| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/10Thomas delves into his troubled past to find the right answer to win a life-changing sum.(R) 00:304/4Bryn explores Ralph Vaughan Williams's 1912 work Fantasia on Christmas Carols. 00:45The sound of bells from All Saints Church, Allesley in Coventry. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/10Time spent working for an Australian colonel proves useful for the next TV quiz question.(R) 00:301/5Andrew wonders how long Toilet Duck has been on the market. Read by Shaun Dooley. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/10Ready for his next TV quiz question, Thomas remembers being reunited with Salim.(R) 00:302/5Andrew tackles the subject of ironing. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:156/10An incident with a gun helps Thomas answer the next question. Stars Anand Tiwari.(R) 00:303/5Andrew does the vacuuming. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:157/10Can Thomas's encounters with the Tragedy Queen help him reach the next stage of the quiz?(R) 00:304/5Andrew considers the pitfalls of supermarket shopping. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:158/10The sneaky TV quizmaster shows his true colours in an attempt to derail the hopeful champ.(R) 00:305/5Andrew considers the benefits of doing the washing-up. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:12The latest weather forecast. 00:159/10The TV quiz finally stumps Thomas, so he phones a friend in the hopes of a correct answer.(R) 00:301/5Ian Macpherson describes life with Florette, a radical, feminist, menopausal poet.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Lynn Gallagher. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Fran Barnes. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Lynn Gallagher. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Chris Impey.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Lynn Gallagher. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Lynn Gallagher. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Mark Holdstock.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Lynn Gallagher. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone. 05:451/5Modern works are currently selling for record prices.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The sound of bells from St Mary's, Warwick. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles Rahm Emanuel, President Elect Barack Obama's chief of staff.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Matt Baker visits Northumberland to see how the fledgling red kite population is faring. 06:30News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully considers many people's new-found reliance on 'sat nav'. 06:35Matt Baker returns to the family farm in Durham and visits his dairy farmer brother-in-law 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk; Thought for the Day; Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Adam Hart-Davis appeals on behalf of Practical Action. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A reflection on the Feast of the Epiphany from Hexham Abbey, with Rev Canon Graham Usher. 08:50Clive James reflects on the end of the get-rich-quick era.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr hears from some of the thought-provoking thinkers on Start the Week 2008. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Father Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to people who have made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in 09:303/5The millions of pounds of royalties owed to authors and musicians which lie unclaimed. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests. 09:45Christian worship and music led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy. 09:454/5Andrew considers the pitfalls of supermarket shopping.
| 09:00Kirsty Young's castaway is academic Baroness Haleh Afshar. 09:45An act of worship and music, led by Rev Marjory MacLean.
| 09:00Clare Balding is joined by sculptor Emily Young. With poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00A special programme on one of the most influential living gardeners in Britain.
| 10:00Irish singer Eleanor McEvoy on her career. Plus, the practicalities of family sabbaticals.
| 10:00A special programme on some of the literary highlights of the past 12 months.
| 10:00Feminists Michele Roberts and Kate Smurthwaite discuss the legacy of Simone de Beauvoir.(R) 10:454/5Bill reveals the truth and Reg becomes a gooseberry.
| 10:00Poet Maura Dooley on the sources of her inspiration. Plus, marrying for money.
| 10:00Sandi Toksvig hears about two overland trips that provided very different experiences. 10:30The impact of Miles Davis' 'So What' from his record 'Kind of Blue'.(R)
| 10:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 11:00 | 11:002/3Lynne and Steff were married for 30 years before Steff underwent a sex change. 11:301/6A disgraced American ad-man must transfer to England.
| 11:00Martha Kearney and guests revisit 1978 through previously classified government documents.
| 11:001/2Broadcaster Peter Snow returns to scenes of his post-war childhood in Libya. 11:304/4Can the actor-cum-sleuth finally solve the deadly mystery haunting the BBC?
| 11:00Celebrating the extraordinary fairs once held on London's frozen River Thames.
| 11:00Journalist John F Jungclaussen explores the German love of all things British. 11:301/6Henry hits puberty, De Warrenne hits a planning official, and Sam goes off like a rocket.
| 11:002/3Elinor Goodman discovers what membership of the euro might mean for UK jobs and prices. 11:30Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is businessman and explorer Simon Murray.
