The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
The bells of Holy Cross, Daventry.
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Becky Milligan profiles the 2016 Nobel prize winner for Physics, professor David J Thouless. Show more
The latest national and international news.
Theologian Jane Williams examines the relationship between learning and language and the tension between what the heart knows and what we can articulate. Show more
How about a Mayan Gold, a Pink Fir Apple or Mr Little's Yetholm Gypsy? Caz Graham explores the world of the heritage potato. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Prison's Week, Sikh Army Regiment, James MacMillan and the Stabat Mater
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton. Show more
Jane Garvey makes an appeal on behalf of Build Africa. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Live from Battle Abbey School, marking the 950th anniversary of the historic battle that began the Norman conquest. Preacher: the Rt Rev Dr Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester. Show more
Howard Jacobson deplores the fashion for 'whooping' as a mark of approval and sees it as a species of social blackmail. Show more
Chris Packham presents the whooper swan. Show more
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Helen faces a problem head on, and Tom is reminded of old memories. Show more
Stephen Hough, concert pianist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more
David Mitchell invites Henning Wehn, Rich Hall, Lloyd Langford and Holly Walsh to hide truths in lies. From October 2016. Show more
The Food Programme
The Apple: How British a Fruit?
30 minutes
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Sheila Dillon in conversation with author and drinks writer Pete Brown about the magic, mystery and Britishness (or otherwise) of the apple. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Global news and analysis.
Hardeep is in the Yorkshire Dales to meet Connie Hodgson, who is competing in the very first women's Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestling world championship. Show more
Eric Robson and the horticultural panel visit the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden answer the audience questions. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - Someone to Lean On
15 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces conversations about the inspiration of a role model, the honesty of old friends, and the impact on a gay relationship of one of the partners transitioning. Show more
4 Extra Debut. When a Republican agent in the Spanish Civil war arrives in England on a mission, he becomes a hunted man. Stars Alun Raglan. Show more
Open Book
Tommy Wieringa, Flemish and Dutch literature, Fashion in fiction, Stewart Lee on Ithell Colquhoun
28 minutes
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Dutch novelist Tommy Wieringa talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, A Beautiful Young Wife. Show more
A specially commissioned poem by Katrina Porteous intertwines stories told to Anna Scott-Brown on a bench overlooking the harbour in the fishing village of Beadnell, Northumberland. Show more
File on 4
Transforming Rehabilitation: At What Cost?
38 minutes
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As staff and victims' families warn the probation system is at breaking point, File on 4 asks if Transforming Rehabilitation has risked public protection. Show more
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Becky Milligan profiles the 2016 Nobel prize winner for Physics, professor David J Thouless. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights. Show more
Oliver has a question for Shula, and Tom comes clean to Helen. Show more
Comedian Thom Tuck is in Glasgow to host a reunion performance by classic sketch group Absolutely along with online sketch sensations Endemic. From May 2013. Show more
A tale of dwindling machismo and the uncertain benefits of rest. A story on the theme of sleep read by Nicky Henson. Show more
Roger Bolton finds out about iPlayer personalisation with the director of myBBC, Gillian Reynolds discusses new boss of BBC Radio James Purnell, plus binaural Beckett on Radio 3. Show more
Last Word
Sir Neville Marriner, Father Gabriele Amorth, Beryl Crockford, Professor Louis Herman, Rod Temperton
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on conductor Sir Neville Marriner, exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, rower Beryl Crockford, psychologist Professor Louis Herman and songwriter Rod Temperton. Show more
Money Box
Lower energy bills? Use a spreadsheet!
30 minutes
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What can the government do about the two thirds of energy customers stuck on the most expensive tariff? Plus a 'simple' guide to topping up a contracted out pension, and TalkTalk. Show more
Jane Garvey makes an appeal on behalf of Build Africa. Show more
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, asks if the time has come for the government to break pledges made to pensioners. Show more
Political discussion. Carolyn Quinn is joined by newly-appointed shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, Conservative Party vice chairman Mark Field and Ukip's Peter Whittle. Show more
Guy Raz presents a journey through ideas, based on talks by the speakers on the TED stage.
Howard Jacobson deplores the fashion for 'whooping' as a mark of approval and sees it as a species of social blackmail. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Thinking Allowed
Political polarisation, An anthropologist's guide to naming
28 minutes
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Political polarisation in America and the UK. Laurie Taylor asks why distrust of the opposite party is now so common. Also, an anthropologist's guide to naming. Show more
The bells of Holy Cross, Daventry.
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
