| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor on heritage politics in the UK, and the everyday lives of parish priests. 00:45The bells of St John the Baptist Church, Burford, Oxfordshire. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Prof Gustavo Piga, economist at Rome University, delivers a letter about Italy today. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Lucia Annunziata, editor of Huffington Post, Italy, delivers a letter about Italy today. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Carlo Sibilia, member of the Five Star Movement, delivers a letter about Italy today. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Novelist and playwright Dacia Maraini delivers a letter about Italy today. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Annalisa Piras, an Italian journalist based in London, delivers a letter about Italy today 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Somali writer Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi. A young woman is possessed by a jinni.(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.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with Dr David Stone, Canon Precentor of Coventry Cathedral. 05:45Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall criticises plans to re-classify farming qualifications. 05:57The latest weather forecast for farmers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Dr David Stone, Canon Precentor of Coventry Cathedral. 05:45Weetabix is unable to make breakfast cereals because of a lack of British wheat.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Dr David Stone, Canon Precentor of Coventry Cathedral. 05:45Two milk processors announce price rises for farmers, with predictions more could follow.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual comment and prayer with Dr David Stone, Canon Precentor of Coventry Cathedral. 05:45Charlotte Smith hears beekeepers are reporting a catastrophic drop in honey bee numbers.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer with Dr David Stone, Canon Precentor of Coventry Cathedral. 05:45The European Commission goes to court over battery cages.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Peter Baker. 05:45A journalist reveals how she covertly entered North Korea but decided not to report.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Chislet, Kent. 05:45Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Measles vaccination push, Robert Redford on today's journalism, and Devon's giant cat.
| 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 Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist 06:30Charlotte Smith searches for farming land workers as the rules for migrant labour change. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Art historian James Fox considers why there seems to be a human need to escape. 06:35Brett Westwood searches for gold in East Anglian woods - the elusive golden pheasant. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Should the UK deploy drones? Plus Boston's police chief on bomb investigation.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Samira Ahmed talks to Father Nadim Nassar, the director of The Awareness Foundation. 07:55Peter Sissons presents an appeal on behalf of the 3H Fund (Helping Hands for Holidays). 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| 08:31Rachel Byrne with the latest news from Westminster and beyond.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Commemorating David Livingstone in Cramond Kirk, Edinburgh, with the Rev Russell Barr. 08:50John Gray wonders what the rise of the cyber currency Bitcoin tells us about ourselves.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Bernardo Bertolucci, Antonio Pappano, Annalisa Piras and Tim Parks. 09:45A Bible reading, prayer and Christian music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Stephanie Flanders and an expert panel answer your economics questions in a live phone-in. 09:304/5Richard found his mother through the Salvation Army, only to discover he had a brother. 09:45A Bible reading, prayer and Christian music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets shoe designer Marc Hare and filmmaker Leslie Woodhead. 09:45A Bible reading, prayer and Christian music, led by the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the great French writer Michel de Montaigne. 09:45A Bible reading, prayer and Christian music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites the women who were maids of honour to the Queen at her coronation. 09:45An Act of Worship led by Christopher Landau.
| 09:00Sian Williams and Richard Coles with broadcaster and composer Howard Goodall.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Hadley Freeman on body image, Dorothy Koomson on the Ice Cream Girls, and Ana Moura sings. 10:451/10Polly will not allow herself to grieve over the death of her mother.
| 10:00Kate Humble on her passion for farming, changes to adoption law, Rokia Traore plays live. 10:452/101942: Louise's engagement is announced, and Clary and Polly enlist the help of Archie.
| 10:00Jenni Murray on stylish older women, Typhoid Mary, and raising a teen in your 50s and 60s. 10:453/10Michael's thrilled that Louise is pregnant but seems reluctant to spend his leave with her
| 10:00Jenni Murray meets Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams and Powerlister Margaret Hodge. 10:454/10It's New Year 1942, but there is little to celebrate for certain members of the family.
| 10:00What's the secret to a long and happy marriage? Beyonce and feminism; biting in children. 10:455/10A chance encounter with a GI changes everything for Zoe, while Louise gives birth.
| 10:30Midge Ure explores the art and craft of the bridge, or middle 8, in popular songwriting.
| 10:00Lilian takes a risk. Meanwhile, David lays down the law.
