The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
Lynsey Hanley, the author of "Estates: An Intimate History" explores the complexities of class and social mobility in her own life and in British society more widely. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Broadcaster Anita Rani explores the significance of being lost, both physically and spiritually. She talks to Reverend Peter Owen-Jones about his experiences in the wilderness.
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Lionel Kelleway travels to Herefordshire to marvel at the Old Masters of the British countryside - ancient trees including the oldest oak in Britain. 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. Show more
Juliet Stevenson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Women and Children First. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday Worship's first service for Advent. Live from Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, with Greyfriars Choir and the Edinburgh Singers. The preacher is Rev Richard Frazer. Show more
Joan Bakewell compares the tensions in the Catholic and Anglican churches over policy on homosexuality, contraception and the status of women priests. Show more
News and conversation about the big stories of the week with Paddy O'Connell.
Will's on the warpath and Helen makes a confession. Show more
Best-selling author Robert Harris joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs. Show more
The Food Programme
Best Drinks Producer, Food & Farming Awards
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A distiller, a brewer and a cider maker - but who will be the first winner of the Food and Farming Awards Best Drinks Producer Award? Oz Clarke joins Sheila Dillon to reveal all. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
A look at events around the world.
A year after the Copenhagen climate summit, Roger Harrabin explores what really happened in the negotiations and asks why such a massive effort lead to such a small result. Show more
Eric Robson chairs a programme from Manchester City. Pippa Greewood visits the birthplace of the RSPB - Fletcher Moss Gardens. Show more
Physicist and broadcaster Paul Davies looks back on the life of fellow scientific populariser Carl Sagan. Show more
Robin Brooks' dramatisation of Robert Graves' histories of Roman political vice. Young Claudius grows up in the turbulent household of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to writers Peter Ackroyd and Kevin Crossley-Holland about the legend of King Arthur and to novelist Philip Kerr about his new book Field Grey. Show more
David Walliams is a great fan of Philip Larkin, and to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the poet's death, he and Larkin's biographer Andrew Motion discuss some of the poems. Show more
As the number of care home inspectors is cut, Fran Abrams asks if enough is being done to protect the elderly from neglect and abuse. Show more
Playwright Janice Okoh creates an imaginative response to a story from the week's news. 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 seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
Jill is puzzled by the crowd at St Stephen's and Amy offers to lend a hand. Show more
It's the holiday season... and Matt Frei talks to the distinguished economist Jeffrey Sachs about the food choices and tough financial decisions Americans face. Show more
Short stories to mark the 100th anniversary of the SOS call. In Colette Paul's tale, a retired woman is jolted out of her routine by the intrusion of a voice from her past. Show more
Aspiring comedian Richard Hanrahan desperate to break into BBC radio pitches his talents directly to the woman who can say yes.... Or ... er no thanks. Show more
Matthew Bannister on the Hammer Horror actress Ingrid Pitt, the foreign correspondent John Bulloch, the furniture designer Robin Day and the turkey farmer Bernard Matthews. Show more
Paul Lewis and guests bring you the latest news from the world of personal finance. Show more
Juliet Stevenson presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Women and Children First. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Show more
In the middle of a recession economic, growth is always considered the great panacea. But Peter Day wonders whether this is really the way to tackle the problems of a finite world. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more
Nick Watt of The Guardian takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news. Show more
Oscar winning British producer Graham King discusses his adventures in Hollywood. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Civic Core - Public convenience
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Laurie Taylor looks at new research into the public convenience and discusses the notion of a civic core - who volunteers in their community and how. Show more
The bells of Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire.
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
