| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Port cities in the global age, from Marseilles to Liverpool. Plus middle class drinking.(R) 00:45The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood in Staffordshire.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The story of one of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the 20th century.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The story of one of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The story of one of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5The story of one of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5The story of one of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/2In Gerda Stevenson's story, Lily reflects on her English roots and her Scottish home.(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.
| 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 Calvin Samuel. 05:45Anna Hill presents reports on England's coastal path, rental Christmas trees and brassicas 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45With dairy prices still falling, could there be an alternative use for milk? 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the North American black-chinned hummingbird.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45Why support from vets for the government's controversial badger cull is faltering. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45Sybil Ruscoe looks at women in agriculture, brassicas for livestock and beer from quinoa. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Calvin Samuel. 05:45New research aims to produce more environmentally friendly brassicas. 05:58Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Judy Merry. 05:45'It's a shame Grand Theft Auto doesn't have a misogyny filter.'.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of St Michael's Church in Kingsteignton, Devon. 05:45Chris Bowlby profiles the anti-poverty campaigner and veteran Labour MP Frank Field.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Caz Graham visits two nature reserves in Cumbria to see what wildlife visits in winter.(R) 06:30Charlotte Smith goes to a farm in Lincolnshire to talk brassicas. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Is there too much bad news? Mark Tully asks if we're all suffering from world weariness. 06:35Emma Campbell visits FarmAbility, a project for adults with learning difficulties. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. 07:55Sian Williams presents an appeal for Hearing Link. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Third service in the Advent series exploring the nature of Jesus's ministry. 08:48Why the fear of producing kitsch art has led to a new kind of pre-emptive kitsch.(R) 08:58Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Anne McElvoy and guests discuss literature and art in the Arabic world. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
| 09:003/4Atul Gawande calls for a new approach to the 'great unfixables' - ageing and death. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Commentary on Sri Lanka v England in the fifth One Day International from Pallekele. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Peter Whittaker.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss behavioural ecology. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Mark Wakelin.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to Julie Bentley, CEO of Girlguiding.(R) 09:45An act of worship led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
| 09:00Formula 1 TV presenter Suzi Perry joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Singer-songwriter Kiesza talks to Jane about recording Hideaway in 90 minutes. 10:451/5Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.
| 10:00What's wrong with being 'girly'? Plus Zoe Williams on the madness of modern parenting. 10:452/5Ginette discovers her husband is having an affair, and she begins one herself at Greenham.
| 10:00Commentary on Sri Lanka v England in the fifth One Day International from Pallekele.
| 10:00Three wise chefs cook the Perfect Christmas dinner for Emma Barnett. 10:454/5Ginette forms part of a human blockade at Greenham and is arrested.
| 10:00Nylon stockings, loneliness and older people and BBC Sports Personality of the Year. 10:455/5For her action at Greenham, Ginette is serving a short sentence in Holloway Prison.
| 10:301/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Greenwich.
| 10:00Gossip is spreading about Brookfield, and Pat is exhausted.
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| 11:00 | 11:00What do the Women's Institute and the gay club scene in 1980s New York have in common? 11:305/8The three couples have tickets for Glastonbury, but it clashes with Cathy's dad's birthday
| 11:00Can we share the planet with orangutans, and how can drones help us? 11:30Opera director John Copley CBE reflects on his lifelong relationship with La Boheme.
| | 11:00A popular American football team is under pressure to change a name many say is racist. 11:30Grace Dent explores the life and work of literary luminary Lorna Sage.
| 11:001/2Freddie, Mitchell and Blade, who were raised female, seek treatment as trans men. 11:301/2Martin Jarvis performs the first of two comic classics at Cheltenham Festival.(R)
| 11:00Tom Newton Dunn of the Sun looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30The soldiers fighting for a new Tsarist Russia and other correspondents' stories.
| 11:15Sarah Millican, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04A newcomer spells trouble for the inhabitants of St Jude's. 12:15Should there be better regulation of traffic in areas of natural beauty? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Pleasure Gardens Theatre in Folkestone prepares for its variety show. 12:15Consumer phone-in. Are you struggling with the cost of living? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on Sri Lanka v England in the fifth One Day International from Pallekele.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Despite the best of intentions, things do not go to plan for Reverend Winwood. 12:15Payday loan companies warn against Christmas lenders. Live music venues facing closure. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Epic drama series set in Britain during the First World War. 12:15Another Green Deal offer is snapped up, more empty shops and why is loneliness a UK issue? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Court finds Bank of Scotland has been 'unconscionable' in its treatment of some borrowers. 12:308/9Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Camilla Long, Romesh Ranganathan and John Robins.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/6Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined by Omid Djalili on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair.(R) 12:32The story of one shop which is changing the way we think about food waste and food poverty 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:451/5Jeanette Winterson presents her personal exploration of Manchester.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:452/5Jeanette takes listeners on a journey by rail and canal into the land of Cottonopolis.
| | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney. 13:454/5The cotton had gone, the ship canal had gone, the money had gone. Then music arrived.
