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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll.
Farming Today
Agriculture Bill preview, new bovine TB test, farming for bees
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. There is a sneak preview of the new Agriculture Bill with farm minister George Eustice. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe. Show more
Gemma Cairney takes British musician Nadine Shah for a collaboration in Beirut with Lebanese musician Youmna Saba. Show more
Alan Dein presents a new series in which he asks several generations of five families from across the UK revealing questions about every aspect of their lives. Show more
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Episode 3: 3: Medicine
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
Dr Hannah Fry uncovers the hidden algorithms behind every aspect of our modern lives: new frontiers in medicine. From 2018. Show more
Woman's Hour
Wonderloopers, Harriet Harman, Periods, Violin, Apprenticeships
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Harriet Harman on who should aspire to be her deputy, artist Di Mainstone describes Wonderloopers, Eos Counsell's passion for her violin, and options for students post GCSE. Show more
John and Maggie attempt a new phase in their riotous relationship - living together. Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
The Listening Project
Ken and Peter - Staying in Touch
5 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The benefits of long-time friendship and the hazards of texting when your thumbs are too big. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Actress and broadcaster Jameela Jamil tackles the explosive conversation around sexual assault to determine what consent should look like in a modern, digital world. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Michael Fabbri takes you into his world, where his dyslexia makes life harder and the manual is pretty hard to read. From 2016. Show more
A History of Ideas
Justin Champion on Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic
11 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Justin Champion considers where our culture's beliefs about the moral power of hard work come from. The German thinker and workaholic Max Weber thought he knew: Protestantism. Show more
You and Yours
Financial Crash, Airport Charges, Thriving Pubs
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
After years of decline, pub closures are stalling - what makes one successful? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
The New Age of Capitalism
Artificial Intelligence
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
David Grossman explores the disruptive economic impact of artificial intelligence. Show more
Jim digs himself a hole and Brian is rumbled. Show more
Showcasing the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. In Prime Cut, by Alan Carter, a headless torso gives disgraced DSC Cato Kwong one last shot at redemption. Show more
Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on personal finance. Show more
Following the lives and stories of those who live along the rail network that fans out from Cardiff up into the south Wales valleys. Show more
Laurie Taylor explores the life and times of the American train hopping hobo. Show more
Topical programme about the fast-changing media world. Sky News have hired Mark Austin to present a new 5pm show. Show more
Six O'Clock News
12/09/2018 Conservatives downplay reports of leadership challenge
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Tory MPs opposed to Theresa May's Brexit plan defuse talk of a leadership challenge.
Rob Newman unpicks 3000 years of philosophy – good and bad - to discover how we got into this mess. From September 2018. Show more
Phoebe expresses her concerns and Harrison tries to do the right thing. Show more
Front Row
Michael Caine, Wagner's music in Israel, V&A Dundee
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Sir Michael Caine looks back on his career in Hollywood which he has seen him act alongside Sean Connery, Sylvester Stallone and even the Muppets. Show more
John and Maggie attempt a new phase in their riotous relationship - living together. Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
Twelve of the country's brightest young minds gather to solve difficult social problems. Show more
Grammy award-winning producer Ian Brennan talks about all the music we may never hear. Much of the music we hear is in English, 99% of the world's languages are never recorded. Show more
Verity Sharp wants to keep honeybees, but she quickly discovers she has shaken the metaphorical hornets' nest. Could her honeybees actually be a menace to other pollinators? Show more
Gemma Cairney takes British musician Nadine Shah for a collaboration in Beirut with Lebanese musician Youmna Saba. Show more
The World Tonight
European Research Group sets out proposals to avoid hard border in Ireland.
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Irish Foreign Minister dismisses them as "reheat of unworkable ideas" Show more
Convinced that past deeds have caught up with her, Juliet turns to an old friend for answers. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Chris Neill muses that none of us are getting any younger and, is kitchen matchmaking on the cards? With Isy Suttie. From 2018. Show more
A heady comic mix of maths and science with Festival of the Spoken Nerd exploring when stats are funny and more. From 2016. Show more
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Episode 3: 3: Medicine
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
Dr Hannah Fry uncovers the hidden algorithms behind every aspect of our modern lives: new frontiers in medicine. From 2018. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.