| 00:00 | | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5Nina Myskow and children's author Judith Kerr on the meals that make a place home.(R) 00:30Matthew Baylis investigates the island cult of Vanuatu that worships Prince Philip.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/5Dancer Carlos Acosta explains how what we eat, shapes the life we lead. With Nina Myskow.(R) 00:30Matthew Baylis's investigation into the island cult of Vanuatu that worships Prince Philip(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5Rower and adventurer James Cracknell on endurance food and losing senses.(R) 00:30Matthew Baylis investigates the island cult of Vanuatu that worships Prince Philip.(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.
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| 05:00 | | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Hedge harvest - winter is a busy time for a nursery which grows miles of native hedging. 05:58David Attenborough presents the Tawny Owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45Anna Jones joins a Walking Through History course in the Radnorshire hills. 05:58David Attenborough presents the song thrush.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Leslie Griffiths. 05:45The farmers without whom cricket just wouldn't be cricket. With Sarah Swadling. 05:58David Attenborough presents the raven.
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| 06:00 | | 06:00Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins guest-edits the programme.
| 06:00Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Musician PJ Harvey guest-edits the programme.
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| 07:00 | 07:30Monty Python star Michael Palin guest-edits the programme.
| | | | 07:30Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 07:30Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:30Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. 07:55Lady Edwina Grosvenor presents an appeal for the Prisoners' Advice Service. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Canon Stephen Shipley reflects on the 90th anniversary of the first BBC church broadcast. 08:48John Gray reflects on the damage that can be caused by evangelical belief.(R) 08:58David Attenborough presents the starling.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr discusses the teaching of history with the Education Minister Michael Gove. 09:45A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and Christian music.
| 09:004/4Tarek Osman examines the build up to the Arab Spring, as two worlds collide. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Libby Purves goes to the panto with Jo Brand and Henry Winkler. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Kirsty Young chats to Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.(R) 09:45An act of worship led by Angela Tilby.
| 09:00Richard Coles and Suzy Klein and founder of the Rosenblatt Opera Recitals, Ian Rosenblatt.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Emma Barnett hears from UK teens and schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. 10:451/5A tale of banks and bankers, credit and discredit, and a woman who does something radical.
| 10:00Fourth-wave feminism, introverts v extroverts and hangover cures from Allegra McEvedy. 10:452/5When Hester is offered a merger to cancel her debts, she finds a neat but risky solution.
| 10:00Some of the best music guests from 2013 - including Cher, Stevie Nicks and Jessie J. 10:453/5Hester reckons without the influence of her wayward cousin Edward's vapid wife Ellen.
| 10:00How to have a happy divorce - experiences, tips and advice from listeners. 10:454/5Hester does not want to see it, but here it is - the other side of Edward's picture.
| 10:00Jenni Murray looks at men who want to join in the struggle with women against sexism. 10:455/5Once again, Mr Rule is facing a run on the bank, which could close Vernon's forever.
| 10:301/3Jazz pianist Jamie Cullum explores the piano's place in modern life.
| 10:00There's a midnight surprise in Ambridge. Meanwhile Peggy receives a troubling phone call.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Aasmah Mir meets the families in which grandparents are bringing up their grandchildren. 11:302/6Against her better judgement, Jan has dinner with her ex-husband.
| 11:00Monty Don presents a special edition recorded before a live audience at Bristol University 11:30Why the singing voice of a boy is inspirational
| 11:00Julie Gatenby meets the Community First Responders of East Yorkshire. 11:304/4After a near-death experience, Richard decides to arrange his own fantasy funeral.
| 11:00Will mining harm Greenland's environment, or lead the country to independence? 11:30Journalist Sarfraz Manzoor visits India to meet a new generation of musicians and singers.
| 11:00Martha Kearney reveals the secrets within the prime minister's newly-opened files of 1984.
| 11:00Do our hands mark us out as human? Bridget Kendall and guests discuss. 11:30Stories from correspondents in South Sudan, Ukraine, India, Sweden and Egypt.
| 11:15Kirsty Young's castaway is woodsman Ray Mears.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer news with Peter White. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Consumer affairs call-in. Peter White talks about what makes us happy. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:10A witty and poignant drama special by Katie Hims, recorded 'as live' in a single take. 12:57The latest shipping forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter White presents a special report into the rise of online gambling. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Peter White's special report on the largely unregulated world of online gambling. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. Who compensates you for storm power cuts? 12:302/6Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges talks to his comedy mentor Frankie Boyle.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/6David Mitchell hosts. With Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Bridget Christie and Ed Byrne.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon, Richard Corrigan and Valentine Warner launch the BBC Food & Farming Awards. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00National and international news. 13:451/5Dominic Lawson talks to writer and former alcoholic John Healy.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:452/5Dominic interviews shadow cabinet minister and former junior chess champion Rachel Reeves.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:453/5Dominic Lawson plays chess with the British-born former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:454/5Dominic Lawson talks to women's world chess champion Hou Yifan.
