| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor debates the cultural impact of Bob Marley’s music with Dr Jason Toynbee. 00:45The sound of bells from the church of St John the Baptist in Loughton, Essex. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5In 1612, Shakespeare testified in a case concerning an unpaid marriage dowry. 00:48Weather conditions for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The maid has no idea that the lodger is Britain's greatest playwright. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In 1604 Shakespeare lodged in the house of Christopher Mountjoy and his wife Marie. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In 1604 Shakespeare played a major role in the betrothal of his landlord's daughter. 00:48Weather information for shipping.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Shakespeare collaborated with George Wilkins, an allegedly disreputable London victualler. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/8Amelia Bullmore's Cash Flow explores some of the absurdities of the world of finance. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of programmes.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a news and current affairs selection.
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| 04:00 | | | | | | 04:45Coverage of the First Test between Sri Lanka and England at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.
| 04:45Coverage of the First Test between Sri Lanka and England at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock. 05:57The latest weather forecast.
| 05:20Weather conditions for shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20Weather information for shipping. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Kevin Franz. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
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| 06:00 | 06:00With James Naughtie, Carolyn Quinn. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Weather; Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | 08:00Coverage of the First Test between Sri Lanka and England at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.
| 08:00Coverage of the First Test between Sri Lanka and England at the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr's guests include art critic Matthew Collings and tenor Ian Bostridge. 09:45Christian worship and music from St Martin's Church, Belfast, led by Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland recalls the establishment of the first Pioneer Health Centre in 1935. 09:301/5Prof Carl Chinn visits Birmingham's Irish Club. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is writer Armistead Maupin.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Terri Irwin talks about the death of her husband, the Australian TV naturalist Steve Irwin
| 10:00In Saudi Arabia a rape victim can be imprisoned. How can this injustice be rectified?
| 10:00How to cope with heavy menstrual bleeding. Plus, new measures to tackle rape prosecutions.
| 10:00A special show to mark the 90th birthday of the anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman.
| 10:00Katie Mitchell discusses directing British theatre. Plus the fight against AIDS in Africa.
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| 11:00 | 11:003/3Many still face the end without the pain control and other medication they need. 11:303/6Comedy sketches from Philippa Fordham and Simon Lipson. With Alex Lowe and Laura Shavin.
| 11:002/2Miriam O'Reilly explores alternative energy technologies in the West Country. 11:30Jenny Uglow investigates the life of the radical London artist and poet William Blake.
| 11:00When Philip Zimbardo set up a mock prison, he had no idea what he would witness. 11:306/6Ronnie organises a disastrous birthday party and Nick finally finds his father's will.
| 11:00Julia Rooke tells the story of Leila, an Iranian sold into prostitution at the age of nine 11:301/2Rev Richard Coles talks to Brian Blessed, Michael Billington and Sara Maitland about God.
| 11:00Rory Bremner examines the technology of speaker recognition and voice verification.(R) 11:303/6The grumpy writer has a surefire idea for high profit, but it's gone astray.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Liz Barclay and Peter White.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Sheila McClennon and Stewart Flinders.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson and Liz Barclay.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Sheila Dillon is joined by a host of celebrities to honour the winners.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 12:301/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:12Rev Nicholas Holtam appeals on behalf of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. 12:15The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Peter Snow hosts the last of this year's heats in the nationwide general knowledge quiz.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Bernard Richardson recalls the man who developed the concertina and its greatest exponent.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:306/6Sally Magnusson presents a series exploring the practice of researching family history.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker reports from the Yorkshire town of Whitby, home to a Goth Festival twice a year
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Edward Stourton chairs a topical discussion from Leek, Staffordshire.
| 13:30Three families talk about the challenges and joys of bringing up their own grandchildren.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15By Matthew Wilkie. George is desperate for his team to win the pub quiz.
| 14:15By Peter Kesterton. When Andy suggests things are not as they seem, Emma is intrigued.
| 14:00Fallon rolls up her sleeves. 14:15Psychic Thomas Soutar discovers some unsettling connections between his uncle and a murder
| 14:153/5By Tajinder Singh Hayer. 1979, and Harpal can't wait to pack his parents off on holiday.
| 14:15The young William Blake is on the lookout for a tiger, sketch pad in hand.
| 14:00Edward Stourton takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:306/6As the 1980s merge into the 1990s, old friends continue to spring surprises.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. Guests are Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank. 14:455/5Bagpiper Dougie Pincock directs the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5By Michael Morpurgo. The story of the friendship between a cameraman and a shepherd boy. 15:451/5Dylan Winter traces the history of the PDSA Dickin Medal.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the cleanliness of the Spanish Armada. 15:302/5By Jenny Worton. The story follows Ellen in London and her sister Sarah in Cape Cod. 15:452/5The cat awarded the PDSA’s Dickin Medal for war service.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. Guests are Matthew Biggs, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood. 15:303/5By Jack Shepherd. A group of young boys in Leeds is inspired to prospect for bauxite. 15:453/5Stories of some of the 24 dogs awarded the PDSA's Dickin medal.(R)
| 15:00Barbara Myers discusses listeners' hair problems with GP Dr Ann Robinson. 15:27Andrew Marr appeals on behalf of International Development Enterprise. 15:304/5By Neil Gaiman. Morris visits the Holy City, but he really begins to experience it at home 15:454/5Dylan Winter learns about the bravery of Gander the Newfoundland dog. From 2004.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks the Northumbrian coast with walking magazine editor Jonathan Manning. 15:305/5By David Almond. There are stories that May keeps a monster. Young Norman is fascinated. 15:455/5The Labrador involved in a rescue on 9/11.(R)
| 15:30Bernard Richardson recalls the man who developed the concertina and its greatest exponent.
