The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury, Worcestershire. Show more
Novelist and actor Kate Saunders reflects on the Passion story. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Samira Ahmed explores people's relationship with flowers. How have certain blooms been represented in the arts and thought to embody emotional, spiritual and philosophical ideas? Show more
On Your Farm
Lord Henry Plumb, the Elder Statesman of British Farming
22 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Fifty years after On Your Farm's first visit to Lord Henry Plumb's Warwickshire farm, Caz Graham takes the programme back to meet this elder statesman of British farming. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Pope Francis, Legal Aid, Faith and Fashion
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Religious news and current affairs. Edward Stourton presents a programme exploring Pope Francis, legal aid cuts, and faith and fashion. Show more
Benedict Allen presents an appeal on behalf of Environmental Justice Foundation. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday Worship
In God's Hands: We Worship a God in Favour of the Powerless and Despised
38 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
From Emmanuel Church, Didsbury. Third service in a Lent series based on Desmond Tutu's book In God's Hands. Dr Rowan Williams explores what it means to be made in God's image. Show more
Will Self reflects on the unsettling nature of time. Show more
John Aitchison presents the dunnock. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
It is busy at St Stephen's and Grey Gables.
Kirsty Young talks to US lawyer Bryan Stevenson. Show more
Sheila Hancock, Graham Norton, Paul Merton and The Infinite Monkey Cage's Robin Ince try their hand at speaking without repetition, hesitation and deviation. Nicholas Parsons hosts. Show more
Oysters are receiving renewed attention around the world, with new ideas for producing more, and eating more. Dan Saladino finds out what is driving this oyster enthusiasm. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell. Show more
The Business of Film with Mark Kermode
The Business of Showing
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Opening weekend is crucial to a film, but a tweet can ruin the most inventive marketing campaign. With Mark Kermode. From 2015. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Eric Robson hosts the panel programme from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Christine Walkden answer questions from an audience of local gardeners. Show more
The importance of posture, teenage romance becoming adult love, and which box to tick when you are gender-queer are discussed in conversations from Birmingham, Cumbria and London. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Destitute after a fraud scandal, a disgraced banker is surrounded by the living ghosts of his past. Starring David Threlfall. Show more
Open Book
Robert Macfarlane on his new book Landmarks
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Presented by Mariella Frostrup. Travel and nature writer Robert Macfarlane discusses the relationship between language and landscape, the subject of his latest book, Landmarks. Show more
Roger McGough presents a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets read in new and archive recordings by some favourite Poetry Please actors. Show more
Woman's Hour
The Woman's Hour Debate: Can Porn Empower Women?
38 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jane Garvey hosts a debate at the Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Centre. Can porn empower women? Guests include activist Sam Roddick and porn producer Pandora Blake. Show more
Mark Coles profiles Iran's General Qassem Suleimani, the leading strategist who is training Bashar al-Assad's army in Syria and leading the Shia militias fighting Isis in Iraq. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Caz Graham chooses her BBC Radio highlights. Show more
Ruth wants the news, and Christine is feeling fragile. Show more
An awkward celestial relationship and a film trailer on the only mode of transport not yet filmed. With Simon Kane. From 2012. Show more
Tonderai Munyevua’s tale of recently widowed therapist preparing to return to work. Read by Adjoa Andoh. From March 2015. Show more
Listener comment. Is there an art to commissioning successful comedy for Radio 4? And should the licence fee be replaced or revamped to suit the changing media landscape? Show more
Last Word
Yasar Kemal, Maureen Guy, Professor Oliver Rackham, Sir Noel Davies, Leonard Nimoy
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrea Catherwood on Turkish author Yasar Kemal, opera singer Maureen Guy, environmental historian Prof Oliver Rackam, nuclear engineer Sir Noel Davies and actor Leonard Nimoy. Show more
Money Box
Charity Donation Websites, Pension Liberation Tax Demands, Smart Meters, Transferring Child Trust Funds.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Paul Lewis looks at the tax demands being sent to people who have been sold pension liberation schemes and asks which are the best charity donation websites. Show more
Benedict Allen presents an appeal on behalf of Environmental Justice Foundation. Show more
Technology has been replacing manufacturing jobs for years and now it has white-collar jobs in its sights. David Baker asks what we will do if robots take over the workplace. Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Dennis Sewell of the Spectator analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories. Show more
The Film Programme
Chappie, Short films, Final films, Neil Brand on Morricone
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Francine Stock covers the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. With Chappie creator Neill Blomkamp, Neil Brand on Ennio Morricone, plus short films and final films. Show more
Samira Ahmed explores people's relationship with flowers. How have certain blooms been represented in the arts and thought to embody emotional, spiritual and philosophical ideas? Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Commercial Surrogacy in India, Money
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Laurie Taylor explores commercial surrogacy in India and beyond. Plus the changing nature of money in the post-crisis world. Show more
The bells of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Hanbury, Worcestershire. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
Commentary on England v Bangladesh in the ICC World Cup from Adelaide, with Jonathan Agnew, Alison Mitchell, Peter Walsh, Geoff Boycott and Tim Nielsen. Show more
