| 00:00 | | 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Revealing biography of groundbreaking rock musician Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Revealing biography of groundbreaking rock musician Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Reed quits the Velvet Underground and goes solo.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Reed's exploration of the far side of life continues.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Revealing biography of groundbreaking rock musician Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis.(R) 00:48The latest shipping forecast.
| 00:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:30On Christmas Eve, a beleaguered father searches for a present for his teenage son.(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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| 02:00 | | | | | | 02:55Commentary on day one of second Test between Australia and England, from the Adelaide Oval
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| 03:00 | | | | | | | 03:15Commentary on day two of second Test between Australia and England, from the Adelaide Oval
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| 05:00 | | 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45The weedkiller glyphosate has be relicensed by the EU for another five years. 05:58Children's author Michael Morpurgo enjoys the call of buzzards when out for his daily walk
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Should 'gene editing' come in for the same regulation as genetic modification? 05:58Michael Morpurgo enjoys talking to the oystercatchers on the Isles of Scilly.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45The farming minister outlines his plans for changes to environmental farm subsidy schemes. 05:58Michael Morpurgo on why he would love to be able to get up closer to a dipper.
| 05:20The latest shipping forecast. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Very Rev John Chalmers. 05:45Sixteen years on, we hear from the campaigner who was imprisoned after anti-GM protests. 05:58Author Michael Morpurgo visited the Camargue and found the flamingo touches his soul.
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| 06:00 | | 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.
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| 08:00 | 08:00News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 08:31The best of Tuesday in the Commons, the Lords and the Welsh Assembly with Susan Hulme.
| 08:31Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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| 09:00 | 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Dr Nicholas Bundock.
| 09:00Jonathan Freedland compares attempts to interfere in elections. 09:30Journalist and mother Samantha Simmonds explores sibling rivalry with Joanna Briscoe. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Dr Marika Rose.
| 09:00Painter Rose Wylie meets comedian Stewart Lee. 09:30Political cartoonist Martin Rowson heads to the zoo to draw tiger expert Sarah Christie.(R) 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Silver.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians. 09:44Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev John Bell.
| 09:00Naomi Klein, writer and activist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R) 09:44Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel.
| 09:00Commentary on day one of second Test between Australia and England, from the Adelaide Oval
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| 10:00 | 10:00How does a knitted octopus toy help premature babies in hospital? 10:451/5Dr Dace Zake gets to grips with life in a medical centre in Blackpool.
| 10:00Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Women and addiction. 10:452/5Dace meets Jack, a young heroin addict from Birmingham.
| 10:00How do you talk to children about death? 10:413/5Dace considers playing bingo and helps a widower who has become confused. 10:55Identity is more than your accent or your job.
| 10:00Setting up friends, Digital awards, Sexual rights, Women and addiction. 10:454/5Dace encounters a fortune teller who hasn't foreseen type 2 diabetes.
| 10:00Nozandulela 'Nozi' Samela; Maddox Prize Winner; Party Socks; Viv Groskop; Trinh T Minn La 10:455/5A teenage girl comes to the surgery fearing she is pregnant.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Nouri is Syrian and Mike is Scottish. Grace Dent follows a friendship formed over fishing. 11:304/4A popular Victorian psychic's seance is rudely interrupted.
| 11:00Yogita Limaye investigates concerns that vital reserves of sand may be running out.(R) 11:30Protest art in Latin America: Cumbia music in Peru and Argentina.
| 11:00Zia Haider Rahman explores the impact metaphor has on the world around us. 11:303/6Policeman-turned-comic Alfie Moore makes his audience into police officers for the night.(R)
| 11:00A love for Arabian horses unites Israelis and Palestinians. 11:30Colin Grant reports on the 50th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival.(R)
| 11:00Comedian Andy Zaltzman lives by the rules of the ancient Greek philosophy of the Cynics. 11:303/4Sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Godliman about trying to live ethically.
