| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Gambling: Who are the winners and losers? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Lawrence’s Church, Towcester in Northamptonshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5David Abulafia’s Wolfson Prize-winning history of our relationship with the oceans. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5David Abulafia charts the surprising extent of maritime exploration in Ming dynasty China. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5David Abulafia’s exploration of our relationship with the oceans reaches the New World. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5As sea routes stretch around the globe the most abominable form of trade begins to thrive. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5David Abulafia charts the search for shorter routes across the world’s oceans. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Iconographer Aidan Hart explains the strange perspectives of the icon. 00:30A Christmas story about family, legacies and sibling rivalries. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Reflection for St Andrew's Day with Rev Muriel Pearson of Cranhill Church, Glasgow 05:45Government reveals details of scheme to replace EU subsidies. C19 and damaged footpaths. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58David Attenborough presents the dipper.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Muriel Pearson of Cranhill Church, Glasgow 05:45Is the lamb sector ready for the end of the Brexit transition period? 05:58David Attenborough presents a seasonal reflection of the robin.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Muriel Pearson of Cranhill Church, Glasgow 05:45Reaction to the Agricultural Transition Plan for England. 05:58David Attenborough presents the red kite.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Muriel Pearson of Cranhill Church, Glasgow 05:45Live exports for slaughter or fattening are set to be banned. 05:58David Attenborough presents the knot.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Muriel Pearson of Cranhill Church, Glasgow 05:45The opportunities of Brexit for farming. 05:58David Attenborough presents the starling.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Thompson. 05:45Five interconnected couples tell all.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Nicholas in Harpenden. 05:45The chess prodigy and video game designer behind a breakthrough that could change medicine
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07How the community in Redesdale, Northumberland, is restoring and celebrating its landscape 06:30Today's programme is unsurprisingly Brexit-tastic. We hear from farmers making plans. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Nigerian-born Gospel singer Muyiwa Olarewaju tells the story of his search for a father. 06:35Brett Westwood learns how fleas are entwined with disease, love, language and humour. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton presents a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week 07:54The Revd Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Martin-in-the-Fields. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10With the Rev Dr Rob Marshall, Rector of Digswell, Welwyn Garden City. 08:48Will Self on why he's decided to "eat" buildings 08:58Michael Palin presents the greater roadrunner of south western North America
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Susana Carvalho. 09:451/5David Abulafia’s Wolfson Prize-winning history of our relationship with the oceans.
| 09:00The Long View of suppressing Christmas cheer 09:30How can a brainless single-cell slime mould help to solve our most complex problems? 09:452/5David Abulafia charts the surprising extent of maritime exploration in Ming dynasty China.
| 09:001/4Why have financial values come to be considered more important than human ones?
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Portuguese poet and his many literary personas. 09:454/5As sea routes stretch around the globe the most abominable form of trade begins to thrive.
| 09:00Helen Oxenbury, illustrator, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5David Abulafia charts the search for shorter routes across the world’s oceans.
| 09:00Breakdancing magician Magical Bones, explorer Ella Al-Shamahi and comedian Mark Watson.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including the future for retail and Prue Leith's Christmas Tips. 09:45A report on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Who are the women who are receiving underpaid state pensions? 10:451/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 10:00Women's innovation in tech; Working in retail; Valerie's Life in Shoes 10:452/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 10:00Sparking a love of nature, the Keira Bell judgement, evil women, US female voters. 10:453/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 10:00Is the continued use of Joint Enterprise unjust? A career in virology. My life in shoes. 10:454/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 10:00How to make the perfect festive drinks, Post-partum psychosis, Outliving your mum. 10:455/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 10:30Greg Jenner and his guests discover the history of the beautiful game.
| 10:00Gavin has the rug pulled from under him and Jazzer finds himself under attack. 10:54An extended edition of Tweet of the Day featuring the coot and its cousin the moorhen.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A grieving husband pays tribute to his dead wife by joining trials to find a covid vaccine 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to create a vaccine to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
| 11:00An email from a stranger sparks a remarkable friendship. 11:303/4Zakia Sewell explores the songs, stories and symbols of British identity.
| 11:002/3Could our food supplies be at risk from a worldwide decline in pollinating insects? 11:303/4Nathan's been reincarnated as a swallow. Stars Daniel Rigby and Hugh Dennis.
| 11:00Who are the balaclava clad officers keeping President Lukashenko in power? 11:30Conductor John Wilson tackles a Britten opera under lockdown in a Victorian music hall.
