| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor explores opera in Argentina, plus grammar schools and social mobility. 00:45The bells from the Church of St. David, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Exploring how everyday choices are subtly informed by fonts. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5An exploration of the origins of the font, drowned fonts and a tale of capitalising emails 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The fonts we encounter on our journeys, and the man who tried to give up Helvetica. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5A look at the changes in German typeface, and how the Nazis exploited the font. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The font in politics, and how Barack Obama used a font to win a presidency. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3Christopher Driver's eloquent and passionate insights into British attitudes to food.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45How DNA techniques used in murder investigations could now detect deer poachers. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45Leading forestry groups call for a new approach to managing UK woodlands.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45How blue lights will be used to police imported eggs following the battery cage ban.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears there is a future for public owned forests in England.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. 05:45'Support your local farmer' says Manx NFU after food import problems left shelves empty.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Prayer and reflection with the Rev Canon Stephen Shipley. 05:45Morris dancing, memory and the man who cleaned up the riots.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells from the church of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury in Worcestershire. 05:45Samira Ahmed profiles Newt Gingrich, leading Republican contender for the US election.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Debating life science funding, eurozone integration, extradition, Russia and War Horse.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Digesting the political consequences of Cameron's veto in EU treaty negotiations.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Does the Lancashire landscape hold the key to cheaper gas bills? 06:30Farming v Forestry: Charlotte Smith investigates the future of English woodlands. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Liz Gray asks, 'If you had breath for no more than 99 words, what would they be?'. 06:35Charlotte Smith looks at the British veal industry. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00George Osborne and Lord Heseltine on the UK's EU treaty 'veto'.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Samira Ahmed with the religious and ethical news of the week. 07:55Erwin James presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Haven Distribution. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:30Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30David Cornock with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:30Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:50Mark D'Arcy reports on events in the House of Lords.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service for the third Sunday in Advent from St Peter's Church, Peterston-super-Ely. 08:50Lisa Jardine recalls CP Snow's lessons on the dangers of government by experts.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Bernard-Henri Levy, Baroness Mary Warnock and Roger Scruton. 09:45From Cardiff led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
| 09:00Jim meets psychologist Prof Uta Frith, whose work changed how we view brain disorders. 09:30Lucy Kellaway explores the complexities of personal wealth with the super rich. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Matthew Bourne. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Sharon Grenham Toze.
| 09:00Sir Martin Sorrell is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 09:45An act of worship led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Richard Coles with politician/panto star Ann Widdecombe; Simon Callow's Inheritance Tracks
| 09:00Paddy O'Connell with news and conversation about the big stories of the week.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Christmas cooking phone-in with Mary Berry. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:456/10Gilbert has read about the poor behaviour of Helen's husband.
| 10:00Sue Lawley; women reporting Egypt; grandparents and childcare; Christmas windows. 10:457/10Helen is convinced her husband is changing his ways, but Gilbert is not so confident.
| 10:00Angela Merkel the Iron Lady of Europe? HPV vaccine update. Feminism and the Media. 10:458/10Huntingdon won't let Helen leave - then he makes a discovery...
| 10:00French ban on prostitution? Music from Lotte Mullen, Sensible seasonal drinking? 10:459/10Gilbert now knows Helen's secrets and why she came to Wildfell Hall.
| 10:00Francesca Annis takes on her first musical role for more than 40 years. 10:4510/10Despairing Gilbert hasn't seen Helen for months - she has gone to nurse her husband.
| 10:00John McCarthy takes a look at historic walks and compares fast and slow trains. 10:30David Owen Norris hears Thomas Hardy's favourite songs in his house Max Gate in Dorset.
| 10:00Pat can barely contain her emotions and Neil is feeling frazzled.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Women who have suffered psychotic illness after childbirth talk about their recovery. 11:302/4Giles enters an Iron Man triathlon in Spain with only Neil Diamond and a donkey to help.
| 11:0029/30Brett Westwood investigates fungi with tights, or the attack of the powder cap strangler! 11:304/4Ken Clarke and guest Abram Wilson discuss the music of the 1950s trumpeter Clifford Brown.
| 11:00Peter Snow with a Random Edition Special to mark the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbour. 11:30Sitcom pilot about a shared house and the strange adventures of its reclusive residents.(R)
| 11:00Ed Butler investigates abuse of children and scamming of volunteers by Bali's orphanages. 11:30Susan Marling investigates the debt Ernest Hemingway owed to Cuba, his home for 21 years.
| 11:00Midge Ure goes backstage into the bizarre world of musicians on tour. 11:302/6Jan has Helen back at home, but is it what she really wants?
