The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells from Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire.
Samira Ahmed profiles the physicist Peter Higgs who in the 1960s predicted the existence of the so-called "God Particle" which scientists may have glimpsed at CERN this week. Show more
The latest national and international news.
The second in a pair of programmes that asks, if you had breath for no more than 99 words, what would they be?
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Charlotte Smith talks to former Land Girl and farming matriarch about plans for a memorial to the Women's Land Army. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar. Show more
Michael Buerk presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity I CAN. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The Coming of Emmanuel: A service for the last Sunday of Advent from the Chapel of Unity, Methodist College, Belfast. Show more
Lisa Jardine thinks selective hearing skews the debate over climate change and urges climate scientists to fully engage in a conversation with their sceptical critics. Show more
News and conversation about the big stories of the week. With Paddy O'Connell.
Tony makes an unexpected move and Nic plans her hen night. Show more
Oscar-winning scriptwriter and creator of Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more
Dan Saladino explores the past, present and future of the most British of drinks, gin. He hears how a new generation of distillers is testing the boundaries of a familiar flavour. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news, with an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.
An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career. Featuring Julia McKenzie and Michael Gambon. From 2011. Show more
Eric Robson chairs a Q&A from Sutton Coldfield with Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Wilson. Show more
A history of bankruptcy is not a rarity but it still carries a stigma. Hannah looks back over the depression and guilt that accompanied her financial difficulties after university. Show more
Gargantua's son Pantagruel and his morally dubious friend Panurge try to discover if marriage is for them. Stars David Troughton and Justin Edwards. Show more
Open Book
Open Book continues its celebration of funny books and writers
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Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers, ending her history of comic writing by talking 20th-century classics with Ronald Harwood. Show more
Every year UA Fanthorpe wrote a Christmas poem. Sheila Hancock reads a selection, introduced by UA's partner Rosie Bailey, who designed and printed the cards they sent. Show more
Shahzeb Jillani was born during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, in which Pakistan lost half its territory and Bangladesh was also born. He explores how it still resonates today. Show more
Samira Ahmed profiles the physicist Peter Higgs who in the 1960s predicted the existence of the so-called "God Particle" which scientists may have glimpsed at CERN this week. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Sheila McClennon makes her selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
Tony and Pat wait nervously. Meanwhile, Fallon gets things sorted. Show more
Sue Perkins sets moral and ethical posers for Zoe Lyons and Phill Jupitus, Simon Garfield and Humphrey Ker. From December 2011. Show more
By Horatio Clare. A watery memory of dark times. Inspired by the themes of the Earth Music Bristol festival. Recorded with an audience in 2011.
Tim Harford hears how scientists and journalists reporting on the search for the Higgs boson misunderstand the concept of statistical significance. Plus, how to corner a market. Show more
Last Word
Christopher Hitchens, Lynn Margulis, George Whitman and Jerry Robinson
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
John Wilson on the political journalist Christopher Hitchens, microbiologist Lynn Margulis, George Whitman of the famous bookshop Shakespeare and Co and cartoonist Jerry Robinson. Show more
Money Box looks at Over 50s plans, reward credit cards, PPI compensation delays and the likely purchase of hundreds of Lloyds branches by the Co-op Bank. Presented by Paul Lewis. Show more
Michael Buerk presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity I CAN. Show more
Former BBC Prague correspondent Chris Bowlby looks back at the life of Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright and politican who led his country's revolution against communism. Show more
Preview of the week's politics with politicians, pundits and experts. Show more
Hugo Rifkind of the Times analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories in Westminster and beyond. Show more
Carol Morley talks to Francine Stock about her disturbing documentary, Dreams of a Life, and one of the undisputed stars of British cinema, Eddie Marsan, shares a few acting tips. Show more
The second in a pair of programmes that asks, if you had breath for no more than 99 words, what would they be?
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Laurie Taylor explores the idea of Tipping Points, using a multidisciplinary project at Durham University as a springboard to examine how tipping points occur in society. Show more
The bells from Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire.
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
