| 00:00 | 00:45Church bells from Manchester Cathedral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A reflection to bring Christmas Night to a close from Sarah Teather. 00:301/5David Attenborough reads from his 1955 account of his trip to Guyana in search of wildlife(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/5Ben Garrod explores the truth about Irish Giants in the first of five stories about bones.(R) 00:302/5David Attenborough encounters a reluctant sloth.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/5Ben Garrod explores the story behind mammoth bones found in Norfolk.(R) 00:303/5David Attenborough reads from his 1950s account of his trip to Java in search of wildlife.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/5Ben Garrod reveals how the archers who sank with the Mary Rose could help medical science.(R) 00:304/5David Attenborough recounts his 1950s trip to Argentina in search of wildlife.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5Ben Garrod reveals how the dodo might be brought back from extinction.(R) 00:305/5David recalls the mystery of the vanishing armadillo.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/5Ben Garrod on how a man-eating tiger provides new evidence about human evolution.(R) 00:30Pulitzer Prize-winning Jhumpa Lahiri's tale of a teenage girl in a remote village.(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 with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. 05:45We all hope for a happy Christmas, but the season can bring pressures to rural communities 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. 05:45Beatrice Fenton visits a family business which provides camels for Christmas celebrations. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. 05:45Lucy Taylor finds out about the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution's festive work. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. 05:45How gouda saved a Cornish dairy farm. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, bishop of Dorking. 05:45The stories of two families facing different problems in the succession of their farms. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reflection and prayer with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45A husband on rebuilding his marriage after his affair.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Petroc, South Brent in Devon. 05:45How a gambling hunch made the elusive Denise Coates Britain's best paid boss.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00An omnibus edition of five episodes spanning the course of the war from 1914 to 1917.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs. Including 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 visits the Cairngorms to find out why writer Nan Shepherd found a refuge here.(R) 06:3080 Years of Farming Today told through the sounds and voices of the past. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Dr Rowan Williams seeks stillnesses as he reflects on what has been a stormy year. 06:35Miranda Krestovnikoff and Jeremy Biggs explore the ponds of the New Forest. From 2012. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | 07:00Will Young presents his favourite bits of writing, music and art from Cabaret to King Lear
| | | | | 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. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley. 07:54Kenneth Branagh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Over The Wall. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | 08:00The local community on how Hull's UK City of Culture year has affected them and their city
| | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Bishop James Jones reflects on how we respond to the grace of God, looking forward to 2018 08:48Howard Jacobson muses on the 'frozen wastes of Emojiland'.(R) 08:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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| 09:00 | 09:00A service for Christmas morning from Bath Abbey with the Rev Edward Mason. 09:451/5David Attenborough reads from his 1955 account of his trip to Guyana in search of wildlife
| 09:002/3The Wire's Clarke Peters reveals a surprising musical history from a century ago. 09:30Are the skills you need for stand-up comedy the same as you need for sport? Really? 09:452/5David Attenborough encounters a reluctant sloth.
| 09:00How Bob Marley's Redemption Song has inspired generations around the world. 09:30How Bill Browder's change of mind has made him Vladimir Putin's great enemy.(R) 09:453/5David Attenborough reads from his 1950s account of his trip to Java in search of wildlife.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play. 09:454/5David Attenborough recounts his 1950s trip to Argentina in search of wildlife.
| 09:00Bruno Tonioli, Strictly judge, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:455/5David recalls the mystery of the vanishing armadillo.
| 09:00The poet Lemn Sissay joins the Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jane is joined by Gill Sims, Gloria Hunniford, Bernie Wood and her son Geoffrey. 10:451/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front remind us why actress Dame Cicely Leyland is still a star at 100!
| 10:00We discuss the reaction and consequence for women speaking out. 10:452/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front's docudrama celebrating Dame Cicely Leyland's 100th birthday.
| 10:00Does masculinity need to change? 10:453/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front celebrate actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she nears her 100th.
| 10:00The art of Chutti, Kathakali performance make-up. Plus author Emily Barr. 10:454/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front remind us why actress Dame Cicely Leyland is still as star at 100
| 10:002017: Women in TV and film; women & homelessness; women of colour in mainstream media. 10:455/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front toast national treasure Dame Cicely Leyland on her 100th birthday
| 10:30Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking and eating experts are in Dumfries.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Grace Dent revisits four Untold stories to discover what happened next. 11:304/4Lightly seasoned bedsitter romcom inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's 1960s cookery classic.
