View schedule at a glance
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00:00–00:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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00:30–00:485/5. A ship that repaired itself, and how the earliest telephones worked without bells.
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00:48–01:00
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01:00–05:20BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:20–05:30
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05:30–05:43
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05:43–05:45Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
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05:45–06:002/5. Actor Andrew Sachs takes a trip to London Zoo. (R)
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06:00–06:04News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
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06:04–06:07The latest weather forecast.
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06:07–06:30Helen Mark goes in search of the wild animals of Gloucestershire.
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06:30–06:57Robotic milking machines and meat grown in the lab; the innovations shaping farming.
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06:57–07:00The latest weather forecast.
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07:00–09:00Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
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09:00–10:00The Rev Richard Coles is joined by Industry Leader for Technology at Google Sarah Speake.
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10:00–10:30Sandi Toksvig looks at Angola and meets actor and green traveller Richard Johnson.
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10:30–11:00The year Bob Marley spent driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car factory in Delaware
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11:00–11:30Peter Riddell assesses the chances of success of President Obama's Afghanistan troop surge
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11:30–12:00Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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12:00–12:04National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04–12:30Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
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12:30–12:572/6. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news.
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12:57–13:00The latest weather forecast.
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13:00–13:10
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13:10–14:00Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Stratford-upon-Avon.
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14:00–14:30Eddie Mair takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
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14:30–15:30Comedy thriller by Joyce Porter about a murder in a holiday camp. (R)
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15:30–16:001/4. Frances Fyfield and guests get closer to Bach's industry and see a glimpse of his humanity
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16:00–16:56With Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith's top tips for a stress-free Christmas.
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16:56–17:00Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge.
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17:00–17:30Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines.
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17:30–17:54The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
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17:54–17:57The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57–18:00The latest weather forecast.
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18:00–18:15The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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18:15–19:00Clive Anderson is joined by Vince Cable, Lionel Blair, Oliver Peyton and Emma Freud.
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19:00–19:155/8. Jeremy Front looks at why it's still important to confront one's past.
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19:15–20:00Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writers Susan Jeffreys and Miranda Sawyer.
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20:00–21:00Critic Waldemar Januszczak on the public's U-turn on the Turner Prize and modern art.
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21:00–22:001/3. George Smiley is called out of retirement to seek out a mole at the heart of the Circus.
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22:00–22:15The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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22:15–23:00Michael Buerk chairs. With Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, Claire Fox, Clifford Longley.
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23:00–23:30Russell Davies chairs the eighth heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
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23:30–00:004/6. Peggy Reynolds investigates the layers of mystery surrounding Larkin's much-loved poem.
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00:00–00:30The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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00:30–00:485/5. Christopher Matthew's perceptive tale in which memory plays tricks at a memorial service. (R)
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00:48–01:00The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00–05:20BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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