| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Finding work in the new economy and the death of homo economicus.(R) 00:45Church bells from the Church of St Andrew, Stratton, in North Cornwall.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Writer Bongani Kona begins five letters from South Africa in the week of the ANC elections(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Writer Mark Gevisser's letter from South Africa broadcast in the week of the ANC elections(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Writer Panashe Chigumadzi's letter from South Africa in the week of the ANC elections.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi on life in South Africa during the week of ANC elections.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Five letters from South African writers about life there in the week of the ANC elections.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30By Cameron Raynes. Dan's son is leaving, but might his dad take over the flat?(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. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Jasvir Singh, co-chair of the Faiths Forum for London. 05:45What does the first phase of Brexit plans mean for British farmers? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Musician Fyfe Dangerfield recalls the joy of hearing then seeing a golden oriole in France
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Jasvir Singh, co-chair of the Faiths Forum for London. 05:45What do the latest plans for post-Brexit UK/EU 'alignment' mean for British fishermen? 05:58For Fyfe Dangerfield, the prehistoric sight and sound of the grey heron is a big leveller.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Jasvir Singh, co-chair of the Faiths Forum for London. 05:45What might a future without neonicotinoid insecticides look like for farmers? 05:58For musician Fyfe Dangerfield, seeing a rare bird is like seeing a celebrity on the street
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Jasvir Singh, co-chair of the Faiths Forum for London. 05:45UK fishing quotas have increased - but does that square with keeping stocks sustainable? 05:58Childhood holidays in France were a chance to see rare birds for Fyfe Dangerfield.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Jasvir Singh, co-chair of the Faiths Forum for London. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:58Musician Fyfe Dangerfield uses his own birdsong recordings to experiment with music.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A prayer to begin the day with Leslie Griffiths, Methodist minister and life peer. 05:45It got one listener shot, it gave one a new hobby and another lied to her whole family.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Eadburgha in Ebrington, Gloucestershire. 05:45Lin-Manuel Miranda, of award-winning hip-hop musical Hamilton.(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.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark explores the wilderness at Knepp Castle and asks if it is really working.(R) 06:30Sybil Ruscoe follows the festive journey of a brussel sprout, from field to fork. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the prevalent feeling of not having enough. 06:35Chris Sperring visits a meadow visited by 2,000 black-tailed godwits in winter. From 2013. 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Edward Stourton. 07:54Robert Webb makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of First Story. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Mel Giedroyc and Wei (hip-hop artist, Greenjade) partner with Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir. 08:48Zia Haider Rahman reflects on the demise of the literary novel.(R) 08:58Musician Fyfe Dangerfield recalls the joy of hearing then seeing a golden oriole in France(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Jessie Burton, Jonathan Haskel, Marion Rankine and Andrew Nahum with Tom Sutcliffe. 09:451/5Writer Bongani Kona begins five letters from South Africa in the week of the ANC elections
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland looks at past events which shed light on present-day controversies. 09:30Comedy writer Sian Harries and Isy Suttie explore ambivalence to motherhood. 09:452/5Writer Mark Gevisser's letter from South Africa broadcast in the week of the ANC elections
| 09:00Painter Jonathan Yeo meets music producer William Orbit. 09:30Former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey explains his change of mind on assisted dying.(R) 09:453/5Writer Panashe Chigumadzi's letter from South Africa in the week of the ANC elections.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170) 09:454/5Author Lidudumalingani Mqombothi on life in South Africa during the week of ANC elections.
| 09:00Kelsey Grammer, star of Frasier, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 09:455/5Five letters from South African writers about life there in the week of the ANC elections.
| 09:00Singer-songwriter James Blunt joins Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00What future for Rohingya women and children in Bangladesh's refugee camps? 10:451/5Maddie publicly identifies the man who raped her but soon regrets involving the police.(R)
| 10:00Women and addiction, Nina Stibbe on Christmas, Outsourcing parenting, Russian heroines. 10:452/5Naively, Maddie hopes for the quick conviction of her attacker.(R)
| 10:00Nigel Slater's Christmas, abortion pills, Sophie Scott, and teenage parties. 10:413/5Maddie begins to regret having involved the police in the rape case.(R) 10:55You know you're getting better when you hear yourself laugh again.
