The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A reading and a reflection to start the day from Wales, with singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys. Show more
The programme that starts with its listeners.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Clare Balding is walking with dogs (and their owners) in this new series of Ramblings. For the first programme she meets Stuart and Poppy, walking round England for charity. Show more
Charlotte Smith meets gold medal winners at the Chelsea Flower Show and asks whether winning makes a difference to growers and their business. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs, presented by James Naughtie and Sarah Montague: analysis of the Egyptian elections, plus Jack Straw on Leveson, and the latest from Syria. Show more
Saturday Live
Bamber Gascoigne; Angel of Mostar; real-life Billy Elliot; John McCarthy in Beirut; Sugar Ray Leonard's Inheritance Tracks
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sian Williams and Richard Coles with Bamber Gascoigne, John McCarthy in Beirut, the Angel of Mostar, a real-life Billy Elliot and Sugar Ray Leonard's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Tony Hawks uses an unusual reference work to explore the complex world of musical plagiarism. With Neil Innes. From May 2012. Show more
You're off to the seaside to taste one of Italy's most celebrated culinary delights. What can possibly go wrong? Plus reports from Beirut, Lagos, Arizona and Azerbaijan. Show more
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Phill Jupitus and Ed Byrne. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the first edition of a special Schools Questions & Answers from Rugby High School,one of the winners of the BBC's Schools Questions and Answers challenge. Show more
Call Jonathan Dimbleby on 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers]. Topics include grammar schools and if prisoners should be allowed to vote. Show more
1860: Countess Narona is left a fortune when her rich husband dies. Years later an apparition wants revenge. Stars Harry Lloyd. Show more
Internationally-acclaimed trumpeter Alison Balsom joins Frances Fyfield to study the manuscript of Johann Hummel's famous, and famously challenging, Trumpet Concerto. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dragons Den's Hilary Devey
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Shirley Manson on women in the music business, Tony Parsons on whether men are hardwired to want to earn more than their wives, and Dragon Den's Hilary Devey. With Jane Garvey. Show more
Ritula Shah presents the day's top news stories, with sports headlines.
The programme that starts with its listeners.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson is joined by John Cooper Clarke, Eddie Marsan, David Schneider, Arthur Smith and David Quantick, with music from Thea Gilmore and Roberto Fonseca. Show more
Pascale Harter profiles singer Engelbert Humperdinck. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, novelists Lionel Shriver and Andrew O' Hagan and theatre writer David Benedict, review the week's cultural highlights including Moonrise Kingdom. Show more
4 Extra Debut. As governments seek to encourage housebuilding, Anne McElvoy explores the never-ending conflict over our land. Is a green field better than a human home? Show more
4 Extra Debut. A single day in June and Clarissa Dalloway makes final preparations for an important party. Stars Fenella Woolgar and Sam Dale. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from London and Reading. From May 2012. Show more
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry requests read by Sean Gleeson, Barbara Barnes and Samuel West. The poet Anna Crowe also joins the programme. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A castle guide ponders whether he can make the castle owner believe in ghosts, when he himself does not. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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