| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Fat gay men - resisting the stigma. Also, the masculine world of the butcher.(R) 00:45The bells of St Peter's Church, Congleton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5The stories behind the names and shapes of the constellations that pattern the night sky.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5The stories behind the names and shapes of the constellations that pattern the night sky.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Milton Jones reflects on Christmas. 00:304/5The stories behind the names and shapes of the constellations that pattern the night sky.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/5By Jack London. Is every dog a wolf in dog's clothing? Tales of a human obsession.(R) 00:305/5The stories behind the names and shapes of the constellations that pattern the night sky.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Sarah Taylor follows a new intake of student midwives at King's College London.(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 Stephen Wigley. 05:45Campylobacter testing on farms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand robin.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45A highly infectious pig disease reaches Europe. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the Brazilian Pantanal.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45Anna Hill presents the Christmas Eve edition. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the house wren found across the New World.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45A special Christmas morning show from the nativity staged in a barn on a Devon dairy farm. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Christmas shearwater.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. 05:45Farming Today explores what has changed ten years on from the Hunting Act. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the wandering albatross of the South Atlantic Ocean.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rt Rev Richard Chartres.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43The bells of Westminster Abbey. 05:4578/3Paola Antonelli explores the politics in art and design.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Michael Rosen on the first sounds and words that babies learn.(R) 06:30A celebration of the best, and funniest, writing about Christmas.(R)
| 06:00Christopher Frayling explores the untold story behind the creation of Prokofiev's classic.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Helen Mark explores the Dart Estuary by boat, travelling from Dittisham to Dartmouth. 06:30Charlotte Smith meets four generations of the Palmer family, who farm in south Cornwall. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Jude Rogers reflects on the transition to adulthood. 06:35Tom Heap samples the fiery taste of paradise in the Turks and Caicos Islands. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | 07:00Sue MacGregor reunites the creative team behind Wallace and Gromit.
| 07:00Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
| 07:00Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10How the long campaign for women Bishops was won and the role of women in other faiths. 07:55Sir Derek Jacobi presents an appeal for Afasic. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | 08:00Cerys Matthews guides us through Dylan Thomas's famous journey into Welsh Christmas past.
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Marking Holy Innocents from Wesley's Chapel London with carols in the West Gallery style. 08:48David Cannadine reflects on the history of the Queen's Christmas message.(R) 08:58Sir David Attenborough presents the house wren found across the New World.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe discusses hedonism with Greg Doran, Julia Twigg, Zoe Cormier and Kurt Lampe. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland looks at the current fashion for recording our lives on social media. 09:30Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz forever 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00Libby Purves meets singer Barbara Dickson and actor Mike McShane. 09:45Live from King's College Chapel, Cambridge, led by the Dean, the Rev Dr Stephen Cherry.
| 09:00I Saw Three Ships!: Naval families at Portsmouth Cathedral celebrate Christmas apart. 09:454/5The stories behind the names and shapes of the constellations that pattern the night sky.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to the Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.(R) 09:45An act of worship and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Suzy Klein and Aasmah Mir are joined by Strictly Come Dancing's Anton du Beke.
| 09:00Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Monica Grady, professor of Planetary Sciences, on an important year for space exploration. 10:451/5Molesworth gives a guided tour of the complete and utter shambles that is St Custards.
| 10:00Stained glass artist Margaret Rope, domestic abuse and young people, novelist Betsy Tobin. 10:452/5Molesworth and his friend Peason explain the different types of masters.
| 10:00Jane Garvey meets two women who are the first in their families to go to university. 10:403/5Molesworth's efforts to explain the best way to bunk off class are thwarted. 10:55Fi Glover with a conversation between 10-year-olds about the ups and downs of friendship.
| 10:00Christmas special with Kirsty Young, Adil Ray and the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin. 10:454/5The headmaster bans everyone from visiting the infirmary and the new under-matron.
| 10:00Young men's attitudes to women, plus-size exercise, and women who have founded religions. 10:455/5As the term comes to an end, Molesworth must survive the perils of the playing field.
| 10:303/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Berwick-upon-Tweed.
