The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.
Farming Today
Pig semen, a bee map, crofting row and delays in subsidy payments
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Exploring the growing pig semen exporting business for UK agriculture and the mustard farmers working together to help pollinators. Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Shore Lark. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
4 Extra Debut. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, which he struggled to publish in WW2 as the USSR was an ally. From 2016. Show more
Woman's Hour
Maddy Hill, Women in local politics, Emotionally distant fathers
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Maddy Hill, women in local politics, emotionally distant fathers, author Charlotte Mendelson on her garden and Meg Rosoff on returning to her adolescent love of horses. Show more
Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt. Epic family saga starring Jessica Raine and Ben Lambert. Show more
Kate Adie presents dispatches from Tim Ecott in the Seychelles, Jake Wallis Simons in Venezuela, Chris Simpson in Mauritania, Jane Labous in Normandy and Philip Sweeney in Iran. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Writer Meg Rosoff explores the enduring appeal of ponies, and pony books, to girls and some post-menopausal women. From 2016. Show more
On this day in 1916, Lloyd George revealed 'There is no end of the war in sight', and in Folkestone, Isabel Graham summons her resolve. Show more
You and Yours
Bread waste, Meals on planes, Quitting smoking
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Supermarkets are baking bread as 'marketing material' according to a food waste charity. They tell You & Yours they are struggling to redistribute tonnes of waste bread. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs.
A History of the Infinite
Death and Immortality
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Adrian Moore explores the idea of infinity through history: the 'restless of the human heart' and living forever. From 2016. Show more
Emma hopes to clear the air, and Brian has a go at giving marital advice. Show more
Turner is caught in a corrupt world where power lies in blood and body parts. Sci-fi crime thriller from Bafta-winning writer Trevor Preston. Show more
Clare Balding joins a couple who have discovered walking is a wonderful way to help their three adopted children, all of whom have experienced emotional difficulties. Show more
Sybil Ruscoe makes an appeal on behalf of Signal. Show more
Open Book
Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Show more
Francine Stock enters Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with Tim Burton. Show more
BBC Inside Science
RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Adam Rutherford explores the science that is changing our world. He hears about the spectacular end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P. Show more
Six O'Clock News
29/09/2016 Trade Secretary says a post-Brexit UK will lead the world in free and fair trade.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, says free trade will continue in a post-Brexit UK.
NHS figures suggest one in four young women in England have self-harmed.
Joe Lycett tests Holly Walsh, Tim Lovejoy and Nish Kumar on how well they know their nearest and dearest. From 2016. Show more
Toby is caught out, and Ed takes offence. Show more
Front Row
Deepwater Horizon, Crisis in Six Scenes, Melvyn Tan, Maria Semple
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg's new film explores the tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon accident; Woody Allen's first TV series; pianist Melvyn Tan; author Maria Semple. Show more
Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt. Epic family saga starring Jessica Raine and Ben Lambert. Show more
Why has the Bank of England started creating new money to buy government debt again? David Aaronovitch discovers who is benefiting and who is losing from quantitative easing. Show more
Theresa May has promised a bigger role for the state in business. She also wants to see employee representatives on company boards. Evan Davis and guests discuss 'Theresanomics'. Show more
BBC Inside Science
RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Adam Rutherford explores the science that is changing our world. He hears about the spectacular end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, which he struggled to publish in WW2 as the USSR was an ally. From 2016. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Liam Fox champions free trade
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Is the International Trade Secretary right to say free trade is essential to prosperity? Show more
A rival medical opinion forces Nurse Wright to intensify her efforts to uncover the truth about Anna O'Donnell's fast. Show more
Symphonious sketches including a pair of long-lost brothers meeting for the first time. With Daniel Rigby. From 2013. Show more
Teenagers Mohammed and Jess are auditioning for the National Youth Theatre, but with just a one-in-ten chance of success, will they both get in? Grace Dent follows their story. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Around 11.05pm on 23 November 2013, on an echoey stairway in South Chicago, someone walked up to 18-year-old Tyshon Anderson, shot him in the head, and left. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