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| 11:00 | 11:003/3Older generations of immigrants to Britain share their stories. 11:304/4Rita tries to get help from Alan Carr, and husband Martin attempts to buy her a gift.
| 11:00Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth. 11:30Cleveland Watkiss and Dame Cleo marvel at Ella Fitzgerald's Mac the Knife and give it a go
| 11:001/2Jonny Dymond passes through the Panama Canal and explores its impact on the world. 11:303/6Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes compete in the verbal game show
| 11:00Inside the Belarusian university which escaped repression by moving to Lithuania. 11:301/2Bernard Cribbins looks back on 70 years in showbusiness with a stellar cast of friends.
| 11:00By insisting on observation in nurseries, Anna Freud promoted understanding of children. 11:304/4Tony is no nearer to meeting 'Moody Twoshoes', so he tries his hand at speed-dating.
| 11:00George Parker of the Financial Times talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 11:30Glitz, guns and gangsters in Nigeria, plus other reporters' tales from around the world.
| 11:15Sue MacGregor reunites the pioneers of the Centre for Alternative Technology.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Julian Worricker asks if social media could help people take control of their NHS records. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker, looking at the National Planning Policy Framework 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Peter White. Is more regulation of cosmetic treatment needed? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Will a triple dip recession affect the way you shop? Consumer news with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Eighty years after first captivating tourists, what is the Loch Ness Monster worth? 12:52Fi Glover presents a conversation about the despair of seeing your home flooded - twice. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Presented by Paul Lewis. Investors fear for their cash in an overseas resort scheme. 12:303/5Chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Miles Jupp and Samira Ahmed. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which comedians are encouraged to lie to each other 12:32Charles Campion reveals the secrets of great black pudding at the 'world championships'. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Martha Kearney interviews Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt. 13:4526/30Soldiers in WW1 experienced a sonic onslaught. Prof Hendy considers life under bombardment
| 13:00Chief Secretary to the Treasury on government borrowing figures and the future of sterling 13:4527/30Radio seemed like magic to begin with, then the Nazis exploited its darker powers.
| 13:00National and international news and analysis, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:4528/30David Hendy considers how music has been used to soothe, cheer, and inspire us.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4529/30Prof Hendy travels to Accra, a city so loud that visitors describe it as a visceral shock.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:4530/30Silence has become an ever more desirable state. But when we have it, is it what we want?
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Harrow in Middlesex.
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Charles Moore reflects on the process of writing Lady Thatcher's authorised biography.
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| 14:00 | 14:152/2Sandy's trip back to his birthplace in Greenock reveals a life changing surprise.(R)
| 14:151/2Highwaymen, duels, swirling fogs and escaped convicts in Leon Garfield's mystery adventure
| 14:152/2What murky secrets lie at the heart of the fog? Who is the principal, who is the Devil?
| 14:00Alan has a lot on his mind. 14:15A milkman in the 1950s tries to realise his dreams of success in the music business.
| 14:15Jockey Noel is anxious to get back in the saddle after a career-threatening fall.(R)
| 14:00Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions? 14:30A starry celebration of Terence Rattigan's centenary. Martin Jarvis directs.(R)
| 14:00Horticultural advice from St Keverne in Cornwall, with Eric Robson in the chair. 14:45Fi Glover with the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/6Three Bath Spa University students take on three of their professors in the upbeat quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon goes trucking and finds out what it's like to work, live and eat on the road
| 15:00Tom Holland and guests discuss the ideas and events that are making history. 15:30Tom Heap meets the activists hoping to bring an end to illegal fishing.
| 15:00Financial phone-in with Ruth Alexander, featuring advice for first-time buyers. 15:30Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us.
| 15:00Felicity Evans visits Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist 15:27Meera Syal presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Minority Rights Group International. 15:30Harlan Coben on his new thriller novel Six Years, plus a report from the London Book Fair.
| 15:00Horticultural advice from St Keverne in Cornwall, with Eric Robson in the chair. 15:452/3A beautiful woman in the audience at the opera finds herself caught between two men.(R)
| | 15:003/3What makes a man betray his country to fight for another cause? Ambition, politics, love?
