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Today in Parliament
Last Updated:
2 hours ago
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Today in Parliament
- News
- Factual > Politics
BBC correspondents report from Westminster on the most significant of the day's stories in Parliament.
Updated daily
Whole Programme
16 Episodes
Analysis
Last Updated:
5 hours ago
Average Duration:
28 minutes
Analysis
- Factual > Politics
- Factual > Science & Nature
- News
Analysis makes sense of the ideas that change the world. What made Islam political, whether the Government can make us go green, why we think the market in human organs is repugnant are just some of…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
55 Episodes
Front Row Daily
Last Updated:
6 hours ago
Average Duration:
28 minutes
Front Row Daily
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John Wilson. Front Row is broadcast on BBC…
Updated daily
Multi Programme
243 Episodes
Woman's Hour: News, Politics, Culture
Last Updated:
13 hours ago
Average Duration:
43 minutes
Woman's Hour: News, Politics, Culture
- News
- Factual > Politics
- Factual > Health & Wellbeing
Radio 4's Woman's Hour brings you topical subjects in the news, interviews and discussions on issues affecting women around the world. Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey bring you the big celebrity names…
Updated daily
Whole Programme
6 Episodes
More or Less: Behind the Stats
Last Updated:
14 hours ago
Average Duration:
19 minutes
More or Less: Behind the Stats
- Factual
Tim Harford investigates numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? Tim and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
64 Episodes
Start the Week with Andrew Marr
Last Updated:
15 hours ago
Average Duration:
41 minutes
Start the Week with Andrew Marr
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Start The Week sets the cultural agenda for the week ahead, with high-profile guests discussing the ideas behind their work in the fields of art, literature, film, science, history, society and…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
78 Episodes
Farming Today
Last Updated:
20 hours ago
Average Duration:
14 minutes
Farming Today
- News
- Factual > Food & Drink
- Factual > Science & Nature
All rural life is here: daily news of food, farming, the countryside and the environment with analysis and context from the BBC's experts in the field. Presented by Anna Hill and Charlotte Smith,…
Updated daily
Whole Programme
6 Episodes
What the Papers Say
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
14 minutes
What the Papers Say
- News
- Factual
What The Papers Say takes a look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the week's news.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
5 Episodes
Westminster Hour
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
34 minutes
Westminster Hour
- News
- Factual > Politics
The big political stories with lively discussion and expert comment and analysis. Presenter Carolyn Quinn is joined by politicians and journalists every Sunday night at 10pm on BBC Radio 4.
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
5 Episodes
Books and Authors
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Books and Authors
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
This podcast features Open Book, Bookclub and A Good Read. Mariella Frostrup and James Naughtie talk to leading authors about their work, and Harriett Gilbert and a range of guests discuss their…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
102 Episodes
Food Programme
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Food Programme
- Factual > Food & Drink
Provenance and pleasure, history and health - Radio 4's weekly look at food. Making sense of food, from the kitchen and canteen, to the farm and factory. We place food in its historical and cultural…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
95 Episodes
Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young
Last Updated:
Sun, 27 May 12
Average Duration:
36 minutes
Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young
- Factual > Life Stories
Kirsty Young asks castaways to choose eight records, a book and a luxury to take with them to the mythical desert island. Sundays at 11.15 repeated Friday at 0900.
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
76 Episodes
Saturday Review
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
41 minutes
Saturday Review
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week’s cultural highlights on BBC Radio 4.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
86 Episodes
Profile
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
13 minutes
Profile
- News
- Factual > Life Stories
Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 7pm.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
68 Episodes
iPM: Share What You Know
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
26 minutes
iPM: Share What You Know
- Factual
- News
iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners. A weekly companion to the nightly PM, it's where the expertise and insights of the Radio 4 audience shape a programme that sees news…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
4 Episodes
Any Questions and Any Answers
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
35 minutes
Any Questions and Any Answers
- Factual > Politics
- Factual
- News
Any Questions is the topical discussion programme in which a panel of politicians and key people from business, science, arts and the media answer questions on the week’s news put to them by a live…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
2 Episodes
Money Box
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
26 minutes
Money Box
- News
- Factual > Money
All that matters about money with Paul Lewis. News of savings and investments, credit cards and loans, pensions, banking, benefits and giving to charity. The UK’s premier weekly round-up of…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
8 Episodes
From Our Own Correspondent
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
28 minutes
From Our Own Correspondent
- Factual
- News
Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Thursdays…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
139 Episodes
Weekly Political Review
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
28 minutes
Weekly Political Review
- Factual > Politics
- News
Top political commentators reflect on the week's political events in discussion with MPs, Peers and others.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
4 Episodes
Saturday Live
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
65 minutes
Saturday Live
- Factual
Real life but not as you know it. Radio 4's Saturday morning show is full of the stuff that matters, extraordinary stories, inheritance tracks, guerrilla reports, secret lives, poetry and more.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
89 Episodes
Peter Day's World of Business
Last Updated:
Sat, 26 May 12
Average Duration:
27 minutes
Peter Day's World of Business
- Factual > Money
- News
Insights into the business world with Peter Day - featuring content from his Radio 4 In Business programme, and also Global Business from the BBC World Service.
Updated weekly
Multi Programme
130 Episodes
A Point of View
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
9 minutes
A Point of View
- News
- Factual
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors including historian Lisa Jardine, novelist Sarah Dunant and writer Alain de Botton.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
59 Episodes
Last Word
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
28 minutes
Last Word
- Factual > Life Stories
- Learning
Radio 4’s obituary programme, marking the lives of significant figures who have died recently, presented by Matthew Bannister and broadcast every Friday at 16.00. The podcast episode is published on…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
4 Episodes
Gardeners' Question Time
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
41 minutes
Gardeners' Question Time
- Factual > Science & Nature
- Factual > Homes & Gardens > Gardens
As well as fresh ideas and inspiration, the Gardeners' Question Time podcast offers solutions to most of your gardening problems. Packed full of practical advice from a panel of expert gardeners…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
1 Episode
A Week of You and Yours
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
34 minutes
A Week of You and Yours
- Factual > Consumer
BBC Radio 4's daily consumer programme is presented by Julian Worricker, Winifred Robinson and Peter White. You and Yours brings news, discussion and special investigations on a wide range of…
Updated weekly
Programme Highlights
4 Episodes
Documentary of the Week
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
31 minutes
Documentary of the Week
- News
- Factual
The Documentary of the Week podcast brings you our pick of the week's documentaries on BBC Radio 4. A new episode is published every Friday.
Updated weekly
Multi Programme
1 Episode
Front Row Weekly
Last Updated:
Fri, 25 May 12
Average Duration:
60 minutes
Front Row Weekly
- Entertainment
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Factual
Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John Wilson. Front Row is broadcast on BBC…
Updated weekly
Multi Programme
34 Episodes
The Report
Last Updated:
Thu, 24 May 12
Average Duration:
28 minutes
The Report
- News
- Factual > Politics
Uncovering the real stories behind the news. Simon Cox and fellow reporters delve beneath the headlines. The Report airs every Thursday evening at 8pm on Radio 4 for 38 weeks a year. The programme…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
70 Episodes
Material World
Last Updated:
Thu, 24 May 12
Average Duration:
26 minutes
Material World
- Factual > Science & Nature
Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30…
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
91 Episodes
The Film Programme
Last Updated:
Thu, 24 May 12
Average Duration:
28 minutes
The Film Programme
- Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media
- Entertainment
Interviews and analysis from the world of cinema. Francine Stock talks to directors, writers and critics about the latest film releases, classics on DVD and movies on television.
Updated weekly
Whole Programme
87 Episodes