The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of York Minster.
Chris Bowlby profiles actor Idris Elba, who plays Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Arts journalist Marie-Louise Muir draws on her own experiences as a mother to reflect on the significance and value of human touch. Show more
Sybil Ruscoe meets the Reinholds, a ranching family who rear cattle and horses on the prairies of South Dakota. They lost 91 horses in the October blizzard Storm Atlas. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Historical food, interfaith dining and food wars
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
William Crawley presents a special programme on the relationship between food and faith. He talks with Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Programme. Show more
Martin Bell presents an appeal for Street Child Africa. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Following the death of composer John Tavener in November, this service explores aspects of Tavener's deep Christian faith including, at the close of the year, his message of hope. Show more
John Gray gives only two cheers for human rights. Rather than imposing them like a religious creed, he says we should see them as useful devices that quite often don't work. Show more
David Attenborough presents the lesser redpoll. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Helen has high hopes, and there is Christmas joy at Ambridge View. Show more
Kirsty Young chats to the kings of TV prime time, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. From December 2013.
The Food Programme
100 years of Elizabeth David
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sheila Dillon and Tim Hayward discuss the legacy of Elizabeth David, the woman who brought the Mediterranean to post-war Britain, 100 years after her birth. 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.
Hardeep Singh Kohli cooks his final lunch of the series for two people whose story is all about new beginnings. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
The Met Office, Exeter
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Peter Gibbs presents a special edition of GQT from the Met Office in Exeter, with Bunny Guinness, Matthew Wilson and Anne Swithinbank. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Edition - Listeners' Choice
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover introduces the most requested conversations, in the Sunday Edition of Radio 4's series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Set in Cuba, the thrilling epic battle between an old man and a large marlin. Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece with David Schofield. Show more
Mariella Frostrup presents a Children's Laureate special. Malorie Blackman, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen discuss the role of the Children's Laureate. Show more
Mike Greenwood reports from South Korea on how the poetry of the country's national poet, Ko Un, weaves a grand mosaic of Korean history and society. Show more
Rob Walker investigates the mysterious case of a man in his 20s found dead in a suburban street in west London in September 2012. Show more
Chris Bowlby profiles actor Idris Elba, who plays Nelson Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom. 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.
Something is bothering Lilian. Meanwhile Lynda is overcome with emotion. Show more
The American humourist on his native tongue in 'English Lesson' and taxidermy in 'Understanding Understanding Owls'. From December 2013. Show more
By Niall Griffiths. Perry and his elderly mother are snowed in, isolated in the Welsh hills. She is determined to force her layabout son to fetch supplies. Read by Eiry Thomas. Show more
Tim Harford presents a guide to some of the most informative, revealing and idiosyncratic statistics of the year. Show more
The Rev Richard Coles picks from this year's crop of Saturday Live's Inheritance Tracks from the likes of Mary Berry, Kanya King, Doreen Lawrence, George Benson and Gary Barlow. Show more
Paul Lewis salutes Money Box listeners who have taken on financial firms over unfair treatment. Tips include - don't be too loyal. Plus how to scare off cold callers for good. Show more
Martin Bell presents an appeal for Street Child Africa. Show more
Peter Day traces the story of how the experimental mobile phone currency system M-Pesa kick-started Kenya's emerging high-tech economy. Show more
Paddy O'Connell revisits significant events, and mines the archives for powerful radio that stopped us in our tracks in 2013. Show more
Richard and Door locate a guide for the labyrinth deep below, home of the mythical Great Beast of London. Stars James McAvoy. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Arts journalist Marie-Louise Muir draws on her own experiences as a mother to reflect on the significance and value of human touch. Show more
The bells of York Minster.
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
