| 00:00 | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor considers how unwanted sounds came to characterise modernity.(R) 00:45Church bells from Holy Cross in Woodchurch, Wirral.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5David Bellos explores why Les Miserables is 'France's greatest gift'.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5While narrating Hugo's fall from grace in France, Bellos begins to decode Les Miserables.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5In exile in Guernsey, Hugo returns to the manuscript he began more than a decade earlier.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In exile in Guernsey, Victor Hugo tries to reconstruct a Paris he has not seen for years.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Just what makes Les Miserables one of the world's most popular books?(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/3A reporter visits Thaxtum-cum-Shyne to investigate a strange occurrence at the annual race(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 Ed Kessler. 05:45Fisheries minister George Eustice describes his vision for the industry after Brexit. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45Anna Hill hears how farmers and police are working together to stamp out sheep worrying. 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45Are the UK's free-range eggs threatened by avian flu restrictions on outdoor flocks? 05:58David Attenborough presents the magpie.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45Is Sainsbury's pursuing an 'anti-meat agenda' as the NFU claims? 05:58John Aitchison presents the chough.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ed Kessler. 05:45MPs urge Theresa May to challenge President Trump on climate change. 05:58David Attenborough presents the raven.(R)
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard. 05:45A mother describes what led her to buy heroin for her daughter. ipm@bbc.co.uk.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Church bells from St Mary le Ghyll, Barnoldswick. 05:45Mark Coles profiles the man who runs NHS England.(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.
| 06:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News headlines, plus a look at the papers. 06:04The latest weather forecast. 06:07Bristol's hidden gems are explored by Helen Mark.(R) 06:30The view of Brexit's impact on UK fisheries from Peterhead. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news. 06:05Mark Tully tells tales of forests, inspired variously by love, terror, divinity and magic. 06:35Tom Heap meets the Banack family, farming 7,000 acres of prime Canadian prairie. 06:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Martin Bashir. 07:54Don, a volunteer for Friends of the Elderly, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on their behalf. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | 08:31MPs ask questions about the misfiring of a nuclear missile. Sean Curran presents.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:31The PM says the government will publish a policy document laying out its plans for Brexit.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 08:51Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A service live from the City Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Cardiff. 08:48Will Self says it's time to end "teaching to the test".(R) 08:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.(R)
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| 09:00 | 09:00Andrew Marr with David Bellos, Dinah Birch, Simon Callow and Barbara Hannigan. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley
| 09:00Sadaf Farooqi describes how she found ten rare genetic disorders that cause obesity. 09:30Julia Bradbury talks to Laura Rutherford, a volunteer with the Samaritans. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Paul Mathole.
| 09:00Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and comic Milton Jones meet Libby Purves. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Father Philip Sumner.
| 09:00Kirsty Young talks to columnist and author Caitlin Moran.(R) 09:44Worship on Holocaust Memorial Day, led by Canon Steve Williams.
| 09:00With Martin Kemp, Amanda Owen and Paul Sinha.
| 09:00Magazine programme with Britain's best newspaper review. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Nobel Prize winner Dr Elizabeth Blackburn on how to slow down the ageing process. 10:456/10War is now over, and everyone is eagerly looking forward to Meg and John's wedding.
| 10:00Jane Garvey hears from women who campaigned for the 1967 Abortion Act. 10:457/10Things are about to change for Amy in a way she would never have imagined.
| 10:00Workplace dress codes, Gina Miller on the Brexit decision, and artist Gee Vaucher. 10:418/10Jo is aware that Laurie has something he is desperate to say to her. 10:55When the stress of work leads to burn-out, you need a friend to lean on.
| 10:00Amber Riley on playing Effie White in the West End musical Dreamgirls. 10:459/10Now home from her adventure in New York, Jo is struck by the change in Beth.
| 10:00Mary Berry after Bake Off. Making childcare cheaper. Olivia Newton-John on grief. 10:4510/10Meg has her family, Amy is enjoying her life abroad, but Jo's heart aches with longing.
| 10:30Jay Rayner, Andi Oliver, Tim Hayward, Henry Dimbleby and Barry Smith are at Woburn Abbey.
