The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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Bells on Sunday comes from Notre-Dame Cathedral, in Paris. Show more
Alison Cope, whose son Joshua was stabbed to death, reflects on a mother's grief. Show more
The latest national and international news headlines.
Mark Tully takes the famous line from T S Eliot's poem East Coker as a starting point for an Easter programme about resurrection, time, change and moving on. Show more
Easter is a festival of light – people stumbling upon a gloriously empty tomb as the day began, and light spilling into hearts and minds. With Baptist minister Richard Littledale. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
The date of Easter, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Sri Lanka bombings
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme with Emily Buchanan. Show more
Dr Jan Eldred, a volunteer with the charity, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
A celebration of the Eucharist for Easter Day live from Southwell Minster. Show more
David Attenborough introduces the male cuckoo. Show more
News with Paddy O'Connell including Sri Lanka attacks, aftermath of the shooting in Londonderry, a live map reading challenge and the increase in older mothers. Show more
Tom finds himself in trouble and Ed plays a dangerous game. Show more
Sue MacGregor brings together the RAF men who were captured and tortured by the Iraqis during the first Gulf war of 1991. Show more
David Mitchell gets Lou Sanders, Frankie Boyle, Henning Wehn and Lucy Porter to lie with some truths. From 2019. Show more
The Food Programme
Top Banana: The Future of the World's Most Popular Fruit
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Dan Saladino meets the scientists working on the future of a truly global food, the banana.
The latest weather forecast
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Mishal Husain introduces pieces on: racism forty years after Blair Peach's death in Southall; the man in the caravan; Easter and forgiveness; mermaiding; and Yorkshire daffodils. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Correspondence Edition - Oxford Botanic Garden
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Correspondence edition from the Oxford Botanic Garden. Show more
The Listening Project
Sunday Omnibus - Wheelchairs, Eyesight and being HIV Positive
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Fi Glover presents the omnibus edition of the series with three conversations about a state-of-the-art wheelchair, serious sight issues and being HIV positive. Show more
Dramatisation of Victor Hugo's classic tale set in 15th-century Paris. Repeated to mark the fire in the iconic cathedral. Show more
Open Book
Ali Smith, Easter eggs in fiction, Cate Blanchett's Books to Live By
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Ali Smith discusses her new novel, Spring, and John Mullan and James Smythe explore the best examples of hidden jokes, or 'Easter eggs', in fiction. Show more
Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons reads from the King James Version of the Book of Psalms, containing some of the most beautiful poetry in the Bible. Show more
Yascha Mounk meets the populists governing European nations along the route of the former Iron Curtain, as defined by Winston Churchill. Show more
Becky Milligan looks at the man in charge of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
21/04/2019 More than 200 killed in Sri Lanka attacks
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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More than 200 people have been killed in Sri Lanka in a wave of bombings at Catholic churches and five star hotels. Five Britons were among the 27 foreigners who died.
The best of BBC Radio this week with Lindsey Chapman. Show more
Tom is backed into a corner and Elizabeth makes a breakthrough. Show more
Rumblings from the Rafters
Edible Dormouse and Peacock Butterfly
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 9 months
The truth about attic life for an edible dormouse and a peacock butterfly. Stars Hugh Dennis and Amanda Abbington. From 2016. Show more
When someone is caught cheating at the Meridian Cliffs' Quiz Night there's an unexpected fallout. Last of three new stories by Lynne Truss set in the windy seaside town. Show more
Poet and Booker prize winner Ben Okri joins Roger McGough to talk about his selection of poetry from the listener request database. Show more
Last Word
David Thouless, Nadja Poderegin, Ian Cognito, Dr Michael O’Donnell, Les Reed
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Julian Worricker on award-winning scientist David Thouless, Serbian actress Nadja Poderegin, comedian Ian Cognito, doctor and writer Michael O'Donnell, songwriter Les Reed. Show more
We lost £1.2bn to fraudsters last year. How do they manage to dupe us? Show more
Dr Jan Eldred, a volunteer with the charity, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Habitat for Humanity. Show more
Ruth Alexander explores the unfamiliar story of the landlord-tenant relationship and how this affects the fortunes of our towns and cities. Show more
Carolyn Quinn's guests are Conservative Party vice chair Paul Scully, Labour frontbencher Anneliese Dodds and Polly Mackenzie, chief executive of Demos - plus journalist Sam Lister Show more
Antonia Quirke reunites three cast members of Barbra Streisand's cult classic Yentl, and director Wolfgang Fischer discusses his ethical thriller Styx. Show more
Mark Tully takes the famous line from T S Eliot's poem East Coker as a starting point for an Easter programme about resurrection, time, change and moving on. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Thinking Allowed
Detective fiction - homicide and social media
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Laurie Taylor explores the way in which detective fiction reflects social change. Also, the phenomenon of homicide confession on social media - what does it mean? Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from Notre-Dame Cathedral, in Paris. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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