The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Leslie Griffiths. Show more
Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral and a tutor of military ethics at The Defence Academy, reflects on the nature of sacrifice. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Helen Mark travels across the former coalfields of South Wales to see the transformation to the landscape and to the rivers that once ran black with industrial and mining waste. Show more
We hear from a group of people who all want a job in agriculture. Farming Today will follow their progress over 12 months. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Fi Glover is joined by crime writing phenomenon Lee Child, a man who draws in his sleep and another who built his own space probe, and Carly Simon shares her Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Sandi Toksvig explores the Falkland Islands in the company of an artist and a Falklands vet, and traces a deported Polish family from what is now Belarus to Tavistock in Devon. Show more
Katie Derham discovers what it is like for an artist to perform for a leading VIP. Featuring contributions from Katherine Jenkins, Roy Hudd and Jools Holland. From April 2010. Show more
As polls predict a hung parliament at Westminster, what lessons can Scotland offer, after a decade of coalition and minority government in Edinburgh? Brian Taylor reports. Show more
Kate Adie introduces a new set of correspondent despatches - this week from Argentina, Iraq, Siberia, Zambia and Arizona. Show more
Paul Lewis presents a special programme discussing the deficit. Where did it come from? How can we get rid of it? Should we be worried about its impact on savings and investments? Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news, with help from Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and Nick Doody. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Holsworthy, Devon. The panellists are Peter Hain MP, Nick Herbert MP, Susan Kramer MP and Nigel Farage MEP. Show more
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
4 Extra Debut. Can agent 007 halt an international criminal mad man’s murderous scheme to get rich? Stars Ian McKellen and Toby Stephens. Show more
Presented by Jane Garvey. Including Meera Syal on Shirley Valentine; the significance and role of politicians' wives today and a debate on Paul Newman versus Robert Redford. Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus the sports headlines.
The news programme that starts with its listeners, presented by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. Des Moore asks if political parties would back the chemical castration of rapists. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Peter Curran is joined by Debbie Reynolds, Joan Bakewell, Mark Steel, Arthur Smith and Alkarim Jivani. With music from Harper Simon and Danny and The Champions of the World. Show more
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Bob Crow, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, at the centre of threatened strikes on Britain's railways. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writer Bidisha, the director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts Ekow Eshun and poet Cahal Dallat to review the cultural highlights of the week. Show more
Paul Gambaccini chairs a celebrity edition of the 4's long-running music quiz. With soprano and Catherine Bott, comedian Kit Hesketh-Harvey and musician and comedian Rainer Hersch. Show more
Lovelace tricks Clarissa back to Mrs Sinclair's house of ill repute, then drugs her to have his way. Stars Miriam Margolyes, Richard Armitage, Zoe Waites. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate in which Claire Fox, Michael Portillo, Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik cross-examine expert witnesses on the moral issues behind the week's news. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts the wide-ranging music quiz, with contestants from London, Edinburgh and Brighton. From 2010. Show more
Armed with a mosquito net of poems, Paul Farley goes in search of leeches, fleas and lice to find out how poets from Donne to Rimbaud have represented blood-sucking parasites. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Short stories inspired by the poetry of John Donne, George Herbert and Andrew Marvell. By Iain Finlay MacLeod. An elderly tailor comes face to face with a lost love. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
