The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of Church of Holy Cross in Woodchurch, Wirral.
Becky Milligan profiles Andrew Mitchell, who resigned as Conservative chief whip last year after being accused of calling officers guarding the Downing Street gates 'plebs'. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Writer Lucy Mangan reflects on the value and the meanings we invest in gold. Show more
Chris Sperring looks into the cracks and crevices of Exeter Cathedral's walls to find the large tube web spider. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Archbishop of Westminster; Holy Relic; Death Cafe
45 minutes
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William Crawley talks with Archbishop Vincent Nichols as he calls on business to help serve society. Plus a Holy Relic tours the UK, and we have a report from a Death Cafe. Show more
Simon Russell Beale presents an appeal on behalf of Sense International. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service from the Chapel of Unity, Methodist College, Belfast, with the Rev Dr Heather Morris exploring the importance for Christians of taking risks. Show more
A Point of View
Lisa Jardine: Reflections on IVF
10 minutes
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Lisa Jardine reflects on the sensitive questions surrounding IVF, as she comes to the end of her term as chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Crested Tit. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Tom becomes suspicious. Meanwhile Ed and Mike wait for an update. Show more
Kirsty Young talks to Prof Tanya Byron, clinical psychologist and TV presenter. Show more
With an abundance of different restaurant reviews, Sheila Dillon asks who we can trust. 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.
Emma Barnett hears how women in the Canadian Army serve in the front line and asks if the British Army will soon follow their example. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Leicester University and Botanic Gardens
43 minutes
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Host Eric Robson and his panel of horticultural experts, Matt Biggs, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank, take audience questions at Leicester University and Botanic Gardens. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Edition - Kath and Kate
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover meets a 90-year-old and her eldest daughter to discover why they recorded their conversation about children, marriage, holidays and death, and what it meant to them. Show more
Guy Crouchback starts to lose his idealism about the war. Waugh's satirical masterpiece stars Paul Ready and Tim Pigott-Smith. Show more
Open Book
Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart; Joe Sacco on his graphic novel of The Great War
28 minutes
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Books news with Mariella Frostrup. Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart, Joe Sacco explains why he portrayed the Great War in pictures, and the rise of the graphic novel. Show more
In the year that the Lindisfarne Gospel returned to the North East, 12 poets and a digital sound artist discuss their contemporary responses to the island's priceless book. Show more
The government wants 170,000 new affordable homes by 2015. But with social landlords under pressure from spending cuts and benefit reforms, can they deliver? Fran Abrams reports. Show more
Becky Milligan profiles Andrew Mitchell, who resigned as Conservative chief whip last year after being accused of calling officers guarding the Downing Street gates 'plebs'. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Liz Barclay chooses the best of the previous seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
Nic makes a breakthrough, and Jim broaches a delicate subject. Show more
Writer Toby Young revisits his tearaway teen years, when he had fun playing knock down ginger and skateboarding, but failed most of his exams. With Rufus Hound. From July 2012. Show more
By Ruth Figgest. Louise is ten years older than her husband Leon, and one day, walking on the Downs, they realise that perhaps they are not the happy family they thought they were. Show more
Morwenna Banks, writer of star-studded drama Goodbye, explains why she chose radio to tell a powerful story of loss. And we consider due impartiality in climate change coverage. Show more
Last Word
A sculptor, a comedian, a social worker and Yugoslavia's First Lady
28 minutes
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Obituary series. Matthew Bannister remembers sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, Yugoslavia's First Lady Jovanka Broz, comedian Felix Dexter and social work academic Olive Stevenson. Show more
Money Box
Fuel Poverty; Green questions over Co-Op; Switching nightmares
30 minutes
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Fuel poverty, fixed-means-fixed ruling on mobile phone contracts, green concerns over Co-Op's hedge fund future, and switching nightmares for some bank customers. With Paul Lewis. Show more
Simon Russell Beale presents an appeal on behalf of Sense International. Show more
Analysis
Quantitative Easing: Miracle Cure or Dangerous Addiction?
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Could quantitative easing create a bigger financial crisis than the one it was supposed to avert? Sunday Telegraph economic commentator Liam Halligan argues that it could. 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.
Ian Burrell of the Independent looks at how the newspapers covered the week's big stories.
The Film Programme
Ken Loach; Halloween re-release; Persistence of Vision
28 minutes
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The latest news from the world of film. Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach, director of Kes and Sweet Sixteen among others, about how to get the best performances from young actors. Show more
Writer Lucy Mangan reflects on the value and the meanings we invest in gold. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Muslim Fundamentalism; Customer Abuse to Service Workers
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Laurie Taylor discusses a study into resistance to religious extremism in Muslim majority contexts. Also, Marek Korczynski on the abuse of service workers by customers. Show more
The bells of Church of Holy Cross in Woodchurch, Wirral.
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
