The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Bells on Sunday
St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Church bells from the church of St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh. Show more
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of the footballer who is within touching distance of leading Leicester City to the Premier League title. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk uses Samuel Coleridge's phrase 'the suspension of our disbelief' as her inspiration to reflect on faith, reality and the narrative of our lives. Show more
On Your Farm
Future Food: McDonald's Beef Carbon Project
22 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Dan Saladino investigates McDonald's work on beef farms and sustainability, in the second of three programmes profiling the Future Food finalists in the Food and Farming Awards. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Shakespeare's religion, Pope in Lesbos, What do Muslims really think?
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Religious and ethical news. William Crawley hears reaction to Pope Francis's visit to Lesbos, and Trevor Barnes reports on the religion of Shakespeare's England. Show more
Kirsten O'Brien presents an appeal on behalf of MedEquip4Kids. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Students and staff of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and Professor Catherine Pickstock reflect on the Lord's Prayer, focusing on where they find space for God in their lives. Show more
Sarah Dunant takes an historical look at avarice. She argues that the revelations in the Panama Papers are just the latest proof that man's greed is woven into the human psyche. Show more
David Attenborough introduces the male cuckoo. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Clarrie has some words of advice, and Lynda is not impressed. Show more
Sue MacGregor reunites key figures from the Euro 96 football tournament and an England team that grew from an embarrassment into a national phenomenon. Show more
David Mitchell encourages Joe Lycett, Sam Simmons, Richard Osman and Aisling Bea to lie with some truths. From 2016. Show more
The Food Programme
Food in Extreme Places: Space (3/3)
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Food in the most extreme cooking environment, space. Dan Saladino tries menus for Mars.
The latest weather forecast.
Global news and analysis.
Isn't silent Shakespeare an oxymoron? All that is nuanced, beautiful, meaningful in the poetry - silenced. Judith Buchanan celebrates the boom in Shakespeare on early silent film. Show more
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Bury St Edmunds. Bunny Guinness, Matthew Wilson and Christine Walkden answer questions from an audience of local gardeners. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - Mothers and Sons
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Fi Glover introduces conversations which reveal the close bond between mothers and sons, from Cumbria, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Show more
Now 16, Jeanette’s future as a budding missionary is called into question when she falls in love with one of her converts, Starring Lesley Sharp. Show more
Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn discuss the appeal of Cervantes, and playwright Barney Norris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain. Show more
Roger McGough is back with the first in a new series of the poetry requests show. This edition comes from the annual Poetry by Heart competition. Show more
Allan Little explores the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague and assesses its legacy as it prepares to close in 2017. Show more
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of the footballer who is within touching distance of leading Leicester City to the Premier League title. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
17/04/2016 Brazilians divided as MPs vote on calls to impeach president
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The Brazilian parliament is about to vote on calls to impeach the country's first woman president, Dilma Rousseff. Riot police have been deployed on the streets of major cities.
The best of BBC Radio with Simon Parkes, whose Pick of the Week features food 20,000 leagues under the sea and a spot of splother between James Boswell and Alan Bennett. Show more
There is just no pleasing Lynda, and Pat berates Tom. Show more
Frank Skinner and guests Holly Walsh, Richard Herring and Professor Kate Williams ponder history’s funniest moments. From 2016. Show more
Infinite Possibilities and Unlikely Probabilities
Episode 3: Serving Children
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Contemporary stories by Anita Sullivan. Lem waits tables at a restaurant, but he brings so much more than food to the customers. Read by Tom Riley. From April 2014. Show more
Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news. Have more famous people died this year than usual? Show more
Last Word
Arnold Wesker, Howard Marks, Peggy Fortnum, Merle Haggard and Rachel Johnson
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on playwright Sir Arnold Wesker, drug smuggler Howard Marks, illustrator Peggy Fortnum, country singer Merle Haggard and St Kildan Rachel Johnson. Show more
A watershed moment in tax avoidance, the cost of PFI to Scots, the PPI claims firms facing crackdown on fees and why your benefits may have been left out in the cold. Show more
Kirsten O'Brien presents an appeal on behalf of MedEquip4Kids. Show more
Caroline Bayley reports on Europe's unicorns, tech companies with billion dollar valuations but not necessarily any profits, and asks how real they are. Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Francine Stock talks to Jon Favreau, director of the new computer-generated makeover of The Jungle Book. Show more
Award-winning novelist Rachel Cusk uses Samuel Coleridge's phrase 'the suspension of our disbelief' as her inspiration to reflect on faith, reality and the narrative of our lives. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Ethnography Award winner, Transcultural football
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The winner of the 2016 British Sociological Association and Thinking Allowed Ethnography Award, Maxim Bolt, talks to Laurie Taylor. Plus a look at transcultural football. Show more
Bells on Sunday
St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Church bells from the church of St Andrew's and St George's West, Edinburgh. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.