| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15A reflection on the meaning of Christmas with Adjoa Andoh. 00:30A specially commissioned wintry short story by Susanna Clarke, the award-winning writer. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from The Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey, Essex. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:151/5Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond, with some help from the animal kingdom. 00:301/5Hilary Mantel’s frank and haunting portrait of her early years. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/5Emily Knight celebrates Bond's Femmes Fatales, with some help from the animal kingdom. 00:302/5The young Hilary Mantel recalls her first experience of school. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:153/5Emily Knight celebrate 60 years of Bond Villains, with some help from the animal kingdom. 00:303/5Studying law in London, the 20-year-old Mantel found herself bereft without her boyfriend. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/5Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of Bond henchmen, with some help from the animal kingdom. 00:304/5Studying law in London, the 20-year-old Mantel found herself bereft without her boyfriend. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/5Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of Bond gadgets, with some help from the animal kingdom. 00:305/5Mantel’s illness is deemed psychological, she is prescribed powerful anti-psychotic drugs. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:154/10Gus Casely-Hayford explores how synthetic dyes have changed us and the planet. 00:30A heartwarming story set on a cold Hogmanay in Aberdeen, written by Gillian Shearer. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
| 01:00A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop David Walker. 05:45Step into the Brundish countryside to explore the UK's only licensed forge 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 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 Bishop David Walker. 05:45A portrait in pictures of 40 Cumbrian farms at a time of major change to UK farming. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 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 Bishop David Walker. 05:45The sheep farm reviving its wool trade. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 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 Bishop David Walker. 05:45How a Dorset couple is using climate change to grow subtropical foods. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 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 Bishop David Walker. 05:45Rachel Lovell meets a plant dye farmer in Devon to hear more about her specialist crop. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 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 Lucy Winkett. 05:45Gillian Burke explores her love of singing gospel music in her hometown of Falmouth.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Holy Trinity Church in Long Melford, Suffolk. 05:45The actor behind some of our favourite female leads.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and Current affairs with subjects chosen by Today guest editor, Lord Botham.
| 06:00Jamie Oliver guest edits Today.
| 06:00Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe guest edits Today
| 06:00GCHQ Boss Sir Jeremy Fleming guest edits Today
| 06:00Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA Guest Edits Today
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Could the Ulster canal be the missing link in Ireland's network of waterways? 06:30Charlotte Smith delves into the BBC sound archives to celebrate 100 years of farming radio 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05John McCarthy explores the significance of the Pietà in art and life. With Antony Gormley. 06:35Brett Westwood tracks down nature's master of disguise - the chameleon. From 2016 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Anne-Marie Imafidon Guest Edits Today
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton and guests discuss the life and legacy of Pope Benedict VXI. 07:54David Tennant makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Theirworld. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Archbishop Stephen Cottrell preaches on the 250th anniversary of the hymn Amazing Grace. 08:48Howard Jacobson celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance. 08:58Michael Palin presents the scarlet macaw from Costa Rica.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Dacher Keltner, Anna Lapwood and Felix Flicker 09:451/5Hilary Mantel’s frank and haunting portrait of her early years.
| 09:009/10On being one in a million. 09:30Emily Knight and Sacha Dench look back on the 5,000km migration of Britain's ospreys. 09:452/5The young Hilary Mantel recalls her first experience of school.
| 09:005/5The 2022 Reith Lecturers discuss what FDR's Four Freedoms mean now. 09:453/5Studying law in London, the 20-year-old Mantel found herself bereft without her boyfriend.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames. 09:454/5Studying law in London, the 20-year-old Mantel found herself bereft without her boyfriend.
| 09:00Kirsty Young, broadcaster, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Mantel’s illness is deemed psychological, she is prescribed powerful anti-psychotic drugs.
| 09:00Fr Alex Frost, Cat Turnbull, Vikki Stone and David Harewood
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Jessica Creighton looks at the theme of rest in psychology, history, religion and sport.
