| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15An investigation into the 'white collar' boxing trend after a number of recent deaths. 00:45Bells on Sunday, comes from St. Edward’s, Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores our enduring relationship with the stars. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Cosmologist Roberto Trotta considers the role of the stars in timekeeping and navigation. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Roberto Trotta considers stargazing from Galileo to the James Webb Space Telescope. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Cosmologist Roberto Trotta considers the symbolic potency of the sun and moon. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5As the night sky grows ever more polluted, how do we keep our connection with the cosmos? 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Roger McGough is joined by Jeanette Winterson with a seasonal selection of poems. 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.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 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 begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf 05:45Come the new year, it'll be an offence for farmers in Wales to kill or take a magpie. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Chris Packham presents the gadwall.
| 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 begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf. 05:45The AHDB is set to increase the levy they charge. Why is the rise justified? 05:58Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.
| 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 begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf. 05:45Dental services in rural areas. 05:58Michael Palin presents the common poorwill from an Arizona desert.
| 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 begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf. 05:45Farmers' reaction to cuts to the rural affairs budgets in Wales and Scotland. 05:58Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how he became hooked on peregrines.
| 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 begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf. 05:45The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison describes how a tawny owl call evokes memories of lost days
| 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 begin the day with Cardinal Vincent Nichols 05:45In 1974, a young girl band from Middlesbrough made a record for their idols - The Osmonds.
| 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 the church of St Giles, Cripplegate in the City of London. 05:45Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
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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. 06:07Rose Ferraby finds out how the Gloucestershire landscape has inspired classical composers. 06:30Cuts to the rural affairs budgets and the hip-hop singer who's championing farming. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Mark Tully considers the significance of traditional nativity stories. 06:35Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the 'unicorn of the sea', the narwhal. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00The first of this year's Christmas guest editors.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10Edward Stourton presents a special Christmas Eve edition of Sunday. 07:54Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ShelterBox. 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | 08:31Sean Curran reports as MPs question the government on new measures to combat spiking.
| 08:31Susan Hulme reports as Rishi Sunak is grilled by senior MPs.
| | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers. 08:10For the Fourth Sunday in Advent, with the Chapel Choir of Methodist College, Belfast. 08:48Michael Morpurgo takes us on a frosty walk near his home in Devon. 08:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Tom Sutcliffe with Mike Wooldridge, Naomi Alderman and David Runciman. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rachel Mann
| 09:00Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI. 09:30Journalist Samira Shackle meets school counsellor Helen Oliver. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Angel Morgan
| 09:004/4Ben Ansell concludes his series of Reith Lectures on why politics fails 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Bishop David Walker
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Richard Littledale
| 09:00Greta Gerwig, writer and director, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Mary Kells.
| 09:00The creative polymath Mark Gatiss shares his love of Christmas ghost stories.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00Gracie was killed by her stalker. Her parents explain why they want a change in the law.
| 10:00Kirsty Wark talks to Emma Barnett about stepping down from Newsnight after 30 years.
| 10:00Why is England goalkeeper Mary Earps 2023 Sports Personality of the Year?
| 10:00Campaigner Sharon Gaffka talks about new provisions to combat spiking.
| 10:00‘Game-changing’: a new drug used to prevent hot flushes and night sweats approved in UK
| 10:00Shaun discovers rumba and a rumble with Strictly star Eddie in the Congolese capital. 10:306/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
| 10:00Alan faces a last minute hitch, and Chris makes a surprising decision.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Dr Chris van Tulleken wrestles with the thorny issue of animal slaughter. 11:30How can parents, teachers and school leaders work out if a school is 'good'?
| 11:00Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: gluttony. 11:304/4First Empress of Rome, faithful wife and influential advisor - or serial killer?
| 11:0030 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises? 11:30Rachel Hurdley uncovers what walls tell us about how we live.
| 11:00How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent? 11:30Philosopher John Gray chooses the iconic futuristic writer JG Ballard.
| 11:00Recent homelessness figures show an increasing number of people in temporary accommodation 11:303/4Hector and Susan both go on dates but are they with the right person? Stars Jamie Sives.
| 11:00The basic income trial for 18-year-olds leaving care in Wales - what impact is it having? 11:30Faced with waning support in the West, Ukraine is adapting its strategy in the war.
