The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Eve Poole, Third Church Estates Commissioner for the Church of England.
A listener on learning he was conceived by sperm donation. Luke Jones and Simon Jack present the programme that starts with its listeners. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Open Country
Childhood Holidays in Pembrokeshire
25 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Charlotte Smith goes back to St Davids in Pembrokeshire - where she spent many of her childhood summer holidays - to find out what's changed in the local landscape. Show more
Sybil Ruscoe is at Tagmoor Farm in Gloucestershire to meet father and son Martin and James McCurragh and examine how they handled passing on the farm to the next generation. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
News and current affairs including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
1 hour, 28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock; The Alarm's Mike and Jules Peters; Ali Payne, who is searching for her copy of The Alchemist; actress Helen Lederer; and writer Ann Cleeves. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
Loose Ends
Phil Nichol, Priyanga Burford, Jack Monroe, Daliso Chaponda, Laura Misch, Marine, Arthur Smith, Nikki Bedi
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Nikki Bedi and Arthur Smith are joined by Phil Nichol, Priyanga Burford, Daliso Chaponda and Jack Monroe. With music from Laura Misch and Marine. Show more
Profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Mark Coles hears why Victor Headley, author of Yardie, is an 'enigma wrapped in a mystery', according to his best friend. Show more
Saturday Review
Love's Labour's Lost, Cold War, Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker, Surreal Science
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Globe Theatre's Love's Labour's Lost, award-winning Polish film Cold War, BBC/Netflix's Black Earth Rising, Pat Barker's The Silence Of The Girls, Surreal Science exhibition. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Jonathan Freedland examines the 1990s, a rare decade of peace and prosperity, but were revolutionary forces released? From 2017. Show more
On a morale-boosting tour in the Somme valley, a celebrity poet and priest arrives to perform his verse. But are inspirational speeches what the Kenny and his pals really need? Show more
Psychotherapist Susie Orbach explores the unique relationship between therapist and patient. In this episode, she meets Amelia, who is worried about her teenage daughter Grace. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Matthew Taylor presents a series in which tne of the country's brightest minds gather to solve difficult social problems. Show more
Paul Gambaccini asks the questions as another three music lovers bid to become the musical mastermind of 2018. Show more
The Last Poets talk about their politics, words and music and how it still resonates in US politics, 50 years after forming in New York in the wake of the civil rights movement. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Harry Venning's comic monologue about a doomed space cruise which even Jane McDonald cannot save. Read by Jeff Rawle. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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