The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A reading and reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. Show more
Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Listeners Joe and Sarah on two different sides of internet dating. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Open Country
Finding Fossils on the Jurassic Coast
25 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
After the recent revolutionary discovery of the fossilised teeth of a mammal who lived 140 million years ago, Helen Mark meets the fossil finders of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. During the winter months, it is harder for farmers to keep livestock warm and fed. Sybil Ruscoe finds out how they do it. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein are joined by commentator and former England rugby hooker Brian Moore and 18-year-old Liv Cooke, currently the football freestyle world champion. Show more
Jay Rayner and his panel visit Burghley House near Stamford. Tim Anderson, Rachel McCormack, Jordan Bourke and Dr Annie Gray answer questions from the audience on food. Show more
Helen Lewis of the New Statesman asks how the NHS 'crisis' can be solved, and she hears why Theresa May's reshuffle failed to set political pulses racing. Show more
Reports from writers and journalists around the world. Presented by Kate Adie. Why it is far too early to write Silvio Berlusconi's political obituary. Show more
The equity release market has grown by 40%, but who is accessing it and what are they using the money for? Plus Open Banking goes live and transparency of investment costs. Show more
Miles Jupp and team v The News. Lining up in this edition are Angela Barnes, Lucy Porter, Lloyd Langford and Peter Oborne. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Graham Brady MP, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Claire Fox, Matthew Parris
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wyedean School in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, with Graham Brady MP, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Claire Fox and Matthew Parris. Show more
Do you work for the NHS? Are you using it? Are you feeling an impending crisis? What should we do about it? Show more
4 Extra Debut. An anonymous caller disturbs some elderly people with the message: 'Remember you must die'. Stars Patricia Hodge and Jim Norton. Show more
Frances Fyfield and her team are in the British library looking seasonally forward at the sketches for Frederick Delius's orchestral favourite On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Sigrid, Meryl Streep, Carrie Gracie
58 minutes
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Music from Sigrid, BBC Music Sound of 2018 winner. Meryl Streep on her role in The Post. Carrie Gracie talks about resigning as BBC China Editor. The science of the sports bra. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news.
Luke Jones and Eddie Mair present the news programme that starts with its listeners. Listeners Joe and Sarah on two different sides of internet dating. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
13/1/18 Government in talks to stop Carillion collapse
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sources say the firm has a "matter of days" as it teeters on the edge of collapse, with £1.5bn of debt.
Loose Ends
Tony Robinson, Tom Kerridge, Phyllis Logan, David Olusoga, Son of Sam, Penniless Cove, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson
46 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Tony Robinson, David Olusoga, Tom Kerridge and Phyllis Logan for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Mark Coles profiles talk show host Oprah Winfrey following her speech at the Golden Globe awards. Show more
Saturday Review
Rita, Sue and Bob Too; 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri; Lily Tuck; History In The Making; Britannia
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Rita Sue and Bob Too at The Royal Court, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Lily Tuck's novel - Sisters, History in the Making at Alan Cristea Gallery, Britannia on TV. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Christopher Frayling explores how Mary Shelley's novel from 1818 has become a creation myth for our own time. From 2018. Show more
As the Cuckoos' extraordinary powers grow, so fears grow for their and the safety of others. Michaela is increasingly at loggerheads with her father over how to deal with them. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Is equality a good thing in itself? Fraser Nelson and Zoe Williams discuss. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by the panellists from the Midlands and the North of England for the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Show more
Raymond Antrobus, Miriam Nash, Wayne Holloway-Smith and the best new poetry books, festivals and events. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Written and read by Ian Sansom. A day clearing out the garden, at his wife's request, leads to an unexpected stocktaking of one man's life so far. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.
International Cricket
Australia v England. The First ODI from the MCG.
8 hours, 30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Coverage of the first ODI between England and Australia, from the MCG with Charles Dagnall, Dan Norcross, Jim Maxwell, Ebony Rainford Brent, James Taylor and James Anderson. Show more
