| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor considers a cultural history of the Colony Room Club. Also, Soho sex shops.(R) 00:45The bells of the Church of Benedict and Mary, Buckland Brewer, Devon.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/51833: A family is killed by arsenic, and the race is on for a test to catch the culprits.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A real-life murder mystery from 1833 reveals the fear surrounding arsenic poisoning.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5A family is killed by arsenic, and the race is on for a test to catch the culprits.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Criminal poisoning in the 19th century was remarkably easy.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5A family is killed by arsenic, and the race is on for a test to catch the culprits.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3By Sarah Dunnakey. A wife discovers that her husband appears to be turning into marzipan.(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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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45We find pork labelled as British - which isn't. Can we still trust the Red Tractor label? 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45What do pig farmers make of the news that pork marked British was probably Dutch? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the hobby.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45Labelling of poultry, pig, sheep and goat meat could change under new EU rules. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the turnstone.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45The plan to increase Scotland's dairy production by 50%. Could it work? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the thrush nightingale.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. 05:45The future of one of Britain's most popular crags will be decided today. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Jane Livesey CJ. 05:45'A student told me his brother shot his mother in the head' - hear from a prison teacher.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Vedast, Foster Lane, London. 05:45Mark Coles explores how comedian Billy Connolly has tackled adversity with humour.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Clare Balding walks in Somerset with the Tuesday Walkers of North Devon.(R) 06:30It's tupping time! Charlotte Smith chats to farmers at a ram sale in Leicestershire. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully questions the apparent conflict between religion and reason. 06:35After the horsemeat scandal, Sybil Ruscoe explores a legitimate market for the meat. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Faith and politics, Judaism and football, and Bishop Edward King Chapel. 07:55Martin Hughes-Games presents an appeal on behalf of Freshwater Habitats Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A harvest service with the staff and students of South Wales Baptist College, Cardiff. 08:48AL Kennedy reflects on our tendency to behave badly when we think no-one is looking.(R) 08:58Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe talks to Margaret Atwood, Vicky Featherstone and AC Grayling. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Jim Al-Khalili discusses sci-fi and popularising maths with Prof Ian Stewart. 09:30Carolyn Quinn speaks to Gillian Duffy, called a 'bigoted woman' in 2010 by Gordon Brown. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Roger Hutchings.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets Fred Astaire's daughter Ava, and wildlife cameraman Doug Allan. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Archbishop George Stack.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in the birth of Spare Rib magazine.(R) 09:45An Act of Worship led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Anita Anand and JP Devlin welcome guests Andi Peters and Aggie MacKenzie.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Stevie Nicks on her world tour with Fleetwood Mac. Presented by Jane Garvey. 10:451/5As the Cartwright family grieve for their mother, they are aided by a freezer full of food
| 10:00Antarctic commander; sharing housework; books for teens; should inheritance law change? 10:452/5Leonard's birthday brings his children back home for a family meal.
| 10:00The Carnatic music of Sudha Ragunathan. Jenni Murray presents the female perspective. 10:453/5The strain of the family's loss begins to show across the Christmas dinner table.
| 10:00Great Men Value Women - a school initiative talking to teenage boys about masculinity. 10:454/5When Neil breaks up with his girlfriend, he now has only his father to turn to.
| 10:00Jenni Murray talks to Margaret Hodge MP about being chair of the Public Accounts Committee 10:455/5The family gather to scatter their mother's ashes and find themselves throwing a party.
| 10:30DJ Annie Nightingale looks at how Northern Soul music has become popular in Japan.
| 10:00Matt paints a rosy picture, and Lynda breaks the bad news.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Alan Dein meets the Forest of Dean 'free miners', still digging coal in their 70s. 11:303/6Brian is impressed by a visiting computer repair expert, but why is Danny not so sure?
| 11:00Does human population increase mean more disease for wild and domestic animals and plants? 11:30The remarkable story of the Mangeshkar sisters - revered by Bollywood fans the world over.(R)
| 11:001/2Lesley Curwen tracks the initial introduction of managers into the NHS. 11:301/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's brilliant rival Professor SFX Van Dusen.
| 11:00How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold miners. 11:30Tim Marlow explores the kinds of sounds and music that influence an artist's art and work.(R)
| 11:00Will finds time to observe at close quarters a troupe of Diana monkeys. 11:303/6A school fundraiser proves unusually challenging for the three couples.
