| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Older people in residential care - a landmark study. Also, an archaeology of homelessness. 00:45The bells of Howden Minster, East Yorkshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Biography of Alexandre Dumas's father, the inspiration behind the French author's novels. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5An opulent lifestyle is surrendered when a young gallant enlists in the French Army. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5General Dumas proves himself on the battlefield and encounters Napoleon Bonaparte. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5General Dumas accompanies Napoleon on his ill-fated expedition to Egypt. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Relief after the rigours of Egypt turns to disillusion on reaching the Neapolitan coast. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3One of the first articles to detail Nazi genocide as the war still raged.(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.
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| 03:00 | 03:59Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 03:59Commentary on the final day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30Commentary on the final day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Church of Scotland elder Alison Twaddle. 05:45Shoppers may have to pay more for potatoes after the worst harvest for 35 years.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Church of Scotland elder Alison Twaddle. 05:45The winner of the 'Farming Today' Farmer of the Year award is revealed.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Prayer and reflection with Church of Scotland elder Alison Twaddle. 05:45Thanet Council backs down over its ban on live animal exports from Ramsgate.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Pastor Alex Robertson. 05:45'My brain's wired up differently.' A listener with Asperger's Syndrome shares his story.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Andrew's Church, Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire. 05:45Rosie Goldsmith profiles the leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage.
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| 06:00 | | | 06:00Alcohol pricing plans, Cyril Smith allegations, 30 years of MIDI, plus online dating.
| 06:00Previewing the Leveson report, plus Palestine's status and is British cheese too salty?
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Felicity Evans visits Atlantic College in south Wales - set up to promote peace. 06:30Charlotte Smith finds out how worms and ponds can spare land from waterlogging. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully explores the purpose of religious buildings in the modern world. 06:35Living World is in ancient woodland in North Yorkshire looking for bugs in fallen wood. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Care home regulations, plus UKIP's successes and Scott Walker interviewed.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Samira Ahmed. 07:55The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31The chancellor springs a surprise in naming the next Bank of England Governor.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports on events in Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme covers Prime Minister's Questions and debates in the Commons and the Lords.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports on events in Westminster and beyond.
| 08:51MPs approve five bills and the Peers debate three more. Mark D'Arcy reports.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Advent Expectations: From Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge. 08:50Mary Beard reflects on why 'customer satisfaction' surveys have no place in universities.
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| 09:00 | 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Commentary on the final day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Fr Phil Sumner.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets theatre producer Bill Kenwright and musician Joe Brown. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and achievements of crystallography. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Kirsty Young interviews artist and author Edmund de Waal. 09:45Presented by the Revd Marjory MacLean.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Richard Madeley; Nona Hendryx's Inheritance Tracks.
| 09:00News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell. 09:45Libby Purves on the 2011 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. To give this year call 0800 082 8284.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Commentary on the fourth day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 10:00Commentary on the final day of the second Test between India and England from Mumbai.
| 10:00Heather Headley, star of The Bodyguard musical. How do we view the Seven Deadly Sins? 10:453/5Stuart wants to make a difference. But is everything as black and white as he thinks?
| 10:00Lady MacMillan on her husband Kenneth's ballets; Maeve Binchy's last book; women in prison 10:454/5Exploring five very different perspectives on the lap dancing industry.
| 10:00Jenni Murray on love letters that come back to haunt you. 10:455/5Colette is forced to rethink her future plans as her hopes and dreams are challenged.
| 10:30Comic and broadcaster Ian Stone on the revolution in the way we run children's football.
| 10:00Emma faces a quandary. Meanwhile Lilian is feeling low.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Musician Nile Rodgers walks the streets of New York, after a cancer diagnosis. 11:303/4On baby? New partners spark possibilities for Ray and Jane. Stars Juliet Stevenson
| 11:00What now for the welfare state, 70 years after the Beveridge report?
| 11:00Zareer Masani on why Indians worship English as a goddess who can free them from poverty. 11:304/4Annabelle is annoyed because Will could not stand up to their over-enthusiastic builder.(R)
| 11:00Rob Walker investigates allegations of corruption affecting South African schools. 11:30How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.
| 11:001/3Des and Christopher attend a school rugby game at Rugby School. 11:304/6Hugh is asked to chair a new government commission, so Polyoaks needs a locum.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times tests the mood at Westminster on a new press law. 11:30Foreign correspondents colour in the spaces between the headlines.
| 11:15Hollywood film star Dustin Hoffman is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Selling your clothes, cutting deaths among young drivers and attracting bands to your town 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04What now for the welfare state, 70 years after the Beveridge report? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Celebrity bakers Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood on the state of British baking. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Sheila Dillon and Valentine Warner present the 13th annual BBC Food and Farming Awards. 12:52Claudia is 11 and Isabella 10. They're close, but Claudia will always be the older sister. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis on carmageddon, troubles for wine investors, airline costs and tax rebates. 12:304/6Steve, Hugh and team are joined by special guests Angela Barnes and Pippa Evans. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6Jack Dee chairs, as regulars Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined on the panel by Jeremy Hardy 12:32Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells the story behind the BBC Food and Farming Awards menu. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Novelist and poet Matthias Politycki explores the shifting image of his native country.
