The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Simon Doogan.
A mutant version of Sudden Oak Death means thousands of trees are being destroyed at Wales' largest ancient forest. And the latest TB figures make depressing reading in Wales too. Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Ortolan Bunting. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Kirsty Young talks to comedian Lee Mack. Show more
Woman's Hour
April Ashley; Wendy Holden; Born with a heart defect
58 minutes
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Transgender icon April Ashley's art exhibition; Wendy Holden talks about letting go of your children when they go to university; heart defects in babies. Sheila McClennon presents. Show more
On his return from his old stamping ground, Yukinari hears that Shonagon has gone into early labour and rushes to her side. Show more
Nine young people who have grown up under devolution in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, come together to share their vision of their home countries.
Two parties provide a particular challenge. Starring Katherine Parkinson and Kerry Godliman. From October 2013. Show more
You and Yours
Help to Buy; Ivory trade; Highways Agency
55 minutes
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Consumer news. Peter White looks at the latest Help to Buy scheme that is introduced on Monday. Plus, how do antiques experts work out if ivory is legal or illegal to sell? Show more
The Listening Project
Joan and Roger - Web and Wings
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation between an 84-year-old and her SeniorNet mentor about the wonders of the web and the changes in technology they've both witnessed. Show more
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National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
How independent publishing houses are coping in the digital age. Robert McCrum's stories of great British publishers. From October 2013. Show more
Jill tries to be sensitive, and Lynda has her heart set on something. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Russia. Katerina begins a passionate affair and is determined to destroy anything standing in her way. Stars Rochenda Sandall. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
West Dean College and Gardens
43 minutes
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Eric Robson and his Gardeners' Question Time panel, featuring Christine Walkden, Matthew Wilson and Bob Flowerdew, are at West Dean College and Gardens, near Chichester. Show more
By Tatiana Salem Levy: 4 Extra Debut. The legacy of Brazil's military regime of the 70s and 80s. Read by Barbara Flynn and Georgie Fuller, with Joel MacCormack. Show more
Last Word
A thriller writer, a musician, the Kabbalah Centre founder and a Hammer Horror producer
28 minutes
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Obituaries. Matthew Bannister remembers thriller writer Tom Clancy, musician Lindsay Cooper, Kabbalah Centre founder Rabbi Philip Berg and Hammer Horror producer Anthony Hinds. Show more
Are hundreds of young children visiting A&E because of alcohol? Plus an update on the Trumptonshire economy, and has the mosquito killed half the people who have ever lived? Show more
The Listening Project
Roger and Cal - Leaving Home for the Circus
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation about leaving home. Cal will be saying goodbye to his father Roger when he sets off for Bristol to study circus arts. From October 2013. Show more
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Steve Punt and Jon Culshaw are joined by David Quantick, Pippa Evans, Mitch Benn and Laura Shavin for a comic run through the week's news. Show more
Jazzer chances his arm, and Shula makes an offer. Show more
Front Row
Anoushka Shankar; TV drama Truckers; Frank Auerbach
30 minutes
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John Wilson meets sitar-player Anoushka Shankar and learns how the death of her father Ravi affected her music. Plus a rare interview with artist Frank Auerbach. Show more
On his return from his old stamping ground, Yukinari hears that Shonagon has gone into early labour and rushes to her side. Show more
Any Questions?
Patrick McLoughlin, Rachel Reeves, Lisa Holdsworth, John Kampfner
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Ilkley Literature Festival in West Yorkshire, with Rachel Reeves, Lisa Holdsworth, Patrick McLoughlin and John Kampfner. Show more
Lisa Jardine draws lessons about the relationship between science and human values from the career of the Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, who helped to develop the atom bomb. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Is 13-year-old Eliot Green ready to become a man in the Jewish faith? Adapted from TV with Hugo Raine and Tracy-Ann Oberman. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Will this be the Asian Century as many have predicted? In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. Show more
Bond helps Kobus Breed win a deadly battle - so will he meet Solomon Adeka at last? Paterson Joseph reads William Boyd's novel. Show more
Comedian Al Murray chooses World War Two British Field Marshal, Bernard Montgomery. With Matthew Parris and Terry Charman. From 2013. Show more
Joan Bakewell chooses some of her favourite pieces of prose and poetry. Her readers are Samuel West and Harriet Walter. Show more
The Listening Project
Michael and Yvonne - Driving Lessons
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation that explores difficult territory, as a mother and son discuss the love of speed he inherited from his father, who died in a car crash. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The warrior has to face a foe seeking revenge. Poet Seamus Heaney reads his own translation of the great Anglo-Saxon poem. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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