The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mike Starkey. Show more
'If you've got it, it's likely to be your death certificate' - iPM speaks to a listener who can tell us first-hand what it is like to test positive for ebola. iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
The latest weather forecast.
Cheshire salt was savoured by the whole British Empire. Felicity Evans finds out how and why, and goes deep underground at Winsford to the Salt Union's massive caverns. Show more
Food, farming and countryside news. With tourism bringing billions of pounds to the rural economy, Caz Graham looks how the countryside caters for its extra visitors. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir meet Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney, WW2 vet and the UK first black mayor Sam King, and the cellist Rachael Lander. Plus Anthony Head's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Jay Rayner and the panel are in Bedford taking questions from the audience on eating and drinking. Show more
The Forum
Democracy and the Arts in South Africa
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How the arts reflect South Africa's journey since the end of apartheid. Bridget Kendall talks to Mike Van Graan, Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, Percy Mabandu and Nomfundo Xaluva. Show more
Reports include a poet's view of the bitter conflict in eastern Ukraine, and despatches from Nigeria, Guatemala, Pakistan and Switzerland. Presented by Kate Adie. Show more
Increasingly unaffordable prices, soaring rents and regional imbalance. What can be done to fix Britain's broken housing market? Michael Robinson investigates. Show more
Marcus Brigstocke has grasped the bull by the horns and become a farmer. What could possibly go wrong? From August 2014. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Anthony Seldon, Elaine C Smith, Hugh Pennington, Tony Banks
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Shaun Ley presents political debate from the Corn Exchange in Melrose, Scotland, with Sir Anthony Seldon, Elaine C Smith, Tony Banks and Professor Hugh Pennington. Show more
A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? Presented by Julian Worricker. Show more
Inspector Beck and his colleagues are faced with the body of an unknown girl. Jennifer Howarth adapts the first book of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's Swedish detective series. Show more
Ivan Hewett is joined by harpsichordist Terence Charlston to explore the strangely distorted and weird-sounding key of F minor. Show more
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, presented by Jane Garvey. Including Jo Pavey, Helen McCrory, encouraging girls into vocational courses, and eating disorders and older women. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
'If you've got it, it's likely to be your death certificate' - iPM speaks to a listener who can tell us first-hand what it is like to test positive for ebola. iPM@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Danny Wallace, Rodney P, Robin Hobb, Matthew Parker, Leo Leigh, Luke Sital-Singh, Bitter Ruin
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Danny Wallace is joined by Rodney P, Robin Hobb, Leo Leigh, Nikki Bedi and Matthew Parker for conversation, music and comedy. With music from Luke Sital-Singh and Bitter Ruin. Show more
Chris Bowlby explains why Sir Nicholas Macpherson, treasury supremo, has been a key figure in the Scottish independence debate. Show more
Saturday Review
Saturday Review with Tom Sutcliffe Comes From Edinburgh, Offering a Selection of the Best of the Festivals
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
National Theatre of Scotland's James II, Front, Marion Cotillard in Two Days One Night, racial history in Exhibit B, and Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests. With Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
David Taylor examines the Vietnam War from the perspective of the Oval Office, uncovering the secret personalities of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Show more
By Mike Walker, with Pip Torrens and James Fleet. Charles II's feud with parliamentary reformers and his audacious plot to confound them and secure the throne for his brother. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Matthew Taylor aims to give listeners a completely new way to understand a controversial issue and to decide where they stand, beginning with fracking. Show more
Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Philip Hensher, Dave Gorman, Libby Purves and Michael Rosen. From August 2014. Show more
Writer Ian Sansom is locked away in a tower and tasked with adapting one of the most complex and frustrating works in English, Langland's medieval dream poem Piers the Plowman. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Fifty years on, Gerard O' Shea tries to understand his mother's affair with 'the uncrowned King of Ireland'. Read by Niall Buggy. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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