| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie explores race and sport, also why people thought WW1 would be over by Christmas. 00:45The bells of St Michael, Kingsteignton, Devon. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5How Oscar Hammerstein influenced the early career of the young Sondheim. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Sondheim recounts his experience of writing the lyrics for Gypsy. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Sondheim discusses his first outing on Broadway with his own music. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Stephen Sondheim appraises his long career and dissects his own lyric-writing process. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 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.
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| 02:00 | 02:15Commentary on the fifth day of the third Ashes test from Perth.
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| 05:00 | | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Snow isolates rural farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Anna Hill hears concerns that delays to domestic heating oil supplies could prove fatal.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43With the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. 05:45Empty greenhouses are being heated to melt snow on the roofs.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Daily prayer and reflection. 05:45Christmas birds under the hammer; lamb for the farm shop; a Suffolk vineyard.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43With Canon Patrick Thomas. 05:45Priscilla, Queen of iPM listeners. A doctor, lawyer and theologian talks about her life.
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| 06:00 | | 06:00Wikileaks founder Julian Assange discusses extradition and the morality of leaking secrets
| 06:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
| 06:00Debating Christmas travel and Christmas stress and the likelihood of Afghan war success.
| 06:00Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day with Pope Benedict XVI.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Owen Sheers visits the annual Mistletoe Festival at Tenbury Wells. 06:30Charlotte Smith raises a glass to the British drinks industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:30Jonathan Charles considers the innocence of children. 06:35Adam Henson visits a dairy farm in the USA that milks over three thousand cows a day. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Sheila Dillon presents this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton with a special Boxing Day edition. 07:55Martin Bell makes an appeal on behalf of the charity Street Child Africa. 07:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | 08:00Peter Curran presents a Excess Baggage special quiz with John McCarthy and Sandi Toksvig. 08:30It's the big day, but MJN Air is at work. Will Arthur get his festive celebration?
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service from St Clement's Church, Prague, reflecting on St Stephen and Duke Wenceslas.
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| 09:00 | 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by The Rev'd Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook about her decision to found an orphanage in Vietnam. 09:305/5Roger takes a journey along the Great Ocean Road from Melbourne to Adelaide. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Reece Shearsmith. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Claire Campbell Smith.
| 09:45From King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Led by The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris.
| 09:00Christmas Morning Worship from St Martin-in-the-Fields led by the Revd Nicholas Holtam.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Festive phone in about your family Christmas traditions. 10:451/5By Philip Palmer. Jessica has tracked down conman and art forger Daniel Ballantyne.
| 10:00With Jane Garvey. Documentary maker Kim Longinotto on her latest film 'Pink Saris'. 10:452/5By Philip Palmer. Jessica nears the end of her search for Ballantyne.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Brassicas - the best ways to cook them up over Christmas. 10:453/5By Philip Palmer. Jessica has agreed to be painted by Ballantyne.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Rolf Harris on painting his vision of a Shakespearian dream. 10:454/5By Philip Palmer. Ballantyne and Jessica arrive in London with the endgame approaching.
| 10:00Presented by Jenni Murray. Sapphires versus diamonds. 10:455/5With Ballantyne arrested, Jessica looks to have delivered the final sting in the tale.
| 10:00Fi Glover with Gary Kemp, Dame Joan Bakewell and a bumper selection of festive treats.
| 10:00Helen struggles to forgive and forget.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Sarfraz Manzoor looks at the life of a teetotaller in the UK. 11:301/2Martin Jarvis entertains a live Cheltenham audience with 'The Artistic Career of Corky'.
| 11:0034/40Saving Species reports alarming news about the plight of Lions in Africa. 11:30The work of the writer John Wyndam, who gave us 'The Day of the Triffids'.
| 11:00Chris Ledgard explores the tradition of overseas cricketers playing for amateur UK clubs. 11:302/6Arthur comes up with a brilliant idea to help raise funds for the local church hall.
| 11:00David Goldblatt examines Senegalese wrestling; Africa's sporting spectacular. 11:30Sir Tim Rice explores the lasting appeal of the British comic and its hero Dan Dare.
| 11:00Martin Wainwright celebrates the Morris Minor, Britain's first mass-produced, family car. 11:304/6Can struggling journalist Maddox make a splash with a political corruption tip-off?