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| 16:00 | 16:00Former soldiers turn to Shakespeare to fight stress and take Henry V to the London stage. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if the internet fuels the breakdown of social and moral boundaries.
| 16:00Michael Rosen discovers why instruction manuals are so hard to follow. 16:30John Blashford-Snell explains why he admires fellow explorer, Dr David Livingstone.
| 16:00The power of oil - a special programme exploring the role of oil in shaping our society. 16:30Should people arrested be named in the media, or remain anonymous until charged?
| 16:00Can bio-pics be honest? We ask Steve Coogan (The Look of Love) and Jack Black (Bernie). 16:30The latest in the battle against bovine TB, as leading scientists meet with policy makers.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on Jocasta Innes, Patrick Garland, Mike Denness and Maria Tallchief. 16:30Gwyneth Williams, the Controller of Radio 4, answers listener questions. 16:55Fi Glover presents a conversation between mother and daughter about a struggle to survive.
| 16:00Older women and fashion, Margaret Hodge MP, and Hadley Freeman on how to be awesome.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup presents a Sir Walter Scott special from the Royal Opera House. 16:30Roger McGough dares to walk on the wilder side, focusing on feelings other than love.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30A journalist reveals how she covertly entered North Korea but decided not to report. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Michael Robinson shows how tax avoidance powers the spread of aggressive global companies. 17:40Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man. 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. 18:303/6David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which comedians are encouraged to lie to each other
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Thom is enthralled by the melodramatic extravaganza of straight-to-DVD Bollywood films.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/4Alun Cochrane's stand-up tour of his house reaches the bedroom.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Comedian and activist Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/5Chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Miles Jupp and Samira Ahmed.
| 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. 18:15Gerry Northam chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Cultural Exchange with Tracey Emin on Vermeer; the end of Broadchurch; Bernie reviewed. 19:451/10Polly will not allow herself to grieve over the death of her mother.
| 19:15Arts news with John Wilson, including Iron Man 3 and Cultural Exchange with Tamara Rojo. 19:452/101942: Louise's engagement is announced, and Clary and Polly enlist the help of Archie.
| 19:00Alan has a lot on his mind. 19:15Mark Lawson rides Nick Park's Thrill-o-Matic, plus a Cultural Exchange with Mohsin Hamid. 19:453/10Michael's thrilled that Louise is pregnant but seems reluctant to spend his leave with her
| 19:15Arts with Mark Lawson, including Peter and Virginia Bottomley on The Politician's Husband. 19:454/10It's New Year 1942, but there is little to celebrate for certain members of the family.
| 19:15John Wilson on The Eagles, Diana Athill's Cultural Exchange, and Irish pubs on stage. 19:455/10A chance encounter with a GI changes everything for Zoe, while Louise gives birth.
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man. 19:15Adrian Lester's Othello and Steve Coogan as Paul Raymond, as reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe.
| 19:154/4Does power drive you mad? Richard Wilson knows.(R) 19:451/3A couple are bemused by a gift from their son, but it soon comes in useful.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Anne is in Aachen, Germany, to explore how Charlemagne managed to run his vast empire. 20:30Linda Pressly meets the vigilantes fighting Mexico's criminal gangs in Guerrerro State.
| 20:00Michael Robinson shows how tax avoidance powers the spread of aggressive global companies. 20:40Peter White speaks to residents of an aged care home for the blind that is set to close.
| 20:001/4Journalists debate with Andrew Rawnsley what leading articles about the news should say. 20:454/3Mat Paskins tells a story of black sand conjuring emotions, which bring history to life.
