The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Bells on Sunday
All Saints, Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Church bells from All Saints, Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester. Show more
Mark Coles profiles Martin Selmayr, right-hand man to the president of the European Commission, and the official who some say really runs Europe. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Academic Sarah Goldingay argues that as adults, rather than simply 'growing up' and 'knuckling down', we need to recapture the playfulness of childhood. Show more
Brett Westwood relives programmes from 50 years of the Living World archives. In this episode from 2009, Lionel Kelleway is in Dorset with Dr Anita Diaz, for the sika deer rut. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Universal Credit, The Archers, Imagining the Divine
44 minutes
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Trevor Barnes reports from the Ashmolean Museum where he looks at a new exhibition, 'Imagining the Divine'. Plus, the Baha'is celebrate the 200th anniversary of their founder. Show more
Clare Balding makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Village Water. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Marking the Scottish Reformation from St Andrews University, led by the Rev Donald MacEwan. The preacher is Prof Ian Bradley, and the chapel choir is directed by Tom Wilkinson. Show more
A Point of View
I hope this email finds you well...
10 minutes
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Mary Beard ponders why email is governed by so few rules and conventions. Show more
Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder remembers rescuing redwings when snow hit the north east, standing with a bird in each hand. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Lilian receives a shocking proposition, and there is serious trouble at the vets.
Edna Adan Ismail, midwife and campaigner, is interviewed by Kirsty Young. Show more
David Mitchell gets Lloyd Langford, Henning Wehn, Ellie Taylor and John Finnemore to lie with some truths. From 2017. Show more
The Food Programme
How We Eat: 4. Eating as a Family
30 minutes
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In the last programme in a four-part series about how we eat now, Sheila Dillon explores the reality and the myth of eating as a family. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Global news and analysis.
Mishal Husain presents reflections on life in Britain today, including diesel car dilemmas, a mother remembers her army son, and picking up the pieces after devastating floods. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
70th Anniversary Garden Party at Ness Botanic Gardens: The Potting Shed
43 minutes
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Horticultural advice from the 70th Anniversary Garden Party Potting Shed. Show more
The Listening Project
Omnibus - Female Friendship
15 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces three conversations about the support of women friends in the Omnibus edition of the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen. Show more
Three hundred years after the Romanovs claimed the Russian throne, their tercentenary was marked with public celebrations. Four years later, the last tsar abdicated. By Mike Walker. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to Nathan Englander about Dinner at the Centre of the Earth, a spy thriller and a love story based around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Show more
Janette Ayachi crafts a poem around the stories of hope and pain, told by locals and newcomers who sit with Anna Scott-Brown on an often wet bench in Edinburgh's Inverleith Park. Show more
File on 4
Police Protection? The Murder of Kevin Nunes
38 minutes
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Kevin Nunes was murdered in 2002, but no-one is in prison, after alleged police misconduct at the heart of the case. After 15 years, will anyone be held to account? Show more
Mark Coles profiles Martin Selmayr, right-hand man to the president of the European Commission, and the official who some say really runs Europe. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
22/10/2017 Gunman takes hostages in Nuneaton
15 minutes
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A gunman has taken two members of staff hostage at a bowling alley in Nuneaton.
John Waite chooses his highlights of the past seven days of BBC Radio. Includes Bruce Springsteen on those who inspired him and a new opera written in Yorkshire dialect. Show more
Lilian is torn, and Rex imparts sad news. Show more
Richard Wilson joins the private detectives as Max’s great uncle – he needs help but all is not as it seems. From 2017. Show more
Joe Armstrong reads the next in Jon McGregor's 15-part short story series. The disappearance of a teenage girl in the Peak District now sparks memories from a national park ranger. Show more
Roger Bolton airs listener criticism of a Today programme interview with director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders on sexual harassment. Show more
Last Word
Sean Hughes, Sir Brian Barder, David Marks, Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Marge Calhoun
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on comedian Sean Hughes, architect David Marks, Chitral prince Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, diplomat Sir Brian Barder and surfer Marge Calhoun. Show more
Money Box
How well does Universal Credit 'Make Work Pay'?
30 minutes
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Universal Credit, higher rates offered on savings accounts, the SNP's energy plan examined and the end of a mortgage benefit. Show more
Clare Balding makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Village Water. Show more
From driverless cars to 'carebots', machines are entering the realm of right and wrong. David Edmonds explores how the challenges facing AI are not just technical, but moral. Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Francine Stock talks to Rungano Nyoni, director of I Am Not a Witch, and looks at some lost films of African cinema, including a silent movie from 1915. Show more
Academic Sarah Goldingay argues that as adults, rather than simply 'growing up' and 'knuckling down', we need to recapture the playfulness of childhood. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of the welfare state and examines the outcome of current benefit reforms. Show more
Bells on Sunday
All Saints, Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester
2 minutes
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Church bells from All Saints, Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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