The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4

Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Show more

Mark Coles profiles the son of Algerians who believes in zero immigration and hopes to become France’s next president. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Mark Tully explores the hardships and the joys of making your home in a new country and talks to the Syrian poet, writer and refugee Ghias Aljundi about his experiences. Show more

Ravens have inspired fear as well as respect as Brett Westwood discovers when he dips into Norse mythology, meets an individual bird and listens to a roost at night. From 2016 Show more

The latest weather reports and forecast

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

A look at the religious and ethical issues of the week with Edward Stourton. Show more

Former bone cancer patient and paracyclist Sally Hurst makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bone Cancer Research Trust. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecast

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

A service of jazz carols from Highfields Church, Cardiff, led by the Rev Dave Gobbett. Show more

Sarah Dunant reflects on how we can deal with 'this constant drumbeat of insecurity'. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the pied wagtail. In winter, pied wagtails can often be seen roosting in towns and cities in large flocks. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

Fallon puts her foot in it and Natasha can’t get a word in edgeways. Show more

Jack Thorne, screenwriter and playwright, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would want with him if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

In 1956 the Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule was brutally quashed. But the Olympics in Melbourne gave the country's water polo team one last chance to stand up to the USSR. Show more

Radio 4's antidote to panel games sees Jan Ravens and Omid Djalili pitched against Tony Hawks and Barry Cryer with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

How did cod become such an important fish in different parts of Europe? In search of the past, present and future of cod, Dan Saladino travels to the Arctic island of Lofoten. Show more

The latest weather forecast

Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Four conversations about life in the hospitality industry, profound deafness, eco-friendly Christmases and the new Republic of Barbados. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

Lynsey Hanley tells the story of Simon who lives in a four bedroom Glasgow tenement which he bought when he was just 20. Show more

When a young girl is transformed into an old woman by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a mysterious wizard, up in his sinister moving castle. Show more

Chris Power enjoys a rare new book from Irish author Claire Keegan and chairs a discussion about the motif of the lighted window in literature. Show more

Clearing half a century’s-worth of accumulated stuff from the old family home throws up treasures, surprises and long-forgotten memories for Geoff Bird and his siblings Show more

Brexit created a trade border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Neil McCarthy travels the Belfast-Birkenhead ferry in search of the border down the Irish Sea. Show more

Mark Coles profiles the son of Algerians who believes in zero immigration and hopes to become France’s next president. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest weather reports and forecast

Boris Johnson to address nation as Omicron cases rise sharply.

The best of BBC Radio this week.

Tom receives an unexpected gift and there’s another mouth to feed at No.6 The Green. Show more

Joe Lycett tests Russell Kane, Fern Britton and Ivo Graham on how well they know their nearest and dearest. Show more

The next in a new short story series set in Little Purlington - a seemingly ordinary Essex village, but which is anything but. Today: why did the chess tutor return to the village? Show more

The outgoing Controller of BBC World Service English, Mary Hockaday, answers listeners' questions and talks about the increasing threats to journalists abroad. Show more

Matthew Bannister on actor Sir Antony Sher, mushroom expert Roger Phillips and publicist Judy Totton. Show more

Zopa leaves peer-to-peer, increased protection for loan shark victims, why some full state pensions are fuller than others and can investing protect cash from inflation? Show more

Former bone cancer patient and paracyclist Sally Hurst makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bone Cancer Research Trust. Show more

Science sleuths Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry unwrap some of the biggest ideas presented by AI expert Stuart Russell in this year's BBC Reith Lectures. Show more

Carolyn Quinn discusses the response to Omicron with former minister Tim Loughton, Labour's Pat McFadden, think tank boss Polly Mackenzie and The Spectator journalist Katy Balls. Show more

Why medical students are advised that if you hear hoofbeats behind you, don't expect a zebra. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores Bayesian reasoning. Show more

Mark Tully explores the hardships and the joys of making your home in a new country and talks to the Syrian poet, writer and refugee Ghias Aljundi about his experiences. Show more

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Matthew Syed explores the ripple effects of inspirational teachers, why creative learning is key to our development and why teenagers deserve a re-brand. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.