| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Matthew Syed explores how knowledge is lost and found. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Lawrence Jewry, in London 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5A vivid and lively account of the city in its sixteenth century heyday. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5In this vivid account, a new bell announces the 16th-century city's new found power. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5The story of the 16th-century city continues with an account of William Tyndale's career. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5In the account of the 16th-century city there's a new place to deal in art and song. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5In the account of the 16th-century city trouble in the cathedral brings about a new order. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Vanessa Kisuule explores the stories behind the poems we carry with us through life. 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 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson 05:45Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Nepal - three countries where people are keen to work on UK farms. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Wildlife artist Jane Smith is captivated by a party of ringed plovers on a beach.
| 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 writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson 05:45The first beavers have been relocated in Scotland since the Government changed its policy. 05:58Birdwatching's irreverent commentator YOLOBirder on his love of hipster-quiffed waxwings.
| 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 writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson 05:45Report calls for animal welfare to be at heart of any plans for gene-edited livestock. 05:58David Attenborough presents the purple sandpiper.
| 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 writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson 05:45The new post-Brexit support scheme announced today - will farmers like what they hear? 05:58Olympic Gold medallist Alex Gregory on the birds he sees while out early morning training.
| 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 writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson 05:45More on the new farm payments in England - but is it enough money to get farmers on board? 05:58The RSPB's Danielle Meyer recalls working with gannets 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 reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh. 05:45Janina Dawidowicz survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child during World War Two.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of All Saints Wakefield in West Yorkshire. 05:45Artist Lubaina Himid is currently enjoying a retrospective at London’s Tate Modern.
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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. 06:07An after-dark, star-lit adventure. From dusk to dawn in the Brecon Beacons National Park. 06:30Charlotte Smith visits Thame Farmers Mart in Oxfordshire to test the mood among farmers. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Is there too much bad news? Mark Tully asks if we're all suffering from world weariness. 06:35Brett Westwood is sucked into the weird and wonderful world of the leech. 06:57The latest weather reports and 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. 07:10William Crawley with a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31Sean Curran presents as the prime minister faces MP's questions.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10For the second week of Advent, recorded in the Chapel of Girton College, Cambridge. 08:48Sara Wheeler reflects on why place names matter. 08:58Chris Packham presents the water rail.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Kirsty Wark with Marit Kapla, Paul Batchelor and Paul Swinney. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Molly Boot.
| 09:0016/22Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson. 09:30Prof Jonathan Ball meets the people trying DNA and Gene therapy on themselves. 09:45Christian reflection, prayer and music for St Andrew’s Day led by Anne Muir.
| 09:001/4Stuart Russell asks how artificial intelligence could transform our world 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Dr Marika Rose.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nelson's famous victory and death on 21 October 1805. 09:45A Meditation for Advent with the Rev Richard Carter.
| 09:00Neil Gaiman, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Andrew Graystone.
| 09:00Comedian Slim, the Marsh Family singers, Queen of Clean Lynsey Crombie and Seth Lakeman.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including concerns over Covid testing in the run up to Christmas 09:45Hugh Dennis reports on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal.
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| 10:00 | 10:00BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2021 winner-Vivianne Miedema of Arsenal & Netherlands.
| 10:00Emily Ratajkowski discusses sexuality, feminism, empowerment and the male gaze.
| 10:00Mississippi is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn the landmark ruling Roe v Wade.
| 10:00Krupa Padhy explores the realities and complexities facing modern stepmothers.
| 10:00Tribunal cases where employees allege menopause-related discrimination are rising.
| 10:30The different meanings Tim Buckley's ballad "Song to the Siren" has for people.
| 10:00Lynda finds it hard to let go of the reins
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| 11:00 | 11:00The Untold follows families fleeing Afghanistan and attempting to reach safety in the west 11:30Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 11:00Two people examine their journeys since their mothers left them as children, in Afterlives 11:30In search of a new sea shanty for a cargo boat that has ditched diesel in favour of sails.
| 11:001/4The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures. 11:305/6It's Pidge and Gavin! The old team back together again for one last mission.
| 11:00Korea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business. 11:30Comedian and outsider Josie Long unlocks the secrets of Good Morning, Midnight.
| 11:00Julia Galef on how 'motivated cognition' blocks clear thinking - and how to get round it. 11:303/4Kevin Eldon returns with sketches about bunnies, Beethoven, Dylan Thomas and olives.
| 11:00Ben Wright presents Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster 11:30South Korea has a growing economy and expanding cultural influence, but at what cost?
