The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan.
Pig industry fear over the spread of African Swine Fever in Europe and how to do business when your farm straddles two countries. Show more
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the yellow wagtail. Show more
Sean Curran reports on proceedings at Westminster, where peers are told that sanctions will prove ineffective in getting Russia to end its support for Ukrainian separatists. Show more
Kirsty Young talks to wildlife cameraman Doug Allan. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sexual abuse and the elderly; Child labour; How long should you wait before marriage; Natalie Williams.
58 minutes
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Sexual abuse and the elderly, child labour, how long should you wait before getting married and Natalie Williams. Show more
Darleen is living in a village created solely for adults with learning disabilities. She is in a dilemma when her young step-sister Stacey turns up. Show more
John Tusa explores the state of leadership in large UK organisations today, talking to past and present leaders of the NHS, Marks and Spencer, the BBC and other major institutions. Show more
Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by Ken Livingstone who reads from his 1966 diary when he hitched across the Sahara. From August 2013. Show more
You and Yours
Affordable Housing; Care Home Costs; Is the End Nigh for the £1 Slot on Your Shopping Trolley?
56 minutes
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Peter White hears about the problems faced building affordable housing and considers why Morrisons is getting rid of the one pound coin slot on shopping trolleys. Show more
The Listening Project
Eugene and Margaret - Bread for Africa
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a couple who anticipated a quiet retirement before a visit to Tanzania made them determined to remedy the endemic starvation they saw by setting up a bakery. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Shaun Ley presents national and international news.
Plants: From Roots to Riches
Lumping and Splitting
15 minutes
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Kathy Willis examines how Charles Darwin’s confidant Joseph Hooker acquired species to create world flora maps. From 2014. Show more
The SAVE campaigners blaze a trail. Meanwhile, Lilian is being mischievous. Show more
The ladies solve the case of the murdered cattle. Mma Makutsi is feeling anxious about her upcoming wedding to Phuti Radiphuti and an old friend comes to the rescue. Show more
Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Chester Zoo. Show more
Stories from the Southern Cross
Episode 2: The Mare's Nest, by Chris Womersley
15 minutes
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A son recalls his dad's obsession with his own father's disappearance and secret suicide. Read by Joel Davey and Linda Taimre. From July 2014. Show more
Last Word
James Garner, Joep Lange, Alan Alan, Philip Wayre, Dora Bryan
28 minutes
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Julian Worricker on actors James Garner and Dora Bryan, naturalist Philip Wayre, physician and AIDS researcher Joep Lange, and escapologist Alan Alan Show more
What happened to BBC iPlayer? Did the Moral Maze panellists behave like squabbling children? And what makes TMS duo Geoffrey Boycott and Jonathan Agnew tick? Show more
Serbia responds to the ultimatum. Historian Margaret Macmillan looks back through contemporary accounts of the events leading up to the First World War. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with regular panellist Jeremy Hardy and guest panellists Susan Calman, Bob Mills and Katherine Ryan. Show more
There's a funeral at St Stephens. Meanwhile, Roy's getting irritable. Show more
Front Row
Julian Lloyd Webber; Andrew Graham-Dixon; The Galapagos Affair
30 minutes
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Kirsty Lang talks to Julian Lloyd Webber about competitions and retiring from performing; Andrew Graham-Dixon on his new series about the Art of China; The Galapagos Affair review. Show more
Darleen is living in a village created solely for adults with learning disabilities. She is in a dilemma when her young step-sister Stacey turns up. Show more
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A Point of View
Is patriotism the last refuge of the scoundrel?
10 minutes
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Republican or royalist, we all need something or someone in which to invest our loyalty. Will Self reflects on what really lies behind our sense of patriotism. Show more
Saturday Drama
Christopher Reason - The Confessions of Caminada
1 hour
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4 Extra Debut. In 1889 a teen is convicted of murder, but a prominent social campaigner refuses to believe he is guilty. Stars George Costigan. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Prompted by jibing, Nella decides to pay her husband a visit at the offices of the Dutch East India Company. Read by Emilia Fox. Show more
Jane Garvey discusses the power of retweets, updates and other social media. We are better connected, but are we engaging any better with each other? Show more
The Listening Project
Gill and Paul - Marriage and MSA
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between a woman dying from multiple system atrophy and her husband; they find they must dismiss the future they wanted and accept the one they have. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
James Nestor investigates the world of freediving, encountering the world's largest predator in Sri Lanka. From 2014. Show more
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