The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Bells from St Clement Danes, Strand, London.
Gina Rinehart is about to realise a lifelong dream - to own and operate her very own iron-ore mine. Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian billionaire. Show more
The latest national and international news.
With the growth of social media, Mark Tully asks if the art of correspondence is thriving - or if we take less care over the composition of our letters, emails, tweets and texts? Show more
Charlotte Smith meets the farmer who grows crops around the runways at Heathrow and finds out what the airport's planned expansion could mean for him. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Birmingham Qur'an, Germany reunification, Cardinal Vincent Nicholls
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
One of the oldest Qur'an manuscripts goes on display in Birmingham this week, and William Crawley speaks to Cardinal Nichols about the Catholic Synod on the family. Show more
Milton Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Chance for Childhood. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A traditional service for Harvest from Wallingford Parish Church in Oxfordshire. Leader: the Rev David Rice. Preacher: the Acting Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Colin Fletcher OBE. Show more
Will Self reflects on the significance of names, including his own. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the guira cuckoo of central South America. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
It is a crucial match for the cricket team, and Lynda looks forward to Christmas.
Kirsty Young talks to trumpeter Alison Balsom. Show more
David Mitchell gets Sarah Millican, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Holly Walsh and Katherine Ryan to lie with some truths. From 2015. Show more
Dan Saladino hunts down that flavour we call 'bitter' and asks if bitterness is disappearing from our food and drink - and why this matters. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Global news with Mark Mardell. Justine Greening discusses international development and the Conservative conference. Plus what Russia's endgame is in Syria and singing cavemen. Show more
As the Conservative conference meets in Manchester, Janan Ganesh explores their ambitions and asks if Cameron will transform Britain as Thatcher did in the 1980s. Show more
Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Gartmore, Stirling. Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Christine Walkden answer questions from a local audience. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - Having Babies... or Not
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Fi Glover introduces conversations about the joys and fears of prospective parenthood, one of them recorded just hours before the baby's arrival, and about not being parents. Show more
Hitler is mistaken for a comedy impersonator by TV executives and becomes the star of a satirical show. His rants against foreigners and current politics increase in popularity. Show more
Tessa Hadley talks about her short story collection Married Love, with James Naughtie and a group of readers. Recorded at the Small Wonder Festival at Charleston, East Sussex. Show more
Roger McGough presents a programme in celebration of the islands around the UK, from Sark to Shetland. With poetry by AC Swinburne, TE Brown and Sorley MacLean. Show more
Allan Urry asks why some patients can't get the drugs they need from the NHS, including the shortages threatening some treatments for cancers and other serious illnesses. Show more
Gina Rinehart is about to realise a lifelong dream - to own and operate her very own iron-ore mine. Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian billionaire. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
04/10/15 David Cameron insists plans to cut tax credits won't be reviewed
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
David Cameron says planned cuts to tax credits will go ahead
James Walton chooses his BBC Radio highlights. Show more
Rob gets into character, and Jill just cannot settle. Show more
Libertarian comedian Liam Mullone celebrates ill-conceived technology, from Sweden's disastrous warship Vasa and Nasa's Skylab to Jacques Cousteau's undersea laboratories. Show more
In the first of our series showcasing the best Irish comic writing, Yasmine Akram tells a fairy tale with a twist. Show more
Journalist Norman Smith asks if it's time for a new style of political journalism, plus Kate Adie on 60 years of From Our Own Correspondent and listeners go to bed with Radio 3. Show more
Last Word
Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, Tessa Ransford, John Guillermin, Ben Cauley
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister talks about playwright Brian Friel, General Mario Menendez, poet Tessa Ransford and director John Guillermin. Show more
Money Box
The solicitor defrauded out of £750k of clients' money
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The programme hears from a solicitor contacted by criminals, posing as her bank, and persuaded to transfer almost three-quarters of a million pounds of her clients' money to them. Show more
Milton Jones presents an appeal on behalf of the Chance for Childhood. Show more
Analysis
Can We Learn to Live with Nuclear Power?
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The Fukushima disaster made many people oppose nuclear power. Michael Blastland asks what it would take to change their minds. Show more
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
Nosheen Iqbal of the Guardian looks at how the newspapers are analysing the biggest stories. Show more
The Film Programme
Macbeth, Robbie Ryan, Greensman, Shooting Stars in 1928
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Looking at the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV, including Macbeth, Robbie Ryan, Greensman and Shooting Stars. Francine Stock presents. Show more
With the growth of social media, Mark Tully asks if the art of correspondence is thriving - or if we take less care over the composition of our letters, emails, tweets and texts? Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Russia's Red Web - Older Entrepreneurs
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Laurie Taylor explores the Russian government's battle with the future of the internet. Also, older entrepreneurs. Show more
Bells from St Clement Danes, Strand, London.
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.