News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Microbes, Genes and Human Endeavour
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr on microbes, genes and success with Ed Yong, Adam Rutherford, Jonathan Maitland and Felicity Aston. Show more
Award-winning singer-songwriter LeAnn Rimes talks about her 20-year career and performs her new single, 'How to Kiss a Boy'. Plus the Woman's Hour Power List 2016. Show more
Robert Forrest's popular thriller, set in 10th-century Japan. The death of the lord chancellor threatens the security of Shonagon's position at court. Show more
Head keeper Mark Godwin has a problem - how to move a reluctant rhino around the M25 to Colchester. With Grace Dent. Show more
Poet Lemn Sissay examines where he let himself do the wrong thing, and how he'd attempted to make amends. From 2016. Show more
Fi Glover with conversations about how the referendum result affects an EU expert and his relationship, and attitudes north and south of the border. Show more
You and Yours
Solar Power, Free-range Eggs and Mattress Recycling
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Winifred investigates free-range hen farming for herself, the efforts to stop your old mattress ending up in landfill, and the latest developments in solar power. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs.
Marvin Rees, the newly elected mayor of Bristol, explains to Bronwen Maddox what it means to be in charge. Show more
Alice has a job on her hands, and Roy strikes a pose. Show more
Concluding part of the reworking of Zola's classic novel Germinal. Starring Glenda Jackson and Richard Fleeshman Show more
Quote... Unquote
Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Nigel Rees hosts the quotation quiz with Dan Antopolski, Janet Ellis, Kirsty Lang and John Sergeant. From October 2016. Show more
The Food Programme
Terra Madre Part 2: A Global Food Gathering
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
From ancient Egyptian bread to Native American food, Dan Saladino reports from Terra Madre.
Stories of first love, sibling rivalry and dangerous encounters - Josie Long hears tales of wild youth. From 2016. Show more
What if you do not want to be defined by your records? And how do our physical and digital traces affect us? Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
David Mitchell invites Tony Hawks, Richard Osman, Clive Anderson and Vicki Pepperdine to hide truths in lies. From October 2016. Show more
Pat defends Tony, and Susan makes her demands. Show more
Front Row
Jude Law, Paul Nash, The National Centre for the Written Word, New, but always old, ballet
30 minutes
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Jude Law and director Paolo Sorrentino on The Young Pope, the new Paul Nash retrospective at Tate Britain, The National Centre for the Written Word opens in South Shields. Show more
Robert Forrest's popular thriller, set in 10th-century Japan. The death of the lord chancellor threatens the security of Shonagon's position at court. Show more
Chloe Hadjimatheou searches for a 15-year-old black boy she met in Mississippi in 2008. Tobias was bright and charismatic with dreams of being a policeman. Can she find him again? Show more
In the popular imagination, being in a crowd makes people scary and irrational. But is this true? And is there a danger that by treating crowds as dangerous, they become so? Show more
The greater honeyguide is unique: it is the only wild animal that has been proven to interpret human language. Brett Westwood tells the sweet story of a bird in the bush. Show more
Start the Week
Microbes, Genes and Human Endeavour
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr on microbes, genes and success with Ed Yong, Adam Rutherford, Jonathan Maitland and Felicity Aston. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Massive corporate merger comes under political fire
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Trump, Clinton, and congress all question the AT and T tie-up with Time Warner. Show more
When his great-grandson asks for a story, Rhett begins to tell him about his own mother's peculiar life. Stephen King's story adapted in three parts. Read by Colin Stinton. Show more
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright talk to Countdown's Susie Dent about her love of words and the secret languages of Britain that she's been uncovering. What on earth is 'disco rice'? Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster as Theresa May briefs MPs on her first European Council as prime minister. Plus a report on UK help for child refugees from Calais. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. Alan Bennett reads from his diaries: The History Boys has ended its theatre run and he laments abandoned pieces he has written. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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