With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports Desk at 6.25am, 7.25am, 8.25am; Weather at 6.05am, 6.57am, 7.57am; Thought for the Day at 7.48am. 0900 0600 Melvyn Bragg presents a series about the life and work of Charles Darwin. 4/4: Life After Origins. Melvyn visits Darwin's home at Down House in Kent. 0945 0900 ...- Walking Through 200 Years of British and Irish History. And Did Those Feet, by Charlie Connelly. Recreating historical journeys through Britain. 4/5: Follows in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Cha 1000 0945 With Jenni Murray. Including eating disorders in Northern Ireland and new women entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Plus drama: Writing the Century (4/5). 1100 1000 Malaysia: Racial Supremacy No More? Mukul Devichand reports on the development of the unique racial compact existing in Malaysia. 1130 1100 Historian Peter Stead explores how George Friderich Handel, court composer to King George II, also became, through his oratorios, a favourite of the working and middle classes. 1200 1130 Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. 1257 1200 The latest weather forecast. 1300 1257 National and international news with Martha Kearney. 1330 1300 Better Living Through Chemistry? Tom Heap investigates how being exposed to a cocktail of pesticides could potentially damage our health. 1400 1330 Will sets the record straight. 1415 1400 Left in Trust, by Sarah Daniels. When a young woman decides to write a play about the founder of the National Trust, it leads her to discover secrets about her own family. 1502 1415 Countryside magazine. Matt Baker visits Northumberland to find out what the new year might bring for the fledgling red kite population. 1527 1502 Adam Hart-Davis appeals on behalf of Practical Action. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. 1530 1527 Stories showcasing new Scottish writing. 3/3: Pillars of the Community. Comedy by Anneliese Mackintosh. A young woman attends a dinner party hosted by her neighbours. 1545 1530 Leading scientists write letters to Charles Darwin. 4/5: Dr Peter Bentley, who works at the cutting edge of digital biology, tells Darwin about evolutionary computing. 1600 1545 James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James, who puts his case against 'affluenza', a virus which he says is sweeping through the English-speaking world. 1630 1600 Quentin Cooper meets students from Leicester and Milton Keynes who are designing space dust detectors to orbit the Earth and biology experiments that will circle the Moon. 1700 1630 Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Including 5.57pm Weather. 1800 1700 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather. 1830 1800 Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. 1/6: The Last Miaow. Ed has rekindled his relationship with fellow author Mary Potter. 1900 1830 Jazzer's jealousies come to the fore. 1915 1900 Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. 1945 1915 ...of the Ashes. 1946-1948 - Out of the Ashes: Exploring the 20th century through the correspondence of real people. 4/5: Leslie throws himself into fixing up the family home and car. 2000 1945 Shaun Ley talks to key figures who have worked inside London's City Hall about the years since the introduction of the London Mayoralty in May 2000. 2030 2000 Free For All: Peter Day hears from two advocates of business models that challenge the conventional wisdom about charging for goods and services. 2100 2030 1/2: Jonathan Miller explores the complex questions that arise from trying to define death and asks why, even if we avoid all risks to life, we will all eventually die. 2130 2100 Melvyn Bragg presents a series about the life and work of Charles Darwin. 4/4: Life After Origins. Melvyn visits Darwin's home at Down House in Kent. 2158 2130 The latest weather forecast. 2200 2158 National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. 2245 2200 The Dark Flower: Toby Stephens reads John Galsworthy's tale of obsessive love and thwarted passion. 9/10: Mark struggles against his feelings. 2300 2245 1/6: Fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media and contemporary obsessions. 2330 2300 Hardeep Singh Kohli introduces a tragi-comic look at the isolated role of the goalkeeper. 0000 2330 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. 0030 0000 ...- Walking Through 200 Years of British and Irish History. And Did Those Feet, by Charlie Connelly. Recreating historical journeys through Britain. 4/5: Follows in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Cha 0048 0030 The latest shipping forecast. 0100 0048 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 0520 0100 The latest shipping forecast. 0530 0520 The latest news from BBC Radio 4. 0543 0530 Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone. 0545 0543 News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. 0600 0545