| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield in London. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5The letters of Moomin creator Tove Jansson to her family, her confidantes and her lovers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5In spring 1939, Tove Jansson leaves for Italy and feels the lure of Renaissance art. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Eva Konikoff has moved to the US, but Tove remains her best friend for 25 years. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Tove Jansson has been in a relationship with Atos Wirtanen for over a year. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Meeting engraver and artist Tuulikki Pietilä is a turning point in Tove Jansson’s life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Celine must do something for her ailing uncle. 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. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Jo Bailey Wells 05:45Charlotte Smith asks what the election result will mean for farming and the environment. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is entranced by "an apparition" of knot.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Jo Bailey Wells 05:45Anna Hill finds out how anglers are helping to combat slavery and people trafficking. 05:58Writer Eleanor Matthews recalls the magpie for Tweet of the Day.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Jo Bailey Wells 05:45Defra has no immediate plans to change advice for farmers on TB following a new report. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Jo Bailey Wells 05:45A Norfolk farmer describes how the lack of mobile phone signal could have cost his life. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Jo Bailey Wells 05:45Charlotte Smith asks what the Werritty report means for the management of grouse moors. 05:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Sarah Mullally 05:45Winnie M Li talks about her traumatic experience as a survivor of sexual violence.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Sheffield Cathedral 05:45How Peckham schoolboy, John Boyega, became a Hollywood Stormtrooper.
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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. 06:07Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley examines how the transatlantic slave trade has shaped Bristol. 06:30Data is already changing the way we farm...but what does the future hold? 06:57The latest weather forecast.
| 06:00The latest national and international news headlines. 06:05Mark Tully considers the strengths and limitations of small ponds. 06:35Living World heads to Cambridgeshire, to ask when jackdaws roost, what are they up to? 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 with the week's religious and ethical news. 07:54Dame Ellen MacArthur makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. 07:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 08:00 | | | | | 08:31Sean Curran reports on the Queen's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament.
| 08:45News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10From Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Belfast with the Chapel Choir of Methodist College. 08:48John Gray ponders why the belief that an end to history is imminent, never goes away. 08:58A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Hannah Fry, Sonia Contera, Tim Harford and Izabella Kaminska 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer & music led by Rev Dr Jennifer Strawbridge
| 09:00History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events 09:30Lessons on love, and how to be faithful, from a rodent the size of a satsuma. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Dr. Krish Kandiah
| 09:00The smash disco hit about unity and family by Sister Sledge. 09:30Winnie M Li talks about her traumatic experience as a survivor of sexual violence. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rt Rev David Walker
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and his poetry from the 1930s. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Revd Richard Littledale
| 09:00Heidi Thomas, screenwriter, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev'd Roy Jenkins
| 09:00Concert pianist and composer Stephen Hough, and some puzzle challenges!
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Being single at Christmas; Finland's new female PM; ADHD treatments; Amsterdam & sex work. 10:451/5John and Maggie are on the verge of saying 'I do' - if John can get there on time!
| 10:00Vicki Pepperdine, beauty pageants in 2019, Labour women for leader 10:452/5John and Maggie's honeymoon proves to be an endurance test.
| 10:00The programme that offers a female perspective on the world 10:413/5John is worried that Maggie is bored. 10:55Close friends in their 20s share their thoughts on adulthood and the passage of time.
| 10:0050:50 Parliament. Women and wargaming. Social burnout at Christmas. 10:454/5John is convinced that Maggie is having an affair.
| 10:00Greta Gerwig - Little Women; Signe Johansen; Ursula Owen; and Marlene Hobsbawm on memoirs 10:455/5Maggie teaches Colin a lesson while John struggles to save a library and a marriage.
| 10:30Comedian James Veitch tries to start a new life, off grid.
| 10:00Phoebe tries to make amends and the noose tightens on David.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Being sampled by Jay-Z seemed like a miracle for singer Hannah Williams. But was it? 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Timandra Harkness scrutinises sat nav. How does it affect our brains and well-being? 11:30Meet the crafts people behind the current revival in making and repairing belongings.
| 11:00Following the fluctuating views of floating voters who get political news via Facebook 11:304/4The poet explores what charity means when it's about donating our time rather than money.
| 11:00The Finnish fisherman who believes he has a solution to climate change 11:30True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
| 11:003/3Personal reflections rarely voiced from British South Asians. 11:30World premiere of an incredible lost Jane Austen novel, completely made up on the spot.
| 11:00The FT's George Parker on the first week at Westminster after the general election 11:30Taiwan, increasingly innovative, pluralistic and assertive, is standing up to China.
