A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and Christian music. Led by Bishop Jo Bailey Wells. Show more
Woman's Hour
A new play about suffragette Emily Wilding Davison
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Jane Garvey is joined by the writers of A Necessary Woman, a new play about suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. Show more
Award-winning writer Lucy Gannon's very personal take on the tempestuous days leading up to Jesus's death, from the perspective of the young man you never hear from: Judas. Show more
Journey of a Lifetime
2016: Nina Plapp. A Cello in the Desert
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Nina Plapp, winner of the 2016 BBC/RGS dream journey award, sets off from the Isle of Wight with her cello Cuthbert en route to India in search of the roots of gypsy music. Show more
Exploring the theme of 'home'. Poetry and sketches about recycling, DIY and more. With Felicity Montagu. From March 2018. Show more
On this day in 1918, Married Love by Marie Stopes was published, and in Folkestone, Alice isn't feeling enamoured with Bill. Show more
You and Yours
Brexit costs, Tickets, Engine problems
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
With a year to Brexit, has there been a noticeable impact on household spending? Plus why so many tickets for the Last Night of the Proms have already been sold. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs.
Conversation series in which two people, with very different views, are placed together in a studio and swap identities to see if they can empathise with each other. Show more
Brian is put on the spot, and Shula's mind is made up. Show more
By Sarah Wooley. How the writing of the music for the film Watership Down allows one woman to live the life she had always wanted. Show more
Russell Davies chairs the wide-ranging general knowledge contest. Show more
The Food Programme
Doctor's Orders: Getting Tomorrow's Medics Cooking
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Meet the doctors and medical students who want more training on diet and nutrition. Presented by Sheila Dillon. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Natalie Haynes, classicist Professor Edith Hall and writer Stella Duffy explore the life of Greek poet Sappho. From 2017. Show more
Living in a digital world. Aleks Krotoski explores our age-old obsession with predicting the future and asks if big data might provide humanity with a true oracle. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
Six O'Clock News
26/03/2018 Russian diplomats face expulsion
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The United States and countries across Europe have announced the expulsion of more than a hundred Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
Nicholas Parsons invites Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, deviation or repetition. Show more
Ruth faces a dilemma, and Pat makes a new acquaintance. Show more
Front Row
Anna Chancellor, Harshdeep Kaur, Hilton Als
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Anna Chancellor on Agatha Christie, singer Harshdeep Kaur and US Pulitzer Prize-winning theatre critic Hilton Als on his new memoir White Girls. Show more
Award-winning writer Lucy Gannon's very personal take on the tempestuous days leading up to Jesus's death, from the perspective of the young man you never hear from: Judas. Show more
Documentary. Journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown retells the story of the expulsion of Ugandan Asians by Idi Amin and the largely forgotten mass murder of Amin's own people. Show more
Existing arms control treaties are under threat at the same time that new types of weapon emerge, with nothing to regulate them. Jonathan Marcus asks if a new era of chaos beckons. Show more
In 1971, at a game between Rangers and Celtic, 66 people were killed in a crush, trying to leave Ibrox stadium. Over 45 years on, Alan Dein investigates the aftermath. Show more
Andrew Marr with Sue Black, Kit de Waal, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jack Hartnell. Show more
The World Tonight
Russian diplomats expelled by US and Europe
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. The biggest mass expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War. Show more
Lee Ingleby continues Jon McGregor's new novel. It is four years since Becky's disappearance on the moors, and now stories are now emerging as to what she was really like. Show more
Something of the Night
Tracy Chevalier, Moses Adeyemi, Jason Watkins
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Writer Tracy Chevalier, fitness trainer and charity worker Moses Adeyemi and actor Jason Watkins join Libby Purves for live, late-night conversation. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
4 Extra Debut. Sanjeev Gupta goes back 450,000 years when our ancestors could walk from chalk cliffs near Calais to those at Dover. From 2018. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
