The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of St Vedast, Foster Lane, London.
Comedian Billy Connolly has announced new film and touring plans despite facing ill health. Mark Coles explores how Connolly has long used humour to defy serious adversity. Show more
The latest national and international news.
In the first of two programmes, Mark Tully questions the apparent conflict between religion and reason and asks if the two are more closely related than we might think. Show more
In the wake of the horsemeat scandal, Sybil Ruscoe asks what the legitimate market is for the meat in the UK, and finds out how the meat from Dartmoor ponies is used. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Martin Hughes-Games presents an appeal on behalf of Freshwater Habitats Trust. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A harvest service with the staff and students of South Wales Baptist College, Cardiff. Led by the Rev Ed Kaneen. The preacher is the Rev Dr Peter Stevenson. Show more
A Point of View
AL Kennedy: Someone to Watch Over Me
10 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
AL Kennedy reflects on our tendency to behave badly when we think no-one is looking, or when we follow the wrong crowd. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Matt paints a rosy picture, and Lynda breaks the bad news.
Kirsty Young talks to novelist and critic Zadie Smith. Show more
The Food Programme
A Quiet Food Revolution: The Story of Myrtle and Darina Allen
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
How two women, Myrtle and Darina Allen, revolutionised food in Ireland with their cooking. From pioneering restaurants to farmers' markets, Dan Saladino tells the Ballymaloe story. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news, including an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.
Tom Ravenscroft goes in search of the musical characters who prefer to go solo - from harmonica to bells and whistles. From 2013. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Ness Botanic Gardens, Wirral
43 minutes
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Peter Gibbs is joined by Matt Biggs, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and James Wong to answer questions from a local audience at Ness Botanic Gardens on the Wirral. Show more
In September 1963, the jazz legend gave a concert in the Afghan capital. Hear from Faiz Khairzada, the man who organised Duke Ellington's appearance. Show more
The rowing holiday continues with a tin of beef and no can opener, and a serious encounter with swans. Stars Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more
Open Book
The Story, edited by Victoria Hislop; scientist-author collaboration; Man Booker Prize
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Victoria Hislop has edited a new anthology of women's short stories called The Story. From Helen Simpson to Angela Carter, she explains how she chose her 100 favourites. Show more
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for the poems of RS Thomas, on the centenary of his birth. Owen Teale is the reader. Show more
After the factory tragedy in which 1100 garment workers died, Jane Deith reports from Bangladesh on the response of the international companies which source cheap clothes there. Show more
Comedian Billy Connolly has announced new film and touring plans despite facing ill health. Mark Coles explores how Connolly has long used humour to defy serious adversity. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio, chosen by John Waite. Show more
Caroline's apologetic, and Clarrie's looking after everyone. Show more
Worried about obscure questions, Paul rewrites the UK Citizenship Test to reflect his ideas about Britishness. From August 2013. Show more
By Ann Cleeves. Shetland detective Willow Reeves returns to her childhood home, where a past dark secret has resurfaced. Read by Lesley Hart. Show more
Tim Harford asks if the evidence proves that free school meals improve children's classroom performance. Plus, how risky was 1970s motor-racing, as portrayed in the film Rush? Show more
Last Word
An RAF air marshal, a cancer care centre founder, a chocolate maker, a singer and a broadcaster
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on Air Marshal Sir John Curtiss, cancer care centre founder Pat Pilkington, After Eight mint creator Brian Sollitt, singer Joan Regan and broadcaster Tom Vernon. Show more
Money Box
Pension crackdown; Child benefit fine warning; Outing closet trackers
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Crackdown on charges that eat away at pensions, child benefit fine warning, outing the 'closet trackers', and the charity which had 60 fraudulent direct debits taken from accounts. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents an appeal on behalf of Freshwater Habitats Trust. Show more
In Peter Day's 25 years of presenting In Business he has talked to many survivors of booms and busts. He has been back to some of them to ask what lessons they have learnt. Show more
Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.
Andrew Gimson of ConservativeHome analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
The Film Programme
Diana; Tony Gilroy and Hossein Amini; Metro Manila; Trevor Howard
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Francine Stock talks to director Oliver Hirschbiegel about controversial biopic Diana. Tony Gilroy and Hossein Amini on the art of screenwriting, and Sean Ellis on Metro Manila. Show more
In the first of two programmes, Mark Tully questions the apparent conflict between religion and reason and asks if the two are more closely related than we might think. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Holiday hedonism in Ibiza; White working class voters
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Laurie Taylor explores the risk-taking experiences of young British tourists in Ibiza. Also, political disaffection amongst white, working class voters. Show more
The bells of St Vedast, Foster Lane, London.
The latest shipping forecast.
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