| 13:00National and international news. 13:455/5Dominic Lawson interviews Natan Sharansky over a game of chess.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10The BBC's top correspondents predict what they think will happen around the world in 2014.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news. 13:30Hardeep Singh Kohli meets Iain and Alison, who tell a remarkable story of abandonment.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Something is bothering Lilian.(R) 14:151/5Victorian gentleman scientist Enoch Cartwright tries to contact his dead daughter Emily.
| 14:00Adam has a few misgivings.(R) 14:152/51914. Clara Tully, a baker's wife, knows the war won't be over by Christmas.
| 14:00There's a midnight surprise in Ambridge.(R) 14:153/5A small-time 1950s psychic is unable to read anyone's thoughts, let alone his co-worker.
| 14:00Jolene is encouraging.(R) 14:154/5Ruby is cursed with clairvoyance in a 1970s age of experimental psychology.
| 14:00Peggy receives a troubling phone call.(R) 14:155/5Tuesday grows up assuming her mother abandoned her, despite the voices in her dreams.(R)
| 14:00A married couple confront each other after the husband attempted to have his wife murdered
| 14:00Peter Gibbs presents this week's episode of the horticultural panel show from Shropshire.(R) 14:45In December 1963, the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nationwide general knowledge quiz, hosted by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward on the legacy of Elizabeth David, 100 years after her birth.(R)
| 15:00Helen Castor and guest historians discuss the search for the true home of the Great War. 15:303/4Fi Glover brings together the pest controllers who have a passion for bugs and rats.
| 15:00Comedian Alex Horne kicks off the New Year's Eve celebrations with comedy and live music.(R) 15:453/5Hardeep meets Phil Howard, one of the few remaining clog-makers in Great Britain.(R)
| 15:00Helen Mark visits the border landscape surrounding the Battle of Flodden. 15:27Martin Bell presents an appeal for Street Child Africa.(R) 15:30Children's Laureate special with Malorie Blackman, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs presents this week's episode of the horticultural panel show from Shropshire. 15:451/3By Ned Beauman. An actor with a beautiful voice has to act ruthlessly after a strange trip
| 15:30Why the singing voice of a boy is inspirational(R)
| 15:001/3Desperate for a child, but not a husband, a nurse takes drastic measures to conceive.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Robert Macfarlane undertakes an immersive poetic pilgrimage to the Cairngorms. 16:301/2Liz Barclay follows three busy people on an experiment to slow down their pace of life.(R)
| 16:00Michael Rosen asks if baby talk benefits or hinders language development. 16:30The architect Sir David Chipperfield chooses Le Corbusier.
| 16:00A Thinking Allowed special on 'romantic love'. 16:30Richard and Judy on TV double act chemistry. What is it, and how is it really created?
| 16:00Francine Stock talks to British actor Idris Elba about playing Mandela. 16:30Who lived in Britain thousands of years ago, and how do we know?
| 16:00A novelist, a satirist, a family planning pioneer, an MI6 chief and a Doomsday evangelist. 16:30Tim Harford and Money Box's Paul Lewis show how small charges hit pension funds hard.
| 16:00Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including feminism in 2013 and hopes for 2014.
| 16:00Donna Tartt talks about her cult bestseller The Secret History. With James Naughtie. 16:30Eric Robson examines the unique and unjustly overlooked Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson.
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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.
| 17:00Interviews, context and analysis. 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 of the day's news. 17:30'They have built their country from scratch, I hope they don't destroy it'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Simon Cox talks to those charged with turning round poor-performing organisations.(R) 17:40Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Janet Yellen, Obama's choice to lead the US Federal Reserve.(R) 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. 18:155/6David Cameron is headmaster, but Michael Gove arrives and has a licence to teach. 18:301/6David Mitchell hosts. With Arthur Smith, Henning Wehn, Bridget Christie and Ed Byrne.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:156/6A camp look at Russia's greatest love machine. Contains disco music. 18:302/2Satan decides he needs a holiday.(R)
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:152/6Brian Cox in Brian Elliott, about a boy who D-reams of being a Scientist.(R) 18:306/6A young Stephen K Amos looks for a hero he can tell his class about.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:306/6From Ed Miliband to Lady Gaga, Jon Culshaw and gang explore bizarre private lives.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:302/6Scottish comedian Kevin Bridges talks to his comedy mentor Frankie Boyle.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson revisits the best chat, music and comedy on Loose Ends in 2013.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week, chosen by Simon Parkes.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Adam has a few misgivings. 19:15Mark Lawson examines the American fiction that made the headlines in 2013. 19:451/5A tale of banks and bankers, credit and discredit, and a woman who does something radical.(R)
| 19:00There's a midnight surprise in Ambridge. 19:15Mark Lawson turns quizmaster as two teams compete in the Front Row Quiz of the Year. 19:452/5When Hester is offered a merger to cancel her debts, she finds a neat but risky solution.(R)
| 19:15Kirsty Lang explores the rise of box sets and streaming versus traditional television. 19:453/5Hester reckons without the influence of her wayward cousin Edward's vapid wife Ellen.(R)
| 19:00Peggy receives a troubling phone call. 19:15Arts news, including Last Vegas reviewed, Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace, and Tom Price. 19:454/5Hester does not want to see it, but here it is - the other side of Edward's picture.(R)
| 19:00Jill has a narrow escape. 19:15Arts news, reviews and interviews, including Naomie Harris on playing Winnie Mandela. 19:455/5Once again, Mr Rule is facing a run on the bank, which could close Vernon's forever.(R)
| 19:00Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Janet Yellen, Obama's choice to lead the US Federal Reserve. 19:15The week's cultural highs. Robert Redford is adrift in the Indian Ocean in All Is Lost.
