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 Canon Patrick Thomas, Vicar of Christ Church in Carmarthen
Farming Today
15/08/19: Farming and a no-deal Brexit, the Plum harvest, Personal food computer
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Caz Graham is joined by Sean Rickard from 'Farmers for a People's Vote' and Rupert Lowe from The Brexit Party to discuss the potential implications of a no-deal Brexit on farming. Show more
Chris Packham presents the South American toco tucan. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Front Row
Basil Brush, Christina Bianco, Climate Change theatre and new musicals at Edinburgh Fringe
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Christina Bianco performs songs by musical divas, children's TV icon Basil Brush, foxes in literature and climate change shows on the Fringe, plus the reinvention of musicals. Show more
Woman's Hour
Award-winning author and former Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A new novel by Malorie Blackman, law professor Lisa Avalos on Jeffrey Epstein, a recent inheritance battle and Dorothy L Sayers, plus composer Errollyn Wallen and her new Proms piece. Show more
By Ben Cottam. Whilst attempting to help a young Romanian woman Dace makes a difficult choice. Show more
Crossing Continents
Barbuda: Storms, Recovery and ‘Land Grabs’
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Who will shape the future of the hurricane-hit, tropical isle of Barbuda? Show more
Revealing access to the creation of Jeremy Deller's £1m Peterloo monument to a defining moment of protest in the UK and one of the most challenging commissions of his career. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
1914. Life goes on in Ulverton but the threat of war looms large. Show more
You and Yours
Northern Ireland spending, Electric cars, Edinburgh shopping
40 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
How you could switch your petrol car for an electric one, without spending thousands of pounds up front. 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.
Ruth Sanderson tries to find out what really happened during the week in August 1969 when law and order broke down and the violence of the Northern Ireland Troubles began Show more
The past returns to haunt Will and Jazzer makes a monumental error Show more
Timothy X Atack holds a satirical mirror up to an imaginary Britain – a dystopia where books are shunned and bullies have business arrangements with their schools. Show more
Helen Mark visits the Isle of Eels in the heart of the Cambridgeshire Fens for its annual eel day festival. Show more
TV presenter Sean Fletcher makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Family Action. Show more
Open Book
Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Mary Beth Keane, the best novels of 1979
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Colm Tóibín reflects on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce's fraught relationships with their fathers and US bestseller Mary Beth Keane discusses her novel Ask Again, Yes Show more
The Film Programme
Where to Begin With... Tilda Swinton
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Where to Begin With... Tilda Swinton. Raifa Rafiq and critics Tim Robey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh explore the films of Tilda Swinton Show more
BBC Inside Science
UK power cut, Huge dinosaur find in Wyoming, Micro-plastics in Arctic snow
34 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Gareth Mitchell discusses the recent UK power cut, a massive dinosaur dig in Wyoming, and he finds out how the wind is carrying large quantities of micro-plastics to the Arctic Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
15/08/2019 Drug deaths at record high
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Rise in fatalities from illicit drug use
Mixed response to Corbyn Brexit plan
The live final in the search for the next comedy superstar. Show more
Kate faces the unexpected and Tracy's girls night in does not go as planned Show more
The results of the BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award 2019 final, live from Edinburgh. Who will be crowned winner in 2019? Show more
By Ben Cottam. Whilst attempting to help a young Romanian woman Dace makes a difficult choice. Show more
Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence follow history’s story-laden lines and linkages. This week it's battle lines, from mythical Nazi invasions to gender fluid soldiers. Show more
Billions over budget, seven years late in opening, and still being rebuilt before a single plane has landed. What has gone so wrong at the new Berlin airport? Show more
BBC Inside Science
UK power cut, Huge dinosaur find in Wyoming, Micro-plastics in Arctic snow
34 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Gareth Mitchell discusses the recent UK power cut, a massive dinosaur dig in Wyoming, and he finds out how the wind is carrying large quantities of micro-plastics to the Arctic Show more
Frances Morris travels to Paris to meet mischievous French artist Sophie Calle. Her studio is a cabinet of curiosities, including the head of a giraffe who represents her mother. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Iran welcomes Gibraltar’s decision to release impounded tanker
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
1914. Life goes on in Ulverton but the threat of war looms large. Show more
Musical comedy set in the competitive world of poetry slamming where one loose iambic pentameter leads to instant elimination. Stars Steve Whiteley, Jen Wakefield, Ricky Grover. Show more
What happens when a lap dancing club sits opposite a women's support centre? Grace Dent tells the story of one street that contains a clash of two worldviews. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Some foreshore foraging can be quite a challenge in more inaccessible places, but the committed mudlark will always find a way to get there. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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