| 13:00National and international news with Edward Stourton. 13:452/5German politician Marina Schuster writes of her beliefs about the country she serves.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney. 13:453/5Historian and journalist Michael Sturmer on the shifting perceptions of his country.
| 13:00National and international news with Martha Kearney.
| 13:00National and international news with Shaun Ley. 13:454/5German cleric and theologian Margot Kaessmann writes about her country's shifting image.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Pinner, in Middlesex.
| 13:00Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. 13:30In Liverpool, Wayne and Lindsay tell Hardeep how dramatic weight loss changed their lives.
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| 14:00 | 14:151/4McLevy investigates a series of street attacks on clients of the Just Land.
| 14:15Maxine Peake's first drama about cycling champion Beryl Burton, featuring Charlie Burton.
| 14:00There are high hopes for the Primestock Show. 14:15Martyn Wade tells the story behind the composition of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.
| 14:15Implicated in murder but released from prison, Jennifer has a new identity. Will it last?
| 14:153/4It has been raining for weeks, and the river has risen to danger level.
| 14:00Topics include UKIP, Leveson, West Bank and Gaza and the Work Programme. 14:30By David Harrower. Siblings Morna and Athol have not spoken for 14 years. Why not?
| 14:00Chaired by Eric Robson, this week the GQT team is in Oxfordshire. 14:45Fi Glover hears about the challenges of homelessness on the streets of London.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon meets finalists in the Food and Farming Awards offering ideas for the future
| 15:00Helen Castor and guests explore listener's links with the past. 15:309/14Ray Davies talks to John Wilson about the Kinks albums 'Lola' and 'Muswell Hillbillies'.
| 15:00Ruth Alexander and a panel of guests answer your calls on the impact of the floods. 15:30Polygraph testing for sex offenders, birdsong and wellbeing, body image and disfigurement.
| 15:00Felicity Evans visits Atlantic College in south Wales - set up to promote peace. 15:27Sue MacGregor presents the Radio 4 Appeal for One to One Children's Fund. 15:30Children's Book Special with Richard Curtis, Charlie Higson, Lauren Child and Amanda Craig
| 15:00Chaired by Eric Robson, this week the GQT team is in Oxfordshire. 15:452/2Radio pioneer Roger Eckersley's memories of life inside the new Broadcasting House in 1932
| 15:30Nick Barraclough finds out about the 15 minutes of fame for one young fan of The Who.
| 15:002/4All Parisian society wants to meet the mysterious, and fabulously wealthy Count.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Novelist Naomi Alderman investigates the extraordinary subculture of internet fan fiction. 16:30Katy Brand joins Brian and Robin to discuss some unusual avenues of scientific research.
| 16:00Christina Patterson explores why nursing sometimes goes wrong and what can put it right. 16:30Frances O'Grady of the TUC and medical historian Ruth Richardson join Harriett Gilbert.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor hears how corrupt officialdom causes poverty. 16:30Steve Hewlett on the last-minute lobbying before Lord Justice Leveson reports.
| 16:00Francine Stock talks with Ralph Fiennes about Charles Dickens and James Bond. 16:30UK Energy Bill, rat cull in South Georgia, the powers of olive oil, and Romantic Chemistry
| 16:00As Leveson rejects their plan for self-regulation, what can the editors come up with now? 16:30Tim Harford looks at opinion polling, and how high you can stack Lego bricks. 16:55Margaret and Marie-Therese have been friends since they met in a Belfast children's home.
| 16:00Heather Headley in The Bodyguard, Maeve Binchy's last novel, pro-ana websites and Stooshe.
| 16:00Sathnam Sanghera discusses his award-winning memoir The Boy with the Topknot. 16:30The poet Lavinia Greenlaw revels in Ezra Pound's manifesto, A Few Don'ts by an Imagiste.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news with Patrick O'Connell. 17:30'My brain's wired up differently.' A listener with Asperger's Syndrome shares his story. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Simon Cox delves into the sometimes strange world of the hacker activist, or 'hacktivist'. 17:40Libby Purves on the 2011 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. To give this year call 0800 082 8284. 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. 18:303/6Jack Dee chairs, as regulars Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined on the panel by Jeremy Hardy
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Can Pip thwart the plans of evil Mr Gently Benevolent?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/6Surrealist pirates, rum butter's odd origins and what links rugby and nuclear power?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Sketches, stand-up and song in a comic exploration of violence.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Steve, Hugh and team are joined by special guests Angela Barnes and Pippa Evans.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Stewart Henderson makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Sports Book of the Year, Clint Eastwood back on screen, Evening Standard Theatre Awards. 19:451/5Mike and Rani's cosy night in is disrupted by some startling accusations.
| 19:00There are high hopes for the Primestock Show. 19:15A new Great Expectations; Bryan Ferry; the creators of TV shows Peep Show and Fresh Meat. 19:452/5Eddie struggles to keep his business afloat, as the club comes under attack.