| | 11:00Alan does some award-worthy buttering up, and Justin has a big decision to make. 11:15Tim Martin, JD Wetherspoon founder, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs
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| 12:00 | 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Kitty Lumley is on the trail of her missing daughter, May. 12:15New build homes, fraud on The Archers and stamp duty reductions. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Marshalls' factory, Sarah Illingworth is disturbed by a declaration. 12:15Are you spending less this Christmas or splashing out? 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Isabel Graham finds herself a bit out of her depth. 12:15Secondary ticketing websites could face legal action, plus undercover UK cannabis cafes. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Iris Reed is finding toffee in the strangest places. 12:15Young people who start work during a recession may feel the effects on salary for a decade 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04In Collingwood, Phyllis is still counting her losses. 12:15Barratt backs down over stamp duty budget changes. And confusing road tax for new diesels.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:04Will proposed changes cause hundreds of free-to-use cash machines to vanish? 12:305/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis recap the week with help from Lucy Porter and Kae Kurd.(R) 12:57The latest weather forecast.
| 12:00National and international news and the shipping forecast. 12:043/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Tony Hawks and Andy Hamilton.(R) 12:32Sheila Dillon and special guests look at the food, cookery and drink books of 2017. 12:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:451/5Revealing biography of groundbreaking rock musician Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:452/5Revealing biography of groundbreaking rock musician Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:453/5Reed quits the Velvet Underground and goes solo.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:454/5Reed's exploration of the far side of life continues.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs. 13:455/5Revealing biography of groundbreaking rock musician Lou Reed by Anthony DeCurtis.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Shaun Ley presents political debate and discussion from Newry in Northern Ireland.(R)
| 13:00Global news and analysis. 13:30Peter White returns with a new series of No Triumph, No Tragedy and interviews Adam Hills.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Brian has a reputation to protect.(R) 14:154/6Lenny Henry plays Frank Watt, an ex-lifer trying to adjust to life on the outside.
| 14:00Jennifer learns something shocking.(R) 14:155/6By Peter Jukes. Lenny Henry stars as lifer Frank Watt.
| 14:00Noluthando has some tough love for Freddie.(R) 14:156/6Frank has discovered that his daughter is under threat and it has sent him off the rails.
| 14:00Alan does some award-worthy buttering up.(R) 14:15Romance set at a garlic festival in Lautrec. With Cheryl Campbell and Robin Ellis.
| 14:00Lilian has an unlikely heart to heart.(R) 14:15A darkly comic drama about who you might meet on the journey to hell. By Beatrice Colin.
| 14:00Listeners have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:30By Kwame Kwei-Armah. The story of how Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe.(R)
| 14:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Lancaster.(R) 14:45Identity is more than how you look or sound, or where you live.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. 15:30Dan Saladino is at Food On The Edge, a gathering of people with great food stories to tell(R)
| 15:003/6Josie Long hears stories from within hidden worlds. 15:30Emeli Sandé answers audience questions about her debut album, 'Our Version of Events'
| 15:00Raising productivity - does it mean that we will all have to work harder? 15:30Dementia films, why sad music makes people spend more and Citizen UK mental health project(R)
| 15:00Adrian Goldberg meets fellow Brummies with a vision for Birmingham's future landscape. 15:27Historian and broadcaster Dan Snow makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cord.(R) 15:30Mariella explores American literature with Benjamin Markovits and Stephanie Merrit.(R)
| 15:00Eric Robson and the panel are in Lancaster. 15:45On Christmas Eve, a beleaguered father searches for a present for his teenage son.
| 15:30Lindsey Chapman explores the impact on theatre after Hull's year as UK City of Culture#.
| 15:00Robert Rigby's dramatisation of Alan Sillitoe's short story about an angry young man.(R)
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| 16:00 | 16:00Following photographer Matthew Finn still documenting his mother's life after 3 decades. 16:30Why does 'east' play such an important part in much Christian architecture?
