News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Rewriting the Past: from Empire to ivory
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr looks back to the end of empire when the records of imperial rule were systematically destroyed. With Ian Cobain, Edna Adan Ismail, Valerie Amos and Keith Somerville. Show more
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by Canon Edwin Counsell. Show more
Woman's Hour
Diana Athill, Male survivors of sexual abuse, Alice Sara Ott
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Writer Diana Athill discusses travel, her 99th birthday and her new love for reading the sports pages. Which women are likely to be included in Trump's cabinet? Show more
4 Extra Debut. A transformative sea swimming club alters lives: why 70 year old Davina forces herself to keep swimming. Stars Sheila Reid. Show more
17-year-old Rachel has sung the Doric 'Bothy Ballads' of her native north-east Scotland since the age of 4. Can she win a place to study music at Glasgow's revered Conservatoire? Show more
A city dealer has nearly been gassed three times in “accidents” in luxury flats. Who’s out to get him? Starring James Fleet. Show more
A city dealer has nearly been gassed three times in “accidents” in luxury flats. Who’s out to get him? Starring James Fleet. Show more
One of the original Stockholm hostages talks about her kidnap ordeal and the trusting bond she developed with her kidnapper. Show more
You and Yours
Buy to let, Post-Brexit prices, Adopt a phone box
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Landlords say they are raising rents and evicting tenants ahead of tax changes for buy to let. Marmite, Toblerone and Maltesers, what's happening to prices after the Brexit vote. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Theresa May has told businesses that she wants a smooth transition when the UK leaves the EU. We hear from 'just managing' families in Bradford. Should parking spaces be bigger? Show more
The Power of Negative Thinking
The Backfire Effect
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Psychology writer and proud curmudgeon Oliver Burkeman asks why so-called positive visualisation - or 'thinking yourself happy' - often has the exact opposite effect. Show more
Helen and Pat have interesting reading, and battlelines are drawn at Home Farm. Show more
Detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst with Hugo Speer as DCI Stone. In Disclosure by Richard Monks, a fire at a school leads Stone to uncover dark truths. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair as the south of England pairing of Paul Sinha and Marcus Berkmann take on the Scots, Val McDermid and Alan McCredie. 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
Josie Long presents stories about brushes with the unknown from life or death conversations to seeking anonymity. From 2016. Show more
Discussion programme in which guests from different faith and non-faith perspectives debate the challenges of today's world. Does God have a face? Ernie Rea and guests discuss. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
Six O'Clock News
21/11/2016 PM seeks to reassure business leaders about Brexit
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Theresa May tells CBI she understands fears about trading after quitting EU
A return visit to Colchester for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks and Barry Cryer, plus Pippa Evans on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
The Grundys pull out all the stops, and Jennifer is caught in the middle. Show more
Front Row
Zadie Smith, William Trevor, Lucy Kirkwood, Allied
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Poet Paul Muldoon on William Trevor, Zadie Smith discusses her latest novel, Swing Time, Tim Robey reviews Allied and Lucy Kirkwood discusses her new play, The Children. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A transformative sea swimming club alters lives: why 70 year old Davina forces herself to keep swimming. Stars Sheila Reid. Show more
John Waite looks at the work of the anti-smoking guru Allen Carr, who died in 2006 of lung cancer after helping millions quit smoking with best-selling books and clinics. Show more
Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post-coup reality in Turkey for thousands of state employees accused of being associated with the Gulen movement. Show more
Brett Westwood seeks out the story of the magical mushroom Fly Agaric, with its red cap and white spots. From 2016. Show more
Start the Week
Rewriting the Past: from Empire to ivory
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr looks back to the end of empire when the records of imperial rule were systematically destroyed. With Ian Cobain, Edna Adan Ismail, Valerie Amos and Keith Somerville. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
May promises low corporation tax at CBI conference
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Should Britain be offering one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the developed world? Show more
Allie, now known as Mother Eve, is the leader of an ever-growing religious movement. She and Roxy make plans for the future. Show more
Marc Riley explores the BBC spoken word music archive: linked by Berlin - David Bowie in 1977 and Iggy Pop in 1990. From 2015. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster where Labour MPs raise new concerns about the independent child sex abuse inquiry. The government backs the inquiry chair Prof Alexis Jay.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
As the dust settles after the controversial US presidential election, novelist Zoe Heller, a Brit living in New York, gives her perspective on where America should go now. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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