The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of St Lawrence in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
Chris Bowlby profiles Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, who is seeking nomination as the Republican Party candidate to run in the 2012 US Presidential election. Show more
The latest national and international news.
On the tenth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Centre, the writer and broadcaster Irma Kurtz shares her memories of living in New York City. Show more
Alex James visits one of the oldest cheese-making families in England. Fourteen generations on, the family in Warwickshire still uses many of the same traditional methods. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Religious and ethical news of the week. Edward Stourton broadcasts live from New York City to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Show more
Mike Wooldridge presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Target Tuberculosis. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, members from the US community in London gather for a service of Remembrance and Reconciliation at the Grosvenor Chapel, near the US Embassy. Show more
John Gray considers why the human animal needs contact with something other than itself. And the tale of an eminent philosopher who persuaded his cat to become a vegan! Show more
With Kevin Connolly. News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
Sue MacGregor gathers the team who created the musical, Les Miserables; Cameron Mackintosh, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Michael Ball, Herbert Kretzmer and John Caird. Show more
The popular panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons, with panellists Tony Hawks, Gyles Brandreth, Pam Ayres and newcomer Miles Jupp. Show more
Simon Parkes investigates the role of food banks in Britain and in North America and discovers how, for many people, hunger and hard food choices are all too real. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With James Robbins and Edward Stourton. The national and international news, with an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.
Eric Robson chairs this gardening Q&A programme with a guest appearance from gardener and broadcaster Bill Blackledge. Show more
Adil Ray looks at life through the lens of contemporary photographers. He meets the innovative and influential Tim Walker. Show more
4 Extra Debut. 1944: Italian PoWs get a hostile welcome in a remote Scottish village, but the cattleman's wife is beguiled. With Claire Knight. Show more
Open Book
Mariella Frostrup talks to authors Meg Rosoff and Christopher Hope
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Meg Rosoff's latest book imagines what the world would be like if God was a petulant teenage boy and Christopher Hope on why South Africa remains such a literary inspiration. Show more
Roger McGough introduces a wide range of poetry requests, read by Mark Meadows and Catherine Cusack. Michael Longley, Jean Sprackland and Clare Pollard also read their own work. Show more
...of 9/11: BBC reporter Navid Aktar meets fellow British Muslims from across the country to gauge how the events of 11 September 2001 changed their lives. Show more
Chris Bowlby profiles Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, who is seeking nomination as the Republican Party candidate to run in the 2012 US Presidential election. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Caz Graham makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
Debbie has an interesting proposition for Brian, and Tony struggles to see a way through. Show more
Americana comes from Ground Zero, in downtown New York, where Jonny Dymond will talk with Americans about how their country has changed in the decade since 9/11. Show more
Investigating the numbers in the news. Featuring zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying. Show more
Last Word
Vann Nath, Eugene Nida, Betty Skelton, Len Ganley, Ray Fisher
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on imprisoned Cambodian painter Vann Nath, stunt flier Betty Skelton, Scots singer Ray Fisher, Bible translator Eugene Nida and snooker referee Len Ganley. Show more
The latest news from the world of personal finance.
Mike Wooldridge presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Target Tuberculosis. Show more
Hundreds of small companies have set up shop in East London. But could 'Silicon Roundabout' really rival Silicon Valley? Show more
Preview of the week's politics. Carolyn Quinn talks to the chief political correspondent of the Guardian, Nick Watt, about the week ahead at Westminster. Show more
George Parker of the Financial Times analyses how the broadsheets and redtops are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond.
Gary Oldman talks to Francine Stock about playing George Smiley in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy and Marni Nixon recalls her part in one of the great musicals - West Side Story. Show more
On the tenth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Centre, the writer and broadcaster Irma Kurtz shares her memories of living in New York City. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Home Life 3: Nuclear Household
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
How are homes changing? In a special series Laurie Taylor and sociologists visit listeners' homes to explore private life. This edition is on the classic 'nuclear' family. Show more
The bells of St Lawrence in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
The latest shipping forecast.
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