| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Is Russian an enemy language in Ukraine? Or just the language of millions of citizens? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary the Virgin Staunton on Wye. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's remarkable story of Cold War espionage. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5In Ben Macintyre's new book the Iranian Revolution opens up a new front in the Cold War. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5In Ben Macintyre’s new book a KGB spy makes a momentous decision in revolutionary Iran. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5In Ben Macintyre's new book a KGB double agent makes a perilous journey. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5In Ben Macintyre's new book his Cold War story of espionage in 1980s Iran concludes. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15The Irish writer speaks about his latest novel, The Newer World, and its three influences. 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 05:04Susan Hulme reports as MPs debate a bill to allow assisted deaths. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees. 05:45Calls for more ‘cooperative working’ amongst farmers. 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees. 05:45Calls for a complete rural reset - a new countryside campaign.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs study an inquiry into Lucy Letby's crimes. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees. 05:45How will drought affect 1000s of newly planted young trees?
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Tim Harford investigates kids’ teeth, Israeli drugs, NEETs and the chances AI kills us all 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees. 05:45Violent clashes as shepherds in Romania protest over export ban of sheep.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Is the UK ready for the challenges of modern war? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees. 05:45The Liberal Democrats want greater funding, and less red tape, for on-farm reservoirs.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Fiona Stewart. 05:452/6What happens when Banksy paints on your wall? Things kick off in Margate and Lowestoft.
| 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 Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield in London. 05:45In Touch hears about how visually impaired people get involved with Live Action Role Play.
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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 06:07Musician Kate Stables explores the landscapes around her home city of Winchester. 06:30Calls for more farming co-ops; Farmer protests in Romania; International sheep dog trials. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world. 06:35How the OxFarmtoFork initiative is building short veg supply chains around Oxford. 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 07:10William Crawley takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Writer Armando Iannucci makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Child Poverty Action Group. 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 08:10Holy Coasts - Northumberland Pilgrimage. 08:48In 1962, first lady Jackie Kennedy took the cameras on a tour of the restored White House 08:58Comedian Susan Calman has gone to great lengths to entice goldfinches into her garden.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Xand van Tulleken, Lani Watson and Daniel Mason on certainty and doubt. 09:45How one social enterprise helps people recover from addiction one bar of soap at a time.
| 09:00Epigeneticist Edith Heard on decoding the details of how X chromosomes are expressed. 09:30How can music impact life with Parkinson’s? And the All in the Mind Awards are back.
| 09:00Tim Harford investigates kids’ teeth, Israeli drugs, NEETs and the chances AI kills us all 09:30In the chaos after the Syrian regime’s downfall, the hunt for Austin Tice is on.
| 09:00How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries. 09:45Armando and Natalie look back over a busy summer of political language.
| 09:00Cast members from landmark Scottish films Gregory's Girl and Local Hero are reunited.
| 09:00Adrian Chiles with extraordinary stories and remarkable people.
| 09:00Ukraine launch their biggest attack on the city ever.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Could AI put women’s jobs at greater risk than men’s?
| 10:00Why has a new ad featuring Sydney Sweeney provoked such a strong reaction from athletes?
| 10:00The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.
| 10:00Writer and actor Dame Meera Syal talks about the publication of her memoir.
| 10:00World champion and Olympic medalist Georgia Hunter Bell on new all-female event Athlos.
| 10:00Join Greg Jenner and his guests to learn about the early history of fandom. 10:30Greg James returns to the BBC archives using today's stories as a portal to the past.
| 10:00Reflecting on the education reforms of the Blair government.
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| 11:00 | 11:001/4Ros Atkins asks whether technology has triggered a crisis in what we value. 11:451/5Best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's remarkable story of Cold War espionage.
| 11:00Emma Rawicz and Arsha Kaviani join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks 11:452/5In Ben Macintyre's new book the Iranian Revolution opens up a new front in the Cold War.
| 11:00Examining Chinese state influence in UK public life. 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5In Ben Macintyre’s new book a KGB spy makes a momentous decision in revolutionary Iran.
| 11:00American photographer Joel Meyerowitz reveals his formative cultural influences. 11:454/5In Ben Macintyre's new book a KGB double agent makes a perilous journey.
| 11:00Sheila Dillon and Paula McIntyre meet this year's Best Food Producer finalists. 11:455/5In Ben Macintyre's new book his Cold War story of espionage in 1980s Iran concludes.