| 10:00There is Christmas joy at No 1 The Green, and Jill has a quiet word with David.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr John Wright records his work in setting up an Ebola centre to serve Moyamba junction. 11:307/8Sparks fly as the three couples prepare for Christmas.
| 11:00Can we share the planet with migrating birds along the whole of their flight path? 11:30The legendary interpreter of Jacques Brel's songs talks about her lifetime in music.
| 11:00The stories of some of the millions of travellers making their way home for Christmas. 11:30Meet Crumpet, a Christmas elf at a famous New York department store. These are his diaries
| 11:00Christmas special with Kirsty Young, Adil Ray and the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin. 11:30Isy Suttie embarks on a mission to compose the ultimate on-hold music.
| 11:00Ian McMillan celebrates his local brass band and the community it represents. 11:30An invitation to star in a local pantomime gets Arthur excited about a return to the stage
| 11:00Spatial processing in the brain, bird migration and natural navigational clues for all. 11:30Not everyone believes New York City is the most magical city at this festive time of year.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to actor Ray Winstone.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Amidst a surge in drunken soldiers in town, a more refined visitor arrives at the station. 12:15The small, seasonal shops that are turning out to be retail engines. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Christmas tea for the Belgian wounded does not go entirely to plan. 12:15Could charging for A&E persuade people who use it unnecessarily to get help elsewhere? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04It is Christmas Eve, and one keen young man has an appointment to keep. 12:15Why are there so many unwanted dogs in the UK, and how are they rehomed safely? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04At St Jude's Vicarage, not everyone is feeling the festive spirit. 12:15Lynne Truss selects her favourite BBC Radio moments from 2014. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04The Grahams plan a quiet harmonious Boxing Day. 12:15The good deeds done by big brands: window dressing or a genuine attempt to help? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Paul Lewis asks what you should and should not do with an unexpected windfall. 12:301/2The impression show to take the stuffing out of Boxing Day.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/6Susan Calman and Tony Hawks join regulars Barry and Graeme, with Jack Dee in the chair.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon presents inspirational stories from The Food Programme in 2014. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Edward Stourton. 13:452/5Chips, cabbage and chocolate? Yoko Ono discusses her life in food with Nina Myskow.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:451/5Nina Myskow in conversation with David Sedaris about how his family affected his eating.(R)
| 13:00Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:453/5Mary Portas on sex and chocolate, fighting for seconds and why she loves a full fridge.(R)
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 13:15The extraordinary events of Christmas 1914, when troops briefly called a ceasefire.(R) 13:455/5Dancer Carlos Acosta explains how what we eat, shapes the life we lead. With Nina Myskow.(R)
| 13:00News and current affairs presented by Mark Mardell. 13:451/5Nina Myskow discusses food-related fear and self-loathing with comedian Joan Rivers.(R)
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:15Sue MacGregor reunites the creative team behind Wallace and Gromit.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. 13:302/3What is it really like to be old? Matthew Sweet talks candidly to people aged over 85.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:00There is a crisis at Brookfield.(R) 14:151/4A new series of dark fantasies featuring William Palmer, the immortal wanderer.
| 14:00Kate is home. And who is that playing Father Christmas?(R) 14:15Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set in a 1932 Chicago radio studio.(R)
| 14:00Phoebe is stuck between a rock and a hard place.(R) 14:151/2Radio WKAZ's Dusenberg Hour of Charm is threatened by the disappearance of its sponsor.
| 14:00The Bridge Farm Archers have a tree to decorate.(R) 14:152/2WKAZ Chicago's promise to deliver its last Hour of Charm is threatened by a snowstorm.
| 14:00There is Christmas joy at No 1 The Green.(R) 14:15Ambridge's queen of am-dram Lynda Snell brings a ghostly chill to Coward's classic comedy.
| 14:306/6Armageddon is imminent and the fate of the Earth rests on the shoulders of Adam Young.
| 14:00Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Belsay Hall, Northumberland. 14:45Children in conversation about friendship, death, sibling rivalry and gaffer tape.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The general knowledge contest of champions, chaired by Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon uncovers the food stories of those away from home on Christmas.(R)
| 15:002/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Salisbury.(R) 15:30Alexander McCall Smith explores the work of writers and their favourite characters.
