The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Bells on Sunday comes from Sheffield Cathedral Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Suella Braverman, the attorney general of England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines our relationship with the shifting notion of home and the importance of home to her Jewish faith and other religious traditions. Show more
Ruth Sanderson talks to farmers attempting to future-proof their businesses in a time of crisis. Show more
The latest weather forecast
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Sunday
George Floyd death reaction, Sikh representation row, ‘Most popular hymn of hope’
44 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Reaction to the the death of George Floyd in the US. Who should represent British Sikhs? What is the ‘Most popular hymn of hope’? Show more
Naturalist and broadcaster Gillian Burke makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cool Earth Show more
The latest weather forecast
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
Stephen Gibson leads an Elim Pentecostal service from City Church Cardiff as Dominic and Catherine De Souza reflect on Pentecost hope during lockdown. Show more
"We are not used to waiting," writes Rebecca Stott, "at least not like this." Rebecca reflects on how it feels being out of kilter with time. Show more
David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the swift. Show more
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
David reflects on life at locked down Brookfield and Tracy launches her manifesto. Show more
An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the blackbird, with Satish Kumar and Chris Packham. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, former nurse
37 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne Show more
Encounters with Victoria
7. A Nightingale at Balmoral - Florence Nightingale 1856
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Lucy Worsley explores Queen Victoria's reign through significant encounters. 21 September 1856: Miss Florence Nightingale accepts an invitation to Balmoral. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A return visit to Swansea for regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Graeme Garden, with Rob Brydon on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more
Dan Saladino looks at the legal and illegal trade in wild meat. Links made between Covid-19 and wild animals has led to calls for a total ban. This could be a mistake Dan explains 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, old and new on the shared experience of being in lockdown. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT At Home: Episode Nine
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from her home. Show more
The Way I See It
Margaret Cho and Lady Vengeance
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
What will stand-up comedian Margaret Cho see when she rewatches the film "Lady Vengeance", the South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook? Show more
Virginia Woolf's blazing work on female creativity dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths, starring Indira Varma. Show more
Open Book
Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Mariella Frostrup talks to Paul Mendez about his debut novel Rainbow Milk, a portrait of a young black man's sexual awakening and struggles to make a new life in a hostile city. Show more
Natalie Haynes tells stories of Eurydice, whose rescue from the Underworld was bungled by Orpheus. With Professor Llewelyn Morgan. Show more
File on 4
Game Changer: How the UK played on during coronavirus
37 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
File on 4 asks if the right decisions were made around big sporting events to try to contain the spread of Coronavirus. Show more
Edward Stourton profiles Suella Braverman, the attorney general of England and Wales and advocate general for Northern Ireland. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
The latest weather forecast.
Six O'Clock News
31/05/2020 Riots in the US blamed on police racism
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
President Trump's adviser dismisses the accusation by the governor of Minnesota. After weeks of shielding from coronavirus, vulnerable people in England can leave homes tomorrow.
The best of BBC Radio this week. Show more
He got the first question right, but can Ram Mohammad Thomas win a billion on the Indian TV game show? Stars Anand Tiwari. Show more
Arthur is struck dumb, while Douglas must disguise 30 knights of Camelot in a hurry. Stars Stephanie Cole. From July 2008. Show more
By Nick Walker. After a body is found on a boat drifting into Russian waters, Annika is sent to liaise with border police. Show more
More or Less
Obeying lockdown, flight arrivals, and is this wave of the epidemic waning?
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Does the data show this wave of the epidemic is waning in the UK? Plus who respects lockdown, who breaks it, and why? Show more
Last Word
Margaret Maughan, John Cumming OBE, Jerry Givens, John Langdon, Eric Weissberg
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Julian Worricker on paralympian Margaret Maughan, jazz promoter John Cumming, death penalty abolitionist Jerry Givens, comedy writer John Langdon. Show more
Self-employment income support scheme, credit card gambling ban loophole and student maintenance loans. Show more
Naturalist and broadcaster Gillian Burke makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cool Earth Show more
Analysis
Identity Wars: lessons from the Dreyfus Affair and Brexit Britain
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Can divided societies heal? Anand Menon looks at the Dreyfus Affair, which split France a century ago, and asks what lessons there might be for Britain as it grapples with Brexit. Show more
Carolyn Quinn is joined by former Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers, senior Labour backbencher Meg Hillier, former Downing St adviser Chris Wilkins, and the FT's Sebastian . Show more
Surfing the British New Wave. Francine Stock presents this week's lockdown choice, which is not a movie, but a whole movement. Featuring Sir Tom Courtenay, Shirley Anne Field and Murray Melvin. Show more
Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand examines our relationship with the shifting notion of home and the importance of home to her Jewish faith and other religious traditions. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
The Spark
Peter Macfadyen and rebuilding democracy
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The sometime gardener, undertaker and former mayor of Frome Peter Macfadyen on how he and a group of independents took over their town council and pioneered a new kind of politics. Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from Sheffield Cathedral Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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