| 11:001/3A deeply personal series, as triplets face living apart for the first time. 11:302/2Arthur sets up his own Japanese-themed Christmas wonderland.
| 11:00Emily Ashton of Bloomberg and guests look back at the political week. 11:30Stories from Hong Kong, Belarus, Chile, Australia and on Covid-19's impact on concerts.
| 11:00Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, medical scientist, shares the soundtrack of his life. 11:45Francine Stock explores Franz Mesmer and the charismatic healing power of suggestibility.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/5Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll 12:18Repossession risk for owners of flats with cladding. Drinking less. Green Homes Grant. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:042/5Stella Gibbons' novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll 12:18How are you making Christmas special this year? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/5Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll 12:18We'll be live in Chester for the first day of non-essential shops reopening. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:044/5Stella Gibbons' novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll 12:18Problems getting food delivery slots for Christmas 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:045/5Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll 12:18Why Burnley is the house 'flipping’ capital of the UK 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Universal Credit advance fraud, business insurance woes and NS&I glitches. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/6New series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Dan Saladino explores the origins of cacao and rise of the chocolate bar. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:451/5Neil MacGregor is with the great rulers of the world over 2000 years ago.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:452/5Neil MacGregor on the life and legacy of the great Indian ruler Ashoka
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:453/5Neil MacGregor with one of the past's most recognisable objects; the Rosetta Stone
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:454/5Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects arrives in Han Dynasty China
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/5The 2000 year old bronze head of one of the world's most famous rulers - Caesar Augustus
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London.
| 13:00Global news and analysis, presented by Jonny Dymond. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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| 14:00 | 14:006/9By Katherine Chandler. The final series of the conspiracy thriller. 14:451/5Listen to the universe being created, or have a mobile phone? What would you choose?
| 14:00Tony makes an emotional discovery 14:15Liverpool taxi driver picks up a dodgy fare
| 14:00Gavin has the rug pulled from under him 14:152/5By Katherine Jakeways. Romantic comedy about a couple who met on a train.
| 14:00Jazzer finds himself under attack 14:15An accountant is made an offer he really should refuse.
| 14:00Eddie learns a valuable lesson 14:151/6Alice uncovers powerful secrets in the forgotten corners of London. Time travelling drama.
| 14:00How can the Government help the High Street? 14:451/12Mystery thriller about a missing plane. Starring Kelly Marie Tran.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening panel show. 14:45Aidan Hart explains how to use paint to create divine light.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts the popular quotations quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their books of the year
| 15:00Letters and books which reach unexpected readers. With Josie Long. 15:30Tom Heap explores the decision to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2030.
| 15:00Should I take a break from paying my mortgage, loan or credit card? 15:30Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum
| 15:00How the community in Redesdale, Northumberland, is restoring and celebrating its landscape 15:27Jennifer Saunders makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Wellbeing of Women. 15:30Chris Power talks to Jenny Erpenbeck about her new non-fiction collection, Not A Novel.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts the gardening panel show. 15:45A Christmas story about family, legacies and sibling rivalries.
| 15:252/12The replacement co-pilot, a suspected terrorist, the official version of events.
| 15:00A quantum cryptocurrency audio heist movie exploring the illusory nature of money itself.
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| 16:00 | 16:00A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail. 16:30Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:002/3An honest and sometimes funny account of living with a disability. 16:30The journalist and the critic nominate favourite books.
| 16:00Tea: A dark history of Britain's favourite beverage. 16:30Do journalists have the scientific literacy to cover the pandemic?
| 16:00Tom Burke on Orson Welles; lockdown horror Host 16:30AI ‘solves’ protein puzzle; Chasing Asteroids; holiday testing students
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a mountaineer, an ethologist, a DJ. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00Women and retail; Sparking a love of nature; Women in tech
| 16:00James Naughtie talks to American author David Vann. 16:30New lyrical ballads by four leading poets to mark 250 years since Wordsworth's birth.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson talks to Steve Rotheram in a personal and political interview. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How has the mental health of young people been affected by the pandemic and lockdown? 17:40A report on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Alcohol ban & 6pm pub curfew among tougher coronavirus restrictions in Wales from Friday. 18:301/6New series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Debenhams is set to close putting 12,000 jobs at risk. 18:30Henry Normal takes a poetic look at imagination and the reasons why humans create.
| 18:00Patients to begin receiving Pfizer's coronavirus jab in hospitals across the UK next week 18:301/5Grayson Perry and Sindhu Vee join Sandi Toksvig to explore the Danish notion of 'hygge'.
