The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of St Nicholas Church, Newbury. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Rona Fairhead, the woman nominated to replace Lord Patten as chair of the BBC Trust. Who is she, and how will she fare in one of the BBC's toughest jobs? Show more
The latest national and international news.
John McCarthy looks at the role of Virgin Mary for people from different religious backgrounds and asks why millions of Muslims have seen apparitions of her in recent decades. Show more
He's lent a lot of money and advice to ambitious young farmers and dedicated 26 years to his Future Farmers of Wales club. Meet the Welsh legend that is Dai the Bank. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Justin Welby; Medical Innovation Bill; Homeless Jesus
45 minutes
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Sunday morning religious news. Archbishop Justin Welby looks for a prior, will the Medical Innovation Bill help patients and can Sunday listeners find a home for Jesus? Show more
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC presents the Radio 4 Appeal for SafeHands for Mothers, which works to reduce the number of women worldwide who die in pregnancy and childbirth. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service from the chapel of Worcester College, Oxford, exploring the mystery of the Trinity. Led by the Chaplain with the College Choir. Show more
A Point of View
When fiction comes to the historian's rescue
10 minutes
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Lisa Jardine explores how fiction can be more useful than fact in helping us understand the past. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
Gorgeous girls, car chases and exotic settings featured in the longest-running series in film history. Sue MacGregor reunites key players from Roger Moore's James Bond years. Show more
Nicholas Parsons challenges Gyles Brandreth, Stephen Mangan, Tony Hawks and newbie Kerry Godliman to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more
The Food Programme
A Taste of Britain Revisited - Yorkshire
30 minutes
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Dan Saladino revisits Yorkshire food traditions, which were captured on film in 1974 by Derek Cooper. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
National and international news with Shaun Ley.
Horatio Clare tells the story of the complex and unconventional anthropologist Colin Turnbull. Show more
Peter Gibbs chairs the horticultural panel programme from Whitstable. Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Wilson answer the audience's questions. Show more
Fi Glover with conversations between UKIP councillors, members of the Spinners, Weavers and Dyers Guild, and a man whose life was changed by literacy with the mentor who taught him. Show more
The vicar worries that Lady Lufton may find out about the bill that carries his name, but she is too busy plotting. Starring Kate Buffery. Show more
Bookclub
Allan Massie - A Question of Loyalties
28 minutes
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James Naughtie presents from the Edinburgh Festivals, where Allan Massie discusses his novel A Question of Loyalties, about the divisions in France during World War II. Show more
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag as requested by listeners, including poems by Allan Ahlberg and DH Lawrence for teachers returning to work, and Keats' classic autumnal ode. Show more
Dr Sally Marlow investigates claims that easy access to over-the-counter painkillers on the high street and online is creating serious hidden addiction problems in the UK. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Rona Fairhead, the woman nominated to replace Lord Patten as chair of the BBC Trust. Who is she, and how will she fare in one of the BBC's toughest jobs? Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Ernie Rea chooses his highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
Helen is feeling bruised and Mike is not happy. Show more
Pond life’s funny side for the Tadpole and Dragonfly. By Lynne Truss. Stars Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alison Steadman. From 2014. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Beautifully observed nature writing extracted from a journal, first published in 1946, inspired by life on a Morayshire farm. Read by Claire Knight. From Sep 2014. Show more
Should we be more choosy about who benefits when we do a viral charity challenge? Is anti-Semitism on the rise in Europe? And do rappers have bigger vocabularies than Shakespeare? Show more
Last Word
Joan Rivers, Sir David Mitchell, Werner Franz, Candida Lycett Green, Sandy Wilson
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on comedian Joan Rivers, Tory MP Sir David Mitchell, Hindenburg survivor Werner Franz, conservationist Candida Lycett Green, and composer-lyricist Sandy Wilson. Show more
Finance news with Paul Lewis. BT putting you through it; Ombudsman acts on mobile insurance contracts; eBay trader jailed for tax evasion; and pension guidance fears. Show more
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC presents the Radio 4 Appeal for SafeHands for Mothers, which works to reduce the number of women worldwide who die in pregnancy and childbirth. Show more
The internet and social networking have created the possibility of total recall for life's most significant moments. Peter Day talks to people building businesses around this idea. Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Sarfraz Manzoor analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
The Film Programme
Nicole Kidman; Iain Sinclair on M; Moon buggies in Bletchley Park
28 minutes
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Nicole Kidman on her new thriller Before I Go to Sleep. Novelist Iain Sinclair waxes lyrical about Peter Lorre in M. A whistle-stop tour of cinemas popping up across the land. Show more
John McCarthy looks at the role of Virgin Mary for people from different religious backgrounds and asks why millions of Muslims have seen apparitions of her in recent decades. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Teacher and writer Daisy Christodoulou tells Sarah Montague why she thinks a generation of children are being taught the wrong things. Show more
The bells of St Nicholas Church, Newbury. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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