| 10:00Justin spreads the word, and Toby gets a surprise invite.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Can hoarder David de-clutter his house enough to deal with a serious case of dry rot? 11:304/6Tom's parents take extreme measures when a new zebra crossing appears outside their house.(R)
| 11:002/2Matthew Hill asks if the 14-day limit on research on human embryos should be extended. 11:30Exploring the popularity of Grime music through the story of Welsh act Astroid Boys.
| 11:00Alan Dein visits Hungerford, 30 years on from the mass shootings of 1987.(R) 11:305/6James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, Jane Thynne and John O'Farrell.(R)
| 11:00Correspondents in the Gambia, Germany, South Sudan, Myanmar and Italy with their stories. 11:30Laura Barton explores the music we choose when we are in the car.
| 11:00Beekeeper Martha Kearney explores the importance of honey in antiquity. 11:301/6Arty Trisha opens an Edinburgh cafe with sensible sister Clare. Will they survive day one?(R)
| 11:00Peter Oborne of the Daily Mail looks behind the scenes at Westminster. 11:30Correspondents' stories. Afghanistan, female Marines, Somalia, Europe's right and Cyprus.
| 11:15Kirsty Young talks to former professional footballer David Beckham.
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, injured veteran Kenny Stokoe tries to make amends. 12:15Milton Keynes at 50 - what's worked? What hasn't? And Sainsbury's same-day deliveries. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is besieged from all sides. 12:15Has your child's school been hit by public spending cuts? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Sylvia Graham does her best to steer her family through choppy waters. 12:15Premium numbers, beauty products, baby boomers. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Adeline makes sure she is heard loud and clear. 12:15Bank closures, breast implant compensation payments, remodelling of hand-me-down jewellery 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Tynemouth, Edie Chadwick is publicly recognised for heroism. 12:15Can street food still be authentic when you're eating it in a restaurant?
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Tax, cash machine costs, life insurance commission and National Insurance credits. 12:304/8A satirical review of the news, chaired by Miles Jupp.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand are joined by Amber Butchart, Jack Waley-Cohen and Jimeoin.(R) 12:32Legendary New Orleans cook Leah Chase tells her story of seven decades in the kitchen. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Charlotte Smith joins the annual farming jamboree in London, the Farmers' Weekly Awards.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Charlotte Smith explores the relationship between policy makers and farming.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45Where has the Common Agricultural Policy left British farming? And what happens next?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs with Martha Kearney. 13:45Can farmers and politicians ever agree? Charlotte Smith investigates.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:45To have them or not to have them, that is the question.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Bin collections, a prisoner and his daughter's birthday, auctions and Brexit all feature.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Justin spreads the word.(R) 14:15By Sara Davies. Witness a day in Karl Marx's household. With Matt Berry and Pippa Haywood.
| 14:00Susan has a lot to live up to.(R) 14:15Tracy-Ann Oberman's drama about the film that changed Hollywood. Starring John Simm.(R)
| 14:00Tom gets the go-ahead.(R) 14:15Bittersweet comic drama by Marcella Evaristi.
| 14:00Rex leaves no stone unturned.(R)
| 14:00Toby gets a surprise invite.(R) 14:15Two British teenagers caught with drugs in their luggage fight for their freedom.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? With Julian Worricker. 14:301/3Inspector Chen investigates the murder of the former head of the anti-corruption squad
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel visit Hull, the UK's City of Culture 2017.(R) 14:45Homelessness, illness and stress at work can all be tackled with support.
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| 15:00 | 15:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz gets under way for 2017, with Russell Davies. 15:30Sheila Dillon returns to her food roots, taking a road trip through Lancashire.(R)
| 15:00With Henry Dimbleby, Zoe Laughlin, Sophie Wright and Tim Hayward.(R) 15:30Craig David answers questions from the audience about his debut album. 'Born to Do It'.
| 15:00Should downsizing be incentivised? Louise Cooper and panel discuss. 15:30Preventable deaths in hospitals, Mark visits a stool bank, and evidence for water births.(R)
| 15:00Bristol's hidden gems are explored by Helen Mark. 15:27Broadcaster and presenter Clive Anderson makes an appeal on behalf of LawWorks.(R) 15:30Award-winning author Tessa Hadley talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new short stories.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel visit Hull, the UK's City of Culture 2017. 15:45By Danish writer Helle Helle. A woman unexpectedly becomes a guest at a wedding.
| 15:30Exploring the popularity of Grime music through the story of Welsh act Astroid Boys.(R)
| 15:00Elizabeth Barrett Browning's epic poem dramatised by Michael Symmons Roberts.