| 16:00How singer Annie Ross became Billie Holiday's stand-in at Harlem's Apollo.(R) 16:30Comedians Katy Brand and Nish Kumar tell Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
| 16:00The evolution of our contemporary idea of emotions and how they play out in politics. 16:30Do British journalists abandon their principles when it comes to the Monarchy?
| 16:00Francine Stock meets award-winning director Michael Haneke. 16:30Prehistoric women were as strong as today's top female rowers.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a singer, a businessman, a painter, a piano tuner and a pilot. 16:30Roger Bolton speaks to Richard Burgess, BBC UK news editor, about the royal engagement. 16:55A mum and her 14-year-old daughter are very close, except when it comes to piercings.
| 16:00Mentor Nozandulela 'Nozi' Samela on supporting mothers with HIV. Nieves Barragan Mohaco.
| 16:00Jennifer Egan talks to James Naughtie and readers about A Visit from the Goon Squad. 16:30Paul Farley hears Andrew Motion read from a new poem about his parents: Essex Clay.
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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.
| 17:00Coverage and analysis of the day's news. 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. Presented by Luke Jones. 17:30A massage therapist on why he sexually abused his clients and how he got caught.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Sixth formers Destiny and Maelo face a big question in their lives.(R) 17:40A report on some of the lives changed by the 2016 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.(R) 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00The Prince "got on one knee" while they were cooking dinner. They'll marry in the Spring. 18:303/6Jack Dee, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Tony Hawks and Andy Hamilton.
| 18:00Pope Francis visits Myanmar -- but fails to refer to the Muslim Rohingya minority. 18:306/6Ed resolves to introduce Maggie to his children.
| 18:00Slobodan Praljak said "I reject your verdict" and drank a vial of poison. 18:303/4Hetty's old diaries turn up some uncomfortable home truths for Maggie.(R)
| 18:00The PM says Donald Trump shouldn’t have shared videos from a British far-right group. 18:304/4Alexei considers how one might live an ethical life.
| 18:00The First Secretary of State denies watching porn on a Commons computer nine years ago. 18:305/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis recap the week with help from Lucy Porter and Kae Kurd.
| 18:00A police officer's obligation of confidentiality "does not end when they retire". 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers defend the government after full board of Social Mobility Commission resign. 18:15Gerry Northam chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Jennifer learns something shocking. 19:15Soprano Joyce DiDonato on tackling the vocal pyrotechnics of Rossini. 19:45Neil MacGregor on ruling with a mandate from the gods - from the UK to Benin to China.(R)
| 19:00Noluthando has some tough love for Freddie. 19:15James Franco on new film The Disaster Artist about 'the Citizen Kane of bad films'. 19:45Neil MacGregor on societies who banished religion, from revolutionary France to the USSR.(R)
| 19:00Alan does some award-worthy buttering up. 19:15Screenwriter Amy Sherman-Palladino on her new TV comedy drama, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. 19:45Neil MacGregor on attempts by some societies to outlaw beliefs seen as a threat.(R)
| 19:00Lilian has an unlikely heart to heart. 19:15Michael Parkinson's American Songbook, review of Wonder, adaptations of A Christmas Carol. 19:45Neil MacGregor focuses on the faiths that have sought to establish a state of their own.(R)
| 19:00Justin has a big decision to make. 19:15Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta on their album intertwining voice and cello, Dolce Duello. 19:45Neil MacGregor concludes his series on shared beliefs with a look to the future and hope.(R)
| 19:00Sue Gray is in the spotlight this week for her investigation into minister Damian Green. 19:15A Christmas Carol, The Disaster Artist, An Unremarkable Body, Rose Wylie, Crown Court.
