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
19/05/20 - The badger cull, micro-rewildling and frost-hit vineyards.
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
A ‘stop’ order on the badger cull in Derbyshire, but new licenses granted. What is the government up to? Show more
Martin Hughes Games presents the Goshawk. The goshawk is a powerful deep-chested relative of the sparrowhawk. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Immigration Bill passes its first hurdle, and the government announces a widening of Coronavirus testing. Susan Hulme reports on Yesterday in Parliament.
The Life Scientific
Frank Kelly on air pollution
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How much of a difference has lockdown made to the quality of the air we breathe? Prof Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more
One to One
Personality: Katya Adler talks to Professor Wiebke Bleidorn
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Katya Adler talks to psychologist Professor Wiebke Bleidorn about what a personality is, how it is formed and the circumstances under which it can change. Show more
Woman's Hour
Should maternity leave be extended for corona-era parents?
50 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Parental leave during the pandemic has been a very different experience. Should they be given an extra three months to make up for what they have missed? Show more
The heart-warming tale of two very different families - one Muslim, one Christian - coming together to raise a baby in 1990s Watford, forming ties that changed each other's lives. Show more
Engineers and inventors worldwide are rushing to build new ventilators. Car makers, university students, even hobbyists. But Jolyon Jenkins discovers it's far harder than it looks Show more
Contemporary black music has always pushed at the boundaries of black church traditions. Jesse Bernard traces this history, from colonialism to austerity, from gospel to grime. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Turgenev’s masterpiece tells a story of young love, as it moves from passion to betrayal. Vladimir discovers that his beautiful neighbour has many suitors. Read by Alex Waldmann. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How happy are you to send your child back to school?
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
We'd really like to hear from you if you have a child due to go back to school next month. Some studies have suggested that children are the safest group to release from lockdown. 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
Mirth and merry company
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 it’s the day of the Flower and Produce Show, the most competitive date in the Ambridge calendar. Show more
A sinkhole opens up beneath the city of London. Lairre and Parker are tasked to rescue Johnson. Starring Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more
Short documentaries about crashing waves and diving beneath the surface of the water. Presented by Josie Long. From 2020. Show more
Costing the Earth
Is this something I should be doing?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Tom Heap explores the very latest behind the pros and cons of carbon offsetting Show more
Word of Mouth
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing and the books that influenced them. From January 2015. Show more
Anand Menon discusses the life of Leeds United Captain, Billy Bremner with Leeds' biographer Rob Bagchi. Matthew Parris presents. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
19/05/2020 Care homes: ministers defend government handling of Covid19
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Ministers have defended the government after accusations that its response to coronavirus led to care home residents dying.
Podcaster Olly Mann recalls boarding school and his love of soap ‘Neighbours’ through his diaries. With Rufus Hound. From 2020. Show more
We delve into The Archers’ archive and revisit the night of the Hunt Ball. Matt Crawford is getting ready to leave town, and he wants Lilian to go with him. Show more
Front Row
Stephen La Rivière, Nancy Kerr, Silas Marner
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Thunderbirds-style Nebula-75 creator Stephen La Rivière; folk musician and singer Nancy Kerr; Tessa Hadley on George Eliot’s novel Silas Marner; a campaign to save UK music venues. Show more
The heart-warming tale of two very different families - one Muslim, one Christian - coming together to raise a baby in 1990s Watford, forming ties that changed each other's lives. Show more
File on 4
Coronavirus: The care homes catastrophe
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The awful impact of Covid-19 on the lives of care home residents and staff is now well understood. But how early was this threat spotted and did the authorities act quickly enough? Show more
What are the effects of social distancing rules on how blind and visually impaired people live their lives? Show more
Inside Health
Inside Health: The Virus
Longest Stay Covid-19 Patient; Health Inequalities; Agoraphobia; Covid-19 Testing
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Claudia Hammond on the longest stay COVID-19 case in intensive care; Health inequalities - time to reset the clock? Agoraphobia and lockdown; Margaret McCartney on testing. Show more
The Life Scientific
Frank Kelly on air pollution
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How much of a difference has lockdown made to the quality of the air we breathe? Prof Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Work and Pensions Secretary blames scientists for "the wrong advice"
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Recently returned home from Glasgow, Rose Brady finds an opportunity for a new life in the enigmatic widower Michael Moran. Read by Lloyd Hutchinson. Show more
You'll Do
Feminism with Deborah Frances-White and Tom Salinsky
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Guilty Feminists' Deborah Frances-White and Tom Salinsky join Catherine Bohart and Sarah Keyworth to talk about marriage, monogamy and bridge. 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 father, the acclaimed designer Bernat Klein, and the modernist home he created. Today, plans for the house are drawn up. Barbara Flynn reads. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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