The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Prayer and reflection with Richard Hill. Show more
In this week's iPM we meet roller derby enthusiast Philthy Delphia and one pensioner who gives to another. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Jules Hudson is at one of the most iconic canals in the UK to find out why British Waterways is launching a recruitment drive for volunteers as it prepares to become a charity. Show more
Charlotte Smith visits the National Soil Resources Institute to find out how farming can put the land under pressure, and how some farmers are trying to change that. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and James Naughtie, featuring John Prescott on climate change talks, the latest on the eurozone, and the Watford focus group. Show more
Saturday Live
Noah Stewart, Aoife Mannix, photojournalist Giles Duley, Parliament Choir, art teacher David Wood, Mel C's Inheritance Tracks
1 hour
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Richard Coles with tenor Noah Stewart, poet Aoife Mannix, a triple amputee photojournalist, Damian Hirst's art teacher, the Parliament choir and Mel C's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Excess Baggage
Gambian elections - Nepal - Himalayan rafting
30 minutes
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John McCarthy looks at Gambia with election observer Edward Canfor-Dumas, guerilla trekking in Nepal with Julia Horton and white water rafting in the Himalayas with Leigh Banks. Show more
David Owen Norris and guests hear the songs Oscar Wilde might have chosen for his iPod, in the hotel room where he was arrested. Guests include Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland. Show more
Steve Richards of the Independent asks who is ahead in the contest between the Chancellor George Osborne and his Labour shadow Ed Balls. Show more
Kate Adie introduces correspondents' despatches from Des Moines, Iowa, Kinshasa in the DRC, Uttar Pradesh in India, Sharjah in the UAE and the Italian city of Bologna. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Jan Ravens, Andrew Maxwell and Mitch Benn for topical stand-up, sketches and comedy songs. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live panel discussion of news and politics from the Dallow Community Centre in Luton with Jeremy Hunt, Sadiq Khan, Bonnie Greer and Lord Levene. Show more
With Jonathan Dimbleby. Topics include the Autumn Statement, bank bonuses, happiness and the UK's place in Europe. Show more
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Soweto Kinch joins Ken Clarke MP in the studio to discuss the life and music of the saxophonist Joe Henderson. Show more
Woman's Hour
Christmas knitwear, Haiti Camps, Music from Larkin Poe
1 hour
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With Jane Garvey. Christmas knitwear, Haiti camps, music from Larkin Poe, siblings: the longest bond, how honest should parents be with kids? and health care for the poorest women. Show more
A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines, presented by Carolyn Quinn.
In this week's iPM we meet roller derby enthusiast Philthy Delphia and one pensioner who gives to another. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson talks to Charlie Brooker and Jimmy Osmond. With music from Liz Green and Blood Orange. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles the Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour, who has announced he is quitting music to pursue a career in politics. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests the writers Liz Jensen and Natalie Haynes and comedian David Schneider review the week's cultural highlights including Martin Scorsese's film Hugo. Show more
Stewart Purvis explores the history of journalistic impartiality - through archive and through interviews with some of the best-known names in 20th-century broadcast news. Show more
The story of a young man and the effect his pity for a young disabled girl has on both their lives. With Piers Wehner, Bryony Hannah and Ronald Pickup. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
David Aaronovitch, Claire Fox, Clifford Longley, Anne McElvoy and Matthew Taylor explore the moral implications of the public sector strike. Show more
Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies, with competitors from East Anglia, the West Midlands and London. Show more
The ancient Greek poet Simonides hymned the dead of the first Persian Wars. What does his poetry say about war today? Poet Robert Crawford has translated his work into Scots.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Lollo says he is setting a trap for a local animal but really it will be for a human, someone close to his heart. Read by Dermot Crowley. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
