| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie explores Cuba's success in developing world-beating bioscience. Also moral panics. 00:45The bells of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Richard Cohen highlights some of the mythology associated with the sun. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5How has the sun cast its influence in such diverse activies as warfare and holiday-making? 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Richard Cohen flies by flimsy plane to the Antarctic wastes to witness an eclipse. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Richard Cohen explores how the sun has inspired generations of painters. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5How long will the sun shine? And it's time for the author to seek out the perfect sunset. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5By Kate D'Lima. Laura and Jed's stormy relationship nearly spells over into disaster.(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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| 02:00 | | | | 02:00Commentary on the first day of the third Ashes test from Perth.
| 02:15Commentary on the second day of the third Ashes test from Perth.
| 02:15Commentary on the third day of the third Ashes test from Perth.
| 02:15Commentary on the fourth day of the third Ashes test from Perth.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Michelle Marken. 05:45Warnings the countryside could become closed off as money is cut from footpaths. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Michelle Marken. 05:45Anger from farmers over plans to start making them pay for the costs of animal diseases.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection with Michelle Marken. 05:45News and issues in rural Britain presented by Anna Hill.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Eric Pickles on cuts and 'localism' plus Peter Bazalgette's view of The X Factor.
| 06:00Will cuts test the NHS to the limit, and what does the future hold for Silvio Berlusconi?
| 06:00Analysis of the 100 billion pound black hole in public pensions.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr and Semyon Bychkov, Mark Miodownik, Susan Hill and Tony Jordan. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Michael Ford.
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to Mohsen Sazegara. 09:304/5Roger Law meets up with Chris Darwin, the great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Chris Chivers.
| 09:00Libby Purves is joined by Prof Chris Rapley, Boyd Clack, Elisabeth Parry and Jamelia. 09:45A Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Bishop George Stack.
| 09:45An act of worship and music.
| 09:45Fi Glover with author Michael Morpurgo; Inheritance Tracks from actress Lesley Manville.
| 09:45News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. The menopause and HRT - your questions and concerns. 10:451/5Margaret John stars in Lynne Truss's comedy drama set on a rainy golf course in Wales.
| 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. New Zealand chef Peter Gordon on making the perfect pavlova. 10:452/5Cartographer Jaci arrives to map The Rock. Can Charles stop the curse striking again?
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. How to take better photographs of family and friends. 10:453/5After years of repression, Angharad's lust for the greenkeeper can no longer be contained.
| 10:00With Jenni Murray. Including Sarah Phillips on her internet tribute to her dying mother. 10:454/5Cartographer Jaci Hughes appears to be about to fall victim to the Club's curse.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Twirling Tory Ann Widdecombe on 'Strictly Come Dancing'. 10:455/5The giant Golf Ball Rock has rolled into a bunker. Is the curse finally over?
| 10:00Anita Anand looks at the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 10:30Discover the songs written by Benjamin Franklin, scientist, inventor, and founding father.
| 10:00Nic keeps the peace and Helen is overloaded.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Frank Gardner marks the centenary of photographer and traveller Wilfred Thesiger. 11:304/4Someone wants to close the Regent Theatre, and is willing to murder to do so...
| 11:0033/40Saving Species reports from Panama about the plight of Sloths in the Caribbean. 11:30Anneka Rice shares her passion for art, and depicting the naked human body.
| 11:00Alan Dein meets the many people for whom St John's Centre is a home from home. 11:301/6The showbiz legend decides to get some legal advice, but will he take it or give it?
| 11:00Bahrain says it's modern and progressive - but political opponents face jail and torture. 11:30Lesley Garrett tells the fascinating story of operatic comedienne Joan Turner.
| 11:00BBC correspondent Roland Buerk investigates Japan's growing "rent a friend" service sector 11:303/6Struggling print journalist Maddox takes a moral stance with disastrous results.
| 11:00Peter Riddell takes an end of year look at the Westminster scene. 11:30Looking behind the big stories: Kate Adie presents reports from around the world.
| 11:15Oscar-winning filmmaker Nick Park joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Julian Worricker talks to the head of the Association of Train Operating Companies. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. Has Wikileaks struck a blow for open society? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The restriction of the sale of Christmas crackers and handing back winter fuel payments. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Soaring heating oil prices and Christmas shop window displays. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How to deal with dodgy e-mails and retain a sense of humour, Peter White presents. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Cash or shares? Paul Lewis and guests discuss how to get the most from your money. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the topical comedy show. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Ian MacMillan, Gyles Brandreth 12:32Panettone and chocolate logs: Sheila Dillon embraces our newer Christmas cake traditions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:30The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Classical accordionist James Crabb sets out to rescue his instrument's dodgy reputation.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Sir Michael Lyons on the future of the BBC and Nicholas Shott on local television news.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Dominic Arkwright discusses admitting uncertainty with his panel.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Tim Harford and the More or Less team explain the numbers in the news.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Milton Keynes.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:30Dotun Adebayo looks at why many young black British people are converting to Islam.
