The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more
The programme that starts with its listeners.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Snowdonia's slate once roofed the world, but that was in Victorian times. Helen Mark finds out what has become of the abandoned slate quarries and caverns today. Show more
Harvest is here - well, it was, until it started raining. Caz Graham meets Richard Reeves in his wheat field at Tatton Park in Cheshire, just as the heavens open. What now? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
Saturday Live
Maureen Lipman, Andy Bell
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by Maureen Lipman, artist John Dolan and his dog, and athletes Allan and Margot Wells. Erasure's Andy Bell shares his Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Steve Punt turns investigator, reopening the mysterious case of a woman found dead inside a tree. Show more
Bridget Kendall uncovers the secrets of hair, fur and cilia, with geneticist Philip Beales, hair loss researcher Ralf Paus and artist Adeline de Monseignat. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Invasion of the Seagulls
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
An account of a new and brutal airborne invasion of Rome, plus despatches from Gaza, Cyprus, Sierra Leone and China. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Marcus Brigstocke has got himself elected as a Member of the European Parliament. So it's off to Brussels. From August 2014. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Mary Beard, Rod Liddle, Clive Aslet, Richard Dannatt
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Edward Stourton presents political debate and discussion from Kent, with journalist Rod Liddle, classicist Mary Beard, writer Clive Aslet and retired army general Richard Dannatt. Show more
Do sanctions work? Is there anything individuals can do to make a difference? Have we learnt anything from history? Anita Anand hosts listeners' responses to the conflict in Gaza. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The true story behind radio hit Educating Archie, the tale of a ventriloquist whose alter-ego puppet takes over. Stars Rob Brydon. Show more
British rapper, poet and political commentator Akala visits Jamaica to examine the cultural and sociological significance of Rastafari and its music. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Scottish Referendum
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Scottish Referendum - are women really still making up their minds? Should we be treating attacks on prostitutes as hate crimes? And we cook the Perfect Daily Dal. Show more
The British cabinet is split over whether to join the war. Historian Margaret Macmillan looks back through contemporary accounts of the events leading up to the First World War. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
The programme that starts with its listeners.
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Nikki Bedi, Kevin Eldon, Julian Ovenden, Jon Culshaw, Louise Wener, Arthur Smith, Slow Club, Samantha Crain
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Nikki Bedi is joined by Kevin Eldon, Louise Wener, Julian Ovenden, Arthur Smith and Jon Culshaw. With music from Slow Club and Samantha Crain. Show more
Poland's foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski - teenage rebel, Oxford networker and potent speaker - is now a key voice in the Ukraine crisis. Becky Milligan reports. Show more
Saturday Review
Gillian Anderson Streetcar, Mood Indigo film, Secret Cinema, Philip Hensher, Gomorrah on TV
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Gillian Anderson in Tennessee Williams's Streetcar Named Desire, Michel Gondry's film Mood Indigo, Secret Cinema: Back to the Future, Philip Hensher's Emperor Waltz, Gomorrah on TV. Show more
Historian DD Guttenplan explores what happened in the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 August 1964, an incident that marked the start of open warfare between the US and North Vietnam. Show more
Ian McKellen stars as Eugenie's miserly father, a man whose terror of poverty overrides his love for his child. Gripping dramatisation of Balzac's classic. From July 2014. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
As people with dementia become more frail and less able to make decisions, when should treatments be given to prolong life and when should they be withheld? Show more
Scotland take on the South of England for the last time this year in the game of cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe in the chair. Show more
Jarvis Cocker uncovers the hidden treasure Betjeman's Banana Blush, an album made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Aminatta Forna. A man does his best to cook for a child after a terrible loss. Read by Hugh Quarshie. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.