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:455/5A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Portishead near Bristol.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:30300 years of a Stradivarius through the hands of geniuses, dictators, refugees and thieves
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| 14:00 | 14:00Time to learn about the History of the Turkey?(R) 14:15A drama about the slippery notions of truth and memory from dramatist Lucy Caldwell.
| 14:00Gossip is spreading about Brookfield.(R) 14:15Richard Wilson stars as a counsellor trying to save a marriage on its last legs.
| | 14:00David is feeling hounded.(R) 14:151/2Rumpole defends a gardener accused of blackmailing the master of an Oxford College.(R)
| 14:152/2Rumpole defends a doctor accused of murdering his wife.(R)
| 14:00Are people really going hungry in the UK, and with torture can the ends justify the means? 14:30An alternative spin on the tale of this noble king. Greg McHugh stars.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Glasgow.(R) 14:45Conversations about still birth, ageing and a broken ankle turning able-bodied to disabled
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| 15:00 | 15:0012/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the last semi-final of the wide-ranging music quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon presents a review of the most exciting cookbooks of 2014.(R)
| 15:004/4Tom Dyckhoff considers the digital future of design. 15:3010/12Noel Gallagher talks about his album, 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds'.
| | 15:00Caz Graham visits two nature reserves in Cumbria to see what wildlife visits in winter. 15:27The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.(R) 15:30James Naughtie and Allan Mallinson discuss Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Glasgow. 15:45Aasmah Mir reports on how the money from the 2013 appeal has been spent.
| 15:30Opera director John Copley CBE reflects on his lifelong relationship with La Boheme.(R)
| 15:006/6Mordred uses Arthur's new laws against him, and long-held secrets are exposed.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Richard Wilson stars at Frinton Summer Theatre to mark its 75th anniversary of weekly rep. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the appeal of Spiritualism.
| 16:002/2Dr Kevin Fong travels to Afghanistan to meet the medical teams in Camp Bastion. 16:30Comedian Arthur Smith tells Matthew Parris about the life of Olympic runner Emil Zátopek.
| | 16:00Best films of the year, Danny Elfman, ET's voice, and Nick Hornby's first cinema memory. 16:30Earth's water does not come from comets, the recent Rosetta mission suggests.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a disability campaigner, a queen, a polar scientist and an author. 16:30Tom Mangold on establishment conspiracies and the BBC, and reality TV in the Moral Maze. 16:55A conversation about how easily being able-bodied can turn into being disabled.
| 16:00Jane Garvey with Kiesza, Harriet Harman, MC Beaton and The Madness of Modern Parenting.
| 16:00Evie Wyld and Peter Walker discuss writing about the Vietnam War. 16:303/4Paul Farley remembers the poet Michael Donaghy with other poets, ten years after his death
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| 17:00 | 17:00Eddie Mair presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Scottish Labour elects its new leader, and civil rights protestors gather in Washington. 17:30'It's a shame Grand Theft Auto doesn't have a misogyny filter.'.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Inside the digital news outlets that are reinventing journalism for the social media age.(R) 17:40Chris Bowlby profiles the anti-poverty campaigner and veteran Labour MP Frank Field.(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. 18:304/6Tim, Barry and Graeme are joined by Omid Djalili on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:305/6Tom's dad celebrates a milestone in governmental reform.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/4Paul's story of music takes in a Haitian rebellion, Slovenian hunting and Scottish whisky.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:303/6Baroness Oona King's diaries show her political ambitions started from a very young age.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:308/9Sandi Toksvig is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Camilla Long, Romesh Ranganathan and John Robins.
| 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. 18:15Adrian Goldberg chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Gossip is spreading about Brookfield. 19:15Sarah Waters, racial diversity in the arts, Mike Scott and museums on film. 19:451/5Kent 1982. Ginette, a middle-class housewife, visits Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.(R)
| 19:00Susan is fighting Neil's corner. 19:15With TV's Christopher Jefferies drama, pantomime, the Burrell Collection and ghostwriting. 19:452/5Ginette discovers her husband is having an affair, and she begins one herself at Greenham.(R)
| 19:00David is feeling hounded. 19:15Marco Polo, behind the scenes at Nutcracker, Manakamana, WWI's Christmas truce in art. 19:453/5Ginette comes out to her son and helps pull down swathes of fencing at Greenham Common.(R)
| 19:15Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn on Cats; Churchill's art; Jeff Kinney; dolls' houses. 19:454/5Ginette forms part of a human blockade at Greenham and is arrested.(R)
| 19:15Paul McCartney, framing An Allegory of Prudence, Ian McDiarmid on The Merchant of Venice. 19:455/5For her action at Greenham, Ginette is serving a short sentence in Holloway Prison.(R)
| 19:00Chris Bowlby profiles the anti-poverty campaigner and veteran Labour MP Frank Field. 19:15With Treasure Island, Electricity, Black Mirror on TV, The Hot Country and dolls' houses.
