| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor hears about the hidden workings of Parliament. Also, voting and inequality.(R) 00:45Church bells from All Saints Church, Allesley.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries. 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.(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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| 03:00 | | | | | | | 03:45Commentary on day three of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka.
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| 04:00 | 04:45Commentary on day five of the first Test between Bangladesh and England, from Chittagong.
| | | | 04:45Commentary on day one of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka.
| 04:15Commentary on day two of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka.
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| 05:00 | | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45An OECD report says subsidies are skewing global agricultural trade. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Environment secretary admits some environmental laws may be scrapped post-Brexit. 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the North American red-winged blackbird.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley. 05:45Should the UK Government approve GM crops after Brexit? 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand wrybill.(R)
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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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.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with Ed Yong, Adam Rutherford, Jonathan Maitland and Felicity Aston. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
| 09:002/4Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues against a mythical and romantic view of nationhood 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Jude Mitson.
| 09:00Stephen Jones and Clive Oppenheimer join Libby Purves. 09:45Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Commentary on day one of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka. 09:45The Daily Service presented by the Rt Rev Marcus Stock, Bishop of Leeds.
| 09:00Commentary on day two of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka.
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| 10:00 | 10:00LeAnn Rimes performs her new single, plus the Woman's Hour Power List 2016. 10:451/5The death of the lord chancellor threatens the security of Shonagon's position at court.
| 10:00Felicity Kendal on her career, costumes in contemporary TV drama and Icelandic feminism. 10:452/5A palace lady has been murdered - apparently by her drunken and deluded husband.
| 10:00British Vogue editor; New TV drama Dark Angel; Royal Ballet's lost Russian Grand Duchess. 10:413/5Shonagon and Yukinari attend separate funerals - to solve the same crime. 10:55A young footballer shares his expertise with his mum.
| 10:00Liv Little, the woman behind @galdemzine - a magazine collective run by women of colour. 10:454/5Shonagon is summoned to a meeting with the volatile Lord Korechika.
| 10:00Commentary on day one of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Head keeper Mark Godwin has a problem - an animal problem. 11:304/4Lemn examines where he let himself do the wrong thing, and how he has tried to make amends
| 11:00Ugly, poisonous, warty Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the Toad. From 2016 11:30Stories of the timeless love song written by Ewan MacColl and made famous by Roberta Flack
| 11:00Oona King reveals how West Indian Asquith Xavier fought a colour bar at Euston station. 11:304/4Nina Stibbe’s comic novel. Elizabeth gets a job and has a run-in with her new boss.
| 11:00Correspondents stories from Berlin, Paris, Ethiopia, the US and the South Atlantic. 11:30Janine H Jones explores the history of the 'voice recording booth'.
| | | 11:35Michael Bublé, singer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Conversations about the impact of the EU referendum on the lives of UK citizens. 12:15Winifred Robinson looks at life for a free-range hen and how to recycle your old mattress. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Conversations that demonstrate how personal experience informs the decision on how to vote 12:15The government decides between Gatwick or Heathrow, but which is best? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Conversations about how it feels to identify as a European in post-Brexit Britain. 12:15How blow dry bars have become the biggest beauty trend this year. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Conversations between farmers in Ulster, and an Essex farmer and his daughter. 12:15Smart meters, shared ownership and late night shopping. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on day one of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka. 12:30Consumer news and issues.
| 12:01The latest shipping forecast. 12:04Commentary on day two of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka. 12:15What options exist for interest only-mortgage borrowers who can't repay the loan in full? 12:30Miles Jupp is joined by Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Mark Steel and Vicki Pepperdine.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:044/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon and special guests discover a delicious world of pumpkins and winter squash. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Marvin Rees, the newly elected mayor of Bristol, explains what it means to be in charge.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45What is power and how does it work? Bronwen Maddox asks Michael Gove.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Bronwen Maddox meets Barbara Ntumy, a political activist with pressure group Momentum.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Bronwen Maddox meets the first female bishop to speak in the House of Lords.
