The latest shipping forecast.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Chris Bennett of the Titanic Quarter in Belfast. Show more
Countryside news with Charlotte Smith. A farmer's heartbreak as his sheep are slaughtered by criminals, and battle lines drawn over proposed cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy. Show more
Morning news and current affairs with Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Kirsty Young talks to theatre critic Blanche Marvin. Show more
Jess's recovery is progressing so well that there is talk of her going home, but she worries about what her friends might think when she returns to her own school. Show more
Moving insight into the experience of teenagers who arrive alone seeking asylum in Britain, following their ordeals and achievements via a support centre in east London. Show more
Dr Hugh Thornton is pioneering a new distance healing app, in the satirical NHS sitcom. Stars Nigel Planer. From November 2012. Show more
The Listening Project
Molly and Emma: Just Get Married, Mum!
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hears nine-year-old Molly talking to her mum at her after-school club, which Children in Need helps fund. Molly's life would be perfect if her parents would get married. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
In Pursuit of the Ridiculous
Episode 5: The Purple Emperor
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Matthew Oates is a complete fan of the rare purple emperor butterfly but meets his match in Neil Hume, a self-confessed addict of this insect and its favoured woods. From Nov 2012. Show more
Lynda holds a tense rehearsal, and Neil and Susan ponder their finances. Show more
By Nick Warburton. Warwick dreams of expansion. He gets it into his head that they should have a covered area built on the side of the restaurant with romantic views over the river. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Eric Robson is joined by Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Matthew Wilson, plus special guest Nicholas Parsons as GQT meets Just a Minute for BBC Children in Need. Show more
By Ross Raisin. 4 Extra Debut. A woman stands on a cliff edge, which is at the end of her garden. What exactly can that mean? Read by Deborah Findlay. Show more
Last Word
Sir Rex Hunt, Valerie Eliot, Duke Vin, Susan Jeffers, Joe Melia
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on former governor of the Falkland Islands Sir Rex Hunt, TS Eliot's widow Valerie, sound system DJ Duke Vin, psychologist Susan Jeffers and actor Joe Melia. Show more
Is the BBC too interested in its own problems? Roger Bolton hears your views on the week's coverage. And was Radio 4's comedy The Golden Age satirical or offensive? Show more
The Listening Project
Maria and Sarah: Safe at Last
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hears 11-year-old Maria and her mother remembering their years of surviving domestic abuse. Children in Need funding is now helping them to create some happy memories. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week in stand-up and sketches with Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and David Quantick. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. Show more
It's party time for Daniel. Meanwhile Fallon lets her feelings show. Show more
Front Row
Jimmy Page; natural history programmes over the years
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Kirsty Lang interviews the musician Jimmy Page, plus a review of new supernatural TV drama The Secret of Crickley Hall, and 60 years of natural history documentaries. Show more
Jess's recovery is progressing so well that there is talk of her going home, but she worries about what her friends might think when she returns to her own school. Show more
Any Questions?
All Saints Church, Dulverton, Somerset
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Dulverton in Somerset. Guests include Baroness Shirley Williams, Hilary Benn MP, David Willetts MP and Alex Deane. Show more
Mary Beard reflects on the arbitrary nature of some laws, including the age of consent, and argues that accidents of history can determine how we choose to criminalize or regulate. Show more
A radio adaptation of the acclaimed National Theatre of Scotland and London Review of Books production, investigating the crisis in UK newspapers in the words of the journalists. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The election of Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales has been largely ignored by voters. National and international news and analysis, presented by Ritula Shah. Show more
Iehuda of Qeriot remembers the events that lead to his loss of faith in Yehoshuah and his eventual betrayal of the man who had been his dearest friend. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Peter White and Heydon Prowse on books by Duncan Hamilton, Nicholas Shaxson and Georgette Heyer. From 2012. Show more
Mike Greenwood journeys into the Chaco in Paraguay to uncover how environmental groups, ranchers and missionaries are battling for the soul of one of the last wildernesses. Show more
The Listening Project
Kate and Alison: Cyber-bullying
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover presents a conversation between a teenage victim and her mother about the sinister and destructive experience of being cyber-bullied. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
With the death of Lenin and Stalin's assumption of power, a new kind of paranoia fuelled the savage quest for 'class enemies', leading to the brutality of Operation Former People. Show more
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