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Critics and the Criticised: Luke Jones meets Simon Godwin
What's it like having a squad of writers whose life's work is to critique yours?
15/12/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
The struggle of Israel's peace movement
The Israeli and Palestinian activists who defy threats to dare to call for peace.
The church of St Leonard Horringer in Suffolk
Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Leonard Horringer in Suffolk.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Alicia McCarthy reports on the assisted dying bill.
The Light of the World
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with Father Dermot Preston.
EU tractor protest, hill farm nature reserve, heritage buildings in the countryside
European farmers are travelling to Brussels for a protest over CAP and trade deals.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Dark
Shadows in art, photography and poetry: Adam Rutherford's guests discuss darkness.
The Villain
Emily Knight celebrate 60 years of Bond Villains, with some help from the animal kingdom.
Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, Hanukkah food traditions, DIY
The government's long-awaited Violence Against Women and Girls strategy is out this week.
The Housing Ladder
Vicky Spratt explores how the UK's housing crisis unfolded and asks if we can fix it.
When I Met Jane Austen
David Baddiel on the invention of the modern novel
Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. First, David Baddiel.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Prime Minister Special - Cost of Living
The prime minister answers your questions on the cost of living crisis.
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Katherine Rundell on Austen's teenage writings
Well-known writers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Katherine Rundell
14/12/2025
Clarrie puts her foot down.
Series 3
Episode 4 – A Night to Forget
In the series finale - there’s birth, death, a cruise and pirates…
Series 1
3. Eunice
By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
Spitfire pilot Jeffrey Quill picked by astronaut Tim Peake
Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives.
Series 24
Phantom Pain
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate the misunderstood phenomenon of phantom pain.
Fixing the Chain
What happens to smaller suppliers when a big company is held to ransom online by hackers?
Series 50
Dundee
Jay Rayner and the panel are in Dundee answering questions from an audience of home cooks.
Vigils for victims of Bondi beach attack
Australia's PM: Attackers were not part of a terror cell, but were motivated by extremism.
Australia's Prime Minister condemns the Bondi Beach attack as an evil antisemitic act
A father and son killed 15 Jewish people at a Hanukkah event
Series 84
6. London's Royal Festival Hall
Joe Lycett, Pippa Evans, Richard Coles and Tony Hawks return to the Royal Festival Hall.
Chris has the rug pulled.
The great works of Rob Reiner
Celebrating the career of Hollywood giant Rob Reiner, who was found dead this morning.
Why are early career doctors angry?
Why is there a shortage of training posts for resident doctors?
Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?
New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.
German Chancellor says "huge progress" on Ukraine ceasefire
Friedrich Merz says "this is the first time a ceasefire is conceivable" in Ukraine
A Gift from Glasgow
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
Spores: Series 1
5. Mycosis
With Hywel’s help Cassie begins to find answers. But they are not the ones she wanted.
Alicia McCarthy reports as the prime minister condemns the terror attack in Sydney.
