Hundreds of thousands of people are marching for women's rights 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The government is being accused of trying to cover up the problem. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with John Waite.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kirsty has unwanted company. 19:15Natalie Portman as Jackie, TS Eliot Prize and should non-Asian actors play Asian roles? 19:451/10In New England, the March family are facing a frugal Christmas without their father.(R)
| 19:00Toby searches for a helping hand. 19:15Simon Rattle on his first season with the London Symphony Orchestra. 19:452/10Jo is determined to get to know Laurie more, and Amy gets into trouble at school.(R)
| 19:00Elizabeth shares some memories. 19:15Apple Tree Yard starring Emily Watson, Mark-Anthony Turnage, sculptor Elisabeth Frink. 19:453/10Eldest March sister Meg is excited to be travelling away from home for the first time.(R)
| 19:15Author Michael Chabon; urban myths retold on TV; and Opera North's The Snow Maiden. 19:454/10Jo has a secret, as has Laurie. And there are troubling days ahead for the March family.(R)
| 19:00Rob has a meeting to attend. 19:15Sir Peter Bazalgette on his four years as the Chair of Arts Council England. 19:455/10Winter brings the bitter cold to New England and deep and worrying times for the family.(R)
| 19:00Lionel Shriver discusses how she will write about a new America under President Trump. 19:15Reviews of the Oscar-touted film Lion and Raising Martha at London's Park Theatre.
| 19:153/4Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A to Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches(R) 19:45James Robertson's powerful story inspired by Shelley's poem Ozymandias.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Carrie Gibson asks what Trump's presidency could mean for Mexican Americans in the US. 20:30One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.(R)
| 20:00An expose of firms offering to produce fake papers to enable migrants to get into the UK. 20:40Tom Walker presents a special edition of the programme recorded in Northern Ireland.
| 20:00Will art survive the technological and social change of the 21st century? 20:45Ellen Mara De Wachter explores the insights offered by collaborative art or "co-art".
| 20:00How did British-Pakistani gangs come to dominate the drugs trade in Yorkshire? 20:30The NHS has relied on staff from overseas all its life. Will Brexit change this?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire. 20:50Will Self on the role of public art projects like the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
| 20:00Tim Stanley argues that the Right's debt to Marx is nearly as great as the Left's.
| 20:00Can the new BBC Reality Check team combat the spread of fake news?(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, two presidents, a campaigner, a writer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00What do human beings and honeybees have in common? More than you would think.(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Graeme Wood, Ziauddin Sardar, Sara Khan and Loretta Napoleoni.(R)
| 21:00Do funding requests hinder NHS operations? Plus breast cancer prevention. 21:30Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Anthropocene, the Age of Man.(R)
| 21:001/2The story of general practice from 1750 to the start of the NHS.(R) 21:30Lady Antonia Fraser and Stephen K Amos join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of Mary, Queen of Scots.(R)
| 21:00The after-effects of the Marshalls explosion are still rippling through Tyneside.
| 21:001/2When Norah's terrifying father calls, she is forced to leave Paris and journey to Dakar.(R)
| 21:00A landmark season ticket refund, latest fraud stats, an end to 50/50 divorce settlements?(R) 21:26Broadcaster and presenter Clive Anderson makes an appeal on behalf of LawWorks.(R) 21:30The NHS has relied on staff from overseas all its life. Will Brexit change this?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00President-elect's criticism widely rejected, others urge reform. 22:456/10A global bestseller. An author's struggle to write about his childhood and his father.
| 22:00Theresa May sets out her Brexit plan. 22:457/10A global bestseller. An author's struggle to write about his childhood and his father.
| 22:00President Jammeh is still refusing to hand over power as the midnight deadline looms. 22:458/10A global bestseller. An author's struggle to write about his childhood and his father.
| 22:00With hundreds of protests planned ahead of Trump's inauguration, how divided is the US? 22:459/10A global bestseller. An author's struggle to write about his childhood and his father.
| 22:00Americans divided by 'unpresidential speech'. 22:4510/10A global bestseller. An author's struggle to write about his childhood and his father.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Will art survive the technological and social change of the 21st century?(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the future for UK-US relations, under President Trump.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Shirley Collins discusses her 1971 classic album, Love, Death and the Lady. 23:30With Sean Curran. MPs demand changes to health and social care funding.
| 23:00Robin Ince and Brian Cox look at the laws of nature that govern your everyday life. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Sam and Henry are trying to make a show about birds but Sam keeps being distracted 23:151/4Comedian James Acaster presents the results of his in-depth research into wood.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster where Theresa May's Brexit plan dominates the day.
| 23:00Chat show pilot starring Gemma Whelan as her comedy character Chastity Butterworth. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Len Goodman champions Lionel Bart, the man who created the musical Oliver, as his hero.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:5540 years after her father split them up, a couple are back together, but will she say yes?(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Poet Sean O'Brien reflects on the waterscape and landscape of Hull, 2017 City of Culture.(R)
| 23:00Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker takes Francine behind the scenes of Goodfellas.(R) 23:30In the week of the Feast of St Paul's Conversion, Mark Tully considers sudden epiphanies.(R)
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