| 10:00Women's Hour examines what inspired the work of poet Nan Shepherd. 10:454/5Maddie's decision to identify her rapist divides her friends.(R)
| 10:00We discuss pregnancy, birth and expectations with our new Woman's Hour baby group. 10:455/5The rapist's tear-stricken testimony makes an impression on an already credulous jury.(R)
| 10:30Alan Dein connects with strangers around the world to hear how art has changed their lives
| 10:00Pip is torn, and Alan reaches the end of his tether.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Jonathan's app could be a lifeline for jobseekers in the gig economy. Can it succeed? 11:302/4Trisha makes a special pudding for her first visit to Robert's parents' house.
| 11:002/3What happens when signals in the brain misfire and dreams become terrifying nightmares? 11:30How do people with hearing loss engage with music? Eloise Garland tackles assumptions.
| 11:00Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment has made the unconscious mind a field of battle.(R) 11:305/6Alfie Moore takes the audience through a case he handled involving harassment.(R)
| 11:00A brutal killing, an unsolved murder and the divided island of Malta. 11:30Mark Lawson on the ways modern technology shapes the way we tell and consume stories.
| 11:00Moulid Hujale on life in Dadaab, one of the world's largest refugee camps. 11:30Hardeep Singh Kohli and Maddy Anholt's comedy drama about an ailing vape cafe in Dundee.
| 11:00Jim Waterson of BuzzFeed looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30What next for the ANC as its charismatic and divisive leader Jacob Zuma departs?
| 11:15Listen again to Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie's Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. 12:15We report from Coventry, which has the most visited group of food banks in the UK. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Tynemouth, Iris Reed is ambushed when she least expects it. 12:15Was a degree worth the time and money? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In North Shields, Fraser Chadwick feels like the least popular man in the world. 12:15Consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Tynemouth, Johnnie veers dangerously near defeat. 12:15Disabled workers, refunds for Peter Kay tickets, pets or family at Christmas. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Dilys arrives in Tynemouth on a peace-brokering mission. 12:15The possibility of alcohol with less of a hangover. And dwindling numbers of wild sea bass
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Concern over advice to British Steel pension scheme members. 12:307/7Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests recap the week in news through stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/668th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.(R) 12:32Dan Saladino on the past, present and future of the world's most popular cheese, cheddar. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Veterans of the darkest days of the war recall the horror of the Third Battle of Ypres.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Dan Snow maps the slow progress of the British towards Passchendaele in the autumn of 1917
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Dan Snow presents the story of WWI through the voices of those who were there.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The beginning of the Battle of Cambrai from the point of view of members of the Tank Corps
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45William Towers, seriously injured at Passchendaele, describes his remarkable journey home.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Rowhedge Village Hall, Essex.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Peter White meets disabled people who talk about motivation and their achievements to date
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian comes to a heartbreaking realisation.(R) 14:15Josey may be facing her last days on earth, but she will go down fighting and laughing.
| 14:00Alan reaches the end of his tether.(R) 14:15A seriously funny comedy about prejudice, vintage cars and taxidermy. By Colin Hough.(R)
| 14:00There's a surprise in store for Elizabeth.(R) 14:15A ski resort in the Carpathian Mountains is home to an internet election-rigging gang.
| 14:00Kirsty attempts to save the day.(R) 14:15A semi-autobiographical childhood adventure-comedy, written and directed by Johnny Vegas.(R)
| 14:00Jennifer plays matchmaker.(R) 14:15By Rose Heiney. A dark, funny tale of narcissism, mental health and internet addiction.(R)
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30A comedic exploration of a young Charles Darwin's adventures aboard the HMS Beagle.(R)
| 14:00Peter Gibbs presents the horticultural panel show from the Hamble Valley, Hampshire.(R) 14:45Recovery from PTSD, addiction and everyday life.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores our national passion for crisps.(R)
| 15:005/6Josie Long explores the way our collections and accidental archives define us. 15:30The legendary Jimmy Webb responds to audience questions about his song-writing career.
