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Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Neil Gardner. Show more
Julian Lloyd Webber delves into birth order and finds out if the sequence in which we are born really can influence who and what we are. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Fair Isle is famous for its knitting, but is it a dying tradition? Moira Hickey travels there to find out how important it is to island life. Show more
Reporting on the busiest time in the farming calendar as the harvest begins and all over the country crops are ripening and the combines are firing up. Anna Hill presents. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Fi Glover is joined by lyricist Sir Tim Rice. With poetry from Kate Fox. Show more
Sandi uncovers the secrets of Florence and Naples with author Lucretia Grindle and photographer Johnnie Shand Kydd. She also hears about a musical exploration of Welsh Patagonia. Show more
Author Jake Arnott marvels at metrosexual males and the new cafe culture. With Mark Simpson and Kathryn Flett. From 2010. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Peter Curran is joined by US cult phenomenon Ronna and Beverly, the architectural historian Dan Cruickshank, controversial comic Brendon Burns and The Jolly Boys from Jamaica. Show more
Nigel Thompson profiles Julian Assange, the controversial frontman of the website WikiLeaks, now accused of having blood on its hands after publishing Afghan military reports. Show more
Sarfraz Manzoor and his guests writer Paul Morley, historian Kathryn Hughes and poet Cahal Dallat review the week's cultural highlights including the film Gainsbourg. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Felicity Finch - 'Ruth' in the Archers -returns home to witness the end of 170 years of steelmaking on Teesside. From 2010. Show more
Joseph Knecht's doubts about the Castalian way of life are compounded by his newly acquired position. Starring Derek Jacobi. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Debates on topical issues, bringing together experts in a particular field with people at the sharp end. Justin Rowlatt asks how much young children should be tested at school. Show more
Nigel Rees chairs the quotations quiz with Dr Phil Hammond, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Miles Jupp and Robert Lacey. From July 2010.
Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, including verse by Simon Armitage, Denise Levertov and John Keats. The readers are Kenneth Cranham, Annette Badland and Jonjo O'Neill. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
New and classic tales that reveal the best and worst aspects of the British abroad. This new story by Christopher Matthew, set in occupied France, is based on real events. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.