| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor is joined by Luca Turin and Rod Watson to explore the resonances of perfume. 00:45The sound of bells from St Augustine's, West Monkton, Somerset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Toby Stephens reads from playwright Simon Gray's account of coming to terms with cancer. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Gray's doctor delivers bad news. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Gray begins to pay a great deal of attention to the Obituaries section of the newspapers. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5An overcrowded airport provides the material for a darkly comic tableau. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Gray experiences the joy of a christening. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A prone man seeks solace by talking to his bones. Read by Dermot Crowley.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 03:00 | | | | 03:50Coverage of the first day of the First Test between India and England in Chennai.
| 03:50Coverage of the second day of the First Test between India and England in Chennai.
| 03:50Coverage of the third day of the First Test between India and England in Chennai.
| 03:50Coverage of the fourth day of the First Test between India and England in Chennai.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Shaykh Michael Mumisa. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr is joined by Gilles Kepel, Vitali Vitaliev, Simon Jenkins and Francesca Klug. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Jonathan considers what shops today can learn from the bleak festive season of 1930. 09:305/5Comedian Richard Herring explores the problem of procrastination in our working lives. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Rev Tony Burnham.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Chris Chivers.
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| 10:00 | 10:00US businesswoman Carly Fiorina on the glass ceiling in US politics and business.
| 10:00Should lads mags be given an 18 certificate to ensure children can't get hold of them?
| 10:00The legacy of Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp. Plus, premature labour and Sharia law.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/2What happened to the trainee prison governors featured in Radio 4's The Young Governors. 11:304/6Hard-up Harry anxiously watches his parents spending on exercise machines.
| 11:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 11:302/4Valerie Danby Smith was Ernest Hemingway's secretary in the final two years of his life.
| 11:003/4The controversy surrounding the 1976 sculpture which came to be known as the Tate Bricks. 11:301/4The amateur sleuth gets embroiled in a suspicious death at the BBC...
| 11:02The Australian government's intervention in the remote Aboriginal areas. 11:30Jenny Eclair explores the world of outrageous animated ladies and the censors.
| 11:02John McDonald presents the history of the Boeing Chinook Bravo November helicopter.(R) 11:305/6Ramesh's nephew arrives from India, complete with impressive shopkeeping skills.
| 11:02A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:02The week's events in Ambridge. 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is film producer Michael Deeley.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news and issues with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 12:303/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/4The surreal comedian delves into alternative remedies, meeting a royal and going to LA. 12:32Sheila Dillon and guests discuss the year's crop of food books. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The penultimate heat of the general knowledge contest, chaired by Robert Robinson.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30The French composer Olivier Messiaen's fascination for using birdsong in his music.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:30Matt Baker finds out about a project to revive the hydroelectric plant in Yorkshire.
| 13:00National and international news with Brian Hanrahan. 13:30Tim Harford wonders whether Irish sausages really are too toxic to eat?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Hagley in the West Midlands.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. 13:301/2Hardeep Singh Kholi traces the history of the border country between England and Scotland.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:15Juliet Stevenson and David Haig star in a poignant and delightful alphabetical romance.
| 14:15Liam, an 8ft 6ins recluse, lives with his mother, who is too fat to leave the house.
| 14:00The car's not there, Alistair. 14:153/4Aided by a powerful spirit, a hunter is after Pilgrim, who tries to save himself.
| 14:15Facing financial ruin, George, Prince of Wales was obliged to marry his cousin Caroline.
| 14:15A wealthy businessman rethinks his legacy, disinheriting his two grown-up children.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30At a seance at his house, a writer receives a ghostly visitation from his dead first wife.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs. With John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness and Pippa Greenwood. 14:451/4Margaret Stonborough investigates her family's fascinating archive.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of experts take your questions on carers' rights and finances. 15:301/5A poignant story of the relationship between a father and his rather independent daughter. 15:451/4Stewart accompanies a group of Manchester Brownies on a visit to a huge aquarium in Hull.(R)
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge explores the cultural innovation of church spires. 15:302/5A young man tries to hide the embarrassing facts of his father's death from his fiancee. 15:452/4Stewart accompanies a group of year 9 students staying over in Birmingham's Science museum
| 15:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs. 15:303/5A prisoner recalls his loveless marriage and the events leading up to a gruesome murder. 15:453/4A nocturnal visit to the Eureka! Museum for Children in Halifax.
| 15:00The latest winner of the BBC/Royal Geographical Society's annual competition.(R) 15:27Rev Nicholas Holtam appeals on behalf of the St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. 15:304/5Comic story of American excess in Europe and lost love rekindled after many years. 15:45Libby Purves finds out how the 2007 BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal funds have been spent.
| 15:00Clare Balding climbs Mither Tap, part of Bennachie, a range of hills west of Aberdeen. 15:305/5After lying frozen for thousands of years, an iceman begins to thaw. 15:454/4Stewart meets the Midnight Ramblers at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew.
| | 15:001/2Young aristocrat Alexander Ashbrook runs away from the Hospital for Deserted Children.
