The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Bells on Sunday
Adelaide Ringing Centre, Australia
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from Australia, from the Adelaide Ringing Centre housed in the Eastern Tower of the city’s St Peter’s Cathedral. Show more
The judge taking up the Supreme Court presidency as tensions with the government simmer. Show more
The latest national and international news headlines.
The word ‘argument’ can have negative connotations. Yet argument is a mainstay of democratic life. With Dinah Rose QC, Mark Tully discusses the love of a good argument. Show more
35 cows on a floating farm in Rotterdam Harbour. They graze on the roof and their milk is turned into yogurt on the deck below. Is this the future of farming? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
A Hidden Life, Xenobots, Synagogue Leadership Row
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
William Crawley brings you news and analysis of the religious, moral and ethical stories of the week. Show more
Simon Mayo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Virtual Doctors. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A Service for the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, From Loughinisland Church of Ireland, Seaforde, Co Down Show more
Following the death of the philosopher and author, Sir Roger Scruton - a talk he did in 2016 on one of his favourite subjects, Wagner. Show more
David Attenborough presents the crossbill. Show more
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
Tom is on more than one mission and Alistair shows his support. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Dame Sue Campbell, Director Women's Football at the FA
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Dame Sue Campbell, Director of Women's Football at the FA, shares the eight tracks she would want to take with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
David Mitchell gets Marcus Brigstocke, Lou Sanders, Cally Beaton and Neil Delamere to lie with some truths. From 2020. Show more
The Food Programme
Yes We Can: What do the tins we eat say about the UK?
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Stories from the store cupboard. Jack Monroe and Sheila Dillon discuss whether it's time we showed our favourite tins of food some love. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Mishal Husain presents pieces on: living undocumented, a child refugee's life 85 years on, Welsh insect foods, young people and cars, and Captain Cook as Middlesbrough's talisman. Show more
Peter Gibbs and the team are in Nailsworth, Cotswolds. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - The Tombola of Life
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Fi Glover with an omnibus edition of three conversations between a mother and daughter, mother and daughter's boyfriend, and two friends and former BAME colleagues in the police. Show more
Charles Dickens’ most political novel, the iconic Oliver Twist, is updated for today as a young Nigerian orphan begins an epic search for family and home. Show more
Open Book
Deepa Anappara, Helen Fielding on Hemingway, Rob Doyle and Finnish literature
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Journalist turned novelist Deepa Anapara discusses her debut about child disappearances in contemporary India, and Rob Doyle on his search for cheap thrills and higher meaning Show more
William Sieghart welcomes you into his Poetry Pharmacy where he serves up poetic prescriptions to soothe the soul. Show more
Why are some brothers and sisters separated when they go into care? File on 4 hears from children and young people who have been forced to sever ties with their siblings. Show more
The judge taking up the Supreme Court presidency as tensions with the government simmer. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
19/01/2020 PM offers support for the Sussexes
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Boris Johnson says the whole country wishes Prince Harry and Meghan the very best
Writer and comedian Helen Lederer makes her pick of the best of BBC Radio this week. Show more
Ian is determined to uncover the truth and Eddie is not happy with recent developments Show more
From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before.
Lynn is battling tensions at work and at home when a figure from childhood intrudes. A specially written series by Louise Welsh, read by Maryam Hamidi. Show more
Quantifying justice in Japan, the cost of Brexit, alligator speed and Liverpool FC's luck. With Tim Harford Show more
Last Word
Sir Roger Scruton FBA, FRSL, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, Bobby Neame CBE, Elizabeth Sellars
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on philosopher Sir Roger Scruton, Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, brewer Bobby Neame, actress Elizabeth Sellars Show more
Students and council tax, concerns about an increase in so called 'courier fraud' and the financial hardship being experienced by owners of flats with Grenfell-style cladding. Show more
Simon Mayo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Virtual Doctors. Show more
The UK has a high rate of company takeovers by new foreign owners. Ruth Alexander asks if this is a good sign, and welcome investment, or a serious problem for the future. Show more
Carolyn Quinn's guests are the Conservative MP Gillian Keegan, Labour frontbencher Nick Thomas-Symonds plus journalists Sienna Rodgers of Labourlist and Huffpost UK's Paul Waugh. Show more
The man behind the Joker. Show more
The word ‘argument’ can have negative connotations. Yet argument is a mainstay of democratic life. With Dinah Rose QC, Mark Tully discusses the love of a good argument. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Greg James, self-confessed 'proud radio nerd', rummages through the BBC's vast archives, using current stories and your suggestions as a springboard into the vaults. Show more
Bells on Sunday
Adelaide Ringing Centre, Australia
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Bells on Sunday comes from Australia, from the Adelaide Ringing Centre housed in the Eastern Tower of the city’s St Peter’s Cathedral. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.