The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Edwin Counsell, Rector of Llantwit Major.
Bill Clark at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany talks to Sybil Ruscoe about how this year's harvest is going for farmers across the country. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Tweet of the Day
Clare Jones on the Little Egret
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Clare Jones recalls the inspiration of seeing a little egret and how a small event can change an entire outlook on life. Show more
News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Listening Project
The Listening Project Live from Hull - Bransholme
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hosts friends and residents of Bransholme in the Listening Project booth, parked in the heart of the estate, to reveal its vigorous role in Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Show more
Oliver Burkeman sets out to find why we all feel so busy today. In this first programme, he explores if the busyness epidemic is not what it at first seems. Show more
4 Extra Debut. As a young woman, Maggie O’Farrell met a man on a mountain path. Memoir based on near-death moments. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more
Woman's Hour
Children and gender-stereotyping phone-in
45 minutes
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Are girls and boys treated differently according to their gender? What's the impact on how they see themselves? Lines open on Monday morning at eight o'clock. Call 03700 100 444. Show more
Megan wants to expand her dairy business but dark forces lurk and her troubled sister suddenly turns up. Stars Bettrys Jones. Show more
17-year-old Maya is struggling with anorexia. Her A-levels are looming, but she cannot concentrate. Can she make it to the exams and get the grades for a new start at university? Show more
Many interviews on, the journalist ponders his first impressions of Grace Jones and NF Simpson among others. From November 2014. Show more
On this day in 1917, British naval forces brought a zeppelin down off the coast of Jutland, while near Folkestone, Dr Pilchard scours the shoreline. Show more
You and Yours
Rising debt; Pension cold calls banned; Orange juice off the menu.
45 minutes
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Why we are increasingly reaching for our debit and credit cards; a ban on cold calling for transferring pension pots; have we fallen out of love with orange juice? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs.
George Osborne gets a grilling while posing for a portrait by political cartoonist and renowned cynic Martin Rowson, who scrutinises more than just the contour of his nos. Show more
Oliver needs to ask a favour, and Susan gets creative in the kitchen. Show more
Based on a true story. In spring 1945, Major Frank Howarth, a lawyer in civilian life, was sent with two other soldiers to Flensburg in Germany to set up a civilian administration. Show more
Paul Gambaccini is in the chair for heat eight in the current season of the wide-ranging music quiz. Show more
Dan Saladino investigates current pressures on chefs and the darker side of the restaurant kitchen. From breakdowns to addictions, is it a profession with more problems than most? Show more
Fiona Lindsay and a panel of play-makers join in the table talk with the actors and director as they begin work bringing the York Mystery Plays from page to stage. Show more
Is the sermon dead? Ernie Rea and guests discuss. Show more
Carolyn Quinn with interviews, context and analysis.
Six O'Clock News
Man wanted over Barcelona terror attack shot dead
30 minutes
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Spanish police say they have shot dead the driver of the van which drove into crowds of people in Barcelona.
Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Fred Macaulay and James Acaster in a special edition of the popular panel show - recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. Show more
Shula spots an opportunity, and Anisha has made up her mind. Show more
Front Row
Peter Kosminsky on The State, Ben Whishaw, The secrets of Vermeer's studio
30 minutes
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Peter Kosminsky on his new drama The State, a portrayal of life inside IS; Ben Whishaw on his new play, Against; an exploration of how Vermeer achieved his luminous paintings. Show more
Megan wants to expand her dairy business but dark forces lurk and her troubled sister suddenly turns up. Stars Bettrys Jones. Show more
Crossing Continents
Abkhazia - a Land Forgotten
28 minutes
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Tim Whewell travels by horse-drawn wagon to remote Abkhazia on the edge of the Black Sea where the price of statehood is deep isolation. Show more
Eric Monkman and Bobby Seagull became celebrities as entertaining team captains on University Challenge. They investigate if there is any useful purpose to knowing a lot. Show more
Brett Westwood meets an octopus: perhaps the closest thing to an alien life form on earth. Three hearts, copper blood, autonomous arms and a formidable intelligence. From 2017 Show more
The Listening Project
The Listening Project Live from Hull - Bransholme
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hosts friends and residents of Bransholme in the Listening Project booth, parked in the heart of the estate, to reveal its vigorous role in Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Show more
The World Tonight
Spanish police shoot dead Barcelona attacker
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
12-man network responsible for Barcelona and Cambrils attacks 'neutralised'. Show more
In Amsterdam for a long weekend, the growing tension between Stella and Gerry exposes cracks in their 40-year marriage. Show more
Sinead Morrissey, Lisa Luxx, the Mother Tongues project and performances from the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Show more
Naomi Alderman discovers what Ivan Pavlov concluded from his experiments on dogs. Your Pavlovian response to this story of selective drooling is probably wrong. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. As a young woman, Maggie O’Farrell met a man on a mountain path. Memoir based on near-death moments. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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