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Daily prayer and reflection.
The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Helen Mark visits the developing nature reserve of Portbury Wharf and discovers how local residents in Bristol are making a unique investment to their natural habitat. Show more
Charlotte Smith discovers how ingredients can be traced back to their source when there is a possibility of food contamination. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Fi Glover with business guru Deborah Meaden, poet Elvis McGonagall, the piano-tuning great-great-grandson of Chopin's piano tuner, and the Inheritance Tracks of Rick Astley. Show more
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South America 'Wild coast' - Volunteering abroad
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John McCarthy explores the wild coasts of Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana in South America and examines the pleasures and pitfalls of travelling and volunteering abroad. Show more
Marc Riley, Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker discover some of the world’s most elusive sights off the Irish coast. From 2011. Show more
A look behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more
Kate Adie hosts this edition of the programme which features despatches from the Horn of Africa, Ohio and California, Soweto and the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Show more
Sandi Toksvig presents the ever-popular topical panel show. Guests this week are Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Hugo Rifkind and Mark Steel. Rory Morrison reads the news. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Poole Grammar School with questions for the panel including Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Show more
Jonathan Myerson's play traces the first ten days of the 1973 October War, when surprise conflict in the Middle East coincided at the White House with tensions over Watergate. Show more
Closet campanologist Ian McMillan spends a day at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, where a team of East End craftsmen preserves a set of skills dating back to the 1500s. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Including the tyranny of clothes sizes - why they vary so much, and Mikhail Gorbachev's grand-daughter discusses his political legacy as he nears 80. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines.
The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair.
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Conversation, music and comedy. Clive Anderson is joined by Lenny Henry, Andrew Neil and Alastair Campbell. With music from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo. Show more
James Silver profiles Andy Coulson, who has resigned as David Cameron's director of communications, blaming coverage of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests playwright Mark Ravenhill, critic and academic Maria Delgado and novelist Michael Arditti review the week's cultural highlights, including Black Swan. Show more
Barry Norman on the changing experience of British cinema over the last century, charting the rise from the low ebb of the 1970s to today's exciting innovations. From January 2011. Show more
Miss Mackenzie inherits a fortune when her brother dies but then she suddenly finds herself being pursued by several suitors who may, or, may not, be after her money. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Combative, provocative and engaging debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. Chaired by Michael Buerk. Show more
It's the start of the semi-finals, and Russell Davies puts four contestants to the general knowledge test, with a place in the 58th Brain of Britain Final at stake. Show more
Jonathan Charles explores the new war poetry written by Afghanistan's civilians with vivid stories to tell. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Comic mysteries by 19th-century German author Johann Peter Hebel, read by Mark Williams. A soldier is married on sentry duty, and Dr Rapunzius sells some amazing toothache pills. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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