The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth. Show more
Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. Featuring Gareth Malone and the New Year Honour nominees. iPM talks to the people listeners want to celebrate and crowns a winner. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Helen Mark discovers why local people are preserving the heritage of the gansey, a distinctive fisherman's garment, in the coastal communities of the Moray Firth. Show more
The Milton family farm cattle, sheep, Exmoor ponies, and arable crops on the patchwork of land which makes up Exmoor National Park. Sarah Swadling experiences life on their farm. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Guest editor Stewart Lee investigates myths, music, super-size comedy and Mark E Smith. Show more
Anita Anand with social entrepreneur Paul Twivy, poet Mr Gee, a girl born mid-flight, a German heralding New Year with British slapstick & singer Cyndi Lauper's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
John McCarthy looks at the changing nature of the traditional attractions of England with historian John Julius Norwich, curator Lucy Worsley and journalist Martin Wainwright. Show more
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Controlling the Past: Anne McElvoy asks parliamentarians and commentators how far the authors of political diaries and memoirs use them to control our view of the past. Show more
Kate Adie looks back at the revolution that swept Colonel Gaddafi from power in Libya, hearing again correspondents' despatches on events that stunned the world. Show more
Sandi Toksvig embarks on a quest to the distant and mysterious Radio 4 Island, to recover the Greenwich Pips, which have been stolen by a masked stranger. Show more
Lisa Jardine remembers 2011 for the Royal Wedding, reflecting on the historic power of regal glamour in times of austerity. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Owen Bennett Jones is joined by some of the BBC's top correspondents to look at what is likely to be dominating the news around the world in 2012. Show more
Steve Punt turns detective and searches for the site of the epic Battle of Watling Street, where the Britons were massacred by the Romans. Show more
London, 1896: Can penniless Henry Adams survive for a month without spending a one million pound note? Stars Trevor White. Show more
Alexei Sayle explores the Beatles festive fan club recordings, Magical Mystery Tour film and Christmas concerts. From 2011. Show more
Jane Garvey celebrates the stories of remarkable women from 2011, including Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the astronaut who played a flute duet in space. Show more
Carolyn Quinn presents a fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines.
Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. Featuring Gareth Malone and the New Year Honour nominees. iPM talks to the people listeners want to celebrate and crowns a winner. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Clive Anderson, Griff Rhys Jones, Bradley Walsh, Olivia Colman, Arthur Smith and Sam Simmons bid farewell to 2011 from the Radio Theatre in London. With music from Ska Cubano. Show more
The children's website Moshi Monsters has 50 million members worldwide. Rory Cellan-Jones profiles its founder, 37-year-old Michael Acton Smith. Show more
Martha Kearney chooses her favourite audio moments from BBC Radio in 2011. Show more
Read all about it. Kevin Maguire chairs a What the Papers Say Review of 2011 from Fleet Street, on a year that brought us hackgate, austerity, euro crisis, revolutions and more. Show more
Young Scot Donald Cameron, invalided from the Western Front in 1918, finds himself writing a book about the eccentricities of the English. Stars Tony Curran and Ian Hislop. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
After the Christmas gift rush Mariella and guests explore what we buy our kids, where we draw the line and how we educate the next generation of consumers. Show more
Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. Contestants from South Wales, London and the Home Counties compete for a place in the semi-finals. Show more
Robert Frost considered his poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening his 'best bid for remembrance'. Poet Kenneth Steven visits Frost's Vermont home to trace the poem's origins. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Pete Paphides tells the story of the M1's improbable 1960s music meeting place - Blue Boar services at Watford Gap. From 2011. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