| 11:00Broadcasting legend James Burke discusses the biggest change to humanity in 10,000 years. 11:30The series celebrating music manuscripts returns with Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah.
| 11:00Watford or Harvey Nichols - where is home for the 'Queen of Shops'?(R) 11:301/6TV adverts, woodland talent contests, and a special Christmas song.(R)
| 11:00A journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina. 11:30Mark Lawson considers how the increasing power of the audience is affecting storytellers.
| 11:00Ian Sansom is trapped inside your radio 11:30Meet Crumpet, a Christmas elf at a famous New York department store. These are his diaries(R)
| 11:00Bridget Kendall and guests explore how fine fragrance became what it is today. 11:30The migrants clinging to hope, NATO military manoeuvres and a jungle prince.
| 11:15Kirsty Young introduces some gems from the archive.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Collingwood, Sylvia wishes in vain for peace and goodwill. 12:15The best of BBC Radio in 2017 with Clarke Peters.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Tynemouth, Lester Reed is finding it hard to celebrate. 12:15Has Black Friday dampened the excitement of the Boxing Day sales? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In North Shields, Fraser has an unusual offer. 12:15Radio 4's consumer affairs programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In North Shields, Marion is grateful for Kitty's generosity. 12:15We want to know if you have got too much clutter in your life. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04In Tynemouth, Duncan gives Joyce a difficult start to her day. 12:15Consumer news and issues.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Lesley Curwen investigates the business models behind price comparison websites. 12:302/2The team imagines how Britain's media would cope if Donald Trump pressed the button.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A special compilation edition celebrating 50 years of Just a Minute.(R) 12:32Champagne sceptic Dan Saladino heads to the French region in search of mavericks of fizz. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:15Count Arthur auditions for a production of Bedknobs and Broomsticks. 13:45Fi Glover talks motherhood, marshmallows and Donald Trump with her new pen-pal in Ohio.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Lemn Sissay and his Northern Irish pen-pal talk Halloween, Harry Potter and being on stage
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Lyse Doucet and her Afghan pen pal exchange poignant letters about war, poetry and cancer.
| 13:00News with Chris Mason including Kabul bomb attack and Stansted Airport delays. 13:45Scientist Jim Al-Khalili gets a new pen-pal, living off-grid on a remote Canadian island.
| 13:00News with Chris Mason including internet vs GP visits and bones grown in laboratories. 13:45Archers actor Louiza Patikas chooses fellow thespian Angeliki Papoulia as her pen pal.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Senior BBC journalists forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Sarah Dunant delves into the past for alternative stories to help frame 2017.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian has some exciting news.(R) 14:15First of two plays celebrating one of Britain's best-loved poets.
| 14:00Joe wants company on Christmas Day.(R) 14:15Second of two plays by Jonathan Smith celebrating the life of the poet John Betjeman.
| 14:00Will has some bad luck.(R) 14:15Video game designer Chelsea has a tough job ahead building her game, Glacier.
| 14:00Pat gets a belated gift.(R) 14:15Rachel is ambushed by a woman claiming to be an old school friend. But who is she really?
| 14:00Brian sets out his vision.(R) 14:15On Dartmoor in the 1970s, one man tries to save one of the UK's most iconic butterflies.
| 14:00Penzance-born Rory McGrath performs a Cornish song at the SUNS International Festival.(R) 14:30Desperate to rescue his brother, Fat Charlie crosses an ocean in search of help.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel visit the Garden Museum in Lambeth.(R) 14:45Three conversations about the things that give life meaning.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The Queen's Christmas message to the United Kingdom. 15:05The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 15:15Chris Watson captures the sounds from dusk until dawn in a reed bed in Suffolk.(R) 15:30Sheila Dillon and very special guests share their favourite Xmas food and drink treats.(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and his culinary panel delve into Christmas cooking traditions.(R) 15:30Saint Stephen, martyrdom and an Edwardian feast of festive football.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks from Constantine Bay around to Harlyn along the Cornish coast.(R) 15:27Gordon Wilson speaks about losing his daughter in the bombing of Enniskillen. 15:30Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the Cairngorms to find out why writer Nan Shepherd found a refuge here. 15:27Mike Wooldridge makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Handicap International UK.(R) 15:30David Walliams on his life as a children's writer.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel visit the Garden Museum in Lambeth. 15:45Pulitzer Prize-winning Jhumpa Lahiri's tale of a teenage girl in a remote village.