| 13:00News with Mark Mardell: foreign NHS patients and Nissan Brexit deal. 13:45David Halpern tells Bronwen Maddox about the power of nudge.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh.(R)
| 13:00A look at the impact of Brexit on the Northern Ireland peace process and the economy. 13:30Faith and politics, Hebridean Brexit, drag kings and gypsies and God feature this month.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Alice has a job on her hands.(R) 14:153/9Final season of the Rougon-Macquart Novels. Starring Glenda Jackson
| 14:154/9Zola's Rougon-Macquart season Money starring Glenda Jackson, Pippa Heywood, Mathew Horne
| 14:00Shula wants Alistair to reconsider.(R) 14:155/9Final season of award winning Zola dramas - Money - Season 3, starring Glenda Jackson.
| 14:00Rex delivers a final blow.(R) 14:156/9Final season of award winning Zola dramas - Money - Season 3, starring Glenda Jackson.
| 14:00Helen doubts her actions.(R) 14:157/97. Fate. Inspired by the work of Emile Zola, written by Oliver Emanuel.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues on Any Questions? Presented by Julian Worricker. 14:308/9Final Season of Zola's Rougon-Macquart novels
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel visit Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire.(R) 14:45Beekeeping, football and a marriage proposal.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees quizzes Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant. 15:30From ancient Egyptian bread to Native American food, Dan Saladino reports from Terra Madre(R)
| 15:00Jay Rayner and the panel of culinary experts visit Conwy, North Wales.(R) 15:30Some of the last refuges of the orangutan are under threat. Peter Hadfield reports.
| 15:00Adam Shaw and an expert panel discuss what the rise in inflation means for the UK. 15:30Being shot by a taser hurts, but evidence says it could also affect thinking and memory.(R)
| 15:00Guest presenter Ian Marchant meets people who live 'off-grid' in mid-Wales. 15:27Michael Morpurgo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bag Books.(R) 15:30Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel visit Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. 15:45Ms Markey prepares for the arrival of her first paying house guest, but at what cost?
| | 15:009/9Aunt Dide finally escapes the asylum. Starring Glenda Jackson, dramatised by Dan Rebellato
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| 16:00 | 16:002/8Josie Long hears tales of wild youth: first love, sibling rivalry and dangerous encounters 16:30Aleks Krotoski explores whether it's true that, 'I'm recorded, therefore I am'.
| 16:00The director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders speaks to Joshua Rozenberg. 16:30Harriett Gilbert talks to Cariad Lloyd and Mike Bullen about books they love, and why.
| 16:00Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history and many meanings of the hood. 16:30New York Times exec editor Dean Baquet, Impress press regulator, AT&T - Time Warner merger
| 16:00Jacqueline Bisset looks back at Day For Night, Francois Truffaut's Oscar-winning movie. 16:30Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a countess, a comedy writer, a Greek general, a director, a singer. 16:30Roger Bolton looks into the demise of James McLevy and the return of Michael Gove. 16:5540 years after her father split them up, a couple are back together, but will she say yes?
| 16:00Alexandra Shulman, editor of Vogue; Wonder Woman as UN gender equality ambassador.
| 16:00Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark on their collaboration, Three Little Monkeys. 16:30Thabiso Mohare talks to poets who write to agitate.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Coverage 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.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30Evan Davis and entrepreneurs discuss selling your company.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Are foreign domestic workers the forgotten victims of modern slavery in Britain?(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles actor and former politician Glenda Jackson.(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. 18:304/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy game.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Ed embarks upon writing a social history and family memoir.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Rich Hall follows the closing stages of the US presidential race.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Uncle Cornelius, Max and Ivan go on holiday, but things take a sinister turn. From 2016.
| 18:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:30Miles Jupp is joined by Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Mark Steel and Vicki Pepperdine.
| 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 BBC Radio this week with Catherine Bott.
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| 19:00 | 19:15Jude Law as pope; painter Paul Nash; The Word; do ballet stories always have to be old? 19:451/5The death of the lord chancellor threatens the security of Shonagon's position at court.(R)
| 19:00Shula wants Alistair to reconsider. 19:15Changes at Shakespeare's Globe, a new Design Museum, and Boyz n the Hood 25 years on. 19:452/5A palace lady has been murdered - apparently by her drunken and deluded husband.(R)
| 19:00Rex delivers a final blow. 19:15Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston on his memoir, and Bowie's Lazarus on stage. 19:453/5Shonagon and Yukinari attend separate funerals - to solve the same crime.(R)
| 19:00Helen doubts her actions. 19:15Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new NT production of Amadeus. 19:454/5Shonagon is summoned to a meeting with the volatile Lord Korechika.(R)
| 19:00Rob finds someone who will listen. 19:15Superhero film Doctor Strange, Tasmin Little on Vivaldi, Elena Ferrante's new book. 19:455/5Retired Chancellor Kazan reveals his cards.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles actor and former politician Glenda Jackson. 19:15Amadeus, Lo and Behold, A Horse Walks Into A Bar, Paul Nash, The Moonstone.