| 10:00Crazy Rich Asians actor Constance Wu on the nuances and pressures of representation.
| 10:00Finding My Voice. Taliban ban on women working for NGOs. The Christmas sandwich debate.
| 10:00What can you look forward to on the other side of the menopause?
| 10:00In 1988 Paulina Porizkova was one of world's highest-paid models & face of Estee Lauder.
| 10:30Greg takes us to 1920s USA to follow the implementation and after effects of Prohibition.
| 10:00Christmas is a little different at Brookfield, and Brad and Chelsea are on a mission.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Michael Rosen's favourite poems and stories. Readers Henry Goodman and Yasemin Özdemir.
| 11:00Dan lives with agonising back ache, until a pilot study into pain transforms his life. 11:30The music writer presents a series of meditations on different aspects of music.
| 11:0010/10Room 5 LIVE at Hay Festival with screenwriter Abi Morgan. 11:30Patti Boulaye talks to Oti Mabuse about her dancing legend, Dougie Squires.
| 11:00The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese. 11:30A centenary celebration of Richmal Crompton’s Just William books.
| 11:00Clive Myrie concludes his series examining jazz's role in protest, politics & diplomacy. 11:30Author Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his Christmas week. 11:45The first lady of Ukraine.
| 11:00Mothers and sons, separated by the war, share their weekly calls, revealing concerns. 11:30A selection of stories from correspondents who have covered the war since February.
| 11:15Jean Golding, epidemiologist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04David Fuller was enthralled by Jordan Peterson. So how did his guru let him down? 12:32Can SAD lamps and wake up lights help boost our mood? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Nerdy student Tom Ralis reinvented himself as a seduction guru. It ended in tragedy. 12:32Which portable heater is best for heating you – and the room you’re in? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Helen Lewis meets the Bitcoin guru from Bedford who bought his local football team. 12:32The latest electric toothbrushes promise you a ‘professional clean’, but do they deliver? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Does collective anxiety explain our new age of gurus? Helen Lewis looks to the future. 12:32Greg breaks into a sweat to find out if natural deodorant can hold its own. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Richard Curtis and Emma Freud choose their radio highlights from the past 12 months. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Heating the homes of the future to bring energy bills down. 12:30Geoff Norcott examines the limits to our belief in democracy. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:041/8Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest-running panel show, Just a Minute. 12:32Jaega Wise investigates the science, history and culture around the hangover. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Antonia Quirke dissects some of the life-changing scenes that define cinema.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Antonia Quirke dissects some of the life-changing scenes that define cinema.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Antonia Quirke dissects some of the life-changing scenes that define cinema.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Antonia Quirke dissects some of the life-changing scenes that define cinema.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:45Antonia Quirke dissects some of the life-changing scenes that define cinema.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10BBC journalists gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2023 might have in store.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Comedian Natasha Hodgson is entangled in the slippery world of Ishiguro's The Unconsoled.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Will it be a Merry Christmas at Brookfield? 14:15A young boy is drawn into an ancient struggle between Light and Dark.
| 14:00Tony receives a gift from his sister. 14:15Will uses his new powers, but the Dark appears in many terrifying forms.
| 14:00A decision is made at Brookfield. 14:15The forces of the Dark lay dreadful siege to those of the Light.
| 14:00Fallon has a troubling theory. 14:15An ancient conflict between Light and Dark reaches its climax.
| 14:00Not everyone enjoys Will’s Christmas story. 14:155/8Sam scales the burning T-Tech building. Sarah is still inside. Can the planes be saved? 14:45Endlessly scrolling negative news? Why are we drawn magnetically to the dark side?
| 14:001/11A look back on some of the best bits of News Quizzing from 2022. 14:45Wind energy is vital in the battle against climate change, but can we make it better?
| 14:00Kathy Clugston sees in the new year with a panel of gardening experts in Upwell. 14:45Robert Seatter selects objects from the BBC's archive store and uncovers their stories.