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| 14:00 | 14:00It's party time at Lower Loxley and Kate's feeling guilty. 14:152/4Warwick has a recurring dream featuring a ramshackle hut out on the Cambridgeshire Fens.
| 14:00Nic keeps the peace and Helen considers all her options. 14:15PG Wodehouse is taken to Hollywood by a major studio. Is it a match made in heaven?
| 14:00It's a difficult day for Phoebe and Vicky is settling in. 14:15MI5 questions PG Wodehouse about his controversial wartime broadcasts.
| 14:00Fallon's feeling hopeful and Hayley is reassuring. 14:15Johnny Vegas interprets Les Dawson in a fictional pastiche, co-starring Nicholas Parsons.
| 14:00Helen is overloaded and Elizabeth handles a domestic crisis. 14:15A dramatisation of Georges Simenon's novel "Striptease", set in a night club in Cannes.
| 14:00Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30When a middle-aged Liverpool housewife gets to travel, her world begins to change.
| 14:00The panel are guests of the Purleigh & District Gardeners' Society in Essex. 14:45Euan McIlwraith investigates the identity of the mysterious 'star jelly'.(R)
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens debate whether religion is a force for good.(R) 15:451/5Edward Stourton revisits a broadcast debate from 1960 about nuclear disarmament and Nato.(R)
| 15:00Late developing toads and why lions don't get scurvy. 15:301/3A psychiatrist wakes a child from a coma by describing chocolate pudding. 15:452/5The 1961 clash between AJP Taylor and Hugh Trevor-Roper over the origins of WWII.
| 15:00Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on pensions. 15:302/3Julia rediscovers a letter her father wrote to her before his death and is comforted. 15:453/5The 1976 clash between AJ Ayer and Edward de Bono about the fairness of democracy.(R)
| 15:00Richard Uridge is on the trail of wildlife poachers in Cumbria. 15:27Ross Noble presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Riders for Health. 15:303/3Julia is reminded of Gilbert White's 'bee boy' as she encounters another buzzing boy. 15:454/5Revisiting the 1963 clash between civil rights activists Malcolm X and James Farmer.
| 15:00The panel are guests of the Purleigh & District Gardeners' Society in Essex. 15:455/5Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives - The nature of power.
| | 15:004/6Robert Graves' classic Roman histories darken, as Tiberius fights to keep his throne.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sheila Dillon explores the varieties of venison in butchers and supermarkets in the UK. 16:30In the first of a new series, Ernie Rea and guests discuss the supernatural.
| 16:00Edi Stark investigates whether the science and law are at odds in sleepwalking crimes. 16:30Poet John Hegley chooses the author of Lady Chatterley's Lover, DH Lawrence.
| 16:00Laurie explores race and sport, also why people thought WW1 would be over by Christmas. 16:30Claudia Hammond looks at social networking and adoption.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer about her short story collection 16:302010 - year of disasters. Quentin Cooper asks how science helped, and how it improved.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Richard Holbrooke, Blake Edwards, Bella Akhmadulina, Elaine Kaufman. 16:30Francine Stock talks to director Peter Weir.
| 16:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Sarah Phillips on losing her mother and her online tribute song.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Rose Tremain about the literary potential of sibling rivalry. 16:303/6Peggy Reynolds on how a young woman from Bristol put words into the mouth of a King.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30'The war's greatest photo, on my mum's wall'. A listener takes a Blitz relic up St Paul's. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Is the IMF up to the job of fixing the global economy? Stephanie Flanders reports. 17:408/8Poet Ian McMillan creates an imaginative response to a story from the week's news. 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. 18:306/6Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Ian MacMillan, Gyles Brandreth
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Rufus Hound invites Sheila Hancock to read extracts from her teenage diaries.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4A visitor for Joanna Lumley's mum and a battle for the last parachute.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Our hero Pip faces his nemesis Mister Benevolent for an epic Russian battle.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the topical comedy show.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Matt Lucas, Steve Bell and The Puppini Sisters.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sheila McClennon selects her highlights from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Nic keeps the peace and Helen considers all her options. 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews Burlesque and offers the pick of new fiction for young children. 19:451/5Margaret John stars in Lynne Truss's comedy drama set on a rainy golf course in Wales.
