| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Evangelicals in the city. Also, 'troubled families'.(R) 00:45Church bells from Westminster Abbey.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes reads from his new book about fear - particularly his own.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5A highly accomplished mountaineer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes analyses his own fear of heights.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Sir Ranulph looks back at the fears that haunted him while a schoolboy at Eton.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Sir Ranulph Fiennes looks back at the terrors he confronted while serving in the SAS.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Sir Ranulph Fiennes considers the psychology of our irrational fears.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/3Detective Strandhed always liked Frogner Park, until three men were found dead there.(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 the day one of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam
| 03:45Commentary on the day two of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam
| 03:45Commentary on day three of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam.
| 03:45Commentary on day four of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Cheryl Meban. 05:45Second-homes court ruling says keep new-build houses for locals. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the redwing.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Cheryl Meban. 05:45A group of medical professionals says farmers must stop routine mass use of antibiotics. 05:58Chris Packham presents the fieldfare.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Cheryl Meban. 05:45A Lake District tenant farmer says the National Trust has little interest in hill farmers. 05:58Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Shore Lark.(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.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31There's anger and dismay that former residents of the Chagos Islands won't be allowed back
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan talks to Nicholas Crane, Madeleine Bunting, David Olusoga and Imtiaz Dharker. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Monsignor Tony Rogers.
| 09:00Lynne Boddy enthuses about fungi. 09:30How do you bring up three children when your husband dies and you are left alone? 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
| 09:00Ken Clarke MP and jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch join Libby Purves. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Commentary on the day one of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music.
| 09:00Commentary on the day two of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Philip Blackledge
| 09:00Commentary on day three of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Investigating why women have cosmetic surgery and how the industry is regulated. 10:451/5Skye needs a pound to buy milk for Dexter's breakfast.
| 10:00Rochelle 'Rocky' Clark talks to Jane about becoming England's most capped rugby player. 10:452/5Skye is worried about Jak, and there's still no milk for Dex.
| 10:00What impact has Michelle Obama had as First Lady? Presented by Jenni Murray. 10:413/5Dean is back, with his dog Riley. And there's still no breakfast. 10:55Friends who are both cancer survivors continue to live in the shadow of recurrence.
| 10:00Commentary on the day one of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam
| 10:00Commentary on the day two of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam
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| 11:00 | 11:00The search for four-year old Bru and her father, who had been living in the Calais jungle. 11:303/4Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' rival Max Carrados.
| 11:00Brett Westwood seeks out the magical mushroom Fly Agaric with its red cap and white spots. 11:301/2Thabiso Mohare explores the musical life of Soweto, past and present.
| 11:00Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia.(R) 11:303/6Vera opens her garden to the public as a smoke screen to hide her liaison with Venus.(R)
| 11:45Walking the length of Sunset Boulevard in 24 hours, from city to coast.
| 11:154/4Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe recycles, slices and dices the BBC's archive on love and marriage 11:302/6Musician Chris Difford reads his 1974 diary, which charts the birth of his band Squeeze.(R)
| 11:45Frontline biscuits, burning cash, a shocking demonstration, no love nor money, and sexism.
| 11:45Nicola Adams, boxer and Olympian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:046/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets John who has come to some conclusions. 12:15Seriously ill people still aren't getting NHS funding they are entitled to. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets high-achieving lawyer Helen. 12:15Consumer phone-in. More people are considering cosmetic surgery. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Susie Orbach meets new client Jo, an out-of-work actress who is struggling to cope. 12:15E books for children, Whiplash crackdown, Cosmetic surgery. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:049/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets Amelia, who's worried about her teenage daughter Grace. 12:15The Financial Conduct Authority explains how it's going to focus on consumers from now on. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10Psychotherapist Susie Orbach meets mother and daughter Amelia and Grace. 12:15It's not the Grinch that ruined Christmas, it's constant deepening sales!
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Non-existent energy savings, inflation, digital currency and Lifetime ISA warnings. 12:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:041/6Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Barry Cryer and Pippa Evans join Jack Dee in the chair.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon heads to Galloway on a wild spice challenge set by forager Mark Williams. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Dan Snow looks at the impact of the Battle of the Somme on the Sheffield pals battalion.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45The impact of a soldier's execution for cowardice in 1916 on his family.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Soldiers describe seeing tanks for the very first time on the battlefield at Flers in 1916
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Soldiers describe what they got up to when they were out of the front line.