| 11:15Delia Smith, cookery writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Debt charities concern over Christmas buy now pay later spending. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Call You and Yours: How are you getting your home ready for Christmas? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04The coach companies cashing on rail misery this Christmas. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Meet the co-founder of the Veganuary movement. 12:32Why did the major toy retailer Toys R Us have to close all of its UK stores in 2018? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04Surrogacy in Italy, feminism in Spain, and culture wars activism across borders. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:04How will the personal finances of people in Scotland be affected by this week’s budget? 12:302/3Topical satire, featuring all the people you’d least like to have Christmas dinner with. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 12:046/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee. 12:32Chef Thomasina Miers and Sheila Dillon on doing more with less at Christmas. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Searching for a hellhound said to stalk coastal paths in Suffolk.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Rhianna Pratchett's hunt for dragons takes her to Sunderland.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Rhianna Pratchett delves into the scary world of water demons in Scotland.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Rhianna Pratchett learns about the deadly Redcap.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment. 13:45Rhianna Pratchett visits Wales in search of stories about mermaids.
| 13:00The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4 13:10A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year.
| 13:00Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world 13:30Actor and writer Simon Callow in conversation with his heroes – brought back to life.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Chris finds his confidence knocked. 14:151939. The BBC's company of radio actors are evacuated from London to escape the bombs.
| 14:00Alan faces a last-minute hitch. 14:15Past, present, real and supernatural collide in a modern changeling story.
| 14:00Life gets awkward for Alice. 14:15Shaparak Khorsandi stars in Ali Sparkes's festive romcom set on a toll bridge.
| 14:00Susan offers some encouragement. 14:154/4Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in the final episode of the drama thriller.
| 14:00There are surprises galore at the comedy night. 14:154/5By Helen Cross. Has Rose been pursuing entirely the wrong father? 14:451/4A celebrity birthday message from Joanna Lumley turns into a terrifying gift for Tom.
| 14:00Greg Jenner and guests present a special edition from the Shakespeare North Playhouse. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at Tove Jansson's 1946 novel Comet in Moominland.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at Philip Van Doren Stern’s short story, The Greatest Gift.
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| 15:00 | 15:002/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 15:30From its origins on slave plantations to new ways of making it from scratch in the UK.
| 15:005/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. 15:30Dr Phil Hammond explores what drives the inspirational public health guru Dr John Ashton.
| 15:00Queuing for a viewing and budget busting prices, this week we're talking about rent. 15:30Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research.
| 15:00Rose Ferraby finds out how the Gloucestershire landscape has inspired classical composers. 15:27Ben Fogle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Tree Council. 15:30Janice Hallett on her book The Christmas Appeal. Plus literary gems to put under the tree.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45A frustrated climber seeks enlightenment in Kathmandu in a short work from Alan Spence.
| 15:00A Comet threatens Moominvalley, and it’s down to Moomintroll to do something about it.
| 15:00A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Brian Cox and Robin Ince are challenged by Jo Brand to explain quantum physics. 16:30The ghost golf course of Scotland.
| 16:00The football league for big players aiming to transform their lives. 16:30Philosopher John Gray chooses the iconic futuristic writer JG Ballard.
| 16:00The basic income trial for 18-year-olds leaving care in Wales - what impact is it having? 16:30Clarissa Ward on reporting from Gaza despite a ban on journalists entering.
| 16:00Greg James with some festive treats from the BBC archive. 16:30On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist. 16:30Andrea Catherwood announces the Feedback Interview of the Year.
| 16:00Weekend Woman's Hour: Join Jessica Creighton for highlights from this week.
| 16:30Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme 17:54The latest shipping forecast
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Why did the major toy retailer Toys R Us have to close all of its UK stores in 2018? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
| 17:00Felicity Hannah explores how climate change is leaving communities 'uninsurable'. 17:40Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Officials say an international coalition will protect the boats from attacks from Yemen 18:306/6The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
| 18:00It has urged a 'very cautious approach' and said in most cases parents should be informed 18:30Henry Normal uses poetry, storytelling and comedy to explore life's big questions.
| 18:00It reached its lowest level for more than two years, raising hopes of interest rate cuts 18:302/4Florence is sued for libel when a character in one of her books is based on a real person.
