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
16/08/29 - Climate change and farming in the media, Lairg sheep auction and the oat harvest
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
We visit one of Europe's largest one-day sheep sales to hear how the industry is faring with Brexit around the corner. Show more
Chris Packham presents the New Zealand bellbird. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Jo Fairley, businesswoman, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would to take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls and Rohingya women refugees
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The programme discusses a new dramatization of The Country Girls and hear from lives changed by youth work in Off The Rails. Plus life in the camps for Rohingya women refugees. Show more
By Ben Cottam. After enduring the wrath of a local woman she has advised not to drive, Dace considers whether she still wants to call the UK her home. Show more
Ruth and Lia were smuggled to Britain as Kindertransport refugees in the 1930s. Louai and Murad fled Syria three years ago. Nikki Tapper hears their stories in Birmingham. Show more
A new comedy which shows that even the highly scientific world of pharmaceutical research can be beset by office politics. Can our team find the cure and hit the big time? Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Ulverton had more volunteers than any other village on the downs. Show more
You and Yours
Insurance Overspending, The Tricks to Building a Grand Design, New Theme Parks
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The man who's getting thousands of pounds back from the insurance company that overcharged his family for at least a decade. The first new theme park in the UK for 20 years. Show more
The latest weather forecast
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
Kate faces the unexpected and Tracy's girls night in does not go as planned Show more
Tanya Franks and Paterson Joseph star in this razor-sharp family comedy by Tamsin Oglesby. Show more
Peter Gibbs and the team of gardening experts are in Saltburn. Show more
Inspired by William Blake’s Songs of Innocence, a moving story of love and inheritance. Read by Kay McAllister Show more
Last Word
Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Julian Worricker on Cambodian politician Nuon Chea, ballerina Julia Farron OBE, graphic designer June Fraser and lawyer and broadcaster Marcel Berlins. Show more
How realistic are the storylines in the Archers? Roger Bolton asks an Archers academic, who analyses the heartbreaking tale of Ed and Emma and their lost home. Show more
The Listening Project
Dalip and Ranjit – Inner Strength
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Friends who are baptised Sikhs consider how others view them and the solace that comes from their religious belief. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
16/08/2019 Newly-wed police officer murdered in Berkshire
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
10 people aged between 13 and 30 arrested
Sam has been nominated for a journalism award, but has she got a bigger decision to make? Stars Yasmine Akram. From 2019. Show more
Jazzer's frustrations get the better of him and it's a big day for Shula Show more
Front Row
The true story behind blockbuster film Jaws, Benjamin Zephaniah, Catherine Cohen's cabaret
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
On stage at Edinburgh: The true story behind movie Jaws; poetry from Benjamin Zephaniah, New York cabaret with Catherine Cohen, performers on making shows about personal trauma Show more
By Ben Cottam. After enduring the wrath of a local woman she has advised not to drive, Dace considers whether she still wants to call the UK her home. Show more
Any Questions?
Suzanne Evans, Lord Finkelstein, John Mann MP and Faiza Shaheen
47 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Ritula Shah presents topical debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London with Suzanne Evans, Lord Finkelstein, John Mann MP and Faiza Shaheen. Show more
Will Self sets out why he has a problem with theory and the negative effect 'theory addicts' are having on our contemporary intellectual culture. Show more
A History of Delusions
Napoleon and 'Delusions of Grandeur'
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Psychologist Daniel Freeman begins an exploration of delusions. First, the many cases of Napoleon delusion in Paris, 1840, and a contemporary account of a 'Delusion of Grandeur'. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Riot police in Zimbabwe use tear gas and batons
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Ulverton had more volunteers than any other village on the downs. Show more
Great Lives
Laura Marling on Lou Andreas-Salome
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling chooses the first female psychoanalyst, Lou Andreas-Salomé. With Matthew Parris. From 2019. Show more
Laura from London visits a death row inmate in Florida to seek answers about her late father's final years. Show more
The Listening Project
Caitlin and Orfhlaith – Challenging Tradition
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Friends are grateful to their parents, who refused to model traditional roles. Fi Glover presents. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Over the years, author Lara Maiklem has changed her location on the river, gradually moving east. Now she lives not far from the Thames estuary. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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