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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Richard Littledale. Show more
Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Are we having more referendums? We meet a listeners who ran one this week. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Clare Balding walks in the footsteps of Jane Austen as she takes the path from Chawton to Farringdon in East Hampshire. Her companions work in the Jane Austen's House Museum. Show more
Farming Today
Farming Today This Week: The war on plant pests and diseases
27 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
UK trees, plants and crops face threats from a growing number of pests and diseases. But ever more innovative methods are being developed in the battle for better biosecurity. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles are joined by singer Jimmy Osmond, forensic jeweller Maria McLennan, gardener Hollie Newton and former DJ Tony Prince. Show more
Extraordinary tales from the golden age of adventure. Alex Clark explores the imagined worlds of Rider Haggard, Jules Verne, Conan Doyle and their adventure-writing contemporaries. Show more
After heated demands for a second referendum on independence for Scotland, Steve Richards asks whether Brexit could lead to the break-up of the UK. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Chips and Mayonnaise
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The FN in Forgotten France, what's left in Holland when tolerance has gone, China's great wall of iron, Lebanon's trapped refugees, and the curse of being called Kevin in France. Show more
Money Box
Backlog builds ahead of probate changes
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The latest news from the world of personal finance. Changes to probate see a backlog building due to a massive fee hike from May. Plus HMRC's tax-free loan clampdown. Show more
Steve Punt, Hugh Dennis, Jack Carroll, Jake Yapp and Jess Robinson present the week in news through stand-up and sketches. Show more
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Lord Heseltine, Saqib Bhatti, John Nicolson MP, Gisela Stuart MP.
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Aston University Engineering Academy in Birmingham with Saqib Bhatti, Lord Heseltine, John Nicolson MP and Gisela Stuart MP. Show more
Any Answers?
Brexit and Scotland, Education funding, George Osborne as Evening Standard editor
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Anita Anand takes listeners' calls and messages on Brexit and Scotland, the expected squeeze in education funding, and George Osborne becoming Evening Standard editor. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Harold Pinter's screenplay of Victory, Josef Conrad's last major novel, about a mysterious Swedish baron endangered by an affair with an English girl. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Ayobami Adebayo, Period Poverty, My Brilliant Friend
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week, with Jenni Murray. Featuring Nigerian writer Ayobami Adebayo, period poverty, loneliness and My Brilliant Friend on stage. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
The UK is a world leader in financial services technology. Evan Davis asks how Britain has beaten Silicon Valley and what challenges fintech poses to traditional banking. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
18/03/2017 Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport after trying to seize soldier's gun
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport after trying to seize soldier's gun. Gordon Brown proposes "the Scottish patriotic way" to avoid another independence referendum.
Loose Ends
Sir Trevor McDonald, Harry Hill, Alison Moyet, Kurupt FM, James Rhodes, Sara Cox, Clive Anderson
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Sir Trevor McDonald, Alison Moyet, Harry Hill, Kurupt FM and James Rhodes. With music from Alison Moyet and James Rhodes. Show more
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Mark Coles profiles the chancellor, Philip Hammond, who made a U-turn on his Budget this week. Show more
Saturday Review
Griff Rhys Jones in The Miser, Personal Shopper, George Saunders, Michelangelo and Sebastiano, Carnage
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Including Griff Rhys Jones in The Miser, Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper, George Saunders's novel Lincoln in the Bardo, and Michelangelo and Sebastiano at The National Gallery. Show more
18 March 1967. The Torrey Canyon hits the rocks. Millions of gallons of oil spill into the sea. Britain's worst ecological disaster unfolds in extraordinary archive accounts. Show more
Farrah Jarral continues to tell the intriguing and unexpected story of anthropology. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Mona Siddiqui, Giles Fraser, Claire Fox and Anne McElvoy. Show more
Competitors from Inverness, Kent, Brighton and Hertfordshire join Russell Davies for the eighth heat in the 2017 season of the annual general knowledge tournament. Show more
Roger McGough presents poems that look forward and back for an in-between time of year. There are memories and desires, some regrets, but poems of hope and expectation too. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. A young girl is elated to be part of a plan to steal a chicken from the Snatchers. Post-apocalyptic tale read by Lizzie Watts. From August 2014. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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