The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Bells on Sunday comes from Westminster Abbey Show more
Mark Coles looks at the life of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is being heralded for his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Award winning poet, Michael Symmons Roberts explores the deep concepts of grace and laments the thinning out of other English words, which were once so rich in religious meaning. Show more
On Your Farm
Wade Dooley Does Things Differently
22 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Most farms in Iowa are dominated by corn and soybean. But that's not Wade Dooley's way - not anymore. Anna Jones meets a farmer trying to do things differently in the grain belt. Show more
The latest weather forecast
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
Keeping fit South Asian style, Navajo Nation, Church post-lockdown
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
William Crawley brings you news and analysis of the religious, moral and ethical stories of the week. Show more
Horticulturalist and journalist Alys Fowler makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Orchard Project. Show more
The latest weather forecast
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
On the 75th anniversary of VE Day Dr Rowan Williams asks how our nation can rise to its present huge challenges as it seeks to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Show more
AL Kennedy on our perception of risk and how we deal with it. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the Brazilian Pantanal. Show more
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
We delve into The Archers' archive looking at how four different couples tied the knot and how one much loved character left the series. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate
40 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury he would want to take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Lauren Laverne launches Radio 4's invitation for you to tell us about one piece of music that you have turned to in the recent weeks of lockdown, and the story behind your choice. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The late Tim Brooke-Taylor’s friends and colleagues recall his long career in comedy, featuring some of his finest moments on the panel of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue. Show more
The Food Programme
The Kitchen Front: How wartime food strategies influenced our eating ethos
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Following VE Day, Sheila Dillon considers how WWII food and farming practices have influenced our modern diet - and whether there are still lessons we can learn from that time... Show more
The latest weather forecast
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
Fi Glover presents a new and extended weekly edition of the programme with voices past and present, on the shared experience of being in lockdown. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT At Home: Episode Six
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from home. Show more
The Way I See It
Neri Oxman and the Endless House
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Radio 3 presents a radiophonic art exhibition, as 30 of the world’s most creative minds choose their favourite work from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Ep4 The Endless House Show more
Uncle Fred is still at Blandings Castle masquerading as a 'brain doctor', while a prize-pig is purloined. Stars Alfred Molina. Show more
Open Book
Tayari Jones, Jane Eyre, John Freeman
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Mariella Frostrup talks to the author of of the award winning An American Marriage, Tayari Jones about her novel Silver Sparrow. Show more
A rare encounter with Japan's greatest living poet and a glimpse into the nation's soul. Show more
Following the fortunes of a primary school in a poor part of Birmingham as it reduces its teaching to four and half days a week in a battle to stay solvent. Show more
Mark Coles looks at the life of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is being heralded for his handling of the coronavirus crisis. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
10/05/2020 UK nations refuse to change coronavirus 'stay at home' message
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland reject the Westminster government's new advice, urging people to 'stay alert'.
The best of BBC Radio this week with Chris Hawkins. Show more
News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
We delve into The Archers’ archive and revisit 2001 when Brookfield went into lockdown due to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease. Show more
Nicholas Parsons is joined by Paul Merton, John Finnemore, Gyles Brandreth and Sheila Hancock, who try to speak for 60 seconds without hesitation, deviation or repetition. Show more
Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award. In Dog in a Hole by Amy Sackville, she takes him to look at the Goya pictures in the Prado. And so? Show more
How salary cuts and furlough may affect your ability to get a mortgage and problems with the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme. Show more
Horticulturalist and journalist Alys Fowler makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Orchard Project. Show more
Last Word
Catherine Hamlin, Irrfan Khan, Denis Goldberg, Ann Sayer
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on obstetrician Catherine Hamlin, actor Irrfan Khan, activist Denis Goldberg, athlete Ann Sayer. Show more
Carolyn Quinn discusses the Prime Minister's televised address on the future of lockdown with the Justice Secretary, a Labour frontbencher and the acting Lib Dem leader. Show more
There Will Be Blood is this week's recommendation for a film to watch in lockdown. Antonia Quirke hears from Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano and Jonny Greenwood. Show more
Award winning poet, Michael Symmons Roberts explores the deep concepts of grace and laments the thinning out of other English words, which were once so rich in religious meaning. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast 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 Westminster Abbey Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.