| 11:00A prepper argues everyone has a duty to be better prepared for a crisis. 11:30Houthi fighters captured two port cities, consolidating their grip on a key shipping route
| 11:00Harrison has a confession to make, and there’s a race against time for Anna.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04A sharp rise in energy bills is forecast if the Iran war drags on. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Are you having a "September reset" this year? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Inflation rises to 3.1 per cent in the year to August - much of it down to fuel prices. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How criminals target scam victims with false offers of help. 12:32Could advances in AI help us have conversations with our pets? Greg Foot investigates. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04How can the legal system protect the environment? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What might the Pensions Commission recommend to improve retirement saving? 12:303/8Is this the first time an Orangeman has called for a united Ireland? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:15'Academic badass, track goddess'. 12:303/6Problematic packaging, beautiful outrageousness and zen fury. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Union chief brands donations “a crisis for our democracy”. 13:451/1121 April, 1945, Eastern Germany, a plane crashes. Rumours spread about Hitler's diaries.
| 13:00Report describes hospital's 'complete failure' to follow safeguarding procedure. 13:452/11Star reporter for Stern magazine, Gerd Heidemann, is entertaining old Nazis on his boat.
| 13:00The Prime Minister was responding to criticism from former Bank of England chief economist 13:453/11Andrew Hunter Murray travels to the scene of the crime where the forger ran his business.
| 13:00The King will urge companies 'not to lose control of our destiny' at AI summit. 13:454/11The forger Konrad Kujau and the journalist Gerd Heidemann are about to come face to face.
| 13:00The security service has accepted it gave evidence based on lies to three courts. 13:455/11Stern magazine is making frenzied preparations to launch its scoop of the century.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St John's Methodist Church in St Austell.
| 13:00A new front in the Iran war brings more instability to the Middle East. 13:30Will the world go to war over Taiwan? Experts from Taipei, Beijing and Washington explain.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Harrison has a confession to make. 14:154/6Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Written by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. 14:454/3By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
| 14:00Carol makes her feelings clear. 14:15When Gareth heads out on a jog, he discovers his past has caught up with him.
| 14:00Tony attempts to get involved. 14:154/5Jess has left Dan. But something is pulling her back. Stars Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin.
| 14:00Alan is there for a friend in need. 14:15A chatty London cabbie becomes an accidental double agent caught between east and west.
| 14:00It’s action stations for Lynda. 14:15A new tutor arrives in a luxury bunker. What happened to her predecessor? 14:452/6What happens when Banksy paints on your wall? Things kick off in Margate and Lowestoft.
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45There’s a race against time for Anna.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston hosts GQT from the Summer Garden Party 2026 held at RHS Garden Wisley. 14:45Can we take notes on democracy from a pack of sneezing wild dogs?
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| 15:00 | 15:00Dr Tony Juniper picks the Biologist EO Wilson. 15:301/5The first contender for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award by Merryn Glover.
| 15:004/11How did a family of Jewish performers defy the odds and survive Auschwitz? 15:302/5Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell is the second story up for this prestigious award.
| 15:00Water bills are going up, but can you lower them and what help is there if you can't pay? 15:303/5Cherise Saywell’s ‘Ditto’ is up for the prestigious 2026 BBC National Short Story Award.
| 15:00Musician Kate Stables explores the landscapes around her home city of Winchester. 15:27Co-founder Dr Atul Gawande makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lifebox Foundation. 15:304/5Caoilinn Hughes’ moving, humane story is up for the 21st BBC National Short Story Award.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston hosts GQT from the Summer Garden Party 2026 held at RHS Garden Wisley. 15:305/5Two Minutes to Midnight by Laura Beatty is up for this award for the short story.
| 15:002/2Pearl S Buck's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of one family's fight for land in rural China.
| 15:00A Mohegan artist retraces ancestral journeys while studying Shakespeare.
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| 16:00 | 16:00Britain has some of the highest electricity prices in the world. Jonathan Ford asks why. 16:30The enduring song of quiet courage and acceptance in the face of passing time.
| 16:00Ruth Millington celebrates the muse - the people who inspire and enable creative genius. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore what diabetes is and how it affects the body.
| 16:00David Yelland and Lauren Beeching discuss how to spin the destruction of humanity. 16:15How social media is reshaping the right of reply in political journalism.
| 16:00Is the UK ready for the challenges of modern war? 16:30Might the UK and US joining their AI forces help solve nuclear fusion?
| 16:00Also, farmer Wendell Berry, historian Frances Stonor Saunders and producer Jeremy Thomas. 16:30Tim Harford investigates kids’ teeth, Israeli drugs, NEETs and the chances AI kills us all
| 16:00Dame Meera Syal talks about her new play and memoir.
| 16:00The Irish writer on his latest novel, Where Are The Kings, and its three key influences. 16:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on Nordic heavy metal and 'Macbeth'.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Leaders of Scotland, Wales and N.I agree to press case for constitutional change.
| 17:00Government says it will bring in a key recommendation from the Lucy Letby inquiry.
