The latest shipping forecast.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

Daily prayer and reflection with Father Eugene O'Neill. Show more

The recent spate of wet summers has had an unpleasant effect on our beaches, pushing pollution from sewer and field into bathing waters. Caz Graham asks what more farmers can do. Show more

Kirsty Young's castaway is the violinist Gyorgy Pauk. Show more

Presented by Jenni Murray. Girls in gangs. Bach's librettist - Marianne von Ziegler. The Shed Men of Australia. Is dropping a friend harder than dumping a partner? Show more

The two-billion-pounds-a-year computer games industry has spawned a new breed of professional player. Kate Russell meets the members of Britain's largest team. Show more

Dolores has walked out. Can Sandy's dog spot her among the charity runners dressed as chickens? Stars Ronnie Corbett. From June 2010. Show more

Peter White examines plans to sell bottled sea water to enhance cooking and finds out what the Outward Bound Trust is doing with deprived young people 70 years on. Show more

The latest weather forecast.

National and international news with Shaun Ley.

Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news. Show more

The Grundys declare war and is it confession time for Pip? Show more

By Melissa Murray. In 1944, exhausted by the war, many people are turning to spiritualism for comfort. But the authorites are worried that mediums may give away military secrets. Show more

Eric Robson chairs the horticultural forum. Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matt Biggs are guests of Leven and Brandesburton Horticultural Society near Hull. Show more

The renewal of interest in nuclear energy has reinvigorated science at the National Nuclear Lab in Cumbria. So why is it that a new 250-million-pound lab lies empty? Show more

Radio 4's obituary programme, analysing and reflecting on the lives of people who have recently died. Show more

Francine Stock travels to Barra, the setting for Whisky Galore, and visits The Screen Machine, the articulated lorry that's also a cinema. Show more

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. With Armando Iannucci, Jeremy Hardy, Ava Vidal and Fred Macaulay. Show more

Helen finds a confidante and Matt and Lilian face a big decision. Show more

With John Wilson. Including a review of David Jason: The Show Must Go On! and Barney Platts-Mills on Bronco Bullfrog. Show more

Neil MacGregor's history of the world told through objects continues with an Arabian bronze hand from the time before Islam. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from The Corn Exchange in Devizes, Wiltshire. The panellists are Damian Green MP, Kate Hoey MP, Billy Bragg and Fraser Nelson. Show more

David Cannadine reflects on the significance of Memorial Day in the United States. He traces the history of this important public holiday and describes the role it plays in America. Show more

Dramatisation of PD James's latest Inspector Dalgliesh mystery. Dalgliesh investigates the mysterious death of a top journalist at an exclusive cosmetic surgery clinic. Show more

The latest weather forecast.

National and international news and analysis.

A grisly fate has befallen Humphrey Neyland's Special Branch contact, and Neyland goes to visit the woman he surprised in his digs on the night of the accident. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Misha Glenny, Bob Mills and Sue MacGregor discuss Alain Fournier, Karel Capek and Somerset Maugham. From 2010. Show more

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

Neil MacGregor's history of the world told through objects continues with an Arabian bronze hand from the time before Islam. Show more

The latest shipping forecast.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.