The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer, presented by the Very Rev Graham Forbes, Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh.
The iPM New Year's Honours. Nominees include a woman who survived horrific violence in South Africa and remains an optimist. Plus the winner is announced. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Helen Mark takes listeneers on a journey to the real Never Never Land, as she explores JM Barrie's birthplace in the rural landscape of Kirriemuir, near Dundee. Show more
A year in the life of the Farming Today cow. Presented by Sarah Swadling. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Sarah Montague, guest edited by journalist Dame Ann Leslie. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. Show more
Saturday Live
Aggie MacKenzie; Ralph McTell; The Archers; Russell Grant's Inheritance Tracks
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
John McCarthy and Suzy Klein with Aggie MacKenzie, the man who was 'the human bridge' at Zeebrugge, The Archers cast, singer Ralph McTell and Russell Grant's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
With more productions of Shakespeare staged in Germany than in the UK, Patrick Spottiswoode considers why the bard is held so dear by Germany. Show more
Bridget Kendall tests the boundaries of the real and virtual worlds with the ceramicist Edmund de Waal, artist and 3D digital innovator Eyal Gever and mathematician Robert Kaplan. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A feast of highlights from 2012
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Kate Adie presents a selection of despatches from BBC foreign correspondents in China, Russia, India, the Philippines, the Falklands, France and Mexico. Show more
Compilation of the best bits of the News Quiz from 2012, presented by Sandi Toksvig. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Owen Bennett-Jones is joined by some of the BBC's top correspondents as they give their predictions about what will shape our world next year. Show more
The Listening Project
The Listening Project Symphony
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Highlights from the Listening Project accompanied by a new score from composer Gary Carpenter, performed by the BBC Philharmonic. Live from MediaCityUK in Salford. Show more
Every girl needs a pair of red shoes, we are told. But they are dangerous and if not kept under control, they will lead you to a sad and grisly perdition. Show more
Guy Schalom explores one of Egypt’s biggest cultural exports, Baladi, the music heart of the bellydance. From 2012. Show more
Woman's Hour
Charlotte Church; Ren Harvieu; inspirational young women
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Charlotte Church, Ren Harvieu and other young women who have impressed on Woman's Hour throughout 2012. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news with Patrick O'Connell.
The iPM New Year's Honours. Nominees include a woman who survived horrific violence in South Africa and remains an optimist. Plus the winner is announced. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Simon Le Bon, Sir David Frost, Nile Rogers, Clare Balding, Bobby Womack
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive's guests include Simon Le Bon, James Naughtie, Sir David Frost, Olympic golden girl Clare Balding, Mercury Award-winners Alt-J, and the poet himself Bobby Womack. Show more
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
In the New Year, senior announcer Harriet Cass leaves Radio 4, but before her departure, she chooses her favourite moments from BBC Radio in 2012. Show more
Stephen Fry salutes actress Margaret Rutherford, whose personal life was as thrilling as playing Miss Marple. From December 2012. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Beautiful Lizzie Eustace must fight to retain the dazzling diamonds which she believes are rightfully hers. Stars Pippa Nixon. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Clive Anderson and guests discuss how the innate theatricality of the legal world is reflected in drama and how distinctions between Rumpole and reality can become blurred. Show more
Russell Davies welcomes another four competitors in the latest heat of the general knowledge quiz. Show more
Roger McGough presents a warm but slush-free selection of Christmas poetry requests. The readers are John Mackay, Ian McElhinney and Eleanor Tremain. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Meet more brains behind mobile phone evolution - the engineers who turned them from hefty bricks into fashion items. From November 2011. Show more
Afternoon Reading
Sylvia Townsend Warner - Winter in the Air and Other Stories
Episode 1: Winter in the Air
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
4 Extra Debut. A woman contemplates the end of her marriage and her new life in her solitary flat in 1950s London. Read by Susannah Harker. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