| 15:00Are you ready for open banking? If not, Louise Cooper and guests explain the basics. 15:30Intuition, All in the Mind Awards and transcranial direct current stimulation.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark explores the wilderness at Knepp Castle and asks if it is really working. 15:27Ade Adepitan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Motivation.(R) 15:30Lionel Shriver talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new book The Standing Chandelier.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs presents the horticultural panel show from the Hamble Valley, Hampshire. 15:45By Cameron Raynes. Dan's son is leaving, but might his dad take over the flat?
| 15:30How do people with hearing loss engage with music? Eloise Garland tackles assumptions.(R)
| 15:002/2James Purefoy stars as Sir Percy Blakeney in a new adaptation of Baroness Orczy's classic.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Following Joanne Coates as she photographs fishermen Annie and Ian Gilbert. 16:30Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the place of faith in today's complex world.
| 16:00Manuel Cuevas, the 'King of Cowboy Bling', created Johnny Cash's black suits.(R) 16:30Marcel Duchamp, father of conceptual art, is fellow artist Cornelia Parker's great life.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham. 16:30The entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox are rumoured to be up for sale.
| 16:00Adam Rutherford joins Francine Stock to assess the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga 16:30Adam Rutherford considers the future of coral reefs and the visions of Arthur C Clarke.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a publicist, an adventurer, a businessman and a TV presenter. 16:30Roger Bolton speaks to the BBC's Editor of Voice about changes in the way we listen. 16:55You can't wait for help with addiction.
| 16:00Nigel Slater on his Christmas memories and dark chocolate spice cake.
| 16:02Literary Christmas gifts and crowd-funded publishing. 16:30Paul Farley is in the dark, with poets Kayo Chingonyi, Emily Berry and George Szirtes.
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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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30It got one listener shot, it gave one a new hobby and another lied to her whole family.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Views on the future of Grenfell Tower, from those living under its shadow.(R) 17:40Lin-Manuel Miranda, of award-winning hip-hop musical Hamilton.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Potential breakthrough for treating Huntington's Disease, Four injured in New York bomb. 18:305/668th series of the multi-award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Food, fuel and transport costs drove inflation to its highest rate since March 2012. 18:302/6Mark Steel visits the Derbyshire town of Matlock Bath and performs for the locals.
| 18:00May faces crucial vote on Brexit 18:301/4Jeremy Hardy hosts the series that not only seconds that emotion, but explains it too
| 18:00Disney is to buy 21st Century Fox from Rupert Murdoch for 39 billion pounds. 18:302/4Susan Calman tries to learn how to unwind, by visiting a music festival with Robin Ince.
| 18:00Lawyers say the case isn't unusual - and blame cuts in funding to the police and CPS.. 18:307/7Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and guests recap the week in news through stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Austria's new coalition which includes a far right party has said it will stay in the EU 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Lebanese Police say a British embassy worker has been murdered in Beirut 18:15John Waite makes his pick of the best of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Alan reaches the end of his tether. 19:15The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud series, The Twilight Zone on stage and a snow poem. 19:451/5AJ Cronin's groundbreaking novel about life before the NHS.(R)
| 19:00There's a surprise in store for Elizabeth. 19:15Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed. And how live music venues could be protected 19:452/5Manson and Denny deal with an outbreak of typhoid. Denny is convinced he knows the cause.(R)
| 19:00Kirsty attempts to save the day. 19:15The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature talks to John Wilson. 19:453/5Denny tries to persuade Manson to go along with his plans to tackle the epidemic's source.(R)
| 19:00Jennifer plays matchmaker. 19:15Theatre director Emma Rice discusses her final production at Shakespeare's Globe. 19:454/5Denny persuades Manson to take action to rid Drineffy of the source of its typhoid problem(R)
| 19:15Emily Wilson, the art of literary translation, the Hayward Gallery reopening. 19:455/5Can Denny and Manson extricate themselves from a scandal that will ruin their careers?(R)
| 19:00Lin-Manuel Miranda, of award-winning hip-hop musical Hamilton. 19:15Crooked House film, League of Gentlemen on BBC, Twilight Zone play, From Life, The Odyssey
| 19:00Toby's life is changed forever. 19:152/2Martin Jarvis performs Jeeves and the Yule-Tide Spirit by PG Wodehouse. 19:4512/15A local cleaner remembers an unexpected visitor. Read by Jacqueline Redgewell.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment has made the unconscious mind a field of battle. 20:30Searching for the captive children still lost after the retreat of so-called Islamic State(R)
| 20:00Views on the future of Grenfell Tower, from those living under its shadow. 20:40Would you like TV adverts audio described?