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Kate Adie with correspondents' despatches from Russia, Iraq, Hungary, Bangladesh and Cuba.
| 11:15Eve Pollard is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04George Clarke on empty homes, Royal Mail and Yodel, extreme weather, and NHS innovations. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04More overseas students at British universities: Is it good or bad for the economy? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Behind-the-scenes of the internet dating industry which is now worth billions of pounds. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The UK's first bed tax, mobiles replacing cash, and the business of teaching men to flirt. 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. 12:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis examine the week's news. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/6A second show from Sage Gateshead, with the regulars and Marcus Brigstocke on the panel. 12:32Dan Saladino exlores how higher food prices are changing what we buy and how we eat. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:451/15Dominic Sandbrook investigates how the post office has shaped British society.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:452/15Penny Post was the first accessible and cheap method for sending mail within the capital.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:453/15Dominic Sandbrook looks at 18th-century long-distance letters.
| 13:00Martha Kearney presents national and international news. 13:454/15Introduced in 1784, the mail coach slashed journey times by two thirds.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents national and international news. 13:455/15Dominic Sandbrook investigates how the post office improved efficiency in the 1800s.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Dudley.
| 13:00Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news. 13:30The story of one of the most controversial documents in US diplomatic history.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Pat can barely contain her emotions. 14:15Rebecca Lenkiewicz's drama tells the story of a young girl caught up in the London riots.
| 14:00Neil is feeling frazzled. 14:152/4A student is accused of murder after a tavern brawl.
| 14:00Helen attempts to explain. 14:15The dramatist's final play observes the brevity of life and the frailty of love.(R)
| 14:00Pat teeters on the brink. 14:15When legendary hell-raiser Oliver Reed met Keith Moon, nothing was the same ever again.
| 14:00There are celebrations on the village green. 14:15Through past-life hypnosis, Debbie has come to believe she used to be Anne Boleyn.
| 14:00Call Jonathan Dimbleby on topics including David Cameron's decision to veto the EU treaty. 14:30Penelope Fitzgerald's novel of love, religion and physics, dramatised by Yvonne Antrobus.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs a horticultural Q&A from the Scottish Borders. 14:454/5A mother whose son grew up apart from her emerges from 37 years of denial.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Competitors from Scotland and North West England battle it out. 15:30Sheila Dillon discusses this year's winners in the Best Market category of the Food Awards
| 15:00Has breeding docile honey bees weakened them? 15:30Dominic Arkwright talks to three guests about their school years.
| 15:00Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on managing borrowing. 15:30Bipolar disorder and misdiagnosis; complaining; employment support with mental illness.
| 15:00Does the Lancashire landscape hold the key to cheaper gas bills? 15:27The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website. 15:30Sebastian Barry talks about his Costa prize-winning novel The Secret Scripture.
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs a horticultural Q&A from the Scottish Borders. 15:45Libby Purves on last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
| 15:304/4Ken Clarke and guest Abram Wilson discuss the music of the 1950s trumpeter Clifford Brown.
| 15:001/2A young giant faces laughable insanity due to ignorance, crones and syphilitic professors.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Janet Ellis celebrates that most unpredictable of mythological beings, the genie. 16:30Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by rationalist comedian and musician Tim Minchin.
| 16:00Yasmeen Khan investigates the high rate of depression among South Asian women in Britain. 16:30Michael Sheen champions Philip K Dick who has had an influence on his production of Hamlet
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores new research into teenage sex in the parental home. 16:30Leveson Inquiry and prejudice; lobbyists and lunches; reporting in Syria after Libya.
| 16:00Nick Broomfield, Ben Wheatley and Mike Cahill talk to Francine Stock about their new films 16:30Catching carbon from air, scarce elements, fossil eyes and amateur scientist candidates.
| 16:00John Wilson on Dev Anand, Christopher Logue, Socrates, Helen Forrester and Wilfred Lambert 16:30The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers. 16:30Bill Herbert and Zoe Skoulding explore different international poetry festivals.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories. 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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair brings you the top stories of the day. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Ritula Shah presents a fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. 17:30Morris dancing, memory and the man who cleaned up the riots. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Writer Maria Margaronis returns home to listen to those living through the Greek disaster. 17:40Samira Ahmed profiles Newt Gingrich, leading Republican contender for the US election. 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. 18:304/6A second show from Sage Gateshead, with the regulars and Marcus Brigstocke on the panel.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Mark Steel visits the Northumberland town to find out what makes it distinctive
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6With comedians David Baddiel and Lucy Porter and quiz show presenter Richard Osman.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6The Questers find themselves held by the ruthless barbarian Ragnar Half-tooth.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis examine the week's news.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson is joined by Eric Idle and Zandra Rhodes with music from Cold Specks.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Sarah Montague makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Neil is feeling frazzled. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to John Cleese about his career, from Monty Python to his Alimony Tour. 19:456/10Gilbert has read about the poor behaviour of Helen's husband.
