The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of St Augustine, West Monkton, Somerset.
Profile
Iain Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, whose welfare reforms will be revealed in a White Paper after the Spending Review. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Mark Tully asks how real problem solving is best achieved: by the unconscious or by rational thought? Show more
Alex James meets the first of three finalists for this year's BBC Farmer of the Year. Jon Birchall has put the environment at the heart of his mixed farm in Hertfordshire. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
William Crawley with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar and unfamiliar. E-mail: sunday@bbc.co.uk. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity WaterAid. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Marking the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization with voices from Cape Town where the congress is taking place. With The Rev Hugh Palmer and The Rev Dr Chris Wright. Show more
Sarah Dunant owns up to being a member of the greediest generation - the baby boomers. She wonders if after asking for freedom, they are now asking for the right to die? Show more
News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
Kate has thoughts of home and Vicky means business. Show more
Barrister Michael Mansfield joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. Show more
Sheila Dillon hears from the people attempting to revolutionise the sandwich. She's joined by Bee Wilson who's been looking at the past, present and future of this food icon. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
A look at events around the world.
Writer Michael Freedland and his journalist son Jonathan head to Lithuania and Belarus to track their family roots through the turbulent history of Jewish life in these countries. Show more
Gardening in unusual urban locations. Eric Robson is joined by Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Wilson and Bob Flowerdew in Hulme, Manchester. Show more
Dr Hilary Jones investigates the immensely corpulent individuals who put themselves on show to the public at carnivals. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Captain Ahab's obsessive sea chase across the high seas for the great white whale, as witnessed by sole voyage survivor Ishmael. Stars Trevor White. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling writer Ken Follett about his new book which follows five families through the dramatic events of the early twentieth century. Show more
Roger McGough introduces requests for poems that mark life's major transitions, from the cradle to the grave. Tessa Nicholson and Alun Raglan read works by Blake and others. Show more
File on 4
Insolvency Practitioners: A Corporate Killing
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Allan Urry investigates whether insolvency practitioners measure up to the high standards expected of them when they are called in to a stricken business. Show more
Profile
Iain Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, whose welfare reforms will be revealed in a White Paper after the Spending Review. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
John Waite makes his selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio. Show more
Things get heated at Grange Farm and Jazzer makes himself at home. Show more
A look at the heroes, history and musical instruments of baseball, with a special performance by the National Symphony Orchestra baseball bat player, Glenn Donnellan. Show more
By Eric Pringle. Alice's life has not fulfilled its early promise, but the determination that drove her to pursue a stage career gives her the strength to face an uncertain future. Show more
Do programmes have a sell-by date? And message board mayhem - with Roger Bolton. Show more
Matthew Bannister on the agony aunt Claire Rayner, the operatic soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, and the football manager Malcolm Allison. Show more
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity WaterAid. Show more
Analysis
The Spirit Level: the theory of everything?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Is inequality bad for society as a whole? Mukul Devichand tries to settle the statistical argument kicked off by the authors of The Spirit Level. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster.
Rachel Johnson of The Lady takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news. Show more
Welcome To Sarajevo scribe Frank Cottrell Boyce, Slumdog Millionaire writer Simon Beaufoy and Tamara Drewe adapter Moira Buffini reveal some secrets of screenwriting. Show more
Mark Tully asks how real problem solving is best achieved: by the unconscious or by rational thought? Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Economic migration and happiness - Hairdressing and emotional labour
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Laurie Taylor examines the notion of being paid to be nice in relation to hairdressing and asks whether migration leads to financial satisfaction. Show more
The bells of St Augustine, West Monkton, Somerset.
The latest shipping forecast.
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