| 13:00A teenage cancer patient's body has been cryogenically frozen. Is the technology a con? 13:45British prisoners of war recall their treatment after the end of the siege of Kut-Al-Amara
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Westwood College in Leek, Staffordshire.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Mark Vernon explores the phenomenon of the Sunday Assembly.(R)
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| 14:00 | 14:151/3Following the cuts to Legal Aid, pressure is mounting on Shoe Lane barristers' chambers.(R)
| 14:00Lynda rolls up her sleeves.(R) 14:152/3A rift at Shoe Lane causes prosecution to be pitted against defence.(R)
| 14:00Shula surprises Elizabeth.(R) 14:153/3Time is running out for Billy Lamb, as he struggles to save Shoe Lane.(R)
| 14:00Helen worries for Henry.(R) 14:151/3Britain falls out with a NATO ally over a major military exercise in 2012.(R)
| 14:00Brian struggles to look on the bright side.(R) 14:152/5The last day of the Somme, and Mickey Bliss is close to where he started 141 days ago.
| 14:00Has social mobility stalled? Should the government be more open on its Brexit plans? 14:30Robert Louis Stevenson's disturbing tale of a scientist who experiments upon himself.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the panel visit Pangbourne College in Berkshire.(R) 14:45Finding solace on the farm and in shared experience.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe asks the questions in the game of cryptic connections. 15:30Spain's Basque region exerts a powerful influence on global cuisine Dan Saladino asks why.(R)
| 15:00Antonia Quirke explores the pivotal role of the script supervisor. 15:30Tom Heap investigates the link between cruise ships and poor air quality.
| 15:00Louise Cooper and a panel of guests take your questions on power of attorney. 15:30Claudia Hammond and guests examine our ability to mentally time travel.(R)
| 15:00David Lindo, AKA the Urban Birder, leaves the city to meet the wildlife of the Isle of Man 15:27Jamie Andrew makes an appeal on behalf of Bendrigg Trust.(R) 15:30Margaret Drabble on her new novel.(R)
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the panel visit Pangbourne College in Berkshire. 15:45A librarian is haunted by voices - and also by the memory of some of her past actions.
| | 15:001/2David Tennant introduces Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of adventure set in 1751.
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| 16:00 | 16:005/8Josie Long explores uncertain territory. 16:30Aleks Krotoski asks if what we find funny has changed with digital media.
| 16:00Why did the Court of Appeal reject challenges to Joint Enterprise murder convictions? 16:30Michael Grade and Gia Milinovich talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00Population change: how it's transforming our world. Also, managing chronic illness. 16:30Steve Hewlett talks to Andy Wilman about The Grand Tour.
| 16:00Cinema magazine programme presented by Francine Stock. James Schamus talks to Francine. 16:30Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, an astronomer, a gardener, a philanthropist, a singer. 16:30Is dementia on the rise? Plus immigration, incomplete contacts and chocolate muffins 16:55Time with the animals and in the farm kitchen can be a welcome break from home and school.
| 16:00Rochelle 'Rocky' Clark, England's most capped rugby player. Plus the Gilmore Girls return.
| 16:00Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book. 16:30Levi Roots explores the story of William Blake's childhood vision of angels on Peckham Rye
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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.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. 17:54The latest shipping forecast.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news. 17:30From eBay to multi-million dollar deals. Evan Davis and guests discuss auctions.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00The harrowing personal stories that lie behind today's homeless headlines.(R) 17:40Stephen Bannon, chief strategist and senior counsellor for president-elect Donald Trump.(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. 18:301/6Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Barry Cryer and Pippa Evans join Jack Dee in the chair.
| 18:00Russia launches Syrian offensive from aircraft carrier 18:301/6Clare is in charge of organising a day out for some elderly Sparrowhawk residents.
| 18:00A tram that derailed in Croydon was almost four times over the speed limit. 18:301/2Extra! Extra! Brigstocke starts own newspaper shock! Read all about it on Radio 4 Extra!
| 18:0017/11/2016 Housing crisis costs £3.5bn 18:303/6The scholarly secret society inspires Mr Handel's latest hit on Edinburgh's Calton Hill.
| 18:00Donald Trump has begun naming key members of his administration 18:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
| 18:00Investors must repay up to twenty times the amount they put into a tax avoidance fund. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, will run for a fourth term in power. 18:15Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lynda rolls up her sleeves. 19:15The filmmakers behind JK Rowling's screenwriting debut and Sex Pistol Steve Jones. 19:451/5Skye needs a pound to buy milk for Dexter's breakfast.(R)
| 19:00Shula surprises Elizabeth. 19:15David Oyelowo on A United Kingdom, and the controversy of Van Gogh's lost sketchbook. 19:452/5Skye is worried about Jak, and there's still no milk for Dex.(R)
| 19:15Author Paulo Coelho, Japanese anime film Your Name, Philippe Sands on non-fiction. 19:453/5Dean is back, with his dog Riley. And there's still no breakfast.(R)
| 19:00Brian struggles to look on the bright side. 19:15Who's won the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture? The New Art Gallery Walsall closure. 19:454/5Dexter spilled the beans and now Skye's in trouble at home.(R)
| 19:15Actor Ed Harris discusses bringing Sam Shepard's play Buried Child to the London stage. 19:455/5Skye tells Dex they're safe. But are they?(R)
| 19:00Stephen Bannon, chief strategist and senior counsellor for president-elect Donald Trump. 19:15RSC's Tempest, Indignation, Divines, Zadie Smith's Swing Time, Design Museum reopens.
