| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from of St Peter in Ropley, Hampshire. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Tony Hawks starts to investigate the thorny issue of inheritance. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Tony Hawks hears about the impact of receiving an inheritance. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Lawyers tell Tony Hawks about the huge rise in inheritance disputes. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Tony Hawks explores money mindsets, family finances and personal attitudes to inheritance. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:30Tony Hawks tries to find a more balanced approach to the thorny issue of inheritance. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15The award-winning writer speaks to a Bookclub audience about her debut novel, The Appeal. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Also, businessman Sir Ian Wood, historian Juliet Gardiner, and dancer Dinkie Flowers. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45How wildlife is coping in the drought 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Former army officer Will Robson investigates how today’s technology shapes modern warfare. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45This year's harvest puts many farmers in the red.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04What if the Goldilocks zone is for idiots? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45Scotland's first minister on farming policy and how to deal with wildfires in future.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04When tragedy strikes, why do we so often respond with positivity? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04David Aaronovitch explores what social care is for, who gets it and how it works. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45We hear of work to make the UK’s arable crops more resilient in a changing climate.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie. 05:45Richard King visits Corsewall lighthouse with keeper Barry Miller.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Martin’s Church in Eynsford, Kent 05:45Blind war veterans fearing eviction, and reflections on the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:07Dame Tracey Emin introduces Martha Kearney to the landscape and the wild waves of Margate. 06:30As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05How Catholicism helped overthrow a dictator and restored democracy to the Philippines. 06:35Reviving a long-lost county breed of Somerset. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 07:10Prisoner of conscience, Sebastia, 'Mandy Burnham' 07:54Founder Scilla Elworthy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Peace Direct. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 08:10Bishop Rosemarie Mallett marks the founding of the Mothers' Union 150 years ago. 08:48In 1974, the Italian film icon secured an exclusive interview with the Cuban leader. 08:58Conservationist Isabella Tree on the success of the common whitethroat at Knepp in Sussex
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| 09:00 | 09:00Is natalism the answer to population decline, or should we accept managed decline? 09:302/6The decade in which China reshaped its relationship with the international system.
| 09:002/7The story of the man who started the cold war. With a telegram. 09:30Millions of people still have long Covid, yet a cure still isn't quite within reach.
| 09:00When tragedy strikes, why do we so often respond with positivity? 09:302/6Colin and D begin production, but remain tempted by their lucrative drug dealing business.
| 09:00Did the Boy Emperor in fact fiddle while Rome burned? 09:301/4John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
| 09:00Emma Grede, businesswoman, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:00Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today. 09:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore hydration.
| 09:00The Police Federation calls for a U-turn as its petition reaches 829,000.
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| 10:00 | 10:00As Listener Week kicks off, how honest are you with your friends about your marriage?
| 10:00As we continue Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself
| 10:00As Listener Week continues, we ask why more treatments aren’t available for lipoedema.
| 10:00As we continue Listener Week - the pressure to be coupled up when you're young.
| 10:00As Listener Week continues, we hear how a community handled domestic abuse allegations.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the Roman emperor, Constantine the Great. 10:307/6Jay Rayner and the panel are at Chelsea Academy to discuss coconut and buffet food.
| 10:00Neurologist Professor Dame Pamela Shaw joins Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:00The story of a man who spent years in an Ecuadorian prison for drug trafficking. 11:45Tony Hawks starts to investigate the thorny issue of inheritance.
| 11:00Ellen and Mark on film and TV’s enduring fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial life. 11:45Tony Hawks hears about the impact of receiving an inheritance.
| 11:00Uncovering a secret Cold War trade of animals in exchange for Jewish lives. 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:45Lawyers tell Tony Hawks about the huge rise in inheritance disputes.
| 11:002/3A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children. 11:45Tony Hawks explores money mindsets, family finances and personal attitudes to inheritance.
| 11:00Sheila Dillon explores the weird and wonderful world of maturing cheese. 11:45Tony Hawks tries to find a more balanced approach to the thorny issue of inheritance.
| 11:00A former Cambridge politics professor has a bold proposal: lowering the voting age to six. 11:30The origin story of the man accused by US law enforcement of fuelling the fentanyl crisis.
| 11:00Bert comes a cropper, and one resident faces an emergency dash.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Consumer confidence is the highest it has been for six months. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You & Yours: How do you focus on reading? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Peers say toxic pet flea treatments are being used much more than necessary. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04You just want to speak to someone - and criminals know that 12:32What makes the perfect pillow? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04News of a TV show about the disorder and its causes prompts a big backlash. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Stelios, the EasyJet founder, tells Sean why his low-cost movie theatres didn't take off. 12:30Lucy Porter gets current-ish with Vittorio Angelone, Jake Bhardwaj and Susie McCabe. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:153/5Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead. 12:303/6Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Catherine Bohart and Paterson Joseph. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Nigel Farage is questioned about finances at policy launch. 13:451/5Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
| 13:00How the border surge created an EU political storm. 13:452/5Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
| 13:00Flights diverted after police confirm finding a drone carrying an explosive device. 13:453/5Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
| 13:00Many of those referred to the government's anti-radicalisation scheme were children. 13:454/5Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:455/5Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Henry Zeffman presents political debate from the Open University in Milton Keynes.
| 13:00Reflections on the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the five years of Taliban rule since. 13:30Andy Burnham has pledged to tackle rough sleeping before. Can it work this time?