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| 16:00 | 16:00The story of 85-year-old singer John Foreman, hidden gem of the British folk scene.(R) 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince learn how to beat the house and win at games using science.
| 16:00Alan Dein hears the real-life dramas of strangers in Nepal, Panama and Tanzania.(R) 16:30Chris Patten nominates Pope John XXIII. With Professor Eamon Duffy and Matthew Parris.
| 16:00Health divides. Also, counting global health. 16:30James Harding on alleged BBC bias against Trump. Plus, Sky results and iconic news photos.
| 16:00Cinema magazine programme. Danny Boyle revisits Trainspotting. 16:30How the genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an MP, a playboy, a children's author, a linguist, an actor. 16:30Listener views on Radio 4's so-called liberal elite and mixing fiction with fact in drama. 16:55A rookie police officer learned everything from her mentor, apart from directing traffic!
| 16:00Gina Miller. Amber Riley. Mary Berry. We mark the introduction of the 1967 Abortion Act.
| 16:00Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut novel Homegoing. 16:30Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems for dark days.
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| 17:00 | 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.
| 17:00Eddie 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. 17:30How to negotiate international trade deals after Brexit. Evan Davis meets the experts.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How a worldwide shortage of organs is fuelling a dangerous trade in transplant tourism.(R) 17:40Mark Coles profiles the man who runs NHS England.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Prime Minister would not be drawn on Trident allegations. 18:303/6John Lloyd and Jo Brand are joined by Amber Butchart, Jack Waley-Cohen and Jimeoin.
| 18:00The UK's highest court rules that MPs must have final say on triggering Article Fifty. 18:305/6John Finnemore presents more sketches in his award-winning Souvenir Programme.
| 18:00Mr Trump preparing to lift ban imposed by President Obama on harsh interrogation methods. 18:301/4Stephen takes his first steps into working life.
| 18:00Theresa May is set to be the first foreign leader to meet President Trump. 18:301/4New dad Geoff tries to host a perfect Swedish Christmas.(R)
| 18:00Theresa May meets President Trump Shadow cabinet member resigns over Brexit bill 18:304/8A satirical review of the news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
| 18:00Confusion over US refugee order. Theresa May refuses to condemn Mr Trump's policy. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers ordered to talk to Trump administration about travel restrictions 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week with Helen Lederer.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Susan has a lot to live up to. 19:15Irvine Welsh on T2 Trainspotting, the craft of the playwright, The Bird Tribunal. 19:456/10War is now over, and everyone is eagerly looking forward to Meg and John's wedding.(R)
| 19:15The 2017 Oscar nominations were revealed today, so who's in and who's out? 19:457/10Things are about to change for Amy in a way she would never have imagined.(R)
| 19:00Rex leaves no stone unturned. 19:15Hacksaw Ridge, new musical Jamie, author Vic Jame, allure of Napoleon, some Robert Burns. 19:458/10Jo is aware that Laurie has something he is desperate to say to her.(R)
| 19:00Toby gets a surprise invite. 19:15Samira Ahmed talks to percussionist Evelyn Glennie. 19:459/10Now home from her adventure in New York, Jo is struck by the change in Beth.(R)
| 19:15David Hare on Denial; John Akomfrah; The Liverpool Everyman repertory company. 19:4510/10Meg has her family, Amy is enjoying her life abroad, but Jo's heart aches with longing.(R)
| 19:00Mark Coles profiles the man who runs NHS England. 19:15Rebecca Hall in Christine, Nathan Hill's The Nix and Zelda Fitzgerald on Amazon.