| 11:00Helen Macdonald, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45At the end of the Korean War, 21 American prisoners chose not to go home to the USA.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:046/10Meg Mason's darkly humorous and achingly tender novel about a very modern romance. 12:18Care home visiting restrictions. First TV advert for black hair. Data sharing complaints. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:047/10Meg Mason's exquisitely funny and devastating portrait of modern love and life. 12:18How has Storm Arwen affected you? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:048/10Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel on modern love and life. 12:18Concert tickets are often digital only, would fans pay extra for a paper ticket to keep? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:049/10Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel on modern life and love. 12:18Unjabbed care workers and how to spot 'greenwashing' 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:0410/10The final part of Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel. 12:18PCR Prices; Ghost Brokers; British Cheese 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04A 26-year-old believes his drink was spiked before £18,000 was stolen from bank accounts. 12:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:041/676th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:322/2Sheila Dillon presents more stories of the winners of the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2021 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Why would you look for sperm from strangers on the internet?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45Choosing a “known” donor is only the beginning.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:45What red lines would you cross to have a child with your perfect donor?
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:45Donors make the rules in the online sperm marketplaces.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond 13:45In the online fertility marketplace, where do women turn when donors are in charge?
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from St Andrew's Church, Presteigne.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Fi Glover presents four chats about homelessness, obesity, career changes and toy shops.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Chelsea struggles to keep control. 14:15Mya visits her parents' home village in Bangladesh and discovers some dark family secrets.
| 14:00Lynda finds it hard to let go of the reins 14:15By Archie Maddocks. A young, mixed-race couple debate the ethics of having a child.
| 14:00Eddie finds himself doing the donkey work. 14:154/4Detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. Damage written by Vivienne Harvey.
| 14:00Harrison attempts to get to the truth. 14:154/7Why do we harm the thing we love the most?
| 14:15Teenager Ashley finds his perfect gay foster parents, but surprises await. 14:45Janina Dawidowicz survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child during World War Two.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45Written and read by Catherine Simpson.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show. 14:45Lynsey Hanley looks at overcrowding in UK homes, telling the story of 30-year-old Dorine.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Celebrity panel game about quotations hosted by Nigel Rees. 15:301/2The winners of this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards are announced.
| 15:00Short documentaries looking into the past with Josie Long. 15:30Peter Gibbs investigates the issue of tree health.
| 15:00Personal stories of facing up to and recovering from financial abuse. 15:30Could tummy pains in children increase the risk of developing an eating disorder?
| 15:00An after-dark, star-lit adventure. From dusk to dawn in the Brecon Beacons National Park. 15:27Vee Kativhu presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of United World Schools. 15:30Elizabeth Strout talks to Elizabeth Day about her new novel, Oh William!
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts this week's gardening panel show. 15:45Written and read by Catherine Simpson.
| 15:00Skye can't get hold of her little brother Dex. Where is he? By Sarah Daniels
| 15:002/2Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis direct this starry two-part PG Wodehouse laugh-fest.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Comedian Mark Watson circles the warped world of The Third Policeman. 16:30Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
| 16:00The story of a black bin bag... told through essay, sound and music. 16:30Three strange, fantastical novels, all very different, are the book choices for this week.
| 16:00Matthew Syed tells the story of a pioneering lawyer who took on a notorious mobster. 16:30Are trolls severing the ties between reader and reporter?
| 16:00Why do so many of us believe in quackery and conspiracy? 16:30Did the omicron variant incubate in an immunocompromised patient?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a composer, a motor racing team owner and a beauty queen. 16:30Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
| 16:00The American author and Professor Brené Brown on emotions.
| 16:00James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to bestselling writer Rachel Joyce. 16:30Meetings between poets and scientists who share language & ideas and create new work.
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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 17:30Nick Robinson talks to the Labour MP Chris Bryant. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00Fergal Keane investigates the fate of James Kane, executed by the IRA a century ago. 17:40Hugh Dennis reports 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 reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Vaccine advisers also recommend shortening gap between 2nd dose and booster to 3 months 18:301/676th Series of the multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00Boris Johnson says "everything" will be thrown at combatting the Omicron variant 18:302/4Jason Watkins stars as an erotic crime author in an investigation into copycat crimes.
| 18:00Health Secretary Sajid Javid admits new booster target will be "a tough ask" 18:301/3Mark travels to former coal town Blyth in Northumberland to uncover stories and characters
| 18:00Relatives of Covid victims sickened by Xmas party in Downing Street, during restrictions 18:304/6Jane treats Ken and Margaret to a slap up cream tea with a little too much prosecco.
