Nicola Adams, boxer and Olympic gold medallist in 2012 and 2016, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

Radio 4's antidote to panel games returns with regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks and Barry Cryer joined by Pippa Evans on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Sheila Dillon heads to Galloway, Scotland, to meet forager and wild food teacher Mark Williams, who claims to be able to match anything in our spice racks with a wild ingredient. Show more

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Global news and analysis.

Mark Vernon explores the phenomenon of the Sunday Assembly, a secular congregation described by comedian co-founder Sanderson Jones as the Atheist Church. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the panel visit Pangbourne College in Berkshire. Joining Peter to answer the horticultural questions are James Wong, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Wilson. Show more

Fi Glover introduces children who benefit from a community farm and mothers who find support from a charity for disabled children, plus friends who live in the shadow of cancer. Show more

David Tennant introduces the classic adventure set in 1751, following the Jacobite rebellions. Stars Owen Whitelaw. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist David Grossman about his new book, A Horse Walks into a Bar, which is set during one evening in a stand-up comedy club. Show more

Levi Roots returns to Peckham in South London to find out more about his favourite poet, William Blake, and the story of the vision of angels he had as a young boy. Show more

Fifty years after the film Cathy Come Home revealed the desperate state of Britain's housing, this programme hears the harrowing personal stories that lie behind today's headlines. Show more

A profile of Stephen Bannon, chief strategist and senior counsellor for president-elect Donald Trump. Show more

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The latest weather forecast.

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, will run for a fourth term in power.

Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights. Show more

Helen and Pat have interesting reading, and battlelines are drawn at Home Farm. Show more

John welcomes Chris Difford from Squeeze - not before he’s ejected Ken who’s got new windows. Stars Graham Fellows. From 2016. Show more

By Nick Walker. The Asker Accident, a plane disaster in 1972, seems to have a bearing on a murder inquiry when a body is found near the crash site. Show more

Tim Harford investigates the numbers in the news. Show more

Matthew Bannister on actor Robert Vaughn, astronomer Ewen Whitaker, gardener Carolyn Hardy, philanthropist Sir Sigmund Sternberg, singer Claude "Curly" Putman. Show more

Why you never get the savings promised when switching energy tariff, the ONS are changing the way inflation is measured, and Sweden's central bank considers moving to the eKrona. Show more

Matt Baker appeals on behalf of Children in Need. Show more

How political forces in other countries will shape the UK's future relationship with the European Union. Show more

Carolyn Quinn discusses the Chancellor's Autumn Statement with the former cabinet minister, Stephen Crabb, Labour Treasury spokesman Jonathan Reynolds and economist Vicky Pryce. Show more

Cinema magazine presented by Francine Stock. Producer, writer, professor and former studio boss James Schamus tells Francine why he took the plunge and directed his first film. Show more

Writer and priest Malcolm Doney examines the importance of affording our loved ones the freedom they need to blossom. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.

Sociological discussion programme, presented by Laurie Taylor. Population change: Laurie Taylor explores one of the greatest global challenges. Show more

Church bells from All Saints Church, Worcester. Show more

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Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between India and England, from Visakhapatnam, with Jonathan Agnew, Simon Mann, Michael Vaughan, Vic Marks and Geoff Boycott. Show more