The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg Show more
Farming Today
25/06/19: Controlling Mountain Hares in Scotland, Fenland farm report, Curlews
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
A new bill is introduced in Scotland which aims to ban the control of mountain hares. Anna Hill asks MSP Alison Johnstone why she feels it is necessary. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the house crow, native of southern Asia. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Richard Thompson tells Jim Al-Khalili how he alerted the world to the micro-plastics in the ocean and the harm they might cause to marine life. Show more
Emma Freud longed to be a news journalist but never had the courage to pursue it. Emma talks to Emily Maitlis about what her job really takes. Show more
Woman's Hour
Twelve-week wait, MEPs for Remain, Dame Inga Beale
50 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Why wait 12 weeks to announce a pregnancy? Remain MEPs Lib Dem Irina von Wiese & Alexandra Phillips of the Green Party. Dame Inga Beale on the need for gender quotas and targets. Show more
Frazzled Ellen spends time unwinding with the hot new dad at the school gates. Stars Gabriel Quigley and Stuart McQuarrie. Show more
In America children can get married legally in almost every state. Jane O'Brien has been investigating why and how this happens and talks to the people trying to stop it. Show more
Sound artist Alice Trueman writes a specially commissioned musical score to explore migraine attacks and their possible link to creativity. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Adrian’s half-brother Brett comes to stay at The Piggeries. Adrian’s mother is invited to appear on The Jeremy Kyle Show to determine the paternity of her daughter Rosie. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Why do you watch reality TV?
40 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Why do you watch reality TV? A group of MPs has launched an inquiry into the duty of care provided to reality TV guests. It follows the cancellation of the Jeremy Kyle Show. 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.
Former BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall explores how the 1919 Paris Peace Conference influenced a century of wars. In this episode, conflicts in Poland. Show more
There's good news for Ed and Emma, and Jill has a favour to ask. Show more
In May Sumbwanyambe's award-winning stage play, a black civil servant tries to persuade a white landowner in Zimbabwe to sell his farm. Show more
Josie Long presents stories of significant recordings impacting people's lives, including a last tape of a loved one. From 2019. Show more
Misha Glenny presents episode two of the Invention of Britain - the role of England in Ireland and Wales. Show more
Do juries believe in rape myths? Professor Cheryl Thomas of UCL tells Joshua Rozenberg about her new research into what jurors really think. Show more
Novelist Nicci Gerrard and journalist Gary Younge join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books, which include Calypso, by the American humourist David Sedaris. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
25/06/2019 The contenders in the Tory leadership race have been making spending promises.
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Boris Johnson has emerged to give a series of interviews, talking about Brexit policy and spending promises, but not about his private life.
Joining Victoria Coren Mitchell to commit heresy about Eurovision, public apologies and climate change are Evelyn Mock, Andrew Hunter Murray and David Baddiel. Show more
Jim reaches the end of his tether and Susan tries to get to the truth. Show more
Front Row
British-Vietnamese playwright Tuyen Do, Cindy Sherman exhibition, Michael Jackson 10 years on, Queer Books - the 80s
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
British-Vietnamese playwright Tuyen Do's debut play Summer Rolls, Cindy Sherman exhibition, 10 years since the death of Michael Jackson, and Queer Books - our top four from the 80s. Show more
Frazzled Ellen spends time unwinding with the hot new dad at the school gates. Stars Gabriel Quigley and Stuart McQuarrie. Show more
File on 4
Beyond Grenfell: The Cladding Lottery
37 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Two years after Grenfell, hospitals and families living in homes covered in a different type of cladding, one considered just as dangerous, are facing huge bills to make them safe. Show more
Scottish Braille Press ends production of five publications. Claims that the Guide Dogs Association has been too slow in training a new resident. Show more
All in the Mind
Preventing anxiety, CALMTown, Air pollution and psychosis
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Claudia visits a course to help prevent parents transmitting anxiety to their children, the town that's prioritising mental health and the link between air pollution and psychosis Show more
The Life Scientific
Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Richard Thompson tells Jim Al-Khalili how he alerted the world to the micro-plastics in the ocean and the harm they might cause to marine life. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Jeremy Hunt says he can get better Brexit deal because he's "trustworthy".
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Boris Johnson promises to lead Britain out of EU by end of October "do or die". Show more
Adrian’s half-brother Brett comes to stay at The Piggeries. Adrian’s mother is invited to appear on The Jeremy Kyle Show to determine the paternity of her daughter Rosie. Show more
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Sean Curran with the latest news from Parliament where the foreign secretary tells MPs he is concerned about the Middle East and the 'risks of an accidental war'. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Rupert Everett reads Derek Jarman's vivid memoir of his life and the garden he made in Dungeness in the wake of his HIV diagnosis. Recorded to mark 25 years since Jarman's death. Show more
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