The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
A listener who stopped someone from taking their own life, and James Naughtie reads Your News. iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
The Northern Lights have been seen as fire-breathing dragons or the souls of the dead. Helen Mark visits Abisko in Sweden to discover the science and myth behind this phenomenon. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Charlotte Smith. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Stonehenge. With panellists Dr Annie Gray, Rachel McCormack, Tim Hayward and Andi Oliver. Show more
Steve Richards of the Independent looks behind the scenes at Westminster. A year of unexpected political events - what do they portend? Show more
An encounter many years ago in Damascus offers clues to a possible way to end the protracted and complicated Syrian war, and stories from Colombia, Hungary, Vietnam and Italy. Show more
Money Box
A Swiss bank to start charging negative interest rates on savings
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Swiss bank charging negative interest rates, pensions freedoms extended to annuities, TalkTalk quizzed on cyber security and the cost of the national living wage. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. With Jon Holmes, John Finnemore, Jasper Rees, Jess Ransom, Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Kate Hoey MP, Bernard Jenkin MP, Laura Sandys, Roland Rudd
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Figheldean Village Hall near Salisbury with a panel including Kate Hoey MP, Bernard Jenkin MP, Laura Sandys and Roland Rudd. Show more
Europe - Do we stay in or out? An Oxford College considers removing a statue of Cecil Rhodes - how do you feel about airbrushing him from our history? Show more
Early 1990s Shanghai. Chen cannot turn down a lucrative translation job for a rich developer. But he must also find the murderer of a dissident writer. Crime drama by Qiu Xiaolong. Show more
Exploring the impact of Edward Elgar's Nimrod from the Enigma Variations. With composer and conductor Paul Spicer. From 2015 Show more
Woman's Hour
Gloria Steinem; Tina Fey; Neko Case
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Gloria Steinem. Tina Fey on comedy and her latest film, Sisters. Katie Hopkins and David Aaronovitch discuss whether it can ever be right to fat-shame. Neko Case performs. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
A listener who stopped someone from taking their own life, and James Naughtie reads Your News. iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
19/12/2015 Lord Janner dies, aged 87
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The former Labour MP died days after he was ruled unfit to face child abuse charges. The death has also been announced of the football player, manager and pundit, Jimmy Hill.
Loose Ends
Clive Anderson, Nikki Bedi, Russell Howard, Jay Rayner, Charlie Higson, Joel Morris, Jeffrey Lewis, Honne
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi are joined by Russell Howard, Jay Rayner, Charlie Higson and Joel Morris for conversation, music and comedy. With music from Jeffrey Lewis and Honne. Show more
Mark Coles profiles the business magnate and inventor Elon Musk, a man with a passion for rockets, cars and a plan to retire to Mars. Show more
Saturday Review
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Star Wars, Serial Podcast, Dickensian, Penguin Monarchs
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar, Star Wars VII, Serial podcast from NPR, BBC TV's Dickensian, and Penguin publishing's Monarchs series. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Jazz singer Kurt Elling explores the glitz, glamour and dark undercurrents in the life of music icon, Frank Sinatra. From 2015. Show more
Ata Madri is in Cairo hunting for a medieval copy of The Arabian Nights. Featuring The Hunchback Cycle starring Alexei Sayle. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
David Aaronovitch and guests untangle the ideological threads that make up the 'Islamic State': its opposition to the west, its Sunni sectarianism, its apocalypticism and more. Show more
Teams from the south of England and Northern Ireland join Tom Sutcliffe for the contest of cryptic clues and convoluted connections. Show more
Paul Farley meets poet James Fenton, who has, in his varied life, been a war reporter, a gardener and a lyricist. He is also the recipient of the 2015 Pen Pinter prize. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
By Frank Cottrell Boyce. A certain Oxford academic is transported to a world at once strange, but somehow familiar. Read by David Troughton. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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