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| 16:00 | 16:00How markets survive and where they sit in the current food retail landscape. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world.
| 16:00Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak 16:30Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the idea that the Imperial era was a product of repressed sexuality 16:30Claudia talks to researchers who have studied people who cannot make facial expressions.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. 16:30Quentin Cooper discusses the transmission of plague through gerbil populations.
| 16:00John Wilson presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock talks to Helen Mirren about her new film Inkheart.
| 16:00Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Including a round-up of the year's best children's books. 16:304/4Peggy hears from those to whom the exuberant lyrics of Porter's song speak volumes.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage 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 with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage 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 with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Coverage 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 with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines. 17:30The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Examining a mining company in Guinea that says it is stressing aid as much as profits. 17:40Colin Patterson talks to associates and family of X-Factor supremo Simon Cowell. 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. 18:304/4The surreal comedian delves into alternative remedies, meeting a royal and going to LA.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4An unusual hibernation in the Blue Peter garden.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Celebrating Ray's civil partnership, drunk Brian learns a lot..(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis and the team.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Frank Skinner, Stephen Bayley and Ruth Watson.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Peter Curran introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with David Simon, creator of The Wire. 19:451/5Young widow Cecilia Summers and her sister-in-law Emmeline share a happy house in London.
| 19:00The car's not there, Alistair. 19:15With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard. 19:452/5Emmeline has been secretly meeting the dubious Mark Linkwater.
| 19:15John Wilson considers Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture. 19:453/5Markie decides to accompany Emmeline on a business trip to Paris, leaving Cecilia adrift.
| 19:15With Kirsty Lang, including a review of a new staging of Twelfth Night. 19:454/5Emmeline feels the strain of keeping her relationship with Markie secret.
| 19:15With John Wilson. Graham Linehan and Chris O'Dowd discuss the latest series The IT Crowd. 19:455/5Cecilia fears for Emmeline, who is tortured by suspicions of Markie's infidelity.
| 19:00Colin Patterson talks to associates and family of X-Factor supremo Simon Cowell. 19:15Derek Jacobi in Shakespeare’s Christmas play, Keanu the alien and the lights over London.
| 19:15Kirsten O'Brien meets David Walliams to talk about his book The Boy In The Dress. 19:451/5Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis's happy suburban life with their parents is about to change.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/4The real reason behind the 1707 Act of Union which saw England and Scotland merged.(R) 20:30The growing antagonism between Spain's Socialist government and the Roman Catholic Church.
| 20:00Examining a mining company in Guinea that says it is stressing aid as much as profits. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Michael Buerk chairs a debate about legalising assisted dying. 20:451/2Shaun Ley examines the work of Parliamentary draftsmen.
| 20:001/2Andrew follows a group of ten-year-olds as they prepare to sit their 11-plus exams. 20:30Ben Hammersley investigates the predictive genetics industry.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Hagley in the West Midlands. 20:50Clive James explores the question of national identity.
| 20:00Lars Tharp explores the changing relationship between the antiques trade and the public.(R)
| 20:00Tim Harford wonders whether Irish sausages really are too toxic to eat? 20:30John Wilson presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:00The story of Joseph Black, the chemist who described carbon dioxide for the first time. 21:30Andrew Marr is joined by Gilles Kepel, Vitali Vitaliev, Simon Jenkins and Francesca Klug.
| 21:00Claudia talks to researchers who have studied people who cannot make facial expressions. 21:30Jonathan considers what shops today can learn from the bleak festive season of 1930.
| 21:00Philippa Forrester and Brett Westwood present the series following the movement of animals 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00Geoff Watts discusses art and maths of anamorphosis. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of the city.
| 21:00Eliot Weinberger's long and continuing prose poem paints a picture of the war in Iraq.(R)
| 21:002/2Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's classic tale set in 15th-century Paris.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Jane Field appeals on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. 21:30Ben Hammersley investigates the predictive genetics industry. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. 22:451/5A young widow forms an amateur orchestra.
| 22:00With reports on the reasons behind the Greek riots and Barack Obama's economic rescue plan 22:452/5Keen to do her bit for the war effort, La decides to start an orchestra to boost morale.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:453/5La meets Feliks, a wounded Polish airman, and is shocked to find herself falling for him.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:454/5Duty leads La to make a heartbreaking decision. Read by Emilia Fox.
| 22:00Robin Lustig looks at the outcome of the inquest on the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. 22:455/5Fifteen years on from the end of WWII, a chance encounter stirs up old feelings.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Michael Buerk chairs a debate about legalising assisted dying.
| 22:00Including The Draftsman's Contract.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen investigates what happens when our ability to communicate breaks down. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Susan Hulme.
| 23:004/4Danny campaigns for bagpipes to be celebrated and tries to write a Winterval number one. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
| 23:006/6Gordon Brown is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. 23:156/6Dave has finally found a new place to stay - but can he go through with it? 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:001/4The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.(R) 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| 23:00Luciano Pavarotti is nominated by the music promoter Harvey Goldsmith. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
| 23:00The penultimate heat of the general knowledge contest, chaired by Robert Robinson. 23:303/4Peggy examines Clare's expression of feelings of dispossession.
| 23:00A small boy's phobia of horses seemed unlikely evidence for the Oedipus complex.(R) 23:30Dr Rowan Williams talks about the influential Trappist monk and activist Thomas Merton.
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