| 11:00Good or bad? Useful or just an annoyance? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss dust and ash. 11:30Kate Adie presents stories from Damascus, Flensburg, Hasankeyf, Toulouse and Copenhagen.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to novelist and critic Zadie Smith.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The new tests to confirm the origin of British pork sold under the Red Tractor logo. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The NHS of the future. How would you renew and revitalise our health service? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04More than 500 GP surgeries are using premium lines to receive patient calls. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Housing minister Mark Prisk talks about the future of housing in Britain. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Phone providers offer early upgrades more often. Why do we need them? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis on the charity which had 60 fraudulent direct debits taken from accounts. 12:306/6Rory Bremner and team are joined by journalist George Monbiot and author Mark Stevenson.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/7Nicholas Parsons invites guests to talk without hesitation, repetition or deviation.(R) 12:32How two women, Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:45Commentary on the fifth One Day International - England v Australia from Southampton.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Bettany Hughes considers the fame game through the ages.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Bettany Hughes explores the influence of Eros through the ages.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Bettany explores ideas of agony, from conflict on the sports field to battles of the heart
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Bettany Hughes investigates ideas of justice, from Babylon to the Old Bailey.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Sunninghill in Berkshire.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Tom Ravenscroft goes in search of the musical characters who prefer to go solo.(R)
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| 14:00 | | 14:15Nigel Planer's comedy about two very different men mourning the woman they both loved.
| 14:00Brian's not easily fooled.(R) 14:15Jack is on the hunt for a space rock, as is his nemesis Aurora. Who will find it first?
| 14:00Tony has second thoughts.(R) 14:153/6Ronnie discovers her long-lost younger sister set up in a quayside apartment.
| 14:00David is celebrating his birthday.(R) 14:154/6The wife of an old school friend of Frank's is brought in for drink-driving.
| 14:00The right to wear a full-face veil, and the end of the spare room subsidy. 14:30By Colin Shindler. Private Eye, the Profumo Affair and the end of a British Government.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs is in the chair at Ness Botanic Gardens, with questions from a local audience.(R) 14:45In September 1963, the jazz legend gave a concert in the Afghan capital.
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| 15:00 | | 15:00Exploring the role Dumbo, Bambi and Pluto played in the Allied invasion of France in 1944. 15:30Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of the UK's most enigmatic sea creature: the shark.
| 15:00Need access to civil legal aid or assistance? Paul Lewis and a panel of guests take calls. 15:307/7Lisa Jardine explores what's driving science in the 21st century.(R)
| 15:00Clare Balding walks in Somerset with the Tuesday Walkers of North Devon. 15:27Dame Judi Dench presents an appeal for ACE Africa.(R) 15:30With Mariella Frostrup. Crime writer Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller, Police.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs is in the chair at Ness Botanic Gardens, with questions from a local audience. 15:45Spurred on by the Suffragettes, a tale of radicalism, lust and teenage fervour.
| 15:453/3A middle class housewife suffers a rude awakening. Read by Joanna Tope.(R)
| 15:002/2Unable to recollect words or tune, Harris attempts a comic song to the dismay of all.
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| 16:00 | | 16:00Mike Thomson explores a document pointing at American treachery prior to Pearl Harbour. 16:30TV presenter Konnie Huq chooses the mathematician Ada Lovelace.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the risk-taking experiences of young British tourists in Ibiza. 16:30The influence of media agencies on broadcasters, and Twitter's impact on global news.
| 16:00Oliver Hirschbiegel on Diana; Hossein Amini on screenwriting; Sean Ellis on Metro Manila. 16:30Adam Rutherford asks how difficult it is to destroy chemical weapons.
| 16:00Sir John Curtiss, Pat Pilkington, Brian Sollitt, Joan Regan, Tom Vernon, Franco de Gemini. 16:30Tim Harford on free school meals, the Formula 1 film Rush, plastic bags and cycling risk.
| 16:00Stevie Nicks. Margaret Hodge. The school initiative for teen boys - Great Men Value Women.
| 16:00Victoria Hislop explores her favourite short stories by women in The Story. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for the poems of RS Thomas.
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| 17:00 | 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 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.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30'A student told me his brother shot his mother in the head' - hear from a prison teacher.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00In London fashion week, Jane Deith reports from Bangladesh on safety for textile workers.(R) 17:40Mark Coles explores how comedian Billy Connolly has tackled adversity with humour.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Commentary on the fifth One Day International - England v Australia from Southampton.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6A song about an unheralded inventor, a touching reunion and a normal man.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Janet Ellis's love of arts and crafts started long before Blue Peter.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Local headmistress Mrs Temple tackles Ramesh over a new range of sweets.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6Rory Bremner and team are joined by journalist George Monbiot and author Mark Stevenson.
| 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. 18:15The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by John Waite.
