| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Laurie Taylor examines the spread of disinformation and how it can be challenged. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Kelly Macdonald reads a new Christmas story from Alexander McCall Smith. 00:301/5Hugh Bonneville reads John Barton's story of the Bible and the faiths that hold it sacred. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Thierry Mabonga reads a new Christmas story from Alexander McCall Smith. 00:302/5John Barton’s challenging and engaging A History of the Bible is read by Hugh Bonneville. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Meera Syal reads a new Christmas story from Alexander McCall Smith 00:303/5Hugh Bonneville reads John Barton's story of the Bible and the faiths that hold it sacred. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Adam Courting reads a new Christmas story from Alexander McCall Smith. 00:304/5John Barton’s challenging and engaging A History of the Bible is read by Hugh Bonneville. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:155/5Chemist Andrea Sella ends his festive series with fireworks and the element strontium. 00:305/5Hugh Bonneville reads John Barton's story of the Bible and the faiths that hold it sacred. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/10Peter White investigates the roots of the idea of the 'miracle cure'. 00:30Nian Zhen welcomes a child with special needs and reflects on her own life. 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 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells. 05:45The young Dartmoor shepherds who aim to keep traditional breeds and practices alive. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Writer Amy Liptrot discusses how hooded crows in Berlin remind her of her youth.
| 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 Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells. 05:45We head to Stornoway to hear the backstory of the now trendy Black Pudding. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith listens in the fog to a great northern diver.
| 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 Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells. 05:45Covid caused chaos for businesses across the UK, but for some there were opportunities too 05:58Sir David Attenborough presents the laughing gull off the Florida coast.
| 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 Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells. 05:45How crofting in the Western Isles and the weaving of Harris Tweed are intricately linked. 05:58Michael Palin presents the harpy eagle flying over the Brazilian rainforest
| 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 Rt Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells. 05:45Charlotte Smith looks back at 70 years of farming in The Archers. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Gregory Overden on Canada geese for Tweet of the Day.
| 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 Dr Krish Kandiah 05:452/5Chemist Andrea Sella celebrates how the element aluminium enhances our lives.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from Saint Barnabas, Queen Camel in Somerset 05:45The activist tennis star set to light up the Tokyo Olympics - featuring Billie Jean King.
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| 06:00 | 06:00Director of the Wellcome Trust Sir Jeremy Farrar guest-edits the programme.
| 06:00Two-times Booker Prize winning author Margaret Atwood guest-edits the programme.
| 06:00Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc, the company behind Snapchat.
| 06:00Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Britain's first black female bishop, guest-edits the programme.
| 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. 06:07Helen Mark immerses us in her local landscape surrounding Binevenagh in Northern Ireland. 06:30The man who's transformed a former llama farm to create a private nature reserve. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05John McCarthy explores the merits of playfulness through a series of correspondence. 06:35Caz Graham asks what the new post-EU era will mean for British farmers. 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. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan. 07:54Chris Packham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Keep Britain Tidy 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | 08:32News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
| | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10Canon Angela Tilby and Canon Stephen Shipley reflect on life's changes and chances. 08:48Adam Gopnik on the bitter-sweet joys of cycling round Central Park. 08:58David Attenborough presents the spix's macaw.
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| 09:00 | 09:00The award-winning theatre director Nicholas Hytner in conversation with Andrew Marr. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Dr Jenn Strawbridge.
| 09:00Talking Heads' breakout hit from 1980 explored by people whose lives the song touched 09:303/5Chemist Andrea Sella celebrates how the element gold enhances our lives. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Reverend Steven Benson
| 09:00Michael Rosen and the medical staff who cared for him during his battle with coronavirus. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Anna Putt.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific advances gained from studying eclipses. 09:45A meditation for New Year, led by the Rev Richard Carter.
| 09:00Colonel Lucy Giles shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel
| 09:00Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, CJ Daugherty, Isi the Scribe, Lynsey Bleakley, Andrew O'Hagan
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Nasa's chief flight director Holly Ridings tells Jane about flying women to the moon. 10:456/10John Jasper calls on Rosa, while a mysterious gentleman appears in Cloisterham.
| 10:00How do our names affect our lives? 10:457/10Rosa leaves Cloisterham for a safe lodging in London.
| 10:00The conversations we need to be having about getting older. 10:458/10Princess Puffer overhears Jasper talking in an opium daze and follows him to Cloisterham.
| 10:00Jane speaks to listeners about birth, Long Covid, relationships and death during 2020. 10:459/10Mr Grewgious tries to prevent Neville from confronting John Jasper.
| 10:00Woman’s Hour celebrates the 70th anniversary of The Archers. 10:4510/10The net is closing on John Jasper. Can he be stopped?
| 10:302/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Ambridge faces a life changing crisis and one resident makes a special announcement 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the sea duck, the eider.
