The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr David Stone, Canon Precentor of Coventry Cathedral.
The programme that starts with its listeners. Legendary test pilot Eric Winkle Brown tells how to survive a crash - 'Be prepared and be short'. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Helen Mark visits Lyme Regis, along Dorset's Jurassic coast, to explore the Undercliffs, a fascinating jungle-like terrain that has been created by 200 years of landslips. Show more
Love them or loathe them, glasshouses and polytunnels have become a feature of the countryside. Charlotte Smith explores the practice of growing undercover in the Vale of Evesham. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs with Justin Webb and John Humphrys, including: Boston manhunt ends, plus doctors advise on measles shots, and what is Britain's greatest battle? Show more
Saturday Live
Eoin Colfer, Petula Clark, Mr Gwynne, Ben Fogle
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sian Williams and Richard Coles with author Eoin Colfer, grammarian Mr Gwynne, poet Luke Wright, butcher Charlotte Harbottle, Ben Fogle, and Petula Clark's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
4 Extra Debut. John Jungclaussen on what UK soaps can learn from Germany’s Lindenstrasse, inspired by ITV’s Coronation Street. From April 2013.
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Peter Oborne of the Daily Telegraph asks how this month will be remembered in politics. What is it like being raised on benefits, and what was it like at Lady Thatcher's funeral? Show more
An unexpected gift from a Libyan army officer and other stories from around the world, presented by Kate Adie. Show more
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. With Jeremy Hardy, Rebecca Front, Justin Moorhouse and Hugo Rifkind. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby presents a special edition of Any Questions? from Columbia University, New York, to mark the first 100 days of President Obama's second term. Show more
Anita Anand takes listeners' calls and emails in response to the special US edition of Any Questions? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Lina agrees to marry a charming stranger, but is he all that he seems? Dramatisation of the novel on which Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion was based. From April 2013. Show more
In 2012, Lady Gaga was banned from playing in Indonesia, while US death metal group Cannibal Corpse were approved. Maria Bakkalapulo explores Islamic pop contradictions in Jakarta. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour - Sheryl Sandberg; Jahmene Douglas; The Politician's Husband
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Facebook boss Sheryl Sandberg on why she's telling women to 'lean in', plus X Factor finalist Jahmene Douglas on his childhood experience of domestic abuse. Jane Garvey presents. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
The programme that starts with its listeners. Legendary test pilot Eric Winkle Brown tells how to survive a crash - 'Be prepared and be short'. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Julian Clary, Krister Henriksson, David Quantick, Sophie Kinsella, Night Beds, Treetop Flyers
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive Anderson is joined by Julian Clary, Krister Henriksson, David Quantick and Sophie Kinsella for conversation, music and comedy. With music from Night Beds. Show more
Mark Coles profiles Robert Mueller, the long-serving and influential director of the FBI, who is taking the lead in investigating the Boston Marathon attacks. Show more
Saturday Review
John le Carré's A Delicate Truth, and Matt Damon in Promised Land
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
John le Carré's A Delicate Truth; Matt Damon in Promised Land; Ben Elton sitcom The Wright Way; #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei; and Richard Patterson at the Timothy Taylor Gallery. Show more
Hero or unethical schemer? Mark Malloch Brown reviews the life of Henry Kissinger, a key figure in US foreign policy. From April 2013. Show more
Pursued by suitors, a beautiful glover's daughter struggles to survive in lawless 14th-century Scotland. Stars David Tennant. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
After the latest chapter in the Miliband brothers' story, with the elder David quitting UK politics, Mariella Frostrup and her guests discuss the importance of birth order. Show more
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from the University of Leicester take on their professors. From 2013. Show more
Writer Jean Sprackland visits the Leeds city centre bar, famous for its poetic punters from Betjeman to TS Eliot, and explores the legacy of the postwar Leeds poetry renaissance. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Maaza Mengiste. A young Ethiopian woman, hoping for a better life in Europe, finds herself trapped in a Libyan prison. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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