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 Father Jim O'Keefe
Farming Today
27/03/20 Farmers markets and coronavirus; A veg grower's life under lockdown; Disease in deer.
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Keeping customers supplied and producers in business, farmers markets find ways of doing business under lockdown.
Down on the veg farm, an audio diary.
Disease in deer. Show more
Tweet of the Day
James Henry: Yellowhammer and Beethoven
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Author James Henry picks the yellowhammer, whose song is believed to have influenced one of the world’s greatest composers, Ludwig Van Beethoven, for his Tweet of the Day. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Desert Island Discs
Dame Helena Morrissey, financier and campaigner
36 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Dame Helena Morrissey, financier and campaigner, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury that she would take if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Exercise at home, Safe access to abortion during Covid-19, Lauren Gunderson, Jessica Moor
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Keeping fit when isolating at home. Access to safe abortions. Playwright Lauren Gunderson. Keeper - what can a novel set in a women's refuge teach us about domestic abuse? Show more
Tony has proven himself as a father, but his access to his children remains the same. His wife wants a new start 200 miles away. With Craige Els and Gillian Kearney. Show more
Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father, bringing about profound physiological and hormonal changes Show more
Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore returns for another series where the audience are sworn in as police officers to face real life policing dilemmas. Show more
Anton Lesser continues the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: Henry has lost his beloved wife, but gained a legitimate heir... Show more
You and Yours
Student Rents, House Moves and Peak Lockdown
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Students protest against paying for university accommodation they will never use and if you are about to move house - can you in the current crisis? 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.
When Rob Lawrie volunteered at the Calais Jungle he didn't think it would lead to smuggling charges: worse follows when he finds out that the man he tried to help has deceived him. Show more
There's an embarrassing encounter for Peggy and Josh is forced to cover Show more
Lucy Gannon’s two part drama about the arrival of a delightful single woman who deceives a village community into believing she has moved there to get her life back on track. Show more
Peter Gibbs is joined by Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Pottage and Matt Biggs in North Guildford, Surrey. Show more
Nikesh Patel reads Ben Halls' new story for BBC Radio 4. A young man is on the graveyard shift in his dad's convenience store - a shift in which the unexpected tends to happen... Show more
Last Word
Betty Williams, Dr Fuad Nahdi, Sol Kerzner, Kenny Rogers
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on journalist and commentator Fuad Nahdi, businessman Sol Kerzner, peace campaigner Betty Williams, singer Kenny Rogers. 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
27/03/2020 Coronavirus: PM and Health Secretary test positive
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Boris Johnson and the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, have gone into self-isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. Their top medical adviser is also displaying symptoms.
We're all at home and The Now Show are too with guests Ellie Taylor, Kai Samra and Dominic Frisby. Show more
Front Row
Gloria Gaynor, Offline Arts, film Vivarium and novel Hamnet reviewed, Culture Clinic
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Gloria Gaynor on her recent Grammy award-winning album Testimony and advising everyone to wash their hands to I Will Survive. And staying artistically active if you're not online. Show more
Pat's future is in the hands of a certain famous author, and can Matthew find hidden gold? Stars Carol Ann Crawford. Show more
Any Questions?
Silkie Carlo, Baroness Professor Ilora Finlay, Andy McDonald MP, Nadhim Zahawi MP
47 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Chris Mason chairs political debate from Broadcasting House London with a panel including Silkie Carlo, Baroness Professor Ilora Finlay, Andy McDonald MP and Nadhim Zahawi MP. Show more
A Point of View
Fighting infection with imagination
9 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
As social distancing changes all our lives, Sarah Dunant takes on the role of trainer... in a work-out of our imaginations. Show more
When Rob Lawrie volunteered at the Calais Jungle he didn't think it would lead to smuggling charges: worse follows when he finds out that the man he tried to help has deceived him. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Boris Johnson tests positive for the coronavius
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Anton Lesser continues the long-awaited finale to Hilary Mantel's Booker-winning Thomas Cromwell series. Today: Henry has lost his beloved wife, but gained a legitimate heir... Show more
4 Extra Debut. Helen Lederer, Angela Barnes and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by David Nicholls, Alan Taylor and Anna Funder. From 2020. Show more
Aleks Krotoski discovers how a face changes a robot from a simple machine to a social being, and asks how we will be affected by devices that look us in the eye and smile at us. Show more
Capturing the nation in conversation, in partnership with the British Library.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town, by Lamorna Ash
Ep 5 Returning to Shore
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
In Lamorna Ash's evocative and vivid memoir about a Cornish fishing community, there is one last wonder on board the fishing trawler. Ell Potter reads. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
