The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Church bells from All Saints, Maidstone. Show more
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of Arlene Foster. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Writer and priest Malcolm Doney examines the cyclical nature of our existence on earth, how we are made of stardust and will one day become dust again. Show more
Rahil Sheikh meets Ruby and Lufti Radwan, raising halal organic lamb and poultry with their six children on the edge of the Cotswolds. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Peterborough Cathedral cash crisis; Church security; Did God create humanism?
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. Show more
Author Victoria Hislop makes an appeal on behalf of Lepra. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A service from Wade Street Church, Lichfield, led by the Rev Ian Hayter. Show more
Will Self argues for the re-introduction of National Service as a way of invigorating British democracy. Show more
David Attenborough presents the great tit. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Tom needs to offload his concerns, and Toby is quick to react.
Kirsty Young talks to another castaway, choreographer Wayne McGregor. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
John Lloyd and Jo Brand welcome comedian Helen Arney, designer Thomas Thwaites and ship captain Aseem Hashmi. From 2017. Show more
The Food Programme
Introducing... The BBC Food and Farming Awards 2017
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Jamie Oliver called them the 'Oscars of the food world', the BBC Food and Farming Awards are back for their 17th year. Chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Yotam Ottolenghi open nominations. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Global news and analysis.
Cathy FitzGerald takes a closer look at a masterpiece by Rachel Ruysch. Follow the link from the BBC Radio 4 website to explore a high-resolution image as you listen. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Correspondence Edition
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Peter Gibbs hosts a correspondence edition of the horticultural panel programme. Christine Walkden, James Wong and Pippa Greenwood delve into the GQT postbag with Peter. 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
Lila and Lena, two bright young girls who have grown up in the tough streets of post-war Naples and are striving to make a better life for themselves before their worlds divide. Show more
Open Book
James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Show more
Poetry programme. As Hull becomes UK City of Culture 2017, poet Sean O'Brien reflects on why his native city, its waterscape and landscape, have inspired poets past and present. Show more
With an estimated 2,300 unaccompanied migrant children in Greece, more than half of whom are on the waiting list for shelter, is the EU doing enough to care for them? Show more
Mark Coles looks at the life and career of Arlene Foster. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
15/01/2016 Winter pressures mount on NHS
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The Royal College of Surgeons says "a large number" of hospitals are cancelling cancer operations as winter pressures mount on the NHS.
Stewart Henderson chooses his BBC Radio highlights. Show more
It gets awkward at Willow Farm, and Jennifer's memory is jogged. Show more
An A-Z of evolution, tackling the mysteries of nature via stand-up and sketches. With Claire Price and Jenni Murray. From 2015. Show more
Short story by Jakob Ejersbo. A tale of designer domesticity in a stylish Copenhagen apartment, where being a low-paid cleaner can sometimes mean being presented with a dilemma. Show more
We are told we must accept it, or bow to it - but what, if anything, can really be called the inevitable? Writer Patrick McGuinness delves behind the rhetoric for answers. Show more
Last Word
Lord Snowdon, Graham Taylor, Jill Saward, Peter Sarstedt, Clare Hollingworth
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on photographer Lord Snowdon, football manager Graham Taylor, sexual violence campaigner Jill Saward, musician Peter Sarstedt, war reporter Clare Hollingworth. Show more
The latest news from the world of personal finance. A bank fraud refund with a twist, the FTSE 100 share index's record-breaking week and unclaimed marriage allowance. Show more
Author Victoria Hislop makes an appeal on behalf of Lepra. Show more
With demand soaring and austerity continuing to bite, Louise Cooper meets NHS clinicians who are trying to do more for less. How might the service become more productive? Show more
Carole Walker discusses Donald Trump's forthcoming inauguration and the latest on Brexit, with Labour's Emily Thornberry, Tory MP Kwasi Kwarteng and US commentator Kate Andrews. Show more
Cinema magazine programme. Francine Stock takes a trip to La La Land, the musical which has swept the board at the Golden Gobes, with critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Tim Robey. Show more
Writer and priest Malcolm Doney examines the cyclical nature of our existence on earth, how we are made of stardust and will one day become dust again. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Sexual violence in the Bangladeshi War of Independence - Global danger and the risk to research
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Sexual violence in the Bangladeshi War of Independence. Laurie Taylor discusses the way in which the female victims were turned into national heroines. Also, global danger & risk. Show more
Church bells from All Saints, Maidstone. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.