| 19:00David and Ruth face the music. 19:151/6Frank Skinner explores funny moments in history. With Dave Gorman and Sara Pascoe. 19:453/3By Richard House. Buzz is haunted by images of his time volunteering in a Laos hospital.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Lyse Doucet visits Kabul to hear about the lives of Afghan women as the troops depart. 20:30In Yemen, tradition allows men to marry each other's sisters - but at what price?(R)
| 20:00Inside the digital news outlets that are reinventing journalism for the social media age. 20:40Verity Smith, horsewoman, singer and author, joins Peter and Tom Walker on blind cooking.
| 20:00Michael Buerk and guests debate the morality of reality TV. 20:4576/3Christina Greer asks what it means to be black in America today.
| 20:00Are private schools doing enough to support state schools? Simon Cox investigates. 20:30Peter Day talks to some British-based experts trying to make flying nicer for us all.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Portishead near Bristol. 20:50Why the fear of producing kitsch art has led to a new kind of pre-emptive kitsch.
| 20:00Diane Roberts examines the impact and legacy of the film classic, 75 years on.
| 20:00Tom Mangold on establishment conspiracies and the BBC, and reality TV in the Moral Maze.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a disability campaigner, a queen, a polar scientist and an author.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00As east Africa gets hotter and drier will conflict between cattle and wildlife increase?(R) 21:30Anne McElvoy and guests discuss literature and art in the Arabic world.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond on when stockpiling clutter and possessions tips into hoarding disorder. 21:30Heather Jones explores a lost intelligence report warning of Germany's invasion of Poland.(R)
| 21:00Prof Adam Hart explores a new field in zoology - animal personality. 21:30Libby Purves meets poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan and actor Linda Marlowe.(R)
| 21:00Earth's water does not come from comets, the recent Rosetta mission suggests.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss behavioural ecology.(R)
| 21:00Newcomers spell trouble for St Jude's, and the police are unprepared for a crime wave.
| 21:005/6Murder and betrayal threaten to undermine all that Arthur holds dear.(R)
| 21:00Court finds Bank of Scotland has been 'unconscionable' in its treatment of some borrowers.(R) 21:26Sian Williams presents an appeal for Hearing Link.(R) 21:30Peter Day talks to some British-based experts trying to make flying nicer for us all.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Dewani, food poverty, small businesses and cycling helmets, with Ritula Shah. 22:451/10Mary Costello's lyrical debut, shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, read by Niamh Cusack
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/10In the aftermath of her mother's death, young Tess is beset by grief. Read by Niamh Cusack
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. With Ritula Shah. 22:453/10Life continues for the Lohans, as Tess goes away to boarding school. Read by Niamh Cusack.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:454/10Tess leaves Ireland to follow her beloved sister Claire to New York. Read by Niamh Cusack
| 22:00UK airspace - fit for purpose? In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/10Tess is wholly preoccupied by thoughts of David. Niamh Cusack reads Mary Costello's novel.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:153/4Atul Gawande calls for a new approach to the 'great unfixables' - ageing and death.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators. 22:45Dan Hodges of the Telegraph analyses the newspapers.
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| 23:00 | 23:009/12Noel Gallagher recalls artistic freedom in making 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.' 23:30Sean Curran hears MPs claim that the poor are being left to go hungry.
| 23:00Britain's leading ventriloquist brings the crafty art back to radio.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:002/4The creator of the New York Antifolk scene questions his graduation into the cool crowd. 23:156/6Tim explores the meaning of 'work' through the medium of poetry. With Tom Basden.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:005/6Milton Jones is the king of refrigerated haulage with his very own fleet of iced lorries.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Comedian Arthur Smith tells Matthew Parris about the life of Olympic runner Emil Zátopek.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A couple consider a time when they will no longer be around to see what happens.
| 23:0012/13Paul Gambaccini hosts the last semi-final of the wide-ranging music quiz.(R) 23:302/4Paul Farley does the Knowledge, collecting taxi poems and sounds from all over London.(R)
| 23:00Best films of the year, Danny Elfman, ET's voice, and Nick Hornby's first cinema memory.(R) 23:30Is there too much bad news? Mark Tully asks if we're all suffering from world weariness.(R)
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