| 19:00Susan has the New Year blues. 19:156/6David deals with family tragedy and presents some comic verse about our canine friends. 19:454/5By Joe Dunthorne. A young couple go on a quest to find a particular type of medication.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Elinor Goodman examines the complex identity of England's Gypsies. 20:30Linda Pressly goes on the road with Brazil's anti-slavery hit squads.(R)
| 20:00Simon Cox talks to those charged with turning round poor-performing organisations. 20:40Fi Glover introduces the conversations most requested by listeners, plus her own favourite
| 20:00Residents of Birmingham discuss the impact of mass migration on community life in Britain. 20:453/3Simon Garfield discusses the mistakes and deceptions in some of our best-loved maps.
| 20:00Did police falsify evidence against some miners during the 1984 strike? With Jenny Chryss. 20:30How can musicians make money in an industry that has changed so much in the past decade?
| 20:00The BBC's top correspondents predict what they think will happen around the world in 2014. 20:50John Gray reflects on the damage that can be caused by evangelical belief.
| 20:00Roy Hudd explores the forgotten radio masterpiece that inspired Oh What a Lovely War.
| 20:00Tim Harford and Money Box's Paul Lewis show how small charges hit pension funds hard.(R) 20:30A novelist, a satirist, a family planning pioneer, an MI6 chief and a Doomsday evangelist.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Monty Don presents a special edition recorded before a live audience at Bristol University(R) 21:30Andrew Marr discusses the teaching of history with the Education Minister Michael Gove.(R)
| 21:00New research on soldiers trained to resist the overwhelming affects of cognitive fatigue. 21:304/4Tarek Osman examines the build up to the Arab Spring, as two worlds collide.(R)
| 21:00BBC Amateur Scientist Ruth Brooks looks at how animals navigate, from cats to pigeons. 21:30Libby Purves goes to the panto with Jo Brand and Henry Winkler.(R)
| 21:00Who lived in Britain thousands of years ago, and how do we know?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.(R)
| 21:00Faced with an upstart stepdaughter, the queen is forced into decisive and deadly action.(R)
| 21:00Set in Cuba, the thrilling epic battle between an old man and a large marlin.(R)
| 21:00Personal finance news with Paul Lewis. Who compensates you for storm power cuts?(R) 21:26Lady Edwina Grosvenor presents an appeal for the Prisoners' Advice Service.(R) 21:30How can musicians make money in an industry that has changed so much in the past decade?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Northern Ireland parties in final push for peace process deal. Presented by Roger Hearing. 22:456/10The Never Again gang close in on Allan and his friends at Lake Farm.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:457/10Allan and his friends flee Lake Farm to look for a new refuge.
| 22:00How can African migration to Europe be reduced? A special edition with Philippa Thomas. 22:458/10Allan and his friends are in hiding at Bosse's house.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:459/10After painstaking detective work, Chief Inspector Aronsson makes his way to Bosse's farm.
| 22:00The UK's flooded coast, South Sudan and the US, and energy security and costs in the UK. 22:4510/10At Bosse's farm, Allan and his friends are apparently under arrest.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Residents of Birmingham discuss the impact of mass migration on community life in Britain.(R)
| 22:00Martha Kearney reveals the secrets within the prime minister's newly-opened files of 1984. 22:45Nosheen Iqbal of the Guardian looks at how newspapers covered the week's biggest stories.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen looks at children's television and its effects on language development. 23:306/6Richard and Door finally discover who ordered the death of Door's family. Can they escape?
| 23:00Ed Byrne hosts as two British comedians take on a team of comics from overseas. 23:30Comedian Alex Horne kicks off the New Year's Eve celebrations with comedy and live music.
| 23:004/4Ronald Reagan's dog Rex reveals that he shared his master's passion for acting. 23:154/4Graham gives the shock news that a new member of the team is joining them.(R) 23:30A tribute to the broadcaster David Frost, who died in August 2013.(R)
| 23:00Commentary on the first day of the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England.
| 23:00Commentary on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England.
| 23:00Commentary on the third day of the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England.
| 23:00Commentary on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England. 23:00Francine Stock talks to British actor Idris Elba about playing Mandela.(R) 23:30John McCarthy explores that most exasperating of moods, boredom.(R)
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