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| 11:00 | 11:00A boxer with a challenging past comes out of retirement for a major pay-for-view fight. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
| 11:00Alan Dein searches for the stories that connect us in a changing world. 11:30Ian Sansom asks readers to nominate books that have helped them through 2020.
| 11:00Neil MacGregor updates his famous radio series with an object chosen to represent 2020. 11:303/4Geoff and Linda prepare a party to celebrate the humble crayfish - by boiling them.
| 11:00How one young man went missing after Nigerian troops opened fire at a protest 11:30Peter White explores science fiction's enduring fascination with blindness.
| 11:00Short strands about five knots, woven together by Timandra Harkness. 11:30John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Sally Phillips, Dan Schreiber and Dr Kate Devlin.
| 11:00Adam Rutherford, Brian Cox and Alice Roberts reflect on a decade of extraordinary science. 11:30Key moments of 2020 and thought provoking dispatches by our correspondents.
| 11:00David Mitchell, novelist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The historical ideas that influenced the Third Reich and Hitler's 'dark charisma'.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:041/10A lyrical coming-of-age novel set amid the collapse of colonial rule in Barbados. 12:18I've Lost My Pension Pot - It's Somewhere in Germany 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:042/10The local headmaster discovers a letter proving adultery between his wife and a teacher. 12:18Call You and Yours - What help have you had for your mental health in Coronavirus? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:043/10Under Mr Slime’s instructions, the villagers strike for the first time in their lives. 12:18People who lent a motorhome rental business money are facing big losses after it collapsed 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:044/10The boys sneak into the landlord’s garden to take a look at 'the Great’ party. 12:18Call You and Yours: What have you done this past year that's made you feel proud? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:045/10Political change is rippling through Barbados and fighting breaks out in the city. 12:18A festive celebration of The Archers, with readings, music and anecdotes from the cast. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:04A futurologist's view of our financial future. 12:301/8Andy Zaltzman introduces a Best of 2020 episode of the satirical news show 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast. 12:045/673rd Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Dan Saladino tells the inside story of Nobel Peace Prize winners the World Food Programme. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:451/5Oliver Burkeman asks, are we losing our nuance?
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:452/5Oliver Burkman explores how the language we choose to use impacts how we think.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:453/5Oliver Burkeman explores what it means to be a moderate in a world lacking nuance.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:454/5Oliver Burkeman explores how society has become increasingly polorized.
| 13:00Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. 13:455/5Oliver Burkeman asks how we can recover our nuance.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10BBC correspondents gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2021 might have in store.
| 13:00Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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| 14:00 | 14:00One of the classic titles that characterised the Jazz Age of the 1920s
| 14:15She's Big, She's Brash, She's Still Breathing and She's Here! Lena Marsh is in town.
| 14:00Kirsty makes a big decision 14:15By Ed Harris. Comedy set in the world of refuse collection from the writer of Dot.
| 14:00Freddie attempts damage limitation. 14:15Kenneth Branagh stars in Tracy-Ann Oberman’s new play about the making of a classic movie.
| 14:00Peggy has a shocking suggestion. 14:15Ruth Jones and Stephen Tompkinson in a live romcom set behind the scenes of The Archers.
| 14:00Comedian Doc Brown activates the flux capacitor back to the world of 21 January 1981.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Kathy Clugston. 14:453/10Peter White challenges our modern ideas of freaks - were they in fact great entrepreneurs?
