The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Reflection and prayer to begin the day, with Rev Cheryl Meban.
Farming Today
13/02/20 - Catch App, employing offenders and keeping produce fresh
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Marine Management Organisation has released a new app to help monitor fish stocks but there are concerns from the industry it could be a new way to prosecute fishermen. Show more
Musician Fyfe Dangerfield enjoys how his young son's interest in some of our more common birds helps stop him from overlooking everyday avian beauty. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three legions of the Roman general Varus in 9 AD, so limiting the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Rhine Show more
Woman's Hour
Casting directors, the Equal Pay Act at 50, Shohreh Bayat
46 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Casting directors Lauren Evans and Isabella Odoffin, Barbara Castle's Equal Pay Act at 50, Iranian chess adjudicator Shohreh Bayat, and, teenage histories - the 1980s. Show more
Lee and his wife go to the hospital to find out if the old woman really is his mother. Stars Neil Dudgeon and Amelia Bullmore. Show more
Steve Rosenberg wonders what the proposed amendments to Russia's constitution mean for the future of Vladmir Putin and asks how voters in Magnitogorsk view their president. Show more
Cathy FitzGerald hears what it's like to be a love letter ghostwriter - and sets up Cyrano for Hire to try it for herself. Show more
A mysterious scream in the middle of the night leads to Celia and Strafford forming an alliance. BW Black's imagined historical adventure is read by Sorcha Cusack. Show more
You and Yours
Wrong bank transfers, Unpaid carers, Millennial gardening
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
New safeguards to help prevent people from sending money to the wrong account. The unpaid carers desperate to get back to work. Millennial gardening and growing your own food. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
Laura Wade eavesdrops on historic conversations between men and women to explore today's thorniest gender issues
4. Asymmetrical power between Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Mr B Show more
Chris puts his foot in it and it’s a difficult day for Jill Show more
Drama inspired by Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart novels. Claude is a talented artist determined to paint the truth around him, contrary to popular fashion, and his own 'bad blood'. Show more
Steve Backshall and Helen Glover walk with Clare Balding on Winter Hill in Berkshire. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
Tropical Health and Education Trust
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Julie Walters makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Tropical Health and Education Trust. Show more
Open Book
100 Novels; Love and Romance with Marian Keyes, David Nicholls, Sara Collins
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Mariella Frostrup talks to Marian Keyes about her new novel Grown Ups, and David Nicholls joins them to discuss BBC's 100 Novels. Show more
The Film Programme
Ken Russell's Dance of the Seven Veils
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Ken Russell's wife Lisi Tribble Russell explains why Dance of the Seven Veils, his film about Richard Strauss, is finally going to be seen 50 years after it was banned. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Ordnance Survey - Britain's 220-year-old tech company; Launching synthetic voices and personality test
41 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Gareth Mitchell visits Ordnance Survey and discovers Britain's hidden high-tech master map. Acoustic engineer Trevor Cox launches the BBC's Great British Voice Test. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
Six O'Clock News
13/02/2020 Sajid Javid's shock resignation
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Former Chancellor said he couldn't accept conditions given for his remaining in office. He's been replaced by Rishi Sunak. Labour demands investigation into PM's holiday.
Sarah Millican asks Jo Caulfield, Emma Kennedy, Jessica Fostekew and Mark Watson to choose their Jolene or Matilda. From 2019. Show more
Jakob’s behaviour causes concern and David has a change of heart Show more
Front Row
David Mitchell, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Wuthering Heights on stage
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
David Mitchell on playing Shakespeare in The Upstart Crow, leading soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn, and two new stage adaptations of Wuthering Heights. Show more
Lee and his wife go to the hospital to find out if the old woman really is his mother. Stars Neil Dudgeon and Amelia Bullmore. Show more
Sinn Féin recorded a historic result in the Irish election. David Aaronovitch asks what the party represents now and what it means for the future of Irish politics. Show more
Should a post-Brexit Britain’s business culture be more like the US or the EU? Evan Davis and guests discuss. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Ordnance Survey - Britain's 220-year-old tech company; Launching synthetic voices and personality test
41 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Gareth Mitchell visits Ordnance Survey and discovers Britain's hidden high-tech master map. Acoustic engineer Trevor Cox launches the BBC's Great British Voice Test. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Germanic tribes' destruction of three legions of the Roman general Varus in 9 AD, so limiting the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Rhine Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Sajid Javid resigns after just 7 months as UK Chancellor
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
A mysterious scream in the middle of the night leads to Celia and Strafford forming an alliance. BW Black's imagined historical adventure is read by Sorcha Cusack. Show more
Millennials can get a bad press. Sometimes that's for good reason. Joz Norris and Roxy Dunn unpick what it means to be a millennial and work out if they make the grade. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
A scientific toolkit to separate fact from myth. Today - how sporting success is often casually attributed to racial stereotypes. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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