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Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance.

Broadcaster Anita Rani makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of BBC Children in Need.

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.

Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2,000-year-old Greek astronomical computer, one of the most important discoveries in marine archaeology.

'I haven't had a birthday since I was ten years old. That makes me sound like I'm immortal or a vampire, but it's really not like that'. An original short story by Sanjida Kay.

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David Aaronovitch examines the experience of countries that allow euthanasia or assisted dying and asks what UK could learn from them.

Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints church, Helmsley, North Yorkshire.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Hope Lonergan.

There's a global trend for farms to scale up and intensify their production and the UK is no different. We ask why it's happening and what impact it's having.

Weather reports and forecasts for farmers.

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Peter Kosminsky, Lucy Hughes-Hallett and Stephen Bush discuss the rise and fall of the political fixer and modern-day SpAd, with Tom Sutcliffe.

Hair stylist Joe Milazzo and his wife Lina, tell Rachel Burden how after Lina's cancer diagnosis, they decided to help people cope with hair loss and style hair regrowth.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Lara Lewington explores the science of pushing back, pausing or stopping the menopause.

Football writer Suzy Wrack and Professor Loretta Lees share their experiences of growing up on council estates and how this and design has shaped their lives.

1/5. How a wine bug that devastated France may have led to the Algerian War of Independence.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. First he seeks answers in the works of Aldous Huxley and media theorist Neil Postman.

Brad finds himself in over his head, and Ruth presents an opportunity.

Bill Bailey stars as a stressed-out businessman, whose life is unexpectedly turned upside down by someone he hasn't seen for 45 years - his imaginary childhood friend, Hennikay.

Bridget begins her new job and receives an invite to a party at Mark Darcy's new house.

The Power author Naomi Alderman, and Nigerian writer Abi Dare discuss books including A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time.

Lucy Worsley explores the story of Fanny Davies, the infamous 18th century seductress, prostitute and thief, and reveals an extraordinary twist in Fanny's tale.

Trusts have long been a favoured wealth preservation tool, but has this British invention been corrupted by its own tax havens.

Jay Rayner celebrates World Children's Day with an audience of budding young cooks. He's joined by a panel of expert cooks, including Young Masterchef judge Big Has.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Stand-up and quizzer Paul Sinha tests the people of Bradford with a series of bull-themed questions, and a look back at 1974.

There's a calamity at Beechwood, and Azra is left devastated.

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

What is the future of Nato and European security.

What are medical isotopes and why are we short of them? And world-famous primatologist Jane Goodall speaks to us as the COP29 climate summit gets going.

Peter Kosminsky, Lucy Hughes-Hallett and Stephen Bush discuss the rise and fall of the political fixer and modern-day SpAd, with Tom Sutcliffe.

Hair stylist Joe Milazzo and his wife Lina, tell Rachel Burden how after Lina's cancer diagnosis, they decided to help people cope with hair loss and style hair regrowth.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

6/10. By Robert Harris. After tailing the prime minister in a bookshop, Deemer is sent to Penrhos to keep Venetia under surveillance.

2/5. by Helen Cross. Rose is getting to know Manhattan and work out the dangers of her new job as a nanny to Gulliver. He's no ordinary baby. But she's not like other girls either.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

1/5. How a wine bug that devastated France may have led to the Algerian War of Independence.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Hope Lonergan.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Jonathan Freedland and guests make historical comparisons with current events.

Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

As The Umbrellas of Cherbourg turns 60, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate musicals in all their movie magic.

2/5. A strange story from the Casbah in Algiers...of a murder, a knife and a family secret.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

The latest weather forecast.

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. In this episode he looks into history to uncover different approaches to focus.

There's a calamity at Beechwood, and Azra is left devastated.

by Neil D'Souza. Shelley Conn stars as a lawyer who returns to India to deal with her estranged father's estate and finds the beliefs of the old and new India colliding.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are on a mission to get from Motown to Ed Sheeran, via the Savoy cabbage, in the most entertaining way possible, with the help of Mark Billingham.

Music is a universal impulse but what do we know about music in Neolithic times? Jude Rogers and guests test out some theories with instruments in a prehistoric burial chamber.

American poet and performer Danez Smith joins Roger in studio during a visit to the UK, and makes a selection from amongst your poetry requests.

Who's in the news for all the wrong reasons? With David Yelland and Simon Lewis.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Daliso Chaponda is in denial, Mr Bob Yang shares a pineapple UTI vaccine, Dr Dana Damian unfolds Origami Surgical Capsules, and Thomas Martin is hard to beat with Defibrillators.

Fallon takes a step in the right direction, and Kirsty lends a helping hand.

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

Current affairs documentary series investigating major issues at home and abroad.

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.

To many, family courts are a mystery. In this special episode, Dr Joelle Grogan and guests explain how they work, and the pilot scheme to make them more transparent.

Rory Stewart makes a radical case for embracing ignorance.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

7/10. By Robert Harris. Deemer discovers Venetia's box of letters and returns to London. Meanwhile, the prime minister succeeds in going to Penrhos.

Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn travelled to Hay Festival in the summer of 2024 to present a special edition of their problem solving podcast in front of an appreciative audience.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

2/5. A strange story from the Casbah in Algiers...of a murder, a knife and a family secret.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Hope Lonergan.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Twelve-year-old boy Dan Edozie was living an itinerant life in LA's infamous Skid Row, when a chance separation from his mother, and a natural sporting ability changed everything.