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| 19:00 | | 19:00Brian's not easily fooled. 19:15John Wilson reports on a major exhibition of Australian art, on show at the Royal Academy. 19:452/5Leonard's birthday brings his children back home for a family meal.(R)
| 19:00Tony has second thoughts. 19:15Mark Lawson talks to David Walliams and Sheridan Smith, on stage in a Shakespeare comedy. 19:453/5The strain of the family's loss begins to show across the Christmas dinner table.(R)
| 19:00David is celebrating his birthday. 19:15Mark Lawson interviews Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett. 19:454/5When Neil breaks up with his girlfriend, he now has only his father to turn to.(R)
| 19:00Ian is the voice of reason. 19:15The BBC National Short Story Award 2013 shortlist; Jack Vettriano retrospective review. 19:455/5The family gather to scatter their mother's ashes and find themselves throwing a party.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles explores how comedian Billy Connolly has tackled adversity with humour. 19:15The Luminaries, and Sheridan Smith and David Walliams in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
| 19:154/4Paul tests the audience on social cohesion, from weddings to the 2011 summer riots. 19:451/3By Ann Cleeves. Detective Willow Reeves returns to her childhood home on North Uist.
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| 20:00 | | 20:00In London fashion week, Jane Deith reports from Bangladesh on safety for textile workers. 20:40Lee Kumutat looks at useful smartphone apps for visually-impaired people.
| 20:00Clive Anderson and guests ask if the law offers enough protection to whistleblowers. 20:4521/3Prof Danny Dorling on why he thinks the population bomb has already been diffused.
| 20:00Original insights into major news stories. How dangerous are taser stun guns? 20:30Peter Day talks to business survivors from the 25 years he has presented this programme.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Sunninghill in Berkshire. 20:50AL Kennedy reflects on our tendency to behave badly when we think no-one is looking.
| 20:00Using ancient and modern inspiration Anne McElvoy asks how to be or not to be a politician
| 20:00Tim Harford on free school meals, the Formula 1 film Rush, plastic bags and cycling risk.(R) 20:30Sir John Curtiss, Pat Pilkington, Brian Sollitt, Joan Regan, Tom Vernon, Franco de Gemini.(R)
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| 21:00 | | 21:007/7Lisa Jardine explores what's driving science in the 21st century. 21:30Jim Al-Khalili discusses sci-fi and popularising maths with Prof Ian Stewart.(R)
| 21:00Miranda Krestovnikoff goes in search of the UK's most enigmatic sea creature: the shark.(R) 21:30Libby Purves meets Fred Astaire's daughter Ava, and wildlife cameraman Doug Allan.(R)
| 21:00Adam Rutherford asks how difficult it is to destroy chemical weapons.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.(R)
| 21:00Adam Fould adapts his poem about a white family caught up in the Mau Mau time in Kenya. 21:45Lyn and Mary reconsider their relationship, after Lyn's prison sentence for drink-driving.(R)
| 21:001/2In Edwardian London, three carefree young men and a dog take a mishap-ridden holiday.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis on the charity which had 60 fraudulent direct debits taken from accounts.(R) 21:26Martin Hughes-Games presents an appeal on behalf of Freshwater Habitats Trust.(R) 21:30Peter Day talks to business survivors from the 25 years he has presented this programme.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Weapons inspectors in Syria say chemical weapons have been used. 22:456/10Thomas is bundled into a car and whisked away to an unknown location.
| 22:00A year away from the Scottish independence referendum, a special programme from Glasgow. 22:457/10The thought of doing his bit for Queen and country makes Thomas feel like a hero.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:458/10Having discovered a corn plaster in his bed at home Thomas questions Sylvia's faithfulness
| 22:00Veil debate, Iran, Egypt, and goodbye to Yamauchi. News round-up with Philippa Thomas. 22:459/10As Thomas is recalled back to London, he and Anneke say a passionate goodbye.
| 22:00UKIP removes party whip from MEP after 'sluts' joke. News round-up with Philippa Thomas. 22:4510/10Thomas is set up with a new job which seems too easy to secure.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Clive Anderson and guests ask if the law offers enough protection to whistleblowers.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45The country's leading political journalists analyse newspaper coverage.
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| 23:00 | 23:004/4The history and culture of the four-letter word that starts with F. 23:30Author Adam Gopnik rides New York's longest subway train which is famous for its song.(R)
| 23:003/4DS Nick Mohammed is on the trail of a fugitive, with the help of Colin and Anna. 23:301/4Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet, discussing free riding and tiny harms.(R)
| 23:003/6Nigel is tasked with writing a charity song for the local football team. 23:153/4The Cold War, the space race and the last man on the moon.(R) 23:302/4Pints and philosophical problems with Matthew Sweet - what is exploitation?(R)
| 23:003/4Colin Hoult plays ringmaster to a hilarious world of sketches, stories and characters. 23:303/4Pints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet. Do we have free will?(R)
| 23:00TV presenter Konnie Huq chooses the mathematician Ada Lovelace. 23:304/4Matthew Sweet and philosopher Miranda Fricker look at historic wrongs.(R)
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Roger McGough presents some requested poems that tell a story.(R)
| 23:00Oliver Hirschbiegel on Diana; Hossein Amini on screenwriting; Sean Ellis on Metro Manila.(R) 23:30Mark Tully questions the apparent conflict between religion and reason.(R)
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