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| 15:00 | 15:004/13The quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini 15:30How cooking with leftovers can not only reduce waste, but also deliver incredible dishes
| 15:001/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30Can I make a pizza that contains my recommended daily intake of everything? asks Paul
| 15:00Cultural historian Christopher Frayling explores the rich and surprising history of panto.
| 15:00Helen Mark immerses us in her local landscape surrounding Binevenagh in Northern Ireland. 15:27Rosamund Pike makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of MAG (Mines Advisory Group). 15:30In a year many would rather forget, Sara Collins asks what are the books worth remembering
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts, hosted by Kathy Clugston. 15:45Nian Zhen welcomes a child with special needs and reflects on her own life.
| 15:00Desperate to rescue his brother, Fat Charlie crosses an ocean in search of help.
| 15:006/12The wreckage, a missing passport, an unexpected call. 15:455/5You want to hear a few seconds after the Big Bang? You have to make some sacrifices.
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| 16:00 | 16:00James MacMillan considers Leonard Bernstein’s complex faith life and religious roots. 16:30Ernie Rea takes a look at the life of the Dalai Lama.
| 16:00Emmy the Great seeks musical inspiration from the ghosts of the school toilets. 16:30Comedian and actor Diane Morgan chooses the life of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding
| 16:00The Bed: an exploration of its history and many uses. 16:30Emmy winner behind His Dark Materials and The Night Of, on her career and the industry.
| 16:30Adam Rutherford, Brian Cox and Alice Roberts reflect on a decade of extraordinary science.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a model, a lawyer, an astrophysicist and an actor. 16:30As the sector rebuilds, Bridget Minamore imagines a new future for Black British theatre.
| 16:00As Jane Garvey leaves Woman's Hour after 13 years, we remember her funniest moments.
| 16:00Kazuo Ishiguro, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, talks about Never Let Me Go 16:30The former human rights lawyer selects her favourite poems from listener requests.
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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 of the day's news 17:30Frank Cottrell-Boyce on Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00How the fight against climate change can move beyond the political left/right agenda. 17:40The activist tennis star set to light up the Tokyo Olympics - featuring Billie Jean King. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Surge in cases forces hospitals across Britain to postpone more non-essential treatments. 18:152/2The man behind Brian Appleton and John Shuttleworth shares his story. 18:305/673rd Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00The figures represent a rise of almost 12,000 on the previous 24 hours 18:15Jancis Robinson recommends wine to Dr. Who actor Jodie Whittaker. 18:30John Lloyd and Alice Levine with Sally Phillips, Dan Schreiber and Dr Kate Devlin.
| 18:00Oxford vaccine to be rolled out on Monday, More covid restrictions for England 18:15Jancis Robinson talks wine and personality with actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson. 18:301/6Joanna’s making Roger’s New Year resolutions, including a marriage reboot.
| 18:00Intensive care patients moved from Kent to units as far away as Bristol & Plymouth 18:15Part one of an amazing 'lost' Jane Austen ghost story, by the UK's finest improv troupe. 18:308/8Hancock is determined to keep to his New Year Resolutions. It doesn't go well.
| 18:00A study of the new variant of Covid-19 has confirmed it is "hugely" more transmissible. 18:15Part two of an amazing 'lost' Jane Austen ghost story, by the UK's finest improv troupe. 18:301/8Andy Zaltzman introduces a Best of 2020 episode of the satirical news show
| 18:00Teaching unions call for all schools in England to remain closed next week 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00People in England are being told to expect "tougher" restrictions to tackle Coronavirus 18:15Stuart Maconie chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Front Row on poetry in the lock down and beyond, with the Poet Laureate - and new poems. 19:456/10John Jasper calls on Rosa, while a mysterious gentleman appears in Cloisterham.
| 19:00Kirsty makes a big decision 19:15Lang Lang discusses and plays from Bach's Goldberg Variations. 19:457/10Rosa leaves Cloisterham for a safe lodging in London.
| 19:00Freddie attempts damage limitation. 19:15Dame Evelyn Glennie talks about her new albums and director Tom Shankland on The Serpent 19:458/10Princess Puffer overhears Jasper talking in an opium daze and follows him to Cloisterham.
| 19:00Peggy has a shocking suggestion. 19:15Violinist Tasmin Little on her performing career. 19:459/10Mr Grewgious tries to prevent Neville from confronting John Jasper.
| 19:00Ambridge faces a life-changing crisis. 19:15Radio 4 Presenters take on Archers super-fans in a quiz about Ambridge life and times. 19:4510/10The net is closing on John Jasper. Can he be stopped?
| 19:00The activist tennis star set to light up the Tokyo Olympics - featuring Billie Jean King. 19:15Michael Rosen and the medical staff who cared for him during his battle with coronavirus.
| 19:001/12Cynan Jones' electrifying new series, set in the very near future. 19:15Joz Norris doesn’t do small talk. But he has to. 19:451/10Pete’s new job as caretaker at his uncle’s caravan park doesn’t get off to the best start.
