The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of Winchester Cathedral.
The Power and the Passion - Bonnie Greer considers the power of names given and names taken. When Pontius Pilate asked Jesus his name, Jesus did not reply. Show more
The latest national and international news.
John McCarthy considers the complexities in giving and receiving gifts. Shopping for a present, he reflects on the joy, disappointment, surprise and manipulation gifts can bring. Show more
Charlotte Smith meets the outgoing president of the NFU Peter Kendall. After eight years as union leader, how does he envisage the prospect of a return to full-time farming? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby; PM's Jewish Roots; Tony Benn
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Religious news and current affairs programme, discussing Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Welby one year on, David Cameron's Jewish roots, and Tony Benn and non-conformism. Show more
Andy Hamilton presents an appeal for Target Ovarian Cancer. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
From Fortwilliam Presbyterian Church, Belfast. In the second of Radio 4's Inside Lent series, the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll explores how and why we doubt. Show more
Sarah Dunant reflects that today's harsher judgement of some of the sexual behaviour prevalent in the 1970s springs in part from the freedom forged in that decade. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the treecreeper. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Neil offers some unsolicited advice, and tensions rise at Blossom Hill Cottage.
Kirsty Young talks to motor racing commentator Murray Walker. Show more
Classic comedy panel game hosted by Nicholas Parsons. Fi Glover, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Paul Merton compete to speak without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more
Sheila Dillon investigates the government's latest plans to improve food in the NHS. 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.
Security correspondent Gordon Corera tells the history of the war between the libertarian techies and the titans behind America's spy agency over the keys to our privacy. Show more
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Cheltenham. Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Anne Swithinbank take questions from local gardeners. Show more
In early 1947, Chinese nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-Shek killed an estimated 20,000 Taiwanese islanders after protests in Taipei. Dr Chau Wu was a young boy at the time. Show more
True story of the post-war manhunt to avenge the Great Escape, by Robert Radcliffe and Robin Brooks. Stars Stephen Tompkinson. From April 2013. Show more
Open Book
Mary Lawson; Iranian literature; AS Byatt and Cecil Day Lewis
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Mary Lawson on her latest novel Road Ends; Amir Cheheltan and Ali May discuss modern Iranian literature; 50 years on, the correspondence between AS Byatt and Cecil Day Lewis. Show more
Roger McGough introduces a selection of requested poetry from three poets who were active one hundred years ago: Edward Thomas, Charlotte Mew and Walter de la Mare. Show more
With local authority elections due in May, Allan Urry investigates claims that organised ballot rigging in some communities is skewing local election results. Show more
Ahead of the budget, Mary Ann Sieghart presents a profile of Rupert Harrison, the top adviser to George Osborne and the man some call the 'real chancellor'. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Writer and broadcaster John Waite selects highlights from the previous seven days of BBC Radio. Show more
It is a moment of truth for Ruth. Meanwhile Lynda muscles in. Show more
In a one-man tour de force, Martin Jarvis performs a second story, Jeeves Takes Charge, for a packed audience at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival of Literature. The laughter abounds! Show more
The Showman's Parson: Tales from the Memoirs of the Rev Thomas Horne
Episode 3: The Mummer
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Reverend Thomas Horne tells the tale of actor Hervey Hoyne and the terrible events surrounding a fire in the mumming booth at Rotherham Statutes Fair. Show more
John Humphrys says a 'broadly liberal' bias has existed in the past at the BBC. Some Feedback listeners are not surprised. Roger Bolton asks John whether anything has changed. Show more
Last Word
Tony Benn, James Ellis, Peter Rona, Marion Thorpe, Bob Crow
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Obituary series with Julian Worricker, remembering politician Tony Benn, actor James Ellis, oceanographer Dr Peter Rona, pianist Marion Thorpe and union leader Bob Crow. Show more
Money Box
Bundled insurance, Scottish pensions, budget lookahead, travel cancellations
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Finance news. Paul Lewis asks if travel firms can demand the full cost of a holiday if you cancel, and why people buying credit reports are being forced to buy insurance. Show more
Andy Hamilton presents an appeal for Target Ovarian Cancer. Show more
Owen Bennett-Jones asks if the real beneficiaries of the multiple failures of the Arab revolutions are the Islamist militants both of al-Qaeda and its increasingly violent allies. Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Mary Riddell of the Telegraph looks at how papers covered the week's big stories.
The Film Programme
Jonathan Glazer on Under The Skin; Spinal Tap 30 years on; SXSW highlights; Rome on film
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Francine Stock talks to writer and director Jonathan Glazer about Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson. Show more
John McCarthy considers the complexities in giving and receiving gifts. Shopping for a present, he reflects on the joy, disappointment, surprise and manipulation gifts can bring. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Post-Katrina New Orleans; The Capitalist Personality
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Laurie Taylor explores the failures of disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Also, is there such a thing as the capitalist personality? Show more
The bells of Winchester Cathedral.
The latest shipping forecast.
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