| 19:00Lilian wants to hear all. 19:154/4Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A to Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches(R) 19:45Oliver Emanuel's entrancing story inspired by Thomas Hardy.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Alan Dein visits Hungerford, 30 years on from the mass shootings of 1987. 20:30Is public affection for the NHS preventing it from becoming fit for the future?
| 20:00How a worldwide shortage of organs is fuelling a dangerous trade in transplant tourism. 20:40RNIB's Geoff Fimister comments on the government's green paper on work and disability.
| 20:00Is there a future for sport in the digital age? 20:45Rowland Manthorpe explains why he thinks confidence is overrated.
| 20:00Why did India's prime minister ban the country's most widely-used bank notes? 20:30How to negotiate international trade deals after Brexit. Evan Davis meets the experts.
| 20:00Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. 20:50Will Self says it's time to end "teaching to the test".
| 20:00Tim Marlow looks at how the BBC TV series Ways of Seeing shook up the art world.(R)
| 20:00Listener views on Radio 4's so-called liberal elite and mixing fiction with fact in drama.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on an MP, a playboy, a children's author, a linguist, an actor.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:001/2As the rules on human embryo research are debated, Matthew Hill looks back at their origin(R) 21:30Andrew Marr with David Bellos, Dinah Birch, Simon Callow and Barbara Hannigan.(R)
| 21:00Preventable deaths in hospitals, Mark visits a stool bank, and evidence for water births. 21:30Sadaf Farooqi describes how she found ten rare genetic disorders that cause obesity.(R)
| 21:002/2Concluding the story of general practice from the 1950s to the present day.(R) 21:30Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and comic Milton Jones meet Libby Purves.(R)
| 21:00How the genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another(R)
| 21:00Epic drama series set in Great War Britain.
| 21:002/2The lies that Fanta's husband Rudy told in Senegal begin to catch up with them both.(R)
| 21:00Tax, cash machine costs, life insurance commission and National Insurance credits.(R) 21:26Don, a volunteer for Friends of the Elderly, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on their behalf.(R) 21:30Is public affection for the NHS preventing it from becoming fit for the future?(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Donald Trump wants to re-negotiate Nafta, what will these moves mean for Mexico? 22:451/7In Agnes Ravatn's haunting psychological thriller two people seek atonement for past sins.
| 22:00MPs will be able to vote on triggering article 50 - but why is Labour so divided? 22:452/7Allis captivates her employer Bagge with the tale of destruction of the Norse god Balder.
| 22:00President Trump has ordered the building of a wall along the Mexico border. 22:453/7In Agnes Ravatn's psychological thriller, Bagge disappears into the water.
| 22:00Prime minister calls for renewal of 'special relationship' between the UK and US. 22:454/7Allis reveals the secret that forced her to escape from her old life.
| 22:00Trump and May hold a joint press conference at end of the PM's visit to Washington. 22:455/7In Agnes Ravatn's haunting thriller, Bagge stands before an extraordinary tribunal.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Is there a future for sport in the digital age?(R)
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn and guests debate if President Trump's state visit to the UK should go ahead
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| 23:00 | 23:00Craig David talks to John Wilson about his global hit debut album, 'Born to Do It'. 23:30The defence secretary says ministers have 'absolute confidence' in Trident.
| 23:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince learn how to beat the house and win at games using science.(R) 23:30Supreme Court rules that Parliament must have a say on Brexit.
| 23:001/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the age-old issue of love, through the medium of poetry.(R) 23:152/4Comedian James Acaster presents the results of his in-depth research into fruit.(R) 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Sue Perkins and guests take a look back at the big news stories of 2016.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Are we all living in bubbles these days? And if we are, how easy is it to break out? 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55A friendship formed through singing has withstood radical treatment for a brain aneurysm.
| 23:00The nationwide general knowledge quiz gets under way for 2017, with Russell Davies.(R) 23:30Musicians Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock carry us to the Celtic rainforest of mid Wales(R)
| 23:00Cinema magazine programme. Danny Boyle revisits Trainspotting.(R) 23:30Mark Tully tells tales of forests, inspired variously by love, terror, divinity and magic.(R)
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