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| 15:00 | 15:005/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 15:30Delia Smith, the woman who taught the UK to cook speaks to Sheila Dillon.
| 15:00Josie Long presents short documentaries that play with our perception of time. 15:30The van Tulleken brothers explore what change is and how it happens.
| 15:00Heating the homes of the future to bring energy bills down. 15:30Claudia Hammond ponders whether crochet can help to ease mental health problems.
| 15:00Could the Ulster canal be the missing link in Ireland's network of waterways? 15:27Broadcaster Andrew Cotter makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Dogs for Good. 15:30Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection with the festive season
| 15:00Kathy Clugston sees in the new year with a panel of gardening experts in Upwell. 15:45A heartwarming story set on a cold Hogmanay in Aberdeen, written by Gillian Shearer.
| 15:00Martin Jarvis directs a star cast in Alan Ayckbourn's masterly comedy.
| 15:00Comic chaos continues. Three separate bedrooms. Star cast. Director Martin Jarvis
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| 16:00 | 16:00Michael Symmons Roberts on the enduring appeal of Robert Frost’s masterpiece, a century on 16:30Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection with the festive season
| 16:00Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era? 16:30Presenter Bob Harris champions Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby.
| 16:00Betting and investment - what are the connections and the differences? 16:30Revealing the secrets of wildlife TV shows with some of the best producers in the business
| 16:00David Baddiel explores the mercurial life of entertainer Vic Oliver. 16:30Marnie, Vic and Gaia look back at some of the biggest science news stories of 2022.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a singer, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, an ex-offender, a ballerina 16:301/10Wilko Johnson talks to John Wilson about Down By The Jetty, the debut album by Dr Feelgood
| 16:00The writer and director Sally Wainwright ahead of the 3rd and final series of Happy Valley
| 16:00James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Ross King about Brunelleschi's Dome. 16:30Nikita Gill chooses poems of renewal from the listener requests.
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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 17:30Veg is king at Ottolenghi Christmas. Andi and Yotam get festive. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00An investigation finds the cost of living crisis will force more children into care. 17:40The actor behind some of our favourite female leads. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Police say the woman who died in a shooting at a pub on Christmas Eve was Elle Edwards. 18:152/5Martin Jarvis performs. William decides, ambitiously, to create a night club. 18:301/8Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest-running panel show, Just a Minute.
| 18:00Rail delays and cancellations continue - despite RMT strike ending 18:153/5Martin Jarvis’ new recording of this classic tale. Comic chaos onstage. 18:302/4The Swedish family Andersson meet an American cousin.
| 18:00The Met Office says 2022 will be the UK's warmest year on record 18:154/5Martin Jarvis performs. A starchy spinster has moved in next door to William. Problems! 18:30Kerry Godliman hosts the grand final of this year's comedy contest.
| 18:00China has seen a surge in cases of the virus after abandoning its zero-Covid policy 18:155/5Martin Jarvis’ brand-new recording of this great comic classic. 18:301/4Return of the Scots-Asian corner shop comedy. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary.
| 18:00Passengers will need a negative test before travel after a surge in cases 18:151/11A look back on some of the best bits of News Quizzing from 2022.
| 18:00Pope Francis has led tributes for Benedict XVI, who has died at the age of 95. 18:15Richard Curtis and Emma Freud choose their radio highlights from the past 12 months.
| 18:00Russia starts New Year with more drone attacks on Ukranian cities 18:15Danny Robins presents his pick of the best podcasts of 2022.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Tony receives a gift from his sister. 19:15Richard Stilgoe and Alina Bzhezhinska in the first episode of the recent series.
| 19:00A decision is made at Brookfield. 19:15Trumpeter Laura Jurd and operatic tenor Nicky Spence add five more tracks
| 19:00Fallon has a troubling theory. 19:15Harpist Catrin Finch and composer Neil Brand add the next five tracks to the playlist.