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| 20:00 | 20:00A fan of the boy wizard explores what it means to stop reading a beloved book. 20:30The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile.
| 20:00How the fight against climate change can move beyond the political left/right agenda. 20:40Looking ahead to the rescheduled Paralympics in Tokyo in 2021.
| 20:00Louis speaks to comedian, writer and mental-health campaigner Ruby Wax. 20:45Five interconnected couples tell all.
| 20:00David Aaronovitch explores the antitrust case against Facebook. 20:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific advances gained from studying eclipses.
| 20:00Michael Rosen and his son Joe choose the best of BBC Radio this year 20:453/5Chemist Andrea Sella celebrates how the element gold enhances our lives.
| 20:00David Kynaston on the changing face of Ambridge.
| 20:00Ian Sansom asks readers to nominate books that have helped them through 2020. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a model, a lawyer, an astrophysicist and an actor.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Alan Dein searches for the stories that connect us in a changed world. 21:30The award-winning theatre director Nicholas Hytner in conversation with Andrew Marr.
| 21:00How has streaming revolutionised the art of songwriting? 21:30Talking Heads' breakout hit from 1980 explored by people whose lives the song touched
| 21:004/5‘Everything smelled of rotting flesh, even perfume’: What happens when smell goes wrong? 21:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 21:00Clive Anderson with a choice of some of the best music performances on Loose Ends.
| 21:00BBC correspondents gaze into their crystal balls to predict what 2021 might have in store. 21:50Adam Gopnik on the bitter-sweet joys of cycling round Central Park.
| 21:001/4A new series of dark fantasies featuring William Palmer, the immortal wanderer. 21:45Why does the age of consent for homosexual relationships differ?
| 21:00A futurologist's view of our financial future. 21:25Chris Packham makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Keep Britain Tidy 21:30Julie asks if lockdown has affected her children's future.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Number of COVID patients in England now more than 20,000 22:451/10A lyrical coming-of-age novel set amid the collapse of colonial rule in Barbados.
| 22:0050,000 new Covid-19 infections reported across UK in last 24 hours 22:452/10The local headmaster discovers a letter proving adultery between his wife and a teacher.
| 22:0020 million more people go into Tier 4 22:453/10Under Mr Slime’s instructions, the villagers strike for the first time in their lives.
| 22:00Can the Conservative Party civil war on Europe now stop ? 22:454/10The boys sneak into the landlord’s garden to take a look at 'the Great’ party.
| 22:00Recent increases have been driven by a new variant 22:455/10Political change is rippling through Barbados and fighting breaks out in the city.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Louis speaks to comedian, writer and mental-health campaigner Ruby Wax.
| 22:00Carolyn Quinn hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and Sara Cox pick their Loose Ends highlights from 2020. 23:30Fat Charlie wakes up to an unexpected visitor as the web of his past begins to wind him in
| 23:004/4Character comedy series with Marc Wootton and friends playing couples on date night. 23:30Having seen Spider with his fiancee Rosie, Fat Charlie decides to confront his brother.
| 23:004/4The series in which stand-up Felicity Ward downloads phone apps to deal with modern life. 23:15Stand-up exploring British Chinese culture from BBC New Comedy Award finalist Ken Cheng. 23:30Fat Charlie arrives in Florida to enlist the help of Mrs Higgler in getting rid of Spider.
| 23:00Florence and Selina have avoided each other for decades, but now they are together again. 23:305/5Alan Davies joins Sandi in her wood cabin to discuss simple pleasures.
| 23:00Comedian and actor Diane Morgan chooses the life of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding 23:30As Daisy closes in on her suspect, Rosie is shocked to find that she has two fiances.
| 23:004/13The quiz about music of all kinds, with Paul Gambaccini 23:30The poet, playwright, and broadcaster talks Roger McGough through his top poetry choices.
| 23:30John McCarthy explores the merits of playfulness through a series of correspondence.
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