| 15:30What can we learn about the body by experiencing it through the senses of artists?(R)
| 15:001/2Bold new version of John Wyndham's science fiction classic.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brian Cox, Robin Ince and special guests explore the science of magic. 16:30Ernie Rea takes a look at the Christian message behind Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
| 16:00Fiona Lindsay meets performers of all kinds during the half hour before they go on stage.(R) 16:30Nazir Afzal chooses Mahatma Gandhi as his great life.
| 16:00Working-class actors, Class and classical music. 16:30Producers of the world's most popular shows reveal the secret to creating a hit format.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to Aaron Sorkin about his directorial debut Molly's Game. 16:30Adam Rutherford on the DNA revolution in our understanding of human evolution.
| 16:00Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician. 16:30Ed Byrne and Hardeep Singh Kohli talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R) 16:55Discovering how to live with cancer can have unexpected positive side effects.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jenni Murray.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss dystopian novels. 16:30A poetic meditation on the season, myth and waiting: Robert Pugh reads Cynan Jones's story
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| 17:00 | 17:00The legendary writer reads from his memoir in the company of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 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 with Luke Jones. 17:30A husband on rebuilding his marriage after his affair.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Emily Bell asks how we can control the powerful algorithms which shape modern life.(R) 17:40How a gambling hunch made the elusive Denise Coates Britain's best paid boss.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Queen pays tribute to the victims of this year's terror attacks in her Christmas speech 18:15Theresa May stars in an Irish folk musical about the quest to find a magic money tree. 18:30A special compilation edition celebrating 50 years of Just a Minute.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15A musical tale of two babies, separated at birth and tragically reunited by politics. 18:304/6Mark Steel visits Portishead in Somerset and performs for the locals.
| 18:00Prince says he'll campaign on causes such as the military environment and mental health 18:151/2The Bard of Salford performs classic and unheard poems at the BBC's Radio Theatre. 18:303/4Jeremy Hardy is feeling fear. He not only seconds that emotion, but explains it too.
| 18:00More than 40 people have died in an attack at a cultural centre in the Afghan capital 18:15The Bard of Salford performs classic and unheard poems at the BBC's Radio Theatre. 18:304/4Stand-up Susan tries to relax by birdwatching with Emma Kennedy.
| 18:00Thousands take to the streets of Iran, in the biggest challenge to the regime since 2009. 18:152/4Doon Mackichan stars as a woman intent on revenge in Jenny Eclair's comic monologue.(R) 18:302/2The team imagines how Britain's media would cope if Donald Trump pressed the button.
| 18:00Theresa May accused of rewarding "cronies" and attempting to "buy future loyalty" 18:15Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi pick their Loose Ends highlights from 2017.
| 18:004-Britons on sightseeing trip thought to be among dead in a seaplane crash near Sydney. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Liz Barclay.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Joe wants company on Christmas Day. 19:15Games and performances including impressions, improvised song and poetry readings. 19:451/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front remind us why actress Dame Cicely Leyland is still a star at 100!(R)
| 19:15Gary Oldman on his career-defining performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. 19:452/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front's docudrama celebrating Dame Cicely Leyland's 100th birthday.(R)
| 19:15They dominate the box office. Just why are we turning to comic books for today's heroes? 19:453/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front celebrate actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she nears her 100th.(R)
| 19:00Brian sets out his vision. 19:15Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on their return to TV, plus opera star Angela Gheorghiu. 19:454/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front remind us why actress Dame Cicely Leyland is still as star at 100(R)
| 19:15Kay Mellor on her new ITV drama Girlfriends. 19:455/5Rebecca and Jeremy Front toast national treasure Dame Cicely Leyland on her 100th birthday(R)
| 19:00How a gambling hunch made the elusive Denise Coates Britain's best paid boss. 19:15It's the best of the arts of 2017, chosen by listeners and reviewers.
| 19:00Alice is determined to have a good time. 19:152/2Martin Jarvis performs Violet Elizabeth Runs Away by Richmal Crompton for a live audience. 19:4514/15The story of a disappearance. Tamsin Greig continues Jon McGregor's gripping series.