| 15:004/6Arriving in the remote Ural mountains, Yuri and his family find civil war raging.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon and studio guests review the best of this year's books on food. 16:30Tim Harford analyses the financial mathematicians known as "quants" for a second time.
| 16:00Michael Rosen continues the series exploring the words we use. 16:30Discussion of books written by Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris and Joan Didion.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor discusses the accelerating process of globalisation with Professor Stiglitz. 16:30Raj is joined by Michael Dudley and John Gunn to consider the Nuremberg Code of 1947.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Richard Russo, who talks about his new novel Bridge of Sighs. 16:30Quentin Cooper and Nick Jennings discuss computer programs which make their own decisions.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Andrew Dominik, director of Chopper.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally. 16:302/4Linton Kwesi Johnson's poem Di Great Insohreckshan recalls the Brixton riots of April 1981
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. With Chris Ledgard. 17:30Eddie Mair presents the interactive current affairs magazine. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Buerk talks to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who expresses his feelings over homophobia 17:40How the money raised in the 2006 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal was spent. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Jeremy Hardy.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6After arguing all day, the former variety star sparks confusion when he arrives at the BBC(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4A week of radio that never happened. With Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Sketch show by David Armand, Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner, with Katy Brand
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran's guests include Henry Goodman, Robin McKelle, Sharon Horgan and Emma Freud.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peggy Reynolds presents a selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. 19:456/20Dombey is in deep mourning for his son.
| 19:00Fallon rolls up her sleeves. 19:15Kirsty Lang with arts news and interviews. 19:457/20A trip to Leamington brings Dombey into the circle of the formidable Mrs Skewton.
| 19:15With Mark Lawson, including a report from a major exhibition on the mysteries of sleep. 19:458/20Captain Cuttle seeks news of young Walter Gay, missing at sea.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:459/20Cold, disdainful Edith wins the hearts of Dombey and his manager.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. 19:4510/20Florence meets her new mama and something stirs in Edith's cold heart.
| 19:004/8Amelia Bullmore's Cash Flow explores some of the absurdities of the world of finance. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe is joine by Cahal Dallat, Esther Freud and Amanda Vickery.
| 19:15Featuring a look at the new Launchpad at the Science Museum. 19:453/5Lorelei King reads from L Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:00The story of a woman's investigation of her father's death in an air crash in 1968. 20:30Rosie Goldsmith reports on the rise of the far right in eastern Germany.
| 20:00Michael Buerk talks to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who expresses his feelings over homophobia 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Do our courts offer enough protection to those fleeing oppression? 20:451/2Matthew d'Ancona asks whether the internet has the potential to reshape society.
| 20:002/4Simon Cox asks why cancer survival rates in the UK remain the worst in Western Europe. 20:30Quentin Peel asks if plebiscites enable the voice of the people to be properly heard.
| 20:00Edward Stourton chairs a topical discussion from Leek, Staffordshire. 20:50A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
| 20:00Christina Hardyment looks at life below stairs in Britain between the wars.
| 20:00Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy. 20:30Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:002/2Roz Kidman Cox explores possible solutions to the current impasse. 21:30Andrew Marr's guests include art critic Matthew Collings and tenor Ian Bostridge. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
| 21:00Raj is joined by Michael Dudley and John Gunn to consider the Nuremberg Code of 1947. 21:30Jonathan Freedland recalls the establishment of the first Pioneer Health Centre in 1935.
| 21:00Philip Ball takes a look at a new wave of medical inventions. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation.
| 21:00Geoff Watts reports on studying the brains of paedophiles. 21:30Melvyn Bragg discusses the mathematical and cultural mysteries of the Fibonacci Sequence.
| 21:005/6Adam Morris has agreed to appear on Alan Parks's TV discussion programme.
| 21:003/6Moscow has become a dangerous place, and the only safety lies in leaving and going east.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news and advice from the world of personal finance. 21:26Rev Nicholas Holtam appeals on behalf of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. 21:30Quentin Peel asks if plebiscites enable the voice of the people to be properly heard. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10The Kellaway family find themselves living next door to the poet William Blake.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:452/10Jem and Maisie Kellaway have two strange encounters with their new neighbour William Blake
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Jem and Maggie engineer a visit to the Blakes, where they find a full-size printing press.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/10When William Blake's mother dies, the children decide to follow the funeral party.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:455/10Jem, Maggie and Maisie find themselves lost and frightened in a maze of unfamiliar streets
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Do our courts offer enough protection to those fleeing oppression?
| 22:00News from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including Power and the Web.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen continues the series exploring the words we use. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:004/6The celebrity chef and writer quizzes a panel about himself.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:005/6Martin has turned into some kind of agony aunt and he is less than happy about it. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:005/6Featured items the charming tale of Zombie Poppins and Paddington Corpse.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
| 23:00Discussion of books written by Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris and Joan Didion. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00Peter Snow hosts the last of this year's heats in the nationwide general knowledge quiz. 23:301/4The valiant failure of the Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth against a Viking landing in 991.
| 23:00Carmen Calill with some favourite extracts. Readers Richard Mitchley and Diana Quick.(R) 23:30Rabbi Julia Neuberger explores the symbolism of candles at this time of year.
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