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jazzer makes a controversial suggestion. 14:154/6An early retirement offer for Ellie leaves Mitch looking for a home. Stars Angus Deayton. 14:45Does giving rights to rivers and forests change how we think about the world around us?
| 14:00Neil finds himself run ragged. 14:15Holiday romance on Ibiza - with a twist: Lizzie unexpectedly finds both new and old love.
| 14:15A bold series of short dramas reflecting life across the UK.
| 14:00There’s heartbreak in store for Chelsea. 14:15Brian Epstein, The Beatles’ manager, finds unexpected love in Portmeirion, Wales, in 1966.
| 14:00One resident faces an emergency dash. 14:15The CIA’s strangest anti-Soviet weapon yet: a spy cat. 14:45Richard King visits Corsewall lighthouse with keeper Barry Miller.
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Keira makes a surprising discovery.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston and the Gardeners’ Question Time team visit The Hidden Gardens in Glasgow. 14:45John Yorke explores Don DeLillo’s 1988 novel Libra.
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| 15:00 | 15:00Harriett Gilbert meets an education activist and an actor to discover books they love. 15:30Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the history of underwear in the west.
| 15:008/11Lucy Worsley meets a Victorian opera singer who fought the Lunacy Laws – and won. 15:30How Catholicism helped overthrow a dictator and restored democracy to the Philippines.
| 15:00A journey through stone, memory, and the traces we leave behind. 15:30After a violent assault left him with no memory, Stephen McAll pieces together his story.
| 15:00Dame Tracey Emin introduces Martha Kearney to the landscape and the wild waves of Margate. 15:27Model David Gandy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Over the Wall Camp 15:30Andrea Catherwood discusses this year's BBC Proms with Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston and the Gardeners’ Question Time team visit The Hidden Gardens in Glasgow. 15:45Cara reconnects with an old friend on Anglesey. By Fflur Dafydd. Read by Lois Meleri Jones
| 15:00A chance encounter reunites Leigh with Rick, the man she never stopped wondering about.
| 15:001/2Adaptation of Don DeLillo’s fictionalised reimagining of the assassination of JFK.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Former army officer Will Robson investigates how today’s technology shapes modern warfare. 16:306/6Jay Rayner and the panel visit Glasgow to answer listeners' culinary questions.
| 16:003/3A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath, presented by Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore hydration.
| 16:003/5The deeply personal story of an accident, extreme guilt, and its power to transform us. 16:15The movie studios that are making waves outside the mainstream.
| 16:00David Aaronovitch explores what social care is for, who gets it and how it works. 16:30The surprising science of how drought affects the health of our soils.
| 16:00Also, music manager Vicki Wickham, artist Simone Forti and director Justin Hardy. 16:30When tragedy strikes, why do we so often respond with positivity?
| 16:00As we look back at Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself.
| 16:00American author and humourist David Sedaris on his new collection of essays. 16:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on Apollo 13, Russian Far East and Catherine of Aragon.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Reform leader Nigel Farage ready to 'have a conversation' on a pact with Restore Britain.
| 17:00We hear what the plan means for public safety and speak to the victims minister.
| 17:00Joshua Bonehill-Paine no longer running as Tory council candidate after extremism row.
| 17:00The former justice secretary shares his concerns about the scheme.
| 17:00The Met admits one of Levy's victims would be alive today if errors hadn't been made.
| 17:00Former Safeguarding Minister Jess Philips tells PM of 'fundamental cultural problem' 17:30What makes the perfect pillow? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In 1990, L'Osmothèque opened in Versailles, France, with a collection of 400 perfumes. 17:10The story of a man who spent years in an Ecuadorian prison for drug trafficking. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Reform says it would use the Navy to return migrants crossing the Channel in small boats 18:303/6Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Catherine Bohart and Paterson Joseph.
| 18:00The Justice Secretary has apologised to the families affected by the scheme 18:306/6This week we hear the essay Sweet Land of Liberty and a recent diary extract.
| 18:00Joshua Bonehill-Paine had been selected to contest a local council election 18:302/6Jamie MacDonald’s Reformer Pilates faces stiff competition from Free Flaps and Persistence
| 18:00The biggest group of referrals is children under the age of 15. 18:302/6Chris and Amy await the arrival of The Great Zambino but a queue is holding up traffic.
| 18:00A string of mistakes left a known sex offender free to murder two women 18:30Lucy Porter gets current-ish with Vittorio Angelone, Jake Bhardwaj and Susie McCabe.
