The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rania Hafez Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich. Show more
Farming Today
04/09/19: Educating teachers on food and farming, Crop circles, County farm buy-out
14 minutes
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Anna Hill speaks to Christine Watts from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board about the educational resources they have created to help teach pupils about farming. Show more
Michael Palin presents the red-eyed vireo from North America. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
Neil MacGregor travels to Spain in the third programme of his series exploring what others make of modern Britain and its new relationship with the European Union. Show more
Woman's Hour
Extreme fussy eating, Pay, Off the Rails
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
When does fussy eating become a danger to health? Do high-profile cases affect the fight for equal pay? How prison experience helps youth worker Nequela support at-risk teenagers. Show more
Test Match Special
The Ashes: England v Australia - Fourth Test, Old Trafford
8 hours, 5 minutes
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The Ashes: England v Australia. Commentary on the fourth Test with Jonathan Agnew, Alison Mitchell, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Glenn McGrath. Show more
Gaby Roslin hosts the film quiz with impressionists Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona. Lucy Porter and Anton Du Beck join regular team captains John Thomson and Ellie Taylor. Show more
Peggy's revelation causes concern and Ruth feels neglected. Show more
Front Row
Chrissie Hynde, The Theatre of Parliament, Arts Minister Rebecca Pow
28 minutes
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The proceedings of the House of Commons last night were dramatic. Front Row looks at them as theatre. Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders on singing jazz on her new album. Show more
Caroline’s husband has disappeared and taken his model guillotine with him. Now she has turned her attentions to Kier Starmer who she thinks is like a hero from a Romantic novel. Show more
Innovative debate series. Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman and Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, discuss whether profit corrupts. With Anne McElvoy and Louisa Weinstein Show more
The Political Butterfly Effect
Did an engine failure fuel the climate crisis?
14 minutes
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Did the failure of a boat engine off the coast of Cuba in 1999 set off a chain of events that led to the current climate change crisis? Show more
Brand new science is helping explain how Placebo effects work. How could this change the way we think about modern medicine? Show more
Neil MacGregor travels to Spain in the third programme of his series exploring what others make of modern Britain and its new relationship with the European Union. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
MPs inflict two defeats on Boris Johnson
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
The Offing by Benjamin Myers
8. A Strange Alchemy
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 11 months
Summer is in full swing in the meadow and at the shore, and Robert feels himself changing. Read by Kevin Whately. Show more
On the 50th anniversary of Python, Michael Palin hunts down lost sketches. This programme contains material never heard before, including the infamous Fat Ignorant Bastards sketch. Show more
Comedian Tez Ilyas returns for a third series of Tez Talks. In this episode he talks about people's attitudes towards animals. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Political historian Peter Hennessy reads from his new study of Britain in the early 1960s. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