| 19:00Not everyone enjoys Will’s Christmas story. 19:15Composer Anne Dudley and musician Patrick Rimes add five more tracks to the playlist.
| 19:00Does Brad have the winning formula? 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the legacy of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon.
| 19:00The actor behind some of our favourite female leads. 19:15Director Sam Mendes reveals the formative influences on his career in theatre and film.
| 19:00There’s a New Year Party at the Bull. 19:154/6It's comedian Maisie Adam's turn to share her guilty secrets with Stephen Mangan. 19:45Jessica Raine reads the final story in this series of British folk horror tales.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Imogen is setting her seal on Christmas: even though she's just five, her cakes sell-out! 20:30Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?
| 20:00Can we find a way to be sustainable at Christmas? 20:40A discussion with three entertainers working in TV, film, pantomime and cartoons.
| 20:00Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials. 20:45Gillian Burke explores her love of singing gospel music in her hometown of Falmouth.
| 20:00The global population is rapidly getting older. How do we deal with the impacts? 20:30America's relationship with guns - told through archive.
| 20:00BBC journalists gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2023 might have in store. 20:50Howard Jacobson celebrates the way animals rescue us from self-importance.
| 20:00Mark Thomas explores why the British believe they’re born to queue.
| 20:00Three activists in their 70s reflect on keeping going, hope and despair. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a singer, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, an ex-offender, a ballerina
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| 21:00 | 21:00How did Kirsty suddenly become paralysed when there’s nothing physically wrong with her? 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Dacher Keltner, Anna Lapwood and Felix Flicker
| 21:00Claudia Hammond ponders whether crochet can help to ease mental health problems. 21:309/10On being one in a million.
| 21:00The van Tulleken brothers explore what change is and how it happens. 21:30Revealing the secrets of wildlife TV shows with some of the best producers in the business
| 21:00Marnie, Vic and Gaia look back at some of the biggest science news stories of 2022. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1858 crisis from the flow of sewage into the Thames.
| 21:002/2Concert of readings and music from Neil Gaiman and friends with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
| 21:005/6Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with her guests. 21:30Roger Robinson and Liz Lochhead join Roger to share favourite seasonal poems
| 21:00Heating the homes of the future to bring energy bills down. 21:25David Tennant makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Theirworld. 21:30Celebrity culture through the lens of Elizabeth Taylor.
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| 22:00 | 22:0025 deaths in and around the city of Buffalo, New York State 22:453/4As the guests eagerly await their sumptuous Christmas feast, a theft is discovered.
| 22:00Concerns about a growing threat of invasion from China. 22:454/4Christmas dinner is in ruins as Jane Marple unmasks a jewel thief.
| 22:00Telephone lines working again in parts of war-torn Ethiopian region 22:451/3Agatha Christie's iconic detective is reimagined as death visits her sleepy village.
| 22:00Brazilian legend considered one of the greatest footballers of all time 22:452/3The village rumour mill works overtime as Sergeant Dover investigates Martin's murder.
| 22:00Announcement follows surge in cases in China 22:453/3Miss Marple realises that she's been looking at Martin's murder from the wrong angle.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials.
| 22:00A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson with a choice of some of the best Loose Ends music performances.
| 23:00Man, Mouse and a morse key: the story of a radio amateur in Kyiv as the Russians invade. 23:30Adventures into the night with writer Dan Richards.
| 23:004/5Professor Brian Cox and Zoe Lyons join Sandi Toksvig to explore 'hygge'. 23:30Adventures into the night with writer Dan Richards.
| 23:003/4Roberta’s covert plans for Michael’s tour and overt plans for a new carpet cause angst. 23:30Adventures into the night with writer Dan Richards
| 23:00Mark Gatiss joins Danny Robins to investigate real-life stories of the paranormal. 23:30Presenter Bob Harris champions Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby.
| 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 23:00Clive Anderson with a choice of some of the best Loose Ends music performances.
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