The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams. Show more
Farming Today
04/01/22 - Mental resilience in farming, mapping trees and donkey grazing
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Charlotte Smith speaks to a farmer who supported her husband through depression and terminal cancer. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Kathy Hinde on the Pink-footed Goose
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde reflects on the sense of adventure inspired by watching a flock of pink-footed geese. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Amol Rajan and his guests look at why British birth rates have declined so much and ask if there'll be enough young people paying taxes to support our elderly in the future? Show more
Making a change for the better in 2022: we speak to Poorna Bell about getting stronger. Show more
A suicide in a park leads to the discovery of a parallel world. Gabriel Gatehouse investigates. Show more
Josie Long says adventure playgrounds offer so much we need right now - freedom, community and joy. So how can they thrive in these cash-strapped, risk-averse times? Show more
Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall star as John and Maggie having another go at love when they're older but not necessarily wiser in AL Kennedy's comic drama. Show more
You and Yours
Call You & Yours: Do you expect to be able to save money in 2022?
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Call You & Yours: do you expect to be able to save any money in 2022? Email us now at youandyours@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
Past Forward: A Century of Sound
1984 - Comrade Dad
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Public historian Greg Jenner watches a BBC sitcom from the 1980s, Comrade Dad, and reflects on what dystopian fictions reveal about our concerns. Show more
Mike’s got his paintbrush out while Pat glosses over some glitches. Show more
By David Ashton. A counterfeiting gang steal Isaac Newton's supply of silver. Starring William Gaminara. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Moving Pictures
The Feast of Herod by Peter Paul Rubens
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces, using your phone, tablet or computer. This episode - The Feast of Herod by Rubens. Show more
Psychotherapist and writer Philippa Perry attempts to unpick the tangled idea of desire. Show more
Great Lives
William Lever, Lord Leverhulme, founder of Unilever
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland, picks the man behind Unilever, William Lever Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
04/01/2022 Decision on dismissing Prince Andrew civil case "soon"
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Duke's lawyers have set out in court why a sexual assault claim should be thrown out
Another chance to hear this episode from 2018. At what point does office banter become a recordable sexual offence? With comic and police officer Alfie Moore Show more
Alice heads down a dangerous path while Adam gets suited and booted Show more
Front Row
The Costa Book Awards, Julia Ducournau on Titane, disabled access to arts and culture
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Costa Book Awards announced with Chair of Judges, Reeta Chakrabarti; film director Julia Ducournau on Titane; David Stanley, Disability & Access Ambassador for Arts & Culture Show more
Owen Bennett-Jones examines the long game Pakistan played in the US defeat in Afghanistan. Show more
We begin 2022 with the views of young people, on the issues that have always been the concerns of In Touch: education, jobs, relationships, and our access to all these things. Show more
James Gallagher explores whether New Year's resolutions are good for our health. Show more
Pride or Prejudice: How we Read Now
Teaching Novels
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Professor Abigail Williams asks how today's students read the novel in an era of content warnings, cancel culture and calls to decolonise the curriculum. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Prince: Judge hears case for charges to be dropped
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall star as John and Maggie having another go at love when they're older but not necessarily wiser in AL Kennedy's comic drama. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
Back at the Brownies with Nigel Slater
51 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Food writer, broadcaster and national treasure Nigel Slater joins Fi and Jane for a chat around the kitchen table. Show more
Trevor Cox asks whether compression can detract from our enjoyment of recorded music - does it matter that what we hear may not be the same as what the musicians heard in the studio? Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Viewfinders: Ways of Seeing at 50
Olivia Laing - A Painting by Giovanni di Paolo
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Five writers on looking at art, to mark the 50th anniversary of Ways of Seeing - the 1972 TV series presented by John Berger, which was turned into a bestselling book. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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