| 18:00President Zelensky has appealed for more air defences after more Russian strikes on Kyiv. 18:15Stuart Maconie and guests from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (All-Ireland Fleadh) in Belfast.
| 18:00Israel rejects a peace plan for Gaza that President Trump announced last month 18:15Nick Ahad presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Neil finds himself run ragged. 19:15Magic live in the studio, author Jacqueline Crooks and French museum security.
| 19:15John Hannah on Benidorm is Murder and a look at Hull's newly refurbished Maritime Museum.
| 19:00There’s heartbreak in store for Chelsea. 19:15Actress Stockard Channing on her directorial debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
| 19:00One resident faces an emergency dash. 19:15Richard Dadd at the Royal Academy and AI companies shredding rare books.
| 19:00Keira makes a surprising discovery. 19:15Ellen and Mark explore changing ideas about masculinity and vulnerability on screen.
| 19:003/5Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead. 19:15How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry
| 19:00There’s controversy at the summer fete. 19:15Plunge into the abyss of deep geological time with Karine Polwart. 19:45How getting an early night could boost your brain, your heart and help you lose weight.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Government policy on legal migration, overseas workers and indefinite leave to remain. 20:30What if the Goldilocks zone is for idiots?
| 20:00Uncovering a secret Cold War trade of animals in exchange for Jewish lives. 20:40Blind war veterans fearing eviction, and reflections on the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
| 20:00Do we need more British-born doctors and nurses? 20:45How a garden project is providing therapy for a GP and her patients.
| 20:00Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk. 20:15The movie studios that are making waves outside the mainstream.
| 20:00Henry Zeffman presents political debate from the Open University in Milton Keynes. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00A journey into the ways women writers have written the mother.
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood discusses this year's BBC Proms with Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson. 20:30Also, music manager Vicki Wickham, artist Simone Forti and director Justin Hardy.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Is natalism the answer to population decline, or should we accept managed decline? 21:302/6The decade in which China reshaped its relationship with the international system.
| 21:00How amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub. 21:30Unmasking scammers' fake faces with Jim Browning.
| 21:002/7The story of the man who started the cold war. With a telegram. 21:30Millions of people still have long Covid, yet a cure still isn't quite within reach.
| 21:00Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45The truth finally comes out, as the government confirms a new brain disease in humans.
| 21:00Did the Boy Emperor in fact fiddle while Rome burned? 21:302/6Colin and D begin production, but remain tempted by their lucrative drug dealing business.
| 21:00Stories of conflict that forged a movement.
| 21:00Stelios, the EasyJet founder, tells Sean why his low-cost movie theatres didn't take off. 21:25Founder Scilla Elworthy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Peace Direct. 21:30The origin story of the man accused by US law enforcement of fuelling the fentanyl crisis.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Several rivers are at record low levels after prolonged drought conditions 22:451/10Dr Primrose and his family must leave the parsonage.
| 22:00The boat was attempting to cross to the UK when its engine caught fire 22:452/10The family meet Mr Burchell, and arrive at their new home.
| 22:00We ask what the Jewish community makes of the decision. 22:453/10Mr Thornhill visits the family, who hope for upturned fortunes
| 22:00Prevent referrals in England and Wales were up 39% in the year to September 2025 22:454/10Dr Primrose is duped at the fair, and falls out with Burchell.
| 22:00Former adviser to Turkish President says pact is intended to "check Iran" 22:455/10Olivia elopes, and Dr Primrose sets out to look for her.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Sheila Dillon explores the weird and wonderful world of maturing cheese.
| 22:00Novelist Megan Nolan goes in search of one of Ireland’s first true beatniks, Brendan Behan
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| 23:00 | 23:002/4Liza gains ground on set, but rising tensions with Gary threaten her control. 23:301/4Sir Christopher Nolan and Sir Christopher Frayling tell a new story of British cinema.
| 23:00Ben Garrod and Jess French delve beneath the deep feathery plumage of the grey grey owl. 23:302/4Christopher Nolan and Christopher Frayling continue their new story of British cinema.
| 23:005/6Sunil attempts to make a baby. 23:15Comedy series following amateur paranormal podcaster Chris Relish. 23:303/4Christopher Nolan and Christopher Frayling discuss music, market research and Flashdance.
| 23:00A former Cambridge politics professor has a bold proposal: lowering the voting age to six. 23:304/4Christopher Nolan and Christopher Frayling conclude their look at a bold era in UK cinema.
| 23:00Abdul El-Sayed’s left-wing victory in Michigan has sent shock waves through the party. 23:30Humans are around 70% water. But where is it all? And what's it doing inside us?
| 23:002/4In this episode, Olga tackles intelligence. 23:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on A Song of Ice and Fire and county cricket.
| 23:00The Royal Ballet's Lauren Cuthbertson on quintessential British ballerina Margot Fonteyn. 23:30What is awe, and where do we find it? 23:45Cara reconnects with an old friend on Anglesey. By Fflur Dafydd. Read by Lois Meleri Jones
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