| 19:00Helen attempts to explain. 19:15Amy Winehouse's posthumous CD; Brian Sewell on his memoirs; New Year's Eve reviewed. 19:457/10Helen is convinced her husband is changing his ways, but Gilbert is not so confident.
| 19:00Pat teeters on the brink. 19:15Mark Lawson with songwriter Carole King; author Don DeLillo; Eddie Redmayne as Richard II. 19:458/10Huntingdon won't let Helen leave - then he makes a discovery...
| 19:00There are celebrations on the village green. 19:15Kirsty Lang with Annie Lennox; Nick Park on his new music video; The Ladykillers reviewed. 19:459/10Gilbert now knows Helen's secrets and why she came to Wildfell Hall.
| 19:00Tony reels at the latest revelation. 19:15Comedy DVD round-up; Sophie Okonedo in Haunted Child; artist Graham Sutherland reassessed. 19:4510/10Despairing Gilbert hasn't seen Helen for months - she has gone to nurse her husband.
| 19:00Samira Ahmed profiles Newt Gingrich, leading Republican contender for the US election. 19:15Tom Sutcliffe and his guests review the week's cultural highlights.
| 19:155/6Moral and ethical posers for John Finnemore, Danielle Ward, Alun Cochrane and Ann Leslie. 19:451/3By Tessa Hadley. A girl begins to hear noises after she escapes from a family party.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Vishva Samani explores the post-expulsion relationship between British Asians and Ugandans 20:30Martin Plaut investigates Zimbabwe's agriculture ten years after the farm invasions.
| 20:00Writer Maria Margaronis returns home to listen to those living through the Greek disaster. 20:40The blind man who's fast becoming a symbol of civil rights protest in China.
| 20:00Should drug companies be given more access to NHS patient data? Michael Buerk chairs. 20:45Physics teacher David Perks says current science teaching is short-changing children.
| 20:00Simon Cox investigates whether UK borders are safe and secure. 20:30Peter Day traces the rise of the bonus culture and the impact it has had on the economy.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Dudley. 20:50Lisa Jardine recalls CP Snow's lessons on the dangers of government by experts.
| 20:00Melvyn Bragg celebrates the Yorkshire poet through a memorial at Westminster Abbey.
| 20:00The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row. 20:30John Wilson on Dev Anand, Christopher Logue, Socrates, Helen Forrester and Wilfred Lambert
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| 21:00 | 21:00The risk of thawing permafrost, space worms and DNA barcoding. 21:30Andrew Marr with Bernard-Henri Levy, Baroness Mary Warnock and Roger Scruton.
| 21:00Bipolar disorder and misdiagnosis; complaining; employment support with mental illness. 21:30Jim meets psychologist Prof Uta Frith, whose work changed how we view brain disorders.
| 21:00Gareth Mitchell ask how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight. 21:30Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and guests including Matthew Bourne.
| 21:0029/30Brett Westwood investigates fungi with tights, or the attack of the powder cap strangler! 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
| 21:001/3Dominic Sandbrook investigates how the post office has shaped British society.
| 21:002/2Hofmiller apparent 'social blunder' sets him on a most perilous course of deception.
| 21:00Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. 21:26Erwin James presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Haven Distribution. 21:30Peter Day traces the rise of the bonus culture and the impact it has had on the economy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00National and international news and analysis. 22:451/10A family bereavement sparks an unexpected friendship between Major Pettigrew and Mrs Ali.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn presents national and international news and analysis. 22:452/10Major Pettigrew discovers that he and Mrs Ali share a love of Kipling.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:453/10At the golf club, the ladies are trying to decide on the theme for the annual dinner dance
| 22:00Europe's leaders meet to discuss the latest proposals to stem the crisis in the eurozone. 22:454/10Major Pettigrew's son Roger needs his help with a tricky house purchase negotiation.
| 22:00Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis. 22:455/10Major Pettigrew offers a solution to Mrs Ali's family troubles.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should drug companies be given more access to NHS patient data? Michael Buerk chairs.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Andrew Porter of the Telegraph analyses how the papers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Did you have any imaginary friends as a child or do you in fact have some now? 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by rationalist comedian and musician Tim Minchin. 23:30Susan Hulme presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:006/6In search of seasonal goodwill, Mark Watson continues his quest to improve the world. 23:30Sean Curran presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Carl and Rob's dream flat turns out not so perfect after all. 23:30David Cornock presents the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Michael Sheen champions Philip K Dick who has had an influence on his production of Hamlet 23:30Mark D'Arcy presents his weekly round-up of events at Westminster.
| 23:00Competitors from Scotland and North West England battle it out. 23:30Daljit Nagra visits the Aran Islands to explore their rich imaginative and poetic life.
| 23:00Nick Broomfield, Ben Wheatley and Mike Cahill talk to Francine Stock about their new films 23:30Liz Gray asks, 'If you had breath for no more than 99 words, what would they be?'.
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