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| 20:00 | 20:00A reimagining the story of the Nativity, 'written' by five- and six-year-old children.(R) 20:30Ed Butler explores an unusual new industry that has taken hold in some of China's cities.(R)
| 20:00Douglas Alexander asks how we can overcome the forces that divide us.(R) 20:30Peter White hosts the In Touch Boxing Day Quiz with an invited panel and audience.
| 20:003/3Joan Bakewell and her panel discuss how you can opt for a watery grave. 20:45Two people with different views come together to see if they empathise with each other.
| 20:00Has the Democratic Party found a new direction since losing the election to Donald Trump? 20:30Why can you phone in sick with flu but not with depression? David Baker reports.
| 20:00Senior BBC journalists forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year. 20:50Howard Jacobson muses on the 'frozen wastes of Emojiland'.
| 20:00Martha Kearney looks at secret government papers from 1992.
| 20:00James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography(R) 20:30Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?(R) 21:30The story of how one woman offered refuge to leading intellectuals fleeing from the Nazis.(R)
| 21:00Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow. 21:302/3The Wire's Clarke Peters reveals a surprising musical history from a century ago.(R)
| 21:00Hayden Lorimer asks why we love the beginning and end of art more than art itself.(R) 21:30How Bob Marley's Redemption Song has inspired generations around the world.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford on the DNA revolution in our understanding of human evolution.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Shakespeare's best known, longest and most quoted play.(R)
| 21:00The week in 1917 when the first ladies' international football match was played in Belfast
| 21:00Bet wins a break in Paris, and drags a reluctant Al with her for their first trip abroad.(R)
| 21:00Lesley Curwen investigates the business models behind price comparison websites.(R) 21:26Kenneth Branagh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Over The Wall.(R) 21:30Why can you phone in sick with flu but not with depression? David Baker reports.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.(R) 22:451/10Tom ages very, very slowly and, while he looks about 41, he is in fact over 400 years old.
| 22:00Protests after Alberto Fujimori is pardoned for corruption and human rights abuses. 22:452/101860. 200 years after the death of Rose, Tom goes to Dr Hutchinson for help.
| 22:00UN humanitarian coordinator for Syria says people are being used as 'bargaining chips'. 22:453/10Written by Matt Haig. It is 1599, and things turn dark for Tom and his mother.
| 22:00How will hosting the World Cup and the presidential elections shape Russia in 2018? 22:454/10Written by Matt Haig. In New York, Tom meets the mysterious Hendrich.
| 22:00Anti-government protests sweep across Iran, a European view on Brexit and new year honours 22:455/10Read by Tom Hollander. London 1599 - Tom meets Rose for the first time.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/3Joan Bakewell and her panel discuss how you can opt for a watery grave.(R)
| 22:00Jonny Dymond and guests look back at the year in news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00A Christmas edition wih Mark Tully talking to John Sentamu, archbishop of York.(R) 23:30Neil Gaiman's mythical fantasy. Stars Jacob Anderson and Lenny Henry.
| 23:005/5The Anthony Hancock Strolling Players with a cautionary tale of Christmas as it might be.(R) 23:30Fat Charlie wakes up to an unexpected visitor as the web of his past begins to wind him in
| 23:002/6Harry and the team must find an escaped prisoner. But what does she look like? 23:152/4Jenna and Dana turn their attention to the British phenomenon that was Mr Splatt. 23:30Having seen Spider with his fiancee Rosie, Fat Charlie decides to confront his brother.
| 23:001/6Marcus Brigstocke finds out about the pure and noble game of football. And also FIFA.(R) 23:30Fat Charlie arrives in Florida to enlist the help of Mrs Higgler in getting rid of Spider.
| 23:00What just happened?! LNWH is officially baffled. 23:31As Daisy closes in on her suspect, Rosie is shocked to find that she has two fiances.
| 23:00Russell Davies chairs a contest to find Britain's top Shakespeare expert.(R) 23:30Michael Symmons Roberts gives a poet's perspective on Manchester's Intu Trafford Centre.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to Aaron Sorkin about his directorial debut Molly's Game.(R) 23:31Dr Rowan Williams seeks stillnesses as he reflects on what has been a stormy year.(R)
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