The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Somerset. Show more
Mark Coles profiles new culture secretary Sajid Javid. The son of 1960s immigrants from Pakistan, he's now in the Cabinet after a stellar banking career. What's behind his rise? Show more
The latest national and international news.
Melissa Viney considers how we can be challenged by, as well as take comfort from, the impermanence of things. Show more
From St George's College, Weybridge, whose award-winning choir sings Easter anthems and carols to welcome the dawn. Led by Fr Aidan Rossiter. Music Director: Tansy Castledine. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
William Crawley presents from Belfast exploring forgiveness, poverty and Easter. Show more
Tanya Byron presents an appeal for Get Connected. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Live from the Guild Chapel, Stratford upon Avon, anticipating the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. With the Orchestra and Choir of the Swan. Preacher: Bishop of Warwick. Show more
Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the swallow. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Adam has a surprise visitor, and Shula tries to persuade Dan.
Sue MacGregor reunites Sir David Attenborough with the team who made the BBC's first natural history blockbuster, Life on Earth. Show more
Sheila Dillon pays tribute to the late Derek Cooper who started The Food Programme back in 1979 and changed the face of food broadcasting and journalism.
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.
Events in Ukraine have focused attention on intense nationalism and national sovereignty, but Prof David Cannadine challenges our ideas about the history and sanctity of nations. Show more
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Eccles. Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Bunny Guinness answer the audience's queries. Show more
Fi Glover introduces conversations about Muslim attitudes to the arts, the experience of wartime evacuation, and life with Type 1 diabetes, from Cardiff, Torquay and South Shields. Show more
An all-star cast brings this supremely funny horse-racing PG Wodehouse novel to galloping life. Can Jeeves help Lord Rowester sell his crumbling pile to a wealthy American widow? Show more
Open Book
Kamila Shamsie; Young feminist writing
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel A God in Every Stone; Laura Bates and Emer O'Toole discuss books aimed at young feminists; and John Crace on the art of the Digested Read. Show more
In Belfast, Paul Farley and fellow poets remember Seamus Heaney, six months after his death. Show more
Adam Smith visits primary schools preparing to teach the hotly-debated new history curriculum, and asks teachers, ministers and pupils themselves how children learn about the past. Show more
Mark Coles profiles new culture secretary Sajid Javid. The son of 1960s immigrants from Pakistan, he's now in the Cabinet after a stellar banking career. What's behind his rise? Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
It's Easter Day, and Tom and Kirsty get a special mention. Show more
Adventuring comedian Tim FitzHigham recreates an 18th century feat, trying to outrun a racehorse in a 100 yard-dash. From 2014. Show more
In the charity shop, Fran counts and checks all the pieces in the donated board games. But are the scrabble tiles trying to tell her something? Read by Rakie Ayola. From Apr 2014. Show more
Today editor Jamie Angus gives his first radio interview, problems with the BBC Radio iPlayer app, and a visit to radio's longest running daily programme, the Daily Service. Show more
Last Word
Gabriel García Márquez, Edna Doré, Richard Hoggart, Gerardo D'Ambrosio, John Shirley-Quirk
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Remembering author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, actress Edna Dore, writer and cultural historian Richard Hoggart, Italian magistrate Gerardo D'Ambrosio and singer John Shirley-Quirk. Show more
Personal finance news. Paul Lewis on new mortgage stress-testing rules, managing your money according to your life expectancy, online travel bookings and premium phone lines. Show more
Tanya Byron presents an appeal for Get Connected. Show more
Amidst mergers, ebooks and self-publishing, the book business is in the throes of upheaval. From the London Book Fair, Peter Day asks: Can books survive, and if so, how? Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Hugh Muir of the Guardian looks at how papers covered the week's big stories.
The Film Programme
James Dean remembered; Whales in cinema; Steven Knight on Locke
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
James Dean remembered; Steven Knight discusses his thriller Locke, set entirely in a car driving down the M6; Philip Hoare discusses the representation of whales in cinema. Show more
Melissa Viney considers how we can be challenged by, as well as take comfort from, the impermanence of things. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
British working class gardens - Why England fails (at football)
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Gardens of the British Working Class: Laurie Taylor explores a hidden horticultural history. Also, a sociological account of the failures of the English football team. Show more
The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Bathwick, Somerset. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