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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.
| 12:00Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:30Linda Pressly investigates the housing crisis in Cuba. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04John Waite meets Loay Mohammed, an Iraqi interpreter whose life was threatened. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis looks ahead to see if the stock market can recover in 2009. 12:306/6Comedy 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. 12:041/12Nicholas Parsons with Charles Collingwood, Shappi Khorsandi, Paul Merton and Graham Norton 12:32Sheila Dillon celebrates guilty culinary pleasures, including doughnuts and dripping. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Robert Robinson chairs the second semi final of the perennial general knowledge contest.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:301/2Stephen Evans examines the links between Cuba's music and the 1959 revolution.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Phill Jupitus examines the enduring popularity of the TV puppet.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:30Tim Harford questions the ability of professional forecasters at predicting the future.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Stephen Sackur asks BBC correspondents to forecast the news stories for the year ahead.
| 13:00A look at events around the world with Jo Coburn. 13:30Ali Abbas, the Iraqi boy who lost his arms and 16 members of his family, tells his story.
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| 14:00 | 14:15Comedy by Aisha Khan. A dysfunctional family set out on a road trip.
| 14:15An envelope arrives for David containing 43 replies to a lonely hearts ad he did not place
| 14:15By John Mortimer. Jeremy Irons stars as Lewis Luby.
| 14:15Locked out of her apartment, Poppy is invited by Arthur to explore Hong Kong by night.
| 14:152/4Intrigue for the sleuth as a priceless antique disappears under impossible conditions.
| 14:00Stephen Sackur hosts a phone-in in which listeners predict the news in 2009. 14:30After bugging the US Embassy, inventor Leon Theremin must avoid both the CIA and the KGB.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs chairs. With Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw. 14:454/4Margaret investigates what happened to her Wittgenstein relations after the war.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:301/5Butlins place an advertisement in The Times. 15:451/5Paul talks to comedy performers Alistair McGowan, Bea Holland and Samantha Sanns.
| 15:00Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past. 15:302/5Story of how the largest elephant in captivity moved from Scotland to Yorkshire in 1957. 15:452/5Paul talks to writers whose ideas were eventually turned into pilots.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs. With Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. 15:303/5The five and a half ton elephant is reluctant to enter its crate. 15:453/5Paul considers the people tasked with bringing a show to life: the actors and performers.
| 15:00Reporting from the tiny Channel island of Sark. 15:27Dave McGough appeals on behalf of the MM Gulf Veterans and Families Benevolent Association 15:304/5Billy Butlin wants Charlie photographed for publicity, but Elephant Bill has other ideas. 15:454/5Comedy producer John Lloyd and Radio 4 commissioning editor for comedy Caroline Raphael.
| 15:00Clare Balding walks in the West Country with Beryl Griffiths, founder of Granny Treks.(R) 15:305/5Charlie makes his triumphal entry into Butlins, Filey. 15:455/5Paul examines two groups at the sharp end of the process - agents and audiences.
| 15:301/2Stephen Evans examines the links between Cuba's music and the 1959 revolution.
| 15:002/3Sir Peregrine plans to marry Lady Mason.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon challenges chef Angela Hartnett to make a meal from local produce. 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 16:30Actor David Soul champions the life of German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores whether the past can reveal the causes and cures for gang violence? 16:30Dr Mark Porter investigates the relationship between smell and taste.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup and her guests consider novelists' relationships with their families. 16:30Quentin Cooper joins scientists, artists and musicians on a research cruise to Greenland.
| 16:00John Wilson presents the obituary series. 16:30Francine Stock presents a behind the scenes look at the Mike Leigh comedy, Happy-Go-Lucky.
| 16:00With Jane Garvey. Highlights from international items featured on the programme in 2008.
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'. 16:30Benjamin Zephaniah explores the ancient oral tradition of southern Siberian throat singing
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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.
| 17:00Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image.(R) 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles Rahm Emanuel, President Elect Barack Obama's chief of staff. 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. 18:154/8Justin Webb introduces eight of Alistair Cooke's seasonal Letters from America. 18:301/12Nicholas Parsons with Charles Collingwood, Shappi Khorsandi, Paul Merton and Graham Norton
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:155/8Justin Webb introduces eight of Alistair Cooke's seasonal Letters from America. 18:301/6A reluctant beekeeper, two feuding librarians and striking a deal with Santa.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:156/8Justin Webb introduces eight of Alistair Cooke's seasonal Letters from America. 18:303/6Will is no street-fightin' man. Can American rapper 10 Shot turn him into a tough guy?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:157/8Justin Webb introduces eight of Alistair Cooke's seasonal Letters from America. 18:306/6Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:158/8Justin Webb introduces eight of Alistair Cooke's seasonal Letters from America. 18:306/6Comedy 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 presents an eclectic mix of the past year's comedy and conversation.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Laurie Taylor introduces his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Mark Lawson reports on the art of sustaining interest in a long-running TV drama series. 19:451/5The friends set off for an art-lovers holiday in Damascus.
