The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rania Hafez, founder director of the professional network Muslim Women in Education and a member of the Muslim Institute. Show more
Luke Jones and Manveen Rana present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Clare Balding embarks on the second leg of the Nidderdale Way, a 53-mile circular walk that begins and ends in the North Yorkshire town of Pateley Bridge. Show more
Charlotte Smith visits the Chelsea Flower Show. We might be a nation of gardeners but do we still have a world class plant growing industry? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Adrian Lester, James May, Marawa Ibrahim, Lottie Muir
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Actor Adrian Lester, TV presenter James May, hula hooper and author of The Girl Guide Marawa Ibrahim, plus cocktail gardener Lottie Muir. Show more
Nick Robinson talks to the former home secretary Jacqui Smith about politicians and decision-making on security, and discusses the political power of the press with George Osborne. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Haircut and a Pedicure
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A trendy haircut in Mirpur, baby-blue painted nails in Athens and the authentic taste of a South Pacific super-food. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp. Jeremy Hardy, Holly Walsh, Suzi Ruffell and Andrew Maxwell are amongst Miles' guests for another round of News Quizzing. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
David Davis, Nia Griffith, Rhun ap Iorwerth AM, Isabel Oakeshott
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Crickhowell High School in Powys, Wales, with Rhun ap Iorwerth AM, David Davis, Nia Griffith and Isabel Oakeshott. Show more
Jeremy Corbyn has linked terror attacks on home soil with this country's foreign policy. Do you agree? Show more
Ben Miles stars as the chameleon writer, businessman, debtor and hack, Daniel Defoe. In 1722, Defoe begins his fictional journal of the Great Plague. Dramatised by Michael Butt. Show more
An intimate portrait of Andy Partridge, songwriter, singer and frontman of the new wave rock band XTC. From 2017. Show more
Woman's Hour
Charlotte Harris, Sheryl Sandberg, Anne Dudley
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Charlotte Harris wins gold for her garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, the complexities of growing up with a parent addicted to alcohol, and the perfect pan-fried tilapia. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Luke Jones and Manveen Rana present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Loose Ends
Meera Syal, Anthony Head, Alistair McGowan, Rhyannon Styles, Ron Sexsmith, Mykki Blanco, Scottee, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Meera Syal, Anthony Head, Alistair McGowan and Rhyannon Styles. With music from Ron Sexsmith and Mykki Blanco. Show more
Mark Coles profiles American director, artist, photographer and furniture maker David Lynch. Show more
Saturday Review
Woyzeck, The Other Side of Hope, Handmaid's Tale, Elif Batuman, California exhibition
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
John Boyega in Woyzeck, Aki Kaurasmaki's The Other Side of Hope, Handmaid's Tale on Channel 4, Elif Batuman's novel The Idiot, California Designing Freedom exhibition. Show more
4 Extra Debut. From New York, screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the enduring mystique of the film noir femme fatale. From 2017. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A well-bred woman’s seduces her father’s valet in a re-imagining of August Strindberg's 1888 stage play. Stars Sofie Grabol. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Series that explores the big ideas that are set to shape our future. How will we become wealthy in future? Presenters Leo Johnson and Timandra Harkness investigate. Show more
Steve Punt hosts a battle of wits as three students from the University of Roehampton take on their professors. From May 2017. Show more
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems about being lost, with suggestions guiding listeners through forests, oceans and labyrinths. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A writer in an unnamed city struggles to stay focused on his work. This new story from Philip O Ceallaigh is inspired by the Ramones' song. Read by Robin Laing. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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