| 18:00A couple who tortured and killed a six-year-old boy have been given long jail sentences. 18:306/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00The government say anyone returning to the UK must take a pre-departure Covid test. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Ministers say lessons should be learned from the torture and murder of the 6 year old boy 18:15The best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Lynda finds it hard to let go of the reins 19:15Musician Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim's songwriting, poems by Rowan Williams, BOSS.
| 19:00Eddie finds himself doing the donkey work. 19:15We take a deep dive into the decades old dispute around the fate of the Parthenon Marbles.
| 19:00Harrison attempts to get to the truth. 19:15Front Row live from the 2021 Turner Prize Ceremony.
| 19:15The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino's autobiographical film, reviewed. Plus Aaron Sorkin
| 19:001/5Lemn Sissay explores how the Liverpool poets launched a revolution by performing live. 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode journey through the moving image in film, TV and streaming.
| 19:00Artist Lubaina Himid is currently enjoying a retrospective at London’s Tate Modern. 19:15Playwright and theatre director Kwame Kwei-Armah reveals his cultural turning points
| 19:153/4Joe Lycett tests Mel C, Kerry Godliman and Jack Carroll on who they know, not what. 19:456/10Anton Lesser continues Eley Williams' series set in an Essex village gripped by chess.
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| 20:00 | 20:005/6Charlotte and Cole uncover the story of wartime wedding of a pilot praised by Churchill. 20:30The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is being overrun by illicit drugs.
| 20:00Fergal Keane investigates the fate of James Kane, executed by the IRA a century ago. 20:40Parliament are planning to recruit a National Clinical Director for Eye Care.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze 20:453/5The story of the 16th-century city continues with an account of William Tyndale's career.
| 20:00Where do Covid variants like Omicron come from? And what makes a variant dangerous? 20:30Economist Sam Bowman on why building more houses will fix multiple problems.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from St Andrew's Church, Presteigne. 20:50Sara Wheeler reflects on why place names matter.
| 20:00Acclaimed novelist Kate Weinberg discovers why endings matter so much to us.
| 20:00Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a composer, a motor racing team owner and a beauty queen.
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3Politics in a world of accelerated speed. 21:30Kirsty Wark with Marit Kapla, Paul Batchelor and Paul Swinney.
| 21:00Could tummy pains in children increase the risk of developing an eating disorder? 21:3016/22Strange tales from the culture wars by Jon Ronson.
| 21:00Peter Gibbs investigates the issue of tree health. 21:30Are trolls severing the ties between reader and reporter?
| 21:00Did the omicron variant incubate in an immunocompromised patient? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nelson's famous victory and death on 21 October 1805.
| 21:00Aleks Krotoski investigates into the online fertility market.
| 21:004/6Brief Lives by Lizi Patch 21:45Louise Welsh's evocative story inspired by Christina Rossetti's poem.
| 21:00A 26-year-old believes his drink was spiked before £18,000 was stolen from bank accounts. 21:25The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields. 21:301/4The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Move is part of efforts to tackle spread of Omicron variant 22:456/10Meg Mason's darkly humorous and achingly tender novel about a very modern romance.
| 22:00NHS expected to give details in coming days 22:457/10Meg Mason's exquisitely funny and devastating portrait of modern love and life.
| 22:00Scientific advisers thought there was case for tougher measures 22:458/10Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel on modern love and life.
| 22:00New Omicron variant causing most new infections 22:459/10Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel on modern life and love.
| 22:00Order bans forced marriage - but no mention of employment or education 22:4510/10The final part of Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 22:00Alex Forsyth hosts Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Jarvis Cocker gets lost in the forest at night and encounters some intriguing characters 23:30All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
| 23:00Fi and Jane chat to comedian Josh Widdicombe. 23:30Sean Curran presents as MPs debate new Covid restrictions.
| 23:003/4Rosie Jones and Don Biswas look at disability through stand-up and chat. 23:155/7Your new news fix. Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs. 23:30Susan Hulme reports on the ghost of Christmas past
| 23:002/8Stand-up comedy with Fred MacAulay and guests, from The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle. 23:30Sean Curran presents the latest news from Westminster.
| 23:00Three strange, fantastical novels, all very different, are the book choices for this week. 23:30News, views and features from Westminster.
| 23:00Celebrity panel game about quotations hosted by Nigel Rees. 23:30A teenage boy attempts suicide. But is he really saved by divine intervention?
| 23:00Why do so many of us believe in quackery and conspiracy? 23:30Is there too much bad news? Mark Tully asks if we're all suffering from world weariness.
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