| | 11:15Singer Sandie Shaw joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04We'll ask the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers why heating oil is so expensive. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Is Europe really coping with the winter freeze any better than the UK? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The story of the fake airline and a shortage of liquified petroleum gas. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Ofcom tell us the latest on their investigation into the mobile phone operator Talk Talk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04How to take on dodgy e-mails and retain a sense of humour. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04David Owen Norris recreates Charles Dickens's favourite music. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host a satirical seasonal special. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Les Kelly gives a little tinselly attention to the unsung heroes who make Britain great. 12:32Rene Redzepi, chef at the 'world's best restaurant' looks for food in Lapland and London. 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. 13:30Rick Wakeman explores the life and music of the so-called Fifth Beatle.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30The Telegraph and Cable; Murdoch's Times deal, 30 years on; Downton vs Upstairs Downstairs
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Stewart Henderson returns with a sparkling new series of Questions Questions.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:30Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol'.
| 13:00James Naughtie presents a gala selection of his favourite pieces of writing.
| 13:00A look at events around the world. 13:30Fergal Keane takes a journey through the private notebooks and letters of Nelson Mandela.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Helen struggles to forgive and forget. 14:153/4Warwick is in buoyant mood. Which is unsettling. It means he's up to something.
| 14:00Tony tries to make amends. 14:15When Natasha goes missing, her family realise they have no idea who she really is.
| 14:15The Bard's best bits performed by some of the top actors. Except they're stuck in traffic.(R)
| 14:00Alice and Chris make secret plans. 14:151/2Highwaymen, duels, swirling fogs and escaped convicts in Leon Garfield's mystery adventure
| 14:00Nigel and Kenton are in mischievous mood. 14:152/2What murky secrets lie at the heart of the fog? Who is the principal, who is the Devil?
| 14:00Presented by Jane Garvey. Music from Macy Gray, Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper and many more.
| 14:00What happens when you put the entire Gardeners' Question Time panel in a room together? 14:455/5The lifeboatman who took a national tour of RNLI stations.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Bruce Forsyth and Paul Jackson visit the London Palladium which opened on Boxing Day 1910.(R) 15:451/5The Bicester parishioners who went on a pilgrimage from Canterbury to York.
| 15:00Radioactivity and evolution, and a novel memorial in space. 15:303/4As a tribute to the late Anthony Howard, we hear the story of his life in journalism. 15:452/5Olwen Leebrook set out to visit all thirteen of the old Welsh counties by bus.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues. 15:302/3The hapless traveller sends news home to Beachcomber after losing his hat at Niagara Falls 15:453/5The man who set out to travel the length of the country for free.
| 15:00Helen Mark is in Dorset to find out how marine life can impact on the local community. 15:27Phyllida Law presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Fight for Sight. 15:303/3Beachcomber receives word from Paris that the gregarious toff has lost his heart. 15:454/5The free-wheeling woman who makes it up as she goes along.
| 15:00The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from the chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
| 15:00The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation. 15:05The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 15:15Victoria Wood's bitter-sweet comedy about two sisters reluctantly reunited on a TV show.
| 15:005/6How the Sibyl's prophecy came true for the most unwilling Emperor of them all.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Panettone and chocolate logs: Sheila Dillon embraces our newer Christmas cake traditions. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether faith inspires philanthropy.
| 16:00Michael Rosen explores the first history of English exhibition at the British Library. 16:30Business guru Sir Gerry Robinson chooses playwright Samuel Beckett.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores Christmas, compassion and class, from the Victorian era to today. 16:30Claudia Hammond unpicks the statistic that 1 in 4 people have a mental health problem.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Rose Tremain about the literary potential of sibling rivalry. 16:30Our latest hominid cousin, lessons from Einstein and cooking the perfect Christmas turkey.
| 16:30Francine Stock talks to Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal about his new comedy.
| 16:45Stephen Smith profiles Lady Gaga and her dizzying dash to global pop music dominance.
| 16:00Barry Humphries talks to Mariella Frostrup about five of his favourite books. 16:304/6Peggy Reynolds explores 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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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.
| 17:00England's laziest cricketer compiles his inimitable history of the Ashes.(R) 17:30Priscilla, Queen of iPM listeners. A doctor, lawyer and theologian talks about her life. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Philip Dodd explores what has made Pentecostalism so indispensable in today's Christianity 17:40Stephen Smith profiles Lady Gaga and her dizzying dash to global pop music dominance. 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. 18:30Les Kelly gives a little tinselly attention to the unsung heroes who make Britain great.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Victoria Coren reads extracts from her teenage diaries out in public for the first time.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/4Using her own experience, Shappi Khorsandi investigates what it's like being a single mum.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/2Satan slaps a ban on Christmas.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:151/6Bruce Forsyth tirelessly defends his Saturday teatime TV dominance. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis host a satirical seasonal special.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson presents a special Christmas edition of Loose Ends.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Gerry Northam makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony tries to make amends. 19:15Kirsty Lang reviews Peter Weir's film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell. 19:451/5By Philip Palmer. Jessica has tracked down conman and art forger Daniel Ballantyne.
