The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Andrew Martlew. Show more
'How I see the world from my workshop.' A cabinetmaker and a tailor explain how, as they work alone each day, they are touched by economic turmoil and war. With Jennifer Tracey. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
On her last stretch of the South Downs Way, Clare Balding begins her walk at the Sustainability Centre at East Meon and walks to Old Winchester Hill before heading into Winchester. Show more
The UK drinks market is worth billions of pounds but very little of that product comes from here. Charlotte Smith asks if British farmers are missing out on a lucrative industry. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
The Rev Richard Coles is joined by language specialist Professor David Crystal. There are recollections from the first Glastonbury Festival and Inheritance Tracks from Diana Quick. Show more
Sandi Toksvig talks to Loyd Grossman about tourism at Cambodian temples and to Dr Jane Hamilton and journalist Michael Howard about Kurdistan as a holiday destination. Show more
Peter Curran continues his investigation of Europe's electric car industry, by electric car, in Scandinavia. From June 2010. Show more
Elinor Goodman looks behind the scenes in Westminster in the week of the Emergency Budget.
Kate Adie introduces despatches from Afghanistan, Niger, South Korea, Venezuela and the United States. Show more
Squad Rotation. John Finnemore co-hosts this weekâs show, which focuses around the emergency budget and World Cup, but also includes jokes about bees, a recycling guide and a lullaby for Andy Murray. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from the Maldon Festival in Essex. The panellists are Kenneth Clarke MP, Tessa Jowell MP, Kelvin MacKenzie and Jason Cowley. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
From Wladyslaw Szpilman's novel, this duet for piano and voice charts a man's remarkable story of courage and survival in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi occupation. Show more
Former Catatonia vocalist Cerys Matthews travels to the US to find out why so few women are known for singing and playing the blues. Show more
With Jane Garvey. Saving the fruits of summer in a jar of jam. Looking for love? How to write the perfect personal ad. Sonja Sohn from TV's The Wire on its remarkable success. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
Evan Davis is joined in the studio by three top business guests to talk about property management, trends in the leisure industry and more. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson is joined by the writer Paul Johnson, the comedians Ardal O'Hanlon, David Cross and Francesca Martinez and Emma Freud. With music from The Drums and John Grant. Show more
What makes political heavyweight Eric Pickles tick? Friends and foes assess the character and career of the man charged with cutting town hall spending. Gerry Northam reports. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights including Moira Buffini's new play Welcome to Thebes, directed by Richard Eyre, and Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro. Show more
Gary Younge explores how boxers Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson have shaped attitudes to black masculinity over the past 100 years. Show more
Ned's search for meaning in his 35-year career as an intelligence officer takes him back to the killing fields of Cambodia and to a torturer's cellar in Gdansk. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal, calls for the UK to stay at the forefront of scientific research and discovery. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Sarah Montague, Mr Gee, Rainer Hersch and Toby Young. From June 2010. Show more
Roger McGough introduces some of the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare, plus a selection from some other 17th-century masters: John Donne, Andrew Marvell and Henry Vaughan. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Philip Jackson reads a selection of stories by the best-selling author. Sarah and Stephen, desperate to leave London, have found their ideal home in the country. Or so it seems. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