| 15:00Christmas carols and readings from the candlelit chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
| 15:00The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation. 15:05The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 15:15Former test pilot Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown is interviewed by Kirsty Young.(R) 15:56Adjoa Andoh presents an appeal for Opportunity International.(R)
| 15:452/3Emmeline Pankhurst and Thomas Hardy and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in 1914.
| 15:30The legendary interpreter of Jacques Brel's songs talks about her lifetime in music.(R)
| 15:00Adolphus Crosbie is determined to enjoy all the pleasures of high society during his stay.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Sarah Taylor follows a new intake of student midwives at King's College London.(R) 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the enduring appeal of TS Eliot's religious poetry.
| 16:00Michael Rosen talks to Oxfam's media officer on how we should speak about Ebola. 16:30Brian Eno champions the life and work of social reformer Michael Young.
| 16:30ABC President Paul Lee, Monty the penguin, Arctic wolves and the legacy of John Freeman.
| 16:00Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock examine the relationship between science and cinema.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister and guests offer an insight into the world of the obituary writer. 16:30Mary Beard and Jeremy Paxman talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 16:55Two young sisters come to terms with the death of their alcoholic father.
| 16:00Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Caitlin Moran, Francesca Martinez other WH Game Changers.
| 16:00Theatre and film director Sir Richard Eyre chooses his five favourite books. 16:30Andrew Greig's sequence of poems about two men who take a voyage to a remote Orkney island
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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.
| 17:00Paddy O'Connell presents interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Ian Hislop's favourite writing is read by Jim Broadbent and Tamsin Greig, for an audience. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How terrorists need the oxygen of publicity, and the battle to starve them of it.(R) 17:402/8A couple get caught up in the havoc of the post-Christmas sales. By Liam Williams.(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. 18:306/6Susan Calman and Tony Hawks join regulars Barry and Graeme, with Jack Dee in the chair.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:301/2As Martin decides whether to take his new job, is this the end for MJN Air?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:151/6Cookery writer Damien Trench welcomes listeners into his home for Christmas Eve. 18:302/2As the crew embark on a race against time, just what is Gerti's secret?
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:152/6Cookery writer Damien Trench reveals his tips for enjoying a perfect Christmas Day. 18:305/6Historian Lucy Worsley's diary reveals her love of the Girl Guides and collecting rocks.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:153/6Ed Reardon remembers Christmas past as he celebrates Boxing Day with Elgar. 18:301/2The impression show to take the stuffing out of Boxing Day.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Clive Anderson celebrates a year of star names and music from the Loose Ends studio.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Kate is home. And who is that playing Father Christmas? 19:15Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones on The Theory of Everything. 19:451/5Molesworth gives a guided tour of the complete and utter shambles that is St Custards.(R)
| 19:00Phoebe is stuck between a rock and a hard place. 19:15Unbroken, Young Fathers, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Miranda Richardson on Mapp and Lucia. 19:452/5Molesworth and his friend Peason explain the different types of masters.(R)
| 19:00The Bridge Farm Archers have a tree to decorate. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to John Kander, composer of Cabaret, New York New York and Chicago. 19:453/5Molesworth's efforts to explain the best way to bunk off class are thwarted.(R)
| 19:00There is Christmas joy at No 1 The Green. 19:15Kirsty Lang talks to Sir Alan Ayckbourn in a special edition of the programme. 19:454/5The headmaster bans everyone from visiting the infirmary and the new under-matron.(R)
| 19:00Peggy hears something wonderful. 19:15John Wilson explores the art of book cover design with artist Suzanne Dean. 19:455/5As the term comes to an end, Molesworth must survive the perils of the playing field.(R)
| 19:002/8A couple get caught up in the havoc of the post-Christmas sales. By Liam Williams. 19:15A panel of new Britons discuss what it is like to make a home in a new land.(R)
| 19:153/6Frank Skinner on funny moments in history. With Kate Williams, John Lloyd and Katy Brand. 19:452/3Vienna's oldest mental asylum is reopened. But to what purpose?