| 19:15Mark Lawson talks to leading comedians about their moves beyond stand-up. 19:452/5Bill takes his friends on a guided tour of Damascus, but why does he keep disappearing?
| 19:15John Wilson reports on how musicians respond to working in the shadow of past success. 19:453/5The men take a bath, Arab style, and Lois gets to the bottom of things.
| 19:15Mark Lawson meets the writer John le Carre.(R) 19:454/5Bill reveals the truth and Reg becomes a gooseberry.
| 19:15Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Screenwriters Special. 19:455/5Bill's friends must use all of their ingenuity before it is too late.
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles Rahm Emanuel, President Elect Barack Obama's chief of staff. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and guests review James Scudamore's novel Heliopolis.
| 19:15Kirsten O'Brien explores how memory works. 19:454/5Bobbie knows the secret about her father and the children mount a rescue in a tunnel.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Ali Abbas, the Iraqi boy who lost his arms and 16 members of his family, tells his story. 20:30Linda Pressly investigates the housing crisis in Cuba.
| 20:00Allan Little analyses some of the factors that have given Cuba such a prominent image. 20:40Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood hosts a debate about which species or organism is truly irreplaceable. 20:452/3Gyles Brandreth persuades politicians to talk about their true selves.
| 20:00Geneticist Aarathi Prasad explores the phenomenon known as parthenogenesis or virgin birth 20:30Corporate change expert John Kao shows how jazz improvision can help companies innovate.
| 20:00Stephen Sackur asks BBC correspondents to forecast the news stories for the year ahead. 20:50Clive James reflects on the end of the get-rich-quick era.
| 20:00Joan Bakewell revisits the debates that took place in a London church in the 1960s and 70s
| 20:00Tim Harford questions the ability of professional forecasters at predicting the future. 20:30John Wilson presents the obituary series.
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3How should limited resources be used in funding science? 21:30Andrew Marr hears from some of the thought-provoking thinkers on Start the Week 2008.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter investigates the relationship between smell and taste. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to people who have made sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in
| 21:003/3Paul looks at the film version of the Bernstein musical with Betty Garrett and Dana Polan.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests.
| 21:00Peter Curran discusses Howard Brenton's play Never So Good. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy.
| 21:00Two short plays by Harold Pinter. 21:45Michael White recalls the fiasco of the original construction of the Palace of Westminster
| 21:001/3Samuel Dockwrath sets out to prove his suspicions over the inheritance of Orley Farm.
| 21:00Paul Lewis looks ahead to see if the stock market can recover in 2009. 21:26Adam Hart-Davis appeals on behalf of Practical Action. 21:30Peter Day asks why, in an interconnected world, it still matters where we live and work. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00With Carolyn Quinn, including reports on Israeli strikes in Gaza. 22:451/10Anna has fallen for one of her husband's students.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn with reports on the Middle East crisis. 22:452/10Anna and Mark cannot help revealing their feelings for each other.
| 22:00Israel rejects calls for a truce in Gaza. Plus is the era of US supremacy over? 22:453/10Summoned home, Mark encounters his childhood sweetheart Sylvia.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. 22:454/10Anna's love for Mark meets an obstacle.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:455/10Now grown to manhood, Mark pursues the unhappily married Olive.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Andrea Catherwood hosts a debate about which species or organism is truly irreplaceable.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak 23:302/2In Berlin, David looks at how the age of rebellion shaped today's Germany.(R)
| 23:00Comic storyteller Wil Hodgson recounts a life lived as an outsider in his home town. 23:30Jenny Eclair narrates a eulogy mourning the imminent death of the parking meter.(R)
| 23:00Another chance to hear the highlights of Radio 4's 1968 Day by Day series.
| 23:004/4The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's great twin industrialists.(R) 23:30Laurie Taylor recalls a series of 1970s B-Movies created by the late Harold Baim.(R)
| 23:00Actor David Soul champions the life of German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. 23:30Following the British Saturday night and the bright Sunday morning that unerringly follows(R)
| 23:00Robert Robinson chairs the second semi final of the perennial general knowledge contest. 23:30Martin Sorrell walks the Sussex Downs which inspired the nature poet Ted Walker.
| 23:021/4Chris Ledgard recalls the outbreak of the early 1950s.(R) 23:30Mark Tully considers many people's new-found reliance on 'sat nav'.
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