| 19:00Pip comes to a life-changing decision. 19:154/4The Russian ambassador is in town. Can Dot and the gals snaffle the Russian secrets?(R) 19:4510/15A young woman remembers seeing Becky the summer before. Read by Kate O'Flynn.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Jo Fox discovers the transcripts of a Nazi secret radio station broadcasting to Scotland. 20:30The chilling story of a massacre of Rohingya muslims in a small village in Myanmar.(R)
| 20:00Sixth formers Destiny and Maelo face a big question in their lives. 20:40Judith Potts talks about Charles Bonnet syndrome and Jackie Brown on a range of AI apps.
| 20:00The Moral Maze. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 20:45Michael Merrick challenges how we think about social mobility.
| 20:00Can Saudi Arabia's crown prince radically change the kingdom? 20:30Jonty Bloom explores the problems that might keep the chancellor of the exchequer awake.
| 20:00Shaun Ley presents political debate and discussion from Newry in Northern Ireland. 20:50Zia Haider Rahman on the abysmal race record of some of Britain's foremost institutions.
| 20:00The story of scandal, from backstage to front page, printing press to digital age.
| 20:00Roger Bolton speaks to Richard Burgess, BBC UK news editor, about the royal engagement.(R) 20:30Matthew Bannister on a singer, a businessman, a painter, a piano tuner and a pilot.(R)
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| 21:00 | 21:00Discover why there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.(R) 21:30Amol Rajan with Sakari Oramo, Sointu Fritze, Horatio Clare and Martin Sandbu.(R)
| 21:00Dementia films, why sad music makes people spend more and Citizen UK mental health project 21:30Jonathan Freedland compares attempts to interfere in elections.(R)
| 21:00How a 13-year-old girl mapped metamorphosis in the 1600s. Naomi Alderman presents. 21:30Painter Rose Wylie meets comedian Stewart Lee.(R)
| 21:00Prehistoric women were as strong as today's top female rowers.(R) 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.(R)
| 21:00Tynemouth in the week in 1917 when Germany and Russia ceased hostilities.
| 21:002/2Graham Greene's story of a famed architect's escape to the Congo starring Ben Miles.(R)
| 21:00Will proposed changes cause hundreds of free-to-use cash machines to vanish?(R) 21:26The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.(R) 21:30Jonty Bloom explores the problems that might keep the chancellor of the exchequer awake.(R)
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| 22:00 | 22:00Burmese army chief tells pontiff there is no discrimination in the country. 22:451/10Harry is stuck in a rut with a dying marriage, but Janice makes a choice that changes all.
| 22:00Pyongyang launches what could be a game-changing intercontinental missile. 22:452/10Harry and Janice confront their broken marriage and their reluctance to mend it.
| 22:00Downing Street leads British criticism of US president. 22:453/10Janice has walked out. Harry accepts a dinner invitation with unexpected consequences.
| 22:00Figures fell sharply in the year after the Brexit referendum. 22:454/10Jill establishes her place in the household and befriends Harry's son, Nelson.
| 22:00President Trump's sacked national security adviser pleads guilty. 22:455/10Harry argues with Jill and is astonished that she is starting to fall for him.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15The Moral Maze. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.(R)
| 22:00Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Emeli Sandé sings live and discusses her 2012 debut album, 'Our Version of Events' 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the government unveils its industrial strategy.
| 23:001/3Gossip spreads through St Mary Mead of a murdered wife and a husband under suspicion.(R) 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:003/4Another macabre tale from Lenny Henry in which a mechanic naively joins the Klu Klux Klan. 23:152/4Step out on a walking tour of London's historic East End, via its pubs. 23:30Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
| 23:001/4Comedy from Sydney, Shanghai and Los Angeles. Andrew Maxwell hosts in London. 23:30Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
| 23:00Comedians Katy Brand and Nish Kumar tell Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.(R) 23:30Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. 23:55Life on Jura is appealing, but it is hard to make the change.
| 23:00Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R) 23:30Marie-Louise Muir traces poet Frank Ormsby's creative response to illness.(R)
| 23:00Francine Stock meets award-winning director Michael Haneke.(R) 23:30Journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik explores the nature and purpose of true friendship.(R)
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