| 11:15Stephen Merchant shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/10"Whatever it is, it’s in the past. It’s only an echo." 12:18Helping gambling addicts, surviving long-distance relationships and drinking cocktails. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:047/10Jack hacks down the bear post. 12:18How did you reinvent yourself after losing a job? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:048/10Jack has a welcomed visitor. 12:18The three year study casting further doubt on the health effects of vaping. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:049/10“When men know they won’t be found out, they will do anything”. 12:18Are accounts with benefits like travel insurance or breakdown cover worth it? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:0410/10“It can open doors. It can get in." 12:18Complaining about poor quality care. Old tat being sold on eBay. Buying mattresses online. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04The best way to give money to children at Christmas. 12:302/3As the dust settles after the election, the team hoover it up. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:046/6The 72nd series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee 12:32Sheila Dillon meets the renowned chef to talk food, family and festive inspiration 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45James Naughtie explores history through front page small ads.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45James Naughtie explores history through front page small ads.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45James Naughtie explores history through front page small ads.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45James Naughtie explores history through front page small ads.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 13:45James Naughtie explores history through front page small ads.
| 13:00The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 13:10Julian Worricker presents political debate from Wac Arts in Belsize Park, London.
| 13:00News with Mark Mardell including Britain's future place in the world, plus pantomime. 13:30School for Santa, being a wise man, death and Christmas, festive ale and volunteering.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Lilian attempts to keep the peace 14:15Posing as a wealthy heiress, Anna Delvey set New York alight. But none of it was true.
| 14:00There’s trouble at Brookfield 14:15Anna Delvey blazed a trail through New York as a wealthy heiress. But it was all a lie.
| 14:00Helen braces herself for a difficult conversation 14:15An intruder has been detected in the palace grounds. The staff have to deal with lockdown.
| 14:00Phoebe tries to make amends 14:15A delightful festive drama about a little Jewish girl's belief in Santa. By Adam Usden.
| 14:00Tom discovers some worrying information 14:15A magical Christmas drama by Elliott Kerrigan. Starring Luke Newberry and Lizzie Roper.
| 14:00No more extensions - is this good or bad for our Brexit future? 14:302/2Chekhov for the 21st century. Three sisters with varying degrees of D/deafness.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the team are at Levens Hall in the Lake District. 14:45The omnibus edition of the series presented by Fi Glover.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Nigel Rees hosts the popular celebrity quotations quiz. 15:30Sheila Dillon explores how attitudes towards food and diet have changed in ballet
| 15:006/6Josie Long presents short documentaries about the body. 15:30Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence look at the roots of nationalism and how it shaped history.
| 15:00Your own home but pooled amenities. What are the financial benefits of a shared lifestyle? 15:30Pain and the brain, with Claudia Hammond.
| 15:00Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley examines how the transatlantic slave trade has shaped Bristol. 15:27Grace Dent makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Prisoners' Education Trust. 15:30Benjamin Markovits on his novel Christmas in Austin.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the team are at Levens Hall in the Lake District. 15:45Celine must do something for her ailing uncle.
| 15:30Meet the crafts people behind the current revival in making and repairing belongings.
| 15:001/2Adrian Scarborough stars in Mervyn Peake’s satire in a battle of good and evil.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/2Naomi Beckwith celebrates more Black cultural figures who should be central to history. 16:30Ernie Rea and guests discuss the growing tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
| 16:00An adaptation of Sean Edwards' play Refrain, performed by his mother Lily Edwards. 16:30Jeremy Paxman nominates the Victorian social reformer Lord Shaftesbury.
| 16:00Consumer pleasures - the origins and evolution of the 'shopping' experience. 16:30Yet again the media misread the election. Is it time to rethink political journalism?
| 16:00Florence Pugh on Little Women. 16:30Ten years of Zooniverse; what happened to volcano Anak Krakatau and visualising maths.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 16:55Kenyan cousins talk about how important it is for African migrants like them to integrate.
| 16:00Champagne, Autistic and Pregnant, Single at Christmas
| 16:00Highlights of 2019; Ali Smith, Bernadine Evaristo, Robert Harris, Ann Patchett, Max Porter 16:30Poetry, music and meditations for the shortest days of winter.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines. 17:30With the US and French presidents questioning its future, Nato is in crisis 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Why fake science spreads faster online than the truth 17:40How Peckham schoolboy, John Boyega, became a Hollywood Stormtrooper. 17:54The latest shipping forecast. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Downing Street says MPs will vote on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal on Friday. 18:306/6The 72nd series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee
| 18:00Boris Johnson addresses the House of Commons after his general election win. 18:302/2Comedian Rhys James tries on some opposite political opinions to see how they fit.
| 18:00Tony Blair launches a blistering attack on Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's election strategy 18:304/8The Lad stands for Parliament dreaming he's swept to power as Prime Minister.
| 18:00Proposals include delivering Brexit, NHS funding & long jail terms for violent criminals. 18:303/4Exploring what happens when Tom Allen's calm and collected exterior collapses.
| 18:00Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal bill passes latest stage in Parliament with large majority 18:302/3As the dust settles after the election, the team hoover it up.
| 18:00Peters scored England's second goal in 1966, when they beat West Germany in the final. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Tesco investigates claims that inmates in China were forced to produce its charity cards 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00There’s trouble at Brookfield 19:15Mark Gatiss on his TV offerings - Martin's Close for Christmas, and Dracula at New Year 19:451/5John and Maggie are on the verge of saying 'I do' - if John can get there on time!