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3What is it really like to be old? Matthew Sweet talks candidly to people aged over 85. 20:30The Russian volunteers fighting in eastern Ukraine for their dreams of empires past.(R)
| 20:00How terrorists need the oxygen of publicity, and the battle to starve them of it. 20:40Peter White is joined by Tony Shearman and Denise Leigh to talk about blind dating.
| 20:00Lucy Kellaway hosts an argumentative dinner party where all the debates are about food. 20:4578/3Paola Antonelli explores the politics in art and design.
| 20:00Laurie Taylor presents a special edition that explores rituals at Christmas and beyond. 20:30Peter Day explains how random kindness can make all the difference to how we work and live
| 20:0016/17Peter Conrad analyses 21st-century popular culture in the spirit of Roland Barthes. 20:50David Cannadine reflects on the history of the Queen's Christmas message.
| 20:0017/17Peter Conrad dissects the popular culture of his era.
| 20:00Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock examine the relationship between science and cinema.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Can we share the planet with wolves, or will we always want to remove them from our lives?(R) 21:30Tom Sutcliffe discusses hedonism with Greg Doran, Julia Twigg, Zoe Cormier and Kurt Lampe.(R)
| 21:00Claudia on conjuring and magic - how what we believe affects what we see. 21:30Jonathan Freedland looks at the current fashion for recording our lives on social media.(R)
| 21:00Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilites of virtual reality. 21:30Libby Purves meets singer Barbara Dickson and actor Mike McShane.(R)
| 21:00Cerys Matthews guides us through Dylan Thomas's famous journey into Welsh Christmas past.(R)
| 21:00The Grahams host a family Christmas and Folkestone's festivities don't go entirely to plan
| 21:00A dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about soldiers struggling to return home.(R)
| 21:00Paul Lewis asks what you should and should not do with an unexpected windfall.(R) 21:26Sir Derek Jacobi presents an appeal for Afasic.(R) 21:30Peter Day explains how random kindness can make all the difference to how we work and live(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Glasgow bin lorry accident, Tunisia election, cyber threats and oil prices. 22:451/5A visit from Lady Boxe and a battle with bulbs.
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:452/5Sensitive finances and a visit from a friend. A journal of life in 1930s Devon.
| 22:00A special programme looking in-depth at the NHS, with Ritula Shah. 22:453/5The Provincial Lady's household is looking forward to Christmas.
| 22:00Jarvis Cocker and the BBC Philharmonic weave dark tales of insomnia and nocturnal visions. 22:454/5Disaster strikes as Ethel gives notice, and our Lady heads to London to find a replacement
| 22:00In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 22:455/5A visitor calls to discuss an urgent matter.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Lucy Kellaway hosts an argumentative dinner party where all the debates are about food.(R)
| 22:00Sarah Montague presents her assessment of the major events and personalities of 2014.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/6A rather special baby is delivered, initiating an apocalyptic chain of events. 23:302/6The wrong child is corrupted, but what has happened to Satan's real son.
| 23:002/2Comedian Andrew O'Neill delves into sexual identity and homophobia. 23:303/6Aziraphale consults Agnes's prophesies and the Horsepersons of the Apocalypse are summoned
| 23:004/4The host of the longest-running open mic night in NYC recalls why he started writing. 23:152/4A tale of rowing, wooing and dolphin-watching with the binoculars round the wrong way.(R) 23:30Live from Westminster Cathedral, with Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince bring their blend of science and comedy to the festive season. 23:304/6Aziraphale and Crowley are visited by the Angelic and Demonic authorities.
| 23:00Brian Eno champions the life and work of social reformer Michael Young.(R) 23:275/6The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse gather and Aziraphale inhabits an unexpected body. 23:55Sisters forever, but one will always be older, and one will always be younger.
| 23:00The general knowledge contest of champions, chaired by Russell Davies.(R) 23:304/4Paul Farley introduces a new poem for the year's midnight from Alice Oswald.(R)
| 23:00Matthew Bannister and guests offer an insight into the world of the obituary writer.(R) 23:30Jude Rogers reflects on the transition to adulthood.(R)
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