| 19:15With John Wilson, including an interview with the Oscar-nominated actress Anne Hathaway. 19:452/5By Philip Palmer. Jessica nears the end of her search for Ballantyne.
| 19:00Alice and Chris make secret plans. 19:15With John Wilson, including a review of Little Fockers and a selection of rock biographies 19:453/5By Philip Palmer. Jessica has agreed to be painted by Ballantyne.
| 19:00Nigel and Kenton are in mischievous mood. 19:15Mark Lawson unwraps interviews with the names behind the arts headlines of the year. 19:454/5By Philip Palmer. Ballantyne and Jessica arrive in London with the endgame approaching.
| 19:00There's a frosty atmosphere at Bridge Farm. 19:15Mark Lawson unwraps more interviews with the names behind the year's arts headlines. 19:455/5With Ballantyne arrested, Jessica looks to have delivered the final sting in the tale.
| 19:00Nicholas Parsons makes his selection of the best BBC Radio of 2010.
| 19:00Nigel makes an intriguing discovery. 19:15A 25-year-old US Sergeant on what it means to wear America's highest military honour. 19:452/3By Reginald Hill. A young murderer's confession has far reaching consequences.(R)
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| 20:00 | 20:002/2David Aaronovitch explores Freud's influence on British society, and whether it has waned. 20:30Bahrain says it's modern and progressive - but political opponents face jail and torture.
| 20:00Philip Dodd explores what has made Pentecostalism so indispensable in today's Christianity 20:40West Wales is the destination for the latest in our 'Can't See, Will Cook' series.
| 20:00Clive Anderson's guests pay tribute to the late Lord Bingham. 20:453/3Leading political thinker Phillip Blond defends the Church of England.
| 20:00Simon Cox talks to current and former members of Wikileaks to find out how it operates. 20:30Peter Day hears from some of the leaders in the growing Asian luxury goods market.
| 20:00A Christmas Carol, with a comic twist. An all-star cast perform Dickens' classic tale.
| 20:00Brian Wilson looks at the life of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Churchill's man in the East.
| 20:00Tim Harford narrates 'A More or Less Christmas Carol'. 20:30Is it possible to start a new career midlife? Midlife Relaunch asks people who've tried.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:002010 - year of disasters. Quentin Cooper asks how science helped, and how it improved. 21:30Andrew Marr talks to Anthony Caro, Michael Peppiatt, Sir Mark Jones and Justine Picardie.
| 21:00Claudia Hammond unpicks the statistic that 1 in 4 people have a mental health problem. 21:30Fergal Keane talks to Suzanne Hook about her decision to found an orphanage in Vietnam.
| 21:00Can science master the Stradivarius? Professor Trevor Cox investigates.(R) 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Reece Shearsmith.
| 21:0034/40Saving Species reports alarming news about the plight of Lions in Africa. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Industrial Revolution.
| 21:00James Naughtie presents a gala selection of his favourite pieces of writing.
| 21:004/6Robert Graves' classic Roman histories darken, as Tiberius fights to keep his throne.
| 21:00Ben Schott traces the history of a pocket book that rivalled the Bible as a bestseller.(R) 21:30Peter Day hears from some of the leaders in the growing Asian luxury goods market. 21:58The latest weather forecast.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:45Arriving at Jamaica Inn, Mary's troubled by the reputation of her new home in Cornwall.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:45Mary's first encounter with customers at Jamaica Inn only adds to her anxiety.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:45Mary meets her uncle's younger brother Jem Merlyn, and Squire Bassat pays a visit.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 22:45Lost on the moor, Mary is helped by a local vicar who becomes her confidant.
| 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:45As Mary's friendship with Jem deepens, her uncle reveals the true nature of his business.
| 22:00A celebration concert in memory of Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician and bandleader.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn looks back on 2010: A year of high political drama and deep cuts.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Dominic Arkwright discusses admitting uncertainty with his panel. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:003/4A father embarks on a misguided quest to find his missing daughter. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:002/6David Soul and Simon Day star in a series of fantastical comedy apocalypses. 23:152/3By Sarah Millican. Young hairdresser Kitty gets some work experience in a funeral parlour.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the news from Parliament.
| 23:006/6The team learn not to trust anything you get from a man down the pub. 23:30Ian Peacock reveals the dark and gothic life of Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton.(R)
| 23:00Business guru Sir Gerry Robinson chooses playwright Samuel Beckett. 23:30Mass for Christmas from the Metropolitan Cathedral of St Chad in Birmingham.
| 23:00Test Match Special. The first day of the fourth Ashes Test from Melbourne.
| 23:00Test Match Special. The second day of the fourth Ashes Test from Melbourne.
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