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The poet Lemn Sissay and lexicographer Susie Dent join the Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. Show more

Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking and eating experts are in Dumfries. Show more

Bridget Kendall explores the making of modern perfume with scientist and critic Luca Turin, writer and curator Lizzie Ostrom and the perfumer Thomas Fontaine. Show more

The migrants clinging to hope, NATO military manoeuvres and a jungle prince. Kate Adie introduces some memorable moments correspondents have shared on the programme in 2017. Show more

Price comparison websites seem to be the consumer's best friend. But they are also very lucrative businesses. Lesley Curwen investigates the business models behind these sites. Show more

The team imagines how Britain's media would cope if Donald Trump pressed the button. Show more

The latest weather forecast.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

Senior BBC journalists forecast what is likely to happen over the coming year.

Penzance-born Rory McGrath writes a Cornish song for the SUNS International Festival, a multilingual alternative to the Eurovision song contest, where English is banned. Show more

As Spider struggles to stay alive, Fat Charlie travels across the world in search of help. However both brothers, and the ones they love, are in more danger than they know. Show more

Documentary. Cathy FitzGerald explores what we can learn about the body by experiencing it through the senses of artists. Show more

Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Full coverage of the day's news with Luke Jones.

A husband on rebuilding his marriage after his affair. Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Show more

The latest shipping forecast.

The latest weather forecast.

Theresa May accused of rewarding "cronies" and attempting to "buy future loyalty"

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi pick their Loose Ends highlights from 2017 including Eddie Izzard, Stormzy, Meera Syal and Rupert Everett. Show more

A hunch about online gambling has made Denise Coates Britain's best paid boss. Chris Bowlby discovers how this elusive figure from Stoke masterminded a global betting revolution. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Kerry Shale, Tiffany Jenkins and Shahidha Bari as well as listeners around the country who choose the best of the arts from 2017 from across the genres. Show more

Martha Kearney offers a fresh perspective on history as she opens up the National Archives and delves into the secret government files of 1992. Show more

Bet wins a romantic break in Paris, and drags a reluctant Al with her for their first trip abroad. Stars Jane and John Godber. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.

Joan Bakewell and her panel discuss how to be buried at sea and where the idea came from. Show more

In this Shakespeare-themed quiz, Russell Davies welcomes four experts from the world of theatre and Shakespeare studies to determine who knows most about the Bard. Show more

Michael Symmons Roberts gets under the glowing domes of Manchester's Intu Trafford Centre to argue that it makes a unique poetic statement, one that inspires him as a writer. Show more

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

Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores some mysterious bones: jaws of a man-eating tiger and human behaviour. From 2017. Show more

By Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri. A teenage girl in a remote Italian village wonders why her life is so different from those who holiday there. Read by Deeivya Meir. Show more

The latest shipping forecast.

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