| 19:00Helen braces herself for a difficult conversation 19:15Taron Egerton on playing Elton John in the musical film Rocketman. 19:452/5John and Maggie's honeymoon proves to be an endurance test.
| 19:00Phoebe tries to make amends 19:15Saoirse Ronan on playing Jo March in Little Women, indie publisher calamity, babies in art 19:453/5John is worried that Maggie is bored.
| 19:00Tom discovers some worrying information 19:15Fairview director Nadia Latif and portraitist Lorna May Wadsworth on challenging the gaze 19:454/5John is convinced that Maggie is having an affair.
| 19:00The noose tightens on David 19:15JJ Abrams on directing The Rise of Skywalker - the last film in the 42-year Star Wars saga 19:455/5Maggie teaches Colin a lesson while John struggles to save a library and a marriage.
| 19:00How Peckham schoolboy, John Boyega, became a Hollywood Stormtrooper. 19:15Catnip or catastrophe? Cats on the big screen
| 19:00Rex finally gets an answer 19:15Why is John Shuttleworth taking down the Christmas tree today? 19:458/10On her morning run, Yana's thoughts turn to her brother. Written by David Park.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Following the fluctuating views of floating voters who get political news via Facebook 20:30Life in Lebanon is a daily battle to beat the power cuts. Now people have had enough.
| 20:00Why fake science spreads faster online than the truth 20:40Tips on present wrapping, festive fashion and a farewell.
| 20:00Social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam on the future of the welfare state. With Helen Lewis. 20:45Winnie M Li talks about her traumatic experience as a survivor of sexual violence.
| 20:00'Get Brexit Done' led the Tories to election victory - but how will that be achieved? 20:30How does an economy recover after a catastrophic event.
| 20:00Julian Worricker presents political debate from Wac Arts in Belsize Park, London. 20:50John Gray ponders why the belief that an end to history is imminent, never goes away.
| 20:00Timandra Harkness asks if the nation is more divided now than it has been for fifty years
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer
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| 21:00 | 21:00Russell Kane wrestles with the impact of his dad’s purchase of their council house. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Hannah Fry, Sonia Contera, Tim Harford and Izabella Kaminska
| 21:00Pain and the brain, with Claudia Hammond. 21:30History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events
| 21:00Naomi Alderman tells the story of Sophia Jex-Blake, first woman doctor in Scotland. 21:30The smash disco hit about unity and family by Sister Sledge.
| 21:00Ten years of Zooniverse; what happened to volcano Anak Krakatau and visualising maths. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss WH Auden's life and his poetry from the 1930s.
| 21:00Jonathan Freedland tells the story of journalism as depicted in fiction.
| 21:001/4Humanity's ageless champion returns to stop a sinister church congregation under the sea. 21:456/10Ruth is furious when Harry learns that Janice is in labour and rushes off to the hospital.
| 21:00The best way to give money to children at Christmas. 21:25Dame Ellen MacArthur makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. 21:30How does an economy recover after a catastrophic event.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Nicky Morgan stays as Culture Secretary - and is made a Life Peer 22:456/10"Whatever it is, it’s in the past. It’s only an echo."
| 22:00First meeting of Parliamentary Labour Party since heavy election defeat 22:457/10Jack hacks down the bear post.
| 22:00Democrats and Republicans clash in US House of Representatives 22:458/10Jack has a welcomed visitor.
| 22:00Can the UK government stave off calls for Indy Ref 2 ? 22:459/10“When men know they won’t be found out, they will do anything”.
| 22:00Commons backs Johnson plan to pull UK out of EU at end of January 22:4510/10“It can open doors. It can get in."
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 22:15Social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam on the future of the welfare state. With Helen Lewis.
| 22:00Critic, poet and TV personality Clive James meets his younger self in the sound archives.
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| 23:00 | 23:00George finds himself torn between different audiences at a crossroads in his writing. 23:30Grace Dent with untold stories of 21st century Britain.
| 23:004/4All-star comic tour-de-force with Joanna Lumley and Martin Jarvis. 23:30The Untold follows baby Isobel, born at 26 weeks and being cared for in the neo-natal unit
| 23:00Patrick Marber and Peter Curran talk in-depth nonsense late at night in a bunk bed. 23:30A home for army veterans is closing, and resident John fears he'll end up on the streets.
| 23:001/4Richard Herring's comedy with Alison Steadman about four generations of a family. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Jeremy Paxman nominates the Victorian social reformer Lord Shaftesbury. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. 23:55Brother and sister on adulthood and how they coped when she had post-natal depression.
| 23:00Nigel Rees hosts the popular celebrity quotations quiz. 23:30Kevin Crossley-Holland reflects on the magic and the menace of the Norfolk tides
| 23:00Dame Wilburn with true stories from the annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada. 23:50John Gray ponders why the belief that an end to history is imminent, never goes away.
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