| 18:00Infectious diseases expert questions speed at which the UK approved first Covid vaccine 18:301/3Storyteller Sarah Kendall returns with more hilarious, gripping and moving stories.
| 18:00No 10 warns Brexit discussions at 'very difficult point' 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 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.
| 18:00NHS England's medical director hails "the beginning of the end" of the pandemic 18:15Stewart Henderson chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony makes an emotional discovery 19:15Henry Blake; museums and galleries and Covid; John Mullen on Jane Austen's Emma. 19:451/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 19:00Gavin has the rug pulled from under him 19:15Musician Yazz Ahmed. Plus Francis Ford Coppola's new recut of The Godfather Part III. 19:452/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 19:00Jazzer finds himself under attack 19:15Singer Katie Melua, and Tate Britain re-opens with the work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye 19:453/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 19:00Eddie learns a valuable lesson 19:15Tracey Emin and Edvard Much at the RA, The Crown controversy, The Announcer reviewed 19:454/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 19:00Viggo Mortensen's new film, Sports Book of the Year winner, Alex Wheatle's lockdown hobby 19:455/5An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer.
| 19:00The chess prodigy and video game designer behind a breakthrough that could change medicine 19:15The Strictly star and former MP in conversation with his heroes - brought back to life. 19:455/12Marina Warner looks at the world of contemporary fiction.
| 19:00A secret passion is reignited when an old friend appears at a Charleston class. 19:153/4Dot and the gals are not keen to join the Women's Land Army. 19:45Daisy Johnson's deliciously spooky series of ghost stories with a feminist twist.
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| 20:00 | 20:002/3Could our food supplies be at risk from a worldwide decline in pollinating insects? 20:3018 fishermen from Sicily are in jail in Benghazi accused of fishing in Libya's waters.
| 20:00How has the mental health of young people been affected by the pandemic and lockdown? 20:40Calls for the installation of tactile paving on every UK railway platform.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:453/5David Abulafia’s exploration of our relationship with the oceans reaches the New World.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch and The Briefing Room team explore Britain's readiness for 2021.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London. 20:50Will Self on why he's decided to "eat" buildings
| 20:00James Naughtie probes the chequered history and impact of prime ministers' top advisers.
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a mountaineer, an ethologist, a DJ.
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3Misha Glenny looks at how Norway emerged as the richest Scandinavian nation of all. 21:30Amol Rajan with Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Susana Carvalho.
| 21:00Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum 21:30The Long View of suppressing Christmas cheer
| 21:00Tom Heap explores the decision to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars in the UK by 2030. 21:30Do journalists have the scientific literacy to cover the pandemic?
| 21:00AI ‘solves’ protein puzzle; Chasing Asteroids; holiday testing students 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Portuguese poet and his many literary personas.
| 21:001/4Why have financial values come to be considered more important than human ones?
| 21:006/9By Katherine Chandler. The final series of the conspiracy thriller. 21:458/10With a new baby on the way, the house is getting pretty crowded. A decision must be made.
| 21:00Universal Credit advance fraud, business insurance woes and NS&I glitches. 21:25The Revd Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of St Martin-in-the-Fields. 21:30Natasha is 38. She wants to have a baby but is struggling to find a non-white egg donor.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Some potential Conservative rebels say they’ve not yet been won over 22:451/5Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll
| 22:0055 Conservative members opposed the plans 22:452/5Stella Gibbons' novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll
| 22:00EU to take more time before giving jab a green light 22:453/5Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll
| 22:00US government’s top covid adviser walks back previous remarks on Pfizer jab 22:454/5Stella Gibbons' novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll
| 22:00Should the UK be following the Danish lead ? 22:455/5Stella Gibbons' romantic novel read by Jan Ravens and abridged by Kate McAll
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00Leila Nathoo hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Desiree Burch hosts a show that pokes fun at tokensim and tropes around representation. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/4Sarah discusses being comfortable with who she is, Ireland and rock star P!nk. 23:153/4Matt Berry interviews stage great, Simon Callow. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:006/8Tim Vincent hosts a new comedy panel show about being a dad in the 21st century. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Three former presidents pledge to get the jab. 23:30The journalist and the critic nominate favourite books.
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts the popular quotations quiz. 23:30Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.
| 23:00Tom Burke on Orson Welles; lockdown horror Host 23:30Nigerian-born Gospel singer Muyiwa Olarewaju tells the story of his search for a father.
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