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 Baroness Julia Neuberger, Rabbi of West London Synagogue. Show more
Farming Today
29/01/20 Campaign to tighten law on routine use of farm antibiotics, new Fisheries Bill, game bird microwave meals
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
A consortium of 500 organisations is calling for antibiotic use on UK farms to be severely restricted by law. Show more
David Attenborough presents the snow bunting. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Revealing the true story of the making of the radical poet William Wordsworth, 250 years after his birth, Jonathan Bate visits Cumbria. With Simon Russell Beale Show more
Alice Moloney discusses how best to express negative emotions in the digital realm. Show more
Woman's Hour
Breaking patterns in relationships. Why nursing may be undervalued. Raising a child with autism from an ethnic background.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Breaking patterns in relationships. Why nursing maybe undervalued. The challenges of raising a child with autism from an ethnic background. Show more
Joss Moody's widow, Millie, remembers the early days of their marriage and her apparently impossible desire to have a child. Jackie Kay's novel is dramatised by Tanika Gupta. Show more
The Listening Project
Alison and Richard - The group holds you
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Friends and Extinction Rebellion members discuss why they are fighting for their cause. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Beth Miles is a football fan, but why is it that a top male player has yet to announce he is gay? What, she asks, can men's football learn from the open and inclusive women's game? Show more
Life is disrupted by a broken-hearted house guest with a dog. But for how long? Stars Roger Allam and Joanna Lumley. From 2020. Show more
By Robert Harris. Thwarted in his attempts to leave the village, Fairfax learns more about Father Lacy's parish. Read by Michael Maloney. Show more
You and Yours
Term-time holidays; Electric cars; University applications
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The number of parents taking their children out of school to go on holiday has increased ever since the government made it illegal in 2013. Should you buy a used electric car? Show more
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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
Historian Priya Atwal explores the global pitfalls in telling textbook national history. In India both Hindu nationalism & old colonial narratives have played a significant role. Show more
Josh hits rock bottom and Johnny makes a lifestyle change. Show more
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Money Box
MBL: Your rights when a dream holiday becomes a nightmare experience
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Paul Lewis and guests explain what you can do when holidays go wrong. Show more
Inside Health
Coronavirus; Probiotics and Babies' gut health; Pill Organisers; Haemophilia therapy
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
James Gallagher on the new coronavirus and how GP's have been advised to manage a patient at risk; probiotics and gut health in early life; pill organisers; haemophilia therapy Show more
Hidden gay lives: Laurie Taylor explores the history of Polari, Britain's secret gay language, & the way in which 20th c crime reports uncover anti-gay violence prior to Stonewall. Show more
The Media Show
Brexit's "done" - so what will the media talk about now?!
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
How exiting the EU deprives some journalists of their favourite topic. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
29/01/2020 Northern Rail Franchise Nationalised
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Northern rail franchise is being taken back into public ownership after years of serious disruption.
Joe Lycett is joined by national treasure Mary Berry and comedian Holly Walsh as they share their own personal obsessions. Show more
Kate’s idea looks set to cause ructions and Gavin continues to make his presence felt. Show more
Front Row
Melina Matsoukas on Queen and Slim, Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy years reviewed, Faustus: That Damned Woman, Richard Armitage
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Melina Matsoukas on her film about police violence starring Daniel Kaluuya and what if Faustus was a woman - we talk to Chris Bush about her new take on this classic story. Show more
Joss Moody's widow, Millie, remembers the early days of their marriage and her apparently impossible desire to have a child. Jackie Kay's novel is dramatised by Tanika Gupta. Show more
The Fix focuses on debt and why it's such an intractable problem. Matthew Taylor and Cat Drew help pilot an innovative solution in Barking and Dagenham in east London. Show more
Alice Moloney discusses how best to express negative emotions in the digital realm. Show more
Jolyon Jenkins meets the people who think that drilling a hole in their head can restore the lost energy of youth and help prevent dementia. Could there be anything in it? Show more
Revealing the true story of the making of the radical poet William Wordsworth, 250 years after his birth, Jonathan Bate visits Cumbria. With Simon Russell Beale Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Virus: British nationals to be flown home from China tomorrow
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
By Robert Harris. Thwarted in his attempts to leave the village, Fairfax learns more about Father Lacy's parish. Read by Michael Maloney. Show more
From the mind of Jon Holmes comes topical satire like you've never heard it before.
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on the last PMQs before the UK leaves the EU. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Siobhan Redmond reads the late Deborah Orr's powerful memoir of a childhood in the Scottish steel town of Motherwell with a mother who didn't always mother well. Show more
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