| 19:00There is a visitor at the Stables. 19:152/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R) 19:307/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries. 19:45Evie Wyld's original story inspired by the Natural History Museum. Reader: Hermione Norris
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| 20:00 | 20:00Eight years after she first met him in Mississippi, Chloe Hadjimatheou searches for Tobias 20:30David Edmonds asks social psychologists about the psychology of crowds.
| 20:00Are foreign domestic workers the forgotten victims of modern slavery in Britain? 20:40Peter White is joined by charity CEOs Cathy Yelf and Neil Heslop.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate, presented by Michael Buerk. 20:45Annie Zimmerman and James Wheale argue that food is the perfect storytelling medium.
| 20:00The director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders speaks to Joshua Rozenberg.(R) 20:30Evan Davis and entrepreneurs discuss selling your company.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from St Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh. 20:50Howard Jacobson argues that dissatisfaction with life is essential.
| 20:002/4Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah argues against a mythical and romantic view of nationhood(R)
| 20:00Roger Bolton looks into the demise of James McLevy and the return of Michael Gove.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a countess, a comedy writer, a Greek general, a director, a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood tells the singular story of the African bird that leads people to honey.(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with Ed Yong, Adam Rutherford, Jonathan Maitland and Felicity Aston.(R)
| 21:00Being shot by a taser hurts, but evidence says it could also affect thinking and memory. 21:302/4Historian Diarmaid Ferriter explores the Irish civil war, the Free State and neutrality.(R)
| 21:00Some of the last refuges of the orangutan are under threat. Peter Hadfield reports.(R) 21:30Stephen Jones and Clive Oppenheimer join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.(R)
| 21:00Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has shaped the culture of Britain.
| 21:00Sunil Khilnani presents audio portraits of figures who have shaped Indian history.
| 21:00What options exist for interest only-mortgage borrowers who can't repay the loan in full?(R) 21:26Miriam Margoyles makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Stroke Association.(R) 21:30David Edmonds asks social psychologists about the psychology of crowds.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Trump, Clinton, and congress all question the AT and T tie-up with Time Warner. 22:451/3When a boy asks for a story, his great-grandfather tells him about his own mother's life
| 22:00We interview the UNHCR - and a special report from Ian Pannell with Iraqi special forces. 22:452/3After his mother's death, Rhett inherits a cookie jar with some very unusual properties.
| 22:00The closure of the Calais camp causes growing concen for migrant women and children. 22:453/3Rhett returns home where the unusual cookie jar continues to exert its influence.
| 22:00President Maduro promises to raise the minimum wage by 40% as he fights for his survival. 22:45Supernatural story by Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth and The Taxidermist's Daughter.
| 22:00Could a new FBI investigation further undermine trust in Hillary Clinton ahead of voting? 22:45A macabre retelling of the Pied Piper story by John Connolly. Read by Peter Marinker.
| 22:00Kim Cattrall reads Ira Levin's darkly brilliant tale of modern devilry.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests discuss the issues making the news at Westminster.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Michael Rosen talks to Countdown's Susie Dent about her love of words and language.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster. A report on UK help for child refugees from Calais.
| 23:006/6Stephen K Amos and comedian friends present a guide to mortality.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:004/4Samantha Bond stars as Anthea whose Christmas news is rather surprising. 23:153/4Mae Martin's cathartic storytelling is mostly about their biggest adolescent crush. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Rich Hall follows the closing stages of the US presidential race.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Lauren Laverne and guests talk hygge, home and the new domesticity. 23:30MPs back a bill to help prevent people ending up living on the streets. 23:55Fi Glover with a conversation between a third-generation beekeeper and his daughter.
| | 23:00Jacqueline Bisset looks back at Day For Night, Francois Truffaut's Oscar-winning movie.(R) 23:30Mark Tully asks if we can draw anything positive from that most human problem, loneliness.(R)
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