| 19:00Helen and Pat have interesting reading. 19:151/4John welcomes Chris Difford from Squeeze - but not before he's ejected Ken. 19:451/4By Nick Walker. A plane crash from 1972 seems to have a bearing on a murder inquiry.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Jolyon Jenkins reports on one man's attempt to create a new nation - a libertarian utopia. 20:30How political forces in other countries will shape any future UK-EU deal.
| 20:00The harrowing personal stories that lie behind today's homeless headlines. 20:40We look at Guide Dog waiting lists, accessible watches and Joy Addo talks about parenting.
| 20:00Combative, provocative and engaging debate, presented by Michael Buerk. 20:45Katz Kiely argues that we should all learn to better manage change.
| 20:00Why did the Court of Appeal reject challenges to Joint Enterprise murder convictions?(R) 20:30From eBay to multi-million dollar deals. Evan Davis and guests discuss auctions.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Westwood College in Leek, Staffordshire. 20:50Adam Gopnik asks how America can preserve a liberal, open society.
| 20:00Phill Jupitus explores the importance of being bored.
| 20:00Is dementia on the rise? Plus immigration, incomplete contacts and chocolate muffins(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, an astronomer, a gardener, a philanthropist, a singer.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Brett Westwood gets up close and personal with a bird we fear and revere, the Raven.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan talks to Nicholas Crane, Madeleine Bunting, David Olusoga and Imtiaz Dharker.(R)
| 21:00Claudia Hammond and guests examine our ability to mentally time travel. 21:304/4The final programme in Diarmaid Ferriter's look back at a turbulent Anglo-Irish century.(R)
| 21:00Tom Heap investigates the link between cruise ships and poor air quality.(R) 21:30Ken Clarke MP and jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch join Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great impact of legal changes under emperor Justinian.(R)
| 21:00Omnibus edition of five programmes drawing on interviews with those who survived WWI.
| 21:002/2To ensure the future of their new home, the rabbits face a terrifying confrontation.(R)
| 21:02Non-existent energy savings, inflation, digital currency and Lifetime ISA warnings.(R) 21:26Matt Baker appeals on behalf of Children in Need.(R) 21:30How political forces in other countries will shape any future UK-EU deal.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Can globalisation work for everyone, and is one country alone able to ensure it does? 22:451/10In Lagos, Tunde witnesses the event that will soon become known as The Day of the Girls.
| 22:00The World Tonight examines whether Europe's far right can take heart from Trump's victory. 22:452/10Tunde's phone-shot video goes viral, and chaos and panic spread.
| 22:00Aid agencies and critics debate whether UK taxpayers' money is being spent wisely. 22:453/10After many days on the run, Allie finds a new home. Roxy takes revenge.
| 22:00Donald Trump meets the Japanese prime minister - his first meeting with a foreign leader. 22:454/10At the convent, Allie discovers the full extent of her power.
| 22:00The World Tonight scrutinises allegations that the new US Attorney-General is racist. 22:455/10Tunde reports on the beginnings of a civil war in Moldova and meets Tatania Moskalev.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Combative, provocative and engaging debate, presented by Michael Buerk.(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests look ahead to the Chancellor's autumn statement.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jane Garvey examines the topic of menstruation and asks if attitudes are finally changing.(R) 23:30The government defends its housing benefit changes for people with extra bedrooms.
| 23:001/4Alexei Sayle delivers stand-up, memoir and philosophy from his Imaginary Sandwich Bar. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4The Bard of Salford performs classic and brand new poems at the BBC’s Radio Theatre. 23:152/4Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together a rapid-fire sketch show.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash over Brexit.
| 23:00Comedian Thom Tuck draws parallels between his own life and the work of Steven Seagal.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Michael Grade and Gia Milinovich talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55When your child is disabled the milestones you celebrate may be different.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe asks the questions in the game of cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Andrew Motion responds to the subject of climate change in a unique audio poem.(R)
| 23:00Cinema magazine programme presented by Francine Stock. James Schamus talks to Francine.(R) 23:30Writer Malcolm Doney examines the importance of affording our loved ones freedom.(R)
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