The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock, a Catholic priest working in the Archdiocese of Cardiff
Farming Today
18/05/20 Wool prices fall, drive through farmers' market, land use
11 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
We hear warnings that the price farmers get for wool is to fall. What impact this will have on an industry where margins are already tight? Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Martin Hughes-Games presents the siskin. These birds now breed across the UK and cash in on our love of bird-feeding. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Richard Ford, writing from the edges
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr discusses life in the provinces with Richard Ford and Ruth Livesey Show more
Join Greg Jenner in the 17th century as we look at the life of Pocahontas, a Native American woman who was captured by British colonists. Show more
Woman's Hour
Repeat Attenders, Lockdown in your 20s, Kindness
50 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why some women visit the same shows again and again. What's the likely impact of the lockdown on those in their twenties? How kindness can help mental health. Women making comics. Show more
The warming story of how two very different families - one Muslim, one Christian - came together to raise a baby in 1990s Watford, forming ties that changed each other's lives. Show more
Artificial intelligence pioneer Stuart Russell tells Helen Lewis how we can make AI human compatible, keep it under our control - and so stop it destroying the world. Show more
Loose Ends
Grayson Perry, Rafe Spall, Janey Godley, Laville, Jacob Collier, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Grayson Perry, Rafe Spall and Janey Godley for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Jacob Collier. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Ivan Turgenev’s masterpiece tells a story of young love, as it moves from helpless passion to bitter betrayal. Read by Alex Waldmann. Show more
You and Yours
Moving to the country; Student rent; Lockdown modelling
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why more of us want to sell up in the city and move to the country, plus the students struggling to pay the rent on their university digs. 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.
The New Anatomy of Melancholy
Variety of objects, herbs, trees
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Four hundred years ago, Robert Burton wrote an epic attempt to understand the universal experience of melancholy. What can it teach us today? Show more
We delve into The Archers’ archive and revisit the Ball at Lower Loxley to see in the New Year, but some residents have more to celebrate than others. Show more
An investigation at a castle of a secret room and secret door leads to a folkloric dimension with monsters. Stars Nicola Walker. Show more
Stuart Maconie tests how much people of different ages know about their own chosen decades, and those of their opponents. Show more
The Food Programme
Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sheila Dillon catches up with food writer and YouTube fitness star Joe Wicks to talk food and family during lockdown. Show more
Tales from the Stave
Max Bruch's Violin Concerto
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clemency Burton Hill is the new presenter of the series celebrating classical music hits through the manuscripts on which they were created, beginning with Bruch's Violin Concerto. Show more
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
18/05/2020 Coronavirus testing criteria widens
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Everyone over the age of five who displays symptoms can now have a test for Covid-19. Previously, testing was limited to a certain group, including key workers.
A visit to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden plus special guest Victoria Wood on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
We delve into The Archers’ archive and it’s the day of the Flower and Produce Show, the most competitive date in the Ambridge calendar. Show more
Front Row
Tom Sutcliffe talks to playwright and poet Inua Ellams
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The National Theatre is streaming, free, its hit production of Barber Shop Chronicles. Tom Sutcliffe talks to author Inua Ellams about his career and his life as an immigrant. Show more
The warming story of how two very different families - one Muslim, one Christian - came together to raise a baby in 1990s Watford, forming ties that changed each other's lives. Show more
As foreign-born medics struggle to save the lives of patients during the coronavirus epidemic, Zeinab Badawi asks if their work amounts to exploitation of their home countries. Show more
Crossing Continents
Bulgaria's Children and the Norwegian Bogeyman
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Anatomy of a panic: how defenders of the "traditional family" in Bulgaria spread fears that a foreign country - Norway - was imposing a dangerous child protection system on them. Show more
Why do people love pebbles? What is it about their appearance, texture, sounds, history and folklore that inspires us? What do pebbles tell us about the world, and about ourselves? Show more
Start the Week
Richard Ford, writing from the edges
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrew Marr discusses life in the provinces with Richard Ford and Ruth Livesey Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
China agrees to coronavirus inquiry - after the pandemic
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
John McGahern's timeless novel about family life in rural Ireland in the middle of the 20th century. Read by Lloyd Hutchinson. Show more
Daria and The Hands close in on Pan as they race towards the oil lake. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Shelley Klein's book is about her much-loved family home, a modernist house commissioned in the 50s by her father, the acclaimed textile designer, Bernat Klein. Barbara Flynn reads Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