| 20:001/3Joan Bakewell and her panel explore what happens when you donate your body to science. 20:45Landlords and tenants: who holds the power?
| 20:00What do we really know about Russian 'meddling' in Western democracy? 20:30In September Ryanair was in crisis. Has this forced the company to change direction?
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Rowhedge Village Hall, Essex. 20:50Zia Haider Rahman reflects on the demise of the literary novel.
| 20:00Post-Brexit, could the 'English-speaking world' work together? Jonathan Powell presents.
| 20:00Roger Bolton speaks to the BBC's Editor of Voice about changes in the way we listen.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a publicist, an adventurer, a businessman and a TV presenter.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Bizarre bedtime behaviours that include a woman who rides her motorbike while asleep.(R) 21:30Jessie Burton, Jonathan Haskel, Marion Rankine and Andrew Nahum with Tom Sutcliffe.(R)
| 21:00Intuition, All in the Mind Awards and transcranial direct current stimulation. 21:30Jonathan Freedland looks at past events which shed light on present-day controversies.(R)
| 21:00Naomi Alderman describes how Humphry Davy discovered laughing gas. 21:30Painter Jonathan Yeo meets music producer William Orbit.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford considers the future of coral reefs and the visions of Arthur C Clarke.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)(R)
| 21:00Crimea proclaims its short-lived independence as a secular Muslim state.
| 21:001/2James Purefoy stars as Sir Percy Blakeney in this adaptation of Baroness Orczy's classic.
| 21:00Concern over advice to British Steel pension scheme members.(R) 21:26Robert Webb makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of First Story.(R) 21:30In September Ryanair was in crisis. Has this forced the company to change direction?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00A new sense of optimism, but the PM insists the UK will not pay if there is no trade deal. 22:451/10Eleanor's simple, completely fine life is about to change.
| 22:00Multinationals and World Bank announce fossil fuel divestment at Paris climate conference. 22:452/10Eleanor has met the man of her dreams but does she dare tell Mummy?
| 22:0011 Conservatives rebel, as MPs back changes to the EU Withdrawal Bill. 22:453/10After helping an old man in the street, Eleanor finds her life changing in unexpected ways
| 22:00European Council president suggests policy on relocating migrants has been 'ineffective'. 22:454/10Eleanor is in a social whirl - first a hospital visit and now a party. Whatever next?
| 22:00Archbishop Denis Hart rejects the call for priests to end the secrecy of confession. 22:455/10With the Man of her Dream's gig nearing, Eleanor indulges in some urgent pampering.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:151/3Joan Bakewell and her panel explore what happens when you donate your body to science.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests review the year in politics and look ahead to 2018 at Westminster
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jimmy Webb talks about writing and performing during the 1960s and 70s. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/3The last words of a dying man provide the clues to unlock an unsolved crime.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/6Harry Hill has his work cut out when inspectors arrive to rate his prison, the Egg.(R) 23:154/4Joseph Morpurgo presents an immersive audio tour of Dante's greatest work, The Inferno. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Comedy from Auckland, Bahrain and New York. Andrew Maxwell hosts in London. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster - the day after the government defeat on the EU bill.
| 23:00Marcel Duchamp, father of conceptual art, is fellow artist Cornelia Parker's great life.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as peers debate private members bills. 23:55You have to make the best of the time you have.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Paul Farley meets poets Ocean Vuong and Mark Pajak.(R)
| 23:00Adam Rutherford joins Francine Stock to assess the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga(R) 23:30Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines the prevalent feeling of not having enough.(R)
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