The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Prayer and reflection with Bishop Dr Joe Aldred. Show more
'The sea's a monster, if you love it, you're an idiot!': Listeners Bill and Laurel Cooper spent half their lives sailing the world, but now age has confined them to port. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Open Country
Snowdonia: Search and Rescue Dog Association
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Helen Mark is in Snowdonia with the Search and Rescue Dog Association of Wales to find out how these very special dogs, and their handlers, are trained. Show more
Caz Graham visits the farmers working around the clock to ensure the festive vegetables arrive in time for Christmas dinner. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Samantha Bond; Luke Wright; young ballerina; lung scientist; Chi Chi's keeper; saw Sound Sculpture; Gareth Malone
1 hour
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Richard Coles with actress Samantha Bond, poet Luke Wright, a young ballerina, a scientist who caught the disease she'd studied and choirmaster Gareth Malone's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
John McCarthy explores 30 years of plant hunting in Western China with Kew botanist Phillip Cribb and meets Barbara Webb and Caroline Yates, who work for animal welfare abroad. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Paul Gambaccini explores the hundreds of pop songs inspired by the Bible, from Bob Dyan to Leonard Cohen and U2. From December 2011. Show more
Jackie Ashley looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Show more
Kate Adie presents reporters' stories from Belgium, Indian Kashmir, Libya, Canada and France. Show more
Money Box looks at Over 50s plans, reward credit cards, PPI compensation delays and the likely purchase of hundreds of Lloyds branches by the Co-op Bank. Presented by Paul Lewis. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Jon Holmes, Alun Cochrane, Laura Shavin and Mitch Benn for the last in the current series. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Jonathan Dimbleby presents a panel discussion of news and politics from Stepney, London with Michael Portillo, Andrew Motion, Ann Leslie and Evan Harris. Show more
Listeners' calls and emails. Topics include the state of the global economy and Cameron's speech about UK as a Christian country. Show more
Timberlake Wertenbaker's renowned play tells the story of convicts and Marines sent to Australia in 1787 as part of the first penal colony and their attempts to stage a play. Show more
Woman's Hour
Yotam Ottolenghi, Strictly Come Dancing, Tripoli Witness
1 hour
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Yotam Ottolenghi cooks the perfect baba ganoush and Strictly's Chelsee Healey on avoiding wardrobe malfunctions. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
A fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines with Carolyn Quinn.
'The sea's a monster, if you love it, you're an idiot!': Listeners Bill and Laurel Cooper spent half their lives sailing the world, but now age has confined them to port. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson is joined by Ed Byrne, Katherine Parkinson and Adam Nicolson. Jo Bunting talks to the Divine Neil Hannon. With music from Xantone Blacq and Ed Harcourt. Show more
Samira Ahmed profiles the physicist Peter Higgs who in the 1960s predicted the existence of the so-called "God Particle" which scientists may have glimpsed at CERN this week. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Lisa Appignanesi and Kamila Shamsie and theatre writer David Benedict review the week's cultural highlights. Show more
John Tusa tells the extraordinary story of how the European Union was born in fear, hope and crisis in the years after World War II and the Nazi occupation of the continent. Show more
A young giant faces laughable insanity due to paternal ignorance, old crones and syphilitic professors. Stars David Troughton. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
In the wake of questions over parenting raised by the riots, Mariella asks if we have lost the ability to control and discipline our children. Show more
Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. With competitors from Aberdeenshire, the West Midlands, Berkshire and Essex. Show more
Poet and translator WN Herbert and sound artist and Poetry Wales editor Zoe Skoulding compare different cultures and their attitudes towards poetry festivals. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Christopher Driver's observations on the impact of foreign food on British eating habits. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