| 20:00Simon Cox investigates the virtual currency Bitcoin. What is it and what is it for? 20:30Peter Day reports on plans to mine valuable potash in North Yorkshire.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Harrow in Middlesex. 20:50John Gray wonders what the rise of the cyber currency Bitcoin tells us about ourselves.
| 20:00Tom Conti explores the story of Italian internment in Britain during World War II.
| 20:00Gwyneth Williams, the Controller of Radio 4, answers listener questions. 20:30Matthew Bannister on Jocasta Innes, Patrick Garland, Mike Denness and Maria Tallchief.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Quentin Cooper on the remarkable zebrafish, the Khash earthquake, and driving on Mars. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Bernardo Bertolucci, Antonio Pappano, Annalisa Piras and Tim Parks.
| 21:00Dr Mark Porter goes on a weekly quest to demystify the health issues that perplex us. 21:30Stephanie Flanders and an expert panel answer your economics questions in a live phone-in.
| 21:00Tom Heap meets the activists hoping to bring an end to illegal fishing. 21:30Libby Purves meets shoe designer Marc Hare and filmmaker Leslie Woodhead.
| 21:00Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the great French writer Michel de Montaigne.
| 21:006/6Omnibus of episodes from the final week of David Hendy's series on the history of sound.
| 21:002/3A young poet is banished to the north, where he falls for his beautiful, mysterious cousin
| 21:00Presented by Paul Lewis. Investors fear for their cash in an overseas resort scheme. 21:26Peter Sissons presents an appeal on behalf of the 3H Fund (Helping Hands for Holidays). 21:30Peter Day reports on plans to mine valuable potash in North Yorkshire.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Reporting and analysis with Carolyn Quinn. Sanctions lifted on Burma. Is it premature? 22:451/15Debs volunteers for the mentoring scheme and is paired with Abdi, a Somali asylum seeker.
| 22:00In-depth reporting with David Eades, including the Guantanamo hunger strike. 22:452/15Debs takes Abdi to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery to introduce him to Glasgow's culture.
| 22:00UK signs new treaty with Jordan in attempt to deport Abu Qatada. Presented by David Eades. 22:453/15Debs takes Abdi to Loch Lomond and is surprised when his little daughter Rebecca comes too
| 22:00America says it has evidence Syria has used chemical weapons. 22:454/15Abdi cannot face his last day at the refugee camp, but the first day is seared on his mind
| 22:00Syria, Bangladesh, Serbia, and singer George Jones has died. With Philippa Thomas. 22:455/15Abdi introduces Debs to Mrs Coutts, and little Rebecca gives them a thrilling surprise.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Anwar Akhtar says British Pakistanis can help Pakistan face its future as an Asian nation.(R) 22:301/3Mukul Devichand seeks to see the UK through the eyes of those who have recently arrived.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Zoe Williams of the Guardian analyses how newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00In Delhi and Jaipur, Chris Ledgard continues to explore the politics of language in India. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:004/4Matt Harvey and guests with comedy, poetry and music from the Ways with Words festival. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:004/4Can Dr Berry help Miss Sunday with her phobia of mirrors? 23:151/4A text sparks the first of Neil and Kim's arguments.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme with news from Westminster, including a report on Prime Minister's Questions.
| 23:004/5Jon Ronson investigates why the least deserving people often get the richest rewards. 23:30Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
| 23:00John Blashford-Snell explains why he admires fellow explorer, Dr David Livingstone. 23:30Mark D'Arcy with the latest news and analysis from Westminster. 23:55Twins reflect on their relationship with each other and their disabled sister.
| 23:005/6Three Bath Spa University students take on three of their professors in the upbeat quiz. 23:30In the last days of the Warsaw Ghetto, the poetry of Wladislaw Szlengel shouted defiance.
| 23:00Can bio-pics be honest? We ask Steve Coogan (The Look of Love) and Jack Black (Bernie). 23:30Art historian James Fox considers why there seems to be a human need to escape.
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