The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of Exeter Cathedral.
Mark Coles explores the life of US Secretary of State John Kerry, and asks what we can expect of him as he takes a global leadership role over Syria. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Samira Ahmed considers the value of damaged people and goods, drawing inspiration from the ancient Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold. Show more
As a trial badger cull is underway in parts of Somerset, Caz Graham joins the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust as their staff go out vaccinating badgers against bovine TB. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Mary McAleese, the former president of Ireland, discusses the spirituality in the work of Seamus Heaney, who died in August 2013. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
Core, The Digestive Disorders Foundation
2 minutes
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Dr Phil Hammond presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Core. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Service of worship from the Charles Wood Summer School at St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh. Led by the Rev Dr Peter Thompson. Show more
A Point of View
Of the People, By the People 4/4
10 minutes
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Roger Scruton concludes his series of talks on the nature and limits of democracy. 'We in Europe are moving not towards democracy but away from it', he says. Show more
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the common gull. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
There's a hiccup in Brian's schedule, and Alan makes a grand gesture. Show more
In a special 100th edition of the programme from Dallas, Texas, Sue MacGregor reunites five people involved in events surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy. Show more
Sue Perkins, Russell Kane, Paul Merton and new player Henry Blofeld play Just A Minute, presided over by Nicholas Parsons at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Show more
Tim Hayward meets the people taking ambitious food production into their own hands. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news, including an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.
4 Extra Debut. Global figures celebrate the legacy Dr Martin Luther King by reading the words of his “I Have a Dream” speech. From 2013. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
The Roof Gardens, Kensington
43 minutes
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GQT reaches new heights at the Roof Gardens in Kensington, London. Eric Robson is in the chair with panellists Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness. Show more
Fi Glover with a special Sunday edition of conversations recorded at the Edinburgh Festival between people inspired by the Listening Project. Show more
British New Wave
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Episode 1: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Episode 1
58 minutes
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Robert Rigby's dramatisation of Alan Sillitoe's seething novel set in 1958 Nottingham. 'Angry young man' Arthur Seaton rages against the boredom of his factory machinist job. Show more
Paul Theroux discusses Dark Star Safari, his account of a perilous overland journey from Cairo to Cape Town in 2001, with James Naughtie and a group of invited readers. Show more
In a special programme to mark the death of Seamus Heaney, Roger McGough presents a selection of Heaney's poems read by the author himself. Show more
In 2008, a photo appeared in a south London newspaper of a young man robbing a cash and carry. Sarah O'Connell tells the story of his life and asks: what went wrong? Show more
Mark Coles explores the life of US Secretary of State John Kerry, and asks what we can expect of him as he takes a global leadership role over Syria. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Pink Floyd fan Tom Stoppard's dramatic tribute to Dark Side of the Moon which poses the question of whether selflessness is just selfishness in disguise. With Sheila McClennon. Show more
Ray starts as he means to go on, and Fallon fulfils a difficult task. Show more
Proud Brit and quiz fan, Paul Sinha rewrites the UK Citizenship Test to reflect his ideas about Britishness. From August 2013. Show more
By DJ Taylor. Rural idyll turns sour when winter hits a north Norfolk coastal town. East Anglian coast-inspired tale read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Tim Harford queries the numbers of the badger cull. Plus, have blundering doctors and nurses really killed 13,000 patients? And are millions of climate migrants headed our way? Show more
Last Word
An Irish poet, a woman stockbroker, a Roma King and a Welsh rugby player
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister remembers Irish poet Seamus Heaney, the New York stockbroker Muriel Siebert, the Roma King Florin Cioaba and the Welsh rugby player and commentator Cliff Morgan. Show more
Money Box
Low interest rates; How a minor car scrape can still hurt you
30 minutes
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Low interest rates are here to stay. How will that affect your savings? And what for pension pots? And how a minor car bash you don't claim for could still push up your premium. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
Core, The Digestive Disorders Foundation
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Dr Phil Hammond presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Core. Show more
How come soft drinks can often be found in some of the most remote places in the world, but vital medicines are in short supply? Peter Day reports on a life-saving project. Show more
Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.
A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
The Film Programme
Shane Carruth, Gravity, film schools
28 minutes
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Francine Stock talks to director Shane Carruth about his new film Upstream Colour, and to Nik Powell and Asif Kapadia about films schools' relationship to the film industry. Show more
Samira Ahmed considers the value of damaged people and goods, drawing inspiration from the ancient Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Walter Benjamin - a special programme on his work and influence
28 minutes
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Walter Benjamin - Laurie Taylor presents a special programme on the work and influence of this pioneering German intellectual and theorist. Show more
The bells of Exeter Cathedral.
The latest shipping forecast.
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