The breast cancer survivor who investigates her genes and uncovers a black market in human life.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Current affairs documentary series investigating major issues at home and abroad.

3/5. The story of how the Algerian War of Independence came to France.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

The latest weather forecast.

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. In this episode, Matthew analyses the smartphone and how it changes the way we consume.

Fallon takes a step in the right direction, and Kirsty lends a helping hand.

Brooke thinks her new handywoman Chloe is really cute, if anxious, but when trouble does arrive, Chloe has the answers. A romantic comedy about climate anxiety and carpentry.

Conversation about the laws making headlines, and the laws that shape everyday life.

Lara Lewington explores the science of pushing back, pausing or stopping the menopause.

Topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world, with Ninia Benjamin, Justin Moorehouse, Laura Smyth and Milton Jones.

There's instant regret at The Bull, and Tony struggles with a new arrival.

Kirsty Wark speaks to Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, discusses celebrities publishing children's books and hears about the work of Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter.

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

Jonathan Freedland and guests make historical comparisons with current events.

What can history teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

8/10. By Robert Harris. Venetia starts work as a nurse at the London Hospital, and Deemer gets a surprise in the post.

Stoma bag user Sarah Mills' comedy guide to dealing with a fallible and embarrassing body. This week - Leaky, with special guest, writer and comedian Ola Labib.

Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson write and star in a new comedy, playing a pair of online influencers whose image is not always as harmonious as it seems.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

3/5. The story of how the Algerian War of Independence came to France.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Hope Lonergan.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of Invisible Cities, Cosmicomics and If on a Winter's Night a Traveller and collector and translator of Italian fables.

Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis break down the baffling world of political language.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by hedgehog experts Hugh Warwick and Sophie Lund Rasmussen, and poet Pam Ayres to discuss perhaps the most beloved mammal of all - the hedgehog.

4/5. The story of how France greeted tens of thousands of French and Algerians driven into exile after the Algerian War of Independence.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

Dan-Air was one of Britain's biggest airlines and helped to make package holidays possible. So, why did it end up toast? Sean Farrington investigates.

The latest weather forecast.

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. In this episode, Matthew investigates the rise of short-form video.

There's instant regret at The Bull, and Tony struggles with a new arrival.

A powerful and poetic play that is part audio drama and part autobiography by award-winning playwright Oliver Emanuel.

Clare rambles around Epping Forest with the new Chief Scout, Dwayne Fields.

Broadcaster Anita Rani makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of BBC Children in Need.

The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.

A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Phil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words to help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With guests Catherine Bohart, Ed Gamble and Fatiha El-Ghorri.

David has reservations, and Jolene fears she may have overpromised.

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

Topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

Clive Anderson's guests include Shazad Latif, Laurie Anderson, Michael Cumming and Sooz Kempner. With music from Trust Fund and Ellen Beth Abdi.

With the ghetto utterly destroyed in May 1943, historian Emanuel Ringelblum went into hiding but continued to write the history of its people. Would he perish too.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

9/10. By Robert Harris. Montagu has proposed marriage to Venetia. In Downing Street, there are the beginnings of plots against the prime minister.

Amol and Nick's take on the biggest stories of the week.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

4/5. The story of how France greeted tens of thousands of French and Algerians driven into exile after the Algerian War of Independence.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest news from BBC Radio 4.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Hope Lonergan.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

Nick Robinson on Germany's changing views of migration and Simon Jack presents in London.

Simon Reeve, broadcaster and writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

In a few specific years across the 20th century, the proportion of boys born mysteriously spiked. Hannah Fry follows one researcher's obsessive quest to find out why.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Sheila Dillon explores how leading children's writers depict food in their books with assistance from Katherine Rundell, Rob Biddulph, Sue Hendra and Michael Rosen.

5/5. The story of how France is trying to heal the wounds left by the Algerian War of Independence.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Plastic's fantastic, but we're rubbish at recycling it. Tom Heap and Helen Czerski search for fresh solutions.

The latest weather forecast.

Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. In this final episode, he considers where our media consumption might be headed.

David has reservations, and Jolene fears she may have overpromised.

Mrs Bartholomew has a mission for Clara Page - her investigation needs to be discreet and unofficial and it throws Clara a surprising curve-ball. You can't choose your family.

Jack Boswell explores the Korean concept of Nunchi - the subtle art of reading unspoken cues, fostering harmony, and deepening connections through silent observation.

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

New fiction from Zoe Strachan set at the thin time of year when past and present mingle. Read by Wendy Seager.

Weekly obituary programme telling the life stories of those who have died recently.

Twelve-year-old boy Dan Edozie was living an itinerant life in LA's infamous Skid Row, when a chance separation from his mother, and a natural sporting ability changed everything.

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.

There's a near miss for Kenton, and Justin makes his mark.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam and lyricist Richard Stilgoe join Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe as they add the first five tracks to the new playlist.

Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities.

Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with Anne McElvoy and guests.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

10/10. By Robert Harris. The prime minister's government and his affair with Venetia are both on the brink of collapse. After meeting Kell, Deemer comes to a startling conclusion.

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News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.