| 19:00It's a difficult day for Phoebe and Vicky is settling in. 19:15With John Wilson, who interviews comedian Russell Howard, and reassesses Norman Rockwell. 19:452/5Cartographer Jaci arrives to map The Rock. Can Charles stop the curse striking again?
| 19:00Fallon's feeling hopeful and Hayley is reassuring. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to poet Les Murray and reviews the film Catfish. 19:453/5After years of repression, Angharad's lust for the greenkeeper can no longer be contained.
| 19:00Helen is overloaded and Elizabeth handles a domestic crisis. 19:15Mark Lawson discusses the pioneering video artist Nam June Paik and meets poet Les Murray. 19:454/5Cartographer Jaci Hughes appears to be about to fall victim to the Club's curse.
| 19:00Pat tries to mediate and Phoebe's keen to talk. 19:15Veteran comedian Ronnie Corbett talks to Mark Lawson. 19:451/5Margaret John stars in Lynne Truss's comedy drama set on a rainy golf course in Wales.
| 19:008/8Poet Ian McMillan creates an imaginative response to a story from the week's news. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the cultural highlights of the week.
| 19:00Helen struggles to forgive and forget. 19:15Washington DC's 'Mayor For Life' Marion Barry on the real truths about the capital. 19:451/3By Donna Leon. The pleasure of a sumptuous meal beguiles a taciturn husband.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:001/2David Aaronovitch explores Freud's influence on British culture, and whether it has waned. 20:30A profile of Nichi Vendola, the new hope of the left in Italy.
| 20:00Is the IMF up to the job of fixing the global economy? Stephanie Flanders reports. 20:40RNIB's Steve Winyard says that government DLA reform spells cuts for some blind people.
| 20:00High art v the X Factor and popular culture. 20:452/3Leading political thinker Phillip Blond defends the House of Lords.
| 20:00How much will British taxpayers suffer from the economic fallout in Ireland? 20:30As crisis spreads from one country to another Peter Day asks if the Eurozone is in crisis.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Milton Keynes. 20:50Joan Bakewell wonders how we recover true empathy in a culture of self-regard.
| 20:00Bruce Forsyth and Paul Jackson visit the London Palladium which opened on Boxing Day 1910.
| 20:00Tim Harford and the More or Less team explain the numbers in the news. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Richard Holbrooke, Blake Edwards, Bella Akhmadulina, Elaine Kaufman.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the news in science and science in the news. 21:30Andrew Marr and Semyon Bychkov, Mark Miodownik, Susan Hill and Tony Jordan.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond looks at social networking and adoption. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to Mohsen Sazegara.
| 21:00Are close ties to industry distorting priorities of scientific research in universities? 21:30Libby Purves is joined by Prof Chris Rapley, Boyd Clack, Elisabeth Parry and Jamelia.
| 21:0033/40Saving Species reports from Panama about the plight of Sloths in the Caribbean. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.
| 21:00By Andrew Whaley. A young woman's journey into the heart of Zimbabwe.
| 21:003/6Robert Graves' classic Roman histories darken, as Tiberius fights to keep his throne.
| 21:00How much will British taxpayers suffer from the economic fallout in Ireland? 21:30As crisis spreads from one country to another Peter Day asks if the Eurozone is in crisis. 21:56Phyllida Law presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Fight for Sight. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Anna and Andrei know they must protect Kolya. Then a call confirms their worst fears.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:457/10Dr Brodskaya has been arrested. Now, a car door slams beneath Andrei and Anna's flat.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:458/10With Andrei arrested, will anyone help pregnant Anna with her inquiries?
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:456/10Anna and Andrei know they must protect Kolya. Then a call confirms their worst fears.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:4510/10Volkov gives Andrei a way out of execution, while Anna waits to give birth in hiding.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15High art v the X Factor and popular culture.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Kevin Maguire takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright and guests discuss being written about. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:002/4An insomniac mathematician answers a phone belonging to a prostitute. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:001/6David Soul and Simon Day star in a series of fantastical comedy apocalypses. 23:151/3By Janey Godley. A daughter suddenly realises her cantankerous father is getting old.(R) 23:30Alicia McCarthy with all the latest news from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Lord Darkness loses a teapot - and a high priest. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00Poet John Hegley chooses the author of Lady Chatterley's Lover, DH Lawrence. 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:302/6Peggy Reynolds investigates Banjo Paterson's classic lyric Waltzing Matilda.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks to director Peter Weir. 23:30Mark Tully considers the significance of traditional nativity stories.
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