| 18:00More than twenty people were wounded in the attack at Charles University 18:30Comedian Ken Cheng returns for a brand new series, all about school subjects.
| 18:00A watered down version of the text was approved after days of negotiations 18:302/3Topical satire, featuring all the people you’d least like to have Christmas dinner with.
| 18:00Israel says it's interrogating hundreds of suspected Hamas fighters in Gaza. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00His company will take control of the club's football operations 18:15Frank Cottrell-Boyce chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Alan faces a last-minute hitch. 19:15Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T Davies on Nolly, about Crossroads star Noele Gordon.
| 19:00Life gets awkward for Alice. 19:15Adam Driver in Ferrari, Radio Drama with Bill Nighy and AL Kennedy, the Process of Poetry
| 19:00Susan offers some encouragement. 19:15The Unthanks, Lucinda Coxon, the North East Cultural Partnership.
| 19:00There are surprises galore at the comedy night. 19:15Ghosts, Macbeth, Next Goal Wins, Welsh theatre funding
| 19:00Chris makes a surprising decision 19:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the origins and evolution of the double act.
| 19:00Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince team up with the Sky at Night team for some backyard astronomy.
| 19:00Alistair has some news to impart 19:15Martin Jarvis entertains a packed house with a special performance for Christmas Eve. 19:454/5A classic rom-com by Colin Bytheway that asks is there a place for data in dating?
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| 20:00 | 20:0030 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises? 20:30Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front.
| 20:00Felicity Hannah explores how climate change is leaving communities 'uninsurable'. 20:40In Touch asks some of the pupils New College Worcester how they prepare for Christmas.
| 20:00The debate about whether we should sing God Save the King. 20:453/5Roberto Trotta considers stargazing from Galileo to the James Webb Space Telescope.
| 20:00Recent homelessness figures show an increasing number of people in temporary accommodation 20:305/8When a homeless man moves in with a rich widow is it true love or something much darker?
| 20:00A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year. 20:50Michael Morpurgo takes us on a frosty walk near his home in Devon.
| 20:00How a car crash nearly made Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions his last creative breath.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood announces the Feedback Interview of the Year. 20:25Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ShelterBox. 20:30Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: envy. 21:30Tom Sutcliffe with Mike Wooldridge, Naomi Alderman and David Runciman.
| 21:00Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research. 21:30Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI.
| 21:00David and Simon discuss Harry’s victory, Baroness Mone Part 2 and 2023's PR lessons. 21:30Clarissa Ward on reporting from Gaza despite a ban on journalists entering.
| 21:00On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.
| 21:00Rhianna Pratchett meets mythical creatures to discover what they reveal about us.
| 21:004/4Ben Ansell concludes his series of Reith Lectures on why politics fails
| 21:00A celebration of 'A Visit from St Nicholas' with the poet Luke Wright
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| 22:00 | 22:00International coalition to protect ships from attacks by Houthi militants 22:456/10The night before the wedding, Luke starts to write his speech.
| 22:00UN Gaza vote postponed to Wednesday as talks continue on text 22:457/10Luke explains what happened on the night of his engagement party.
| 22:00We hear from the late transgender teenager's local MP. 22:458/10Hours before the wedding, Luke confides in Vivian.
| 22:00Fighting has spread to Gezira state where hundreds of thousands had taken refuge 22:459/10It’s the morning of the wedding and the bride and groom are getting ready…
| 22:00Following days of negotiations, the resolution does not call for an immediate ceasefire 22:4510/10Moments before the wedding ceremony, Luke gets a surprising phone call.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the origins and evolution of the double act.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Alan Dein scours the internet to find the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. 23:30Susan Hulme reports as a Home Office Minister announces new laws to tackle "spiking"
| 23:00Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn solve your problems. Or try, at the very least. 23:30On the last parliamentary day before Christmas Rishi Sunak faces questions from senior MPs
| 23:00AI digests human media, then writes its own versions. The result is absurdly hilarious. 23:15What secrets do couples conceal from each other? Nora's here to find out. 23:30How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
| 23:00Chris Stokel-Walker asks what impact OpenAI’s recent implosion could have on the world. 23:30How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
| 23:00The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Trump cannot run for president in the state. 23:30How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
| 23:002/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini 23:303/5Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
| 23:00The stories behind 1988's 'Fairytale of New York' by the Pogues. 23:30A Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve from Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
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