| 19:15Daniel Radcliffe in TV series A Young Doctor's Notebook, plus Oliver Sacks and The Hunt. 19:453/5Stuart wants to make a difference. But is everything as black and white as he thinks?
| 19:15Roddy Doyle on his new novella, Boris Godunov at the RSC, and singing sisters The Staves. 19:454/5Exploring five very different perspectives on the lap dancing industry.
| 19:00Matt makes a heartfelt plea. 19:15Kirsty Lang reports on The Mouse and His Child, the RSC's new show for family audiences. 19:455/5Colette is forced to rethink her future plans as her hopes and dreams are challenged.
| 19:00Rosie Goldsmith profiles the leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage. 19:15Dark film comedy Sightseers, TV's 'Inside Claridges' and the V&A's new furniture gallery.
| 19:151/5Nick dons a police helmet to take statements from an unhappy couple.(R) 19:453/4Injun and Goat both turn 22 and embark on a journey to the Yukon goldfields.
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Shukman travels to Jordan to find out if science can bring peace in the Middle East. 20:30El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?
| 20:00Simon Cox delves into the sometimes strange world of the hacker activist, or 'hacktivist'. 20:40Blindness for beginners - banking and money issues faced by newly blind people.
| 20:00Should people with 'lifestyle illnesses' be denied NHS treatment? With David Aaronovitch. 20:45Model and activist Sara Ziff discusses the problems with fashion and modelling.
| 20:00Angus Crawford examines controversial change at the Royal British Legion. 20:30Peter Day reports from Berlin - a city developing into a successful high-tech hub.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Pinner, in Middlesex. 20:50Mary Beard reflects on why 'customer satisfaction' surveys have no place in universities.
| 20:00Peter Hennessy, an expert on state secrecy, asks how close spy novels come to reality.
| 20:00What now for the welfare state, 70 years after the Beveridge report?
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper investigates the science in the news and the news in science. 21:30Andrew Marr talks with Katinka Barysch, Gisela Stuart, Douglas Carswell and Karen Leeder.
| 21:00Polygraph testing for sex offenders, birdsong and wellbeing, body image and disfigurement. 21:30Jonathan Freedland explores tree disease by charting Dutch Elm Disease from the 1920s.
| 21:00Geoff Watts looks into how scientists can use the mind to control artificial limbs. 21:30Libby Purves meets theatre producer Bill Kenwright and musician Joe Brown.
| 21:0013/24Brett Westwood looks at the creation of a vast nature reserve in Turkmenistan. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history and achievements of crystallography.
| 21:00An encounter with a journalist causes shockwaves in Edith Wharton's life.(R)
| 21:001/4Edmond Dantès finds buried treasure, and plots revenge on his enemies.
| 21:26The St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. Give on 0800 082 8284 or Radio 4 website. 21:30Peter Day reports from Berlin - a city developing into a successful high-tech hub.
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| 22:00 | 22:00The new governor of the Bank of England will be Mark Carney - a surprise choice? 22:451/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00Government's welfare-to-work programme 'worse than doing nothing'. With Robin Lustig. 22:452/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00Round-up of the day's news, with Robin Lustig. 22:453/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00Regulating the British press, the UN Palestinian vote, and Rwanda's involvement in DRC. 22:454/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00Tens of thousands of Egyptians protest against President Morsi. With Philippa Thomas. 22:455/10Howard Jacobson's hilarious tale of the coming-of-age of a wannabe ping-pong champion.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Should people with 'lifestyle illnesses' be denied NHS treatment? With David Aaronovitch.
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Steve Richards analyses how the newspapers are covering the Leveson report's findings.
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| 23:00 | 23:008/14The audience asks Brinsley Forde questions about Aswad's 1981 reggae album New Chapter. 23:30Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
| 23:00Katy Brand joins Brian and Robin to discuss some unusual avenues of scientific research. 23:30MPs grill Lord Patten over the size of the payoff given to the former Director General.
| 23:001/4Napoleon returns from Elba. Will Marengo and Copenhagen's equine love survive? 23:151/4A white-knuckle adventure takes reporter Jane and her friends to the Guatemalan jungle. 23:30A clash at Prime Minister's Questions over the government's welfare-to-work programme.
| 23:005/6Bernie brings her dog and starts a craze in the Smile5 call centre office. 23:30The keenly awaited report of the Leveson Inquiry into newspaper standards is released.
| 23:00Frances O'Grady of the TUC and medical historian Ruth Richardson join Harriett Gilbert. 23:30MPs approve five bills and the Peers debate three more. Mark D'Arcy reports. 23:55Despite a 63-year age gap, grandmother and granddaughter, Gwen and Yumi love to talk.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies. 23:304/4Ruth Padel and the Shalom House Poets in Belfast dish out tough love on their poems.
| 23:00Francine Stock talks with Ralph Fiennes about Charles Dickens and James Bond. 23:30Mark Tully explores the purpose of religious buildings in the modern world.
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