| 17:00The prime minister dismisses criticism that his is a tax and spend socialist government.
| 17:00The Canadian prime minister says a closer alliance with the EU is a "positive process".
| 17:00More details emerge on the fault which left 2,000 flights cancelled.
| 17:00We ask what it means, and get reaction from the Deputy Speaker of the Danish Parliament. 17:30Tom Tugendhat on Trump's diplomacy, Afghanistan withdrawal and being sanctioned by China. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In 1963, a giant sculpture of a Scotsman began one of the country's quirkiest phenomena 17:10Ian McMillan with elemental haiku, poetry that moves mountains, and the best new writing. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00British co-founder of Anthropic says the world must set limits on AI. 18:303/6Problematic packaging, beautiful outrageousness and zen fury.
| 18:00An inquiry finds some of babies murdered by Lucy Letby could have been saved 18:306/6Paul poses a Canterbury audience some arch questions about bishops.
| 18:00The government appears to have averted a strike in England's schools. 18:302/4Stand-up series about big strong women who do unladylike sports.
| 18:00Daily Mail publishes extracts from Earl Spencer's book about his sister, Princess Diana 18:302/4Omid Djalili explores Iran, conflict and division.
| 18:00Princess Diana's brother has told the BBC that he is "telling the truth" in his book 18:303/8Is this the first time an Orangeman has called for a united Ireland?
| 18:00Danish and Greenlandic leaders welcome a new US agreement on the territory 18:15Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00German Chancellor Merz vows to stay on despite state election results 18:15Paulette Edwards presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Carol makes her feelings clear. 19:15Samira talks to Hunter Davies, Juliette Binoche, Jack Thorne and Lucy Caldwell.
| 19:00Tony attempts to get involved. 19:15Plus Ian McCulloch on Echo & the Bunnymen's new album.
| 19:00Alan is there for a friend in need. 19:15Novelist Kate Atkinson on her new novel, Our Noble Selves.
| 19:00It’s action stations for Lynda. 19:15Plus film Queen at Sea starring Juliette Binoche and Thelma & Louise the musical.
| 19:00There’s a race against time for Anna. 19:15Rick Wakeman and Amanda Whiting add the final five tracks of the series.
| 19:00'Academic badass, track goddess'. 19:15American photographer Joel Meyerowitz reveals his formative cultural influences.
| 19:00Natasha throws a spanner in the works. 19:15Polish field-recordist Izabela Dłużyk, born blind, guides us into the rainforest of Peru. 19:45Ittai Gradel discovers a seemingly endless supply of precious gemstones.
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| 20:00 | 20:00Is it time for a Tech-xit? 20:30Prof Stuart Russell offers some advice following a report into July’s Hugging Face hack.
| 20:00Examining Chinese state influence in UK public life. 20:40In Touch hears about how visually impaired people get involved with Live Action Role Play.
| 20:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 20:00David Yelland and Lauren Beeching discuss how to spin the destruction of humanity. 20:15How social media is reshaping the right of reply in political journalism.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St John's Methodist Church in St Austell. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00How did a small city in the North East of Scotland become the “Oil Capital of Europe”?
| 20:00Rob Drummond talks to Michael about the ways people talk in Manchester. 20:30Also, farmer Wendell Berry, historian Frances Stonor Saunders and producer Jeremy Thomas.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Xand van Tulleken, Lani Watson and Daniel Mason on certainty and doubt. 21:45How one social enterprise helps people recover from addiction one bar of soap at a time.
| 21:00From jailed mayors to comedians, Emily Wither investigates Turkey's crackdown. 21:30Criminals help themselves to new tech - and you pay for it.
| 21:00Epigeneticist Edith Heard on decoding the details of how X chromosomes are expressed. 21:30How can music impact life with Parkinson’s? And the All in the Mind Awards are back.
| 21:00Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45Armando and Natalie look back over a busy summer of political language.
| 21:00Douglas Coupland examines how Nirvana’s Nevermind changed the outlook of a generation.
| 21:00Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
| 21:00What might the Pensions Commission recommend to improve retirement saving? 21:25Writer Armando Iannucci makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Child Poverty Action Group. 21:30Houthi fighters captured two port cities, consolidating their grip on a key shipping route
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| 22:00 | 22:00Staff falsified records and slept on the night one patient was killed by another 22:451/10A study of power and obsession, inspired by the world of the Young British Artists.
| 22:00Advances by Iran-aligned Houthi fighters have disrupted Saudi oil supplies 22:452/10As she settles into the flatshare, Rabble is inspired to take her art in a new direction.
| 22:00US central bank raises interest rate for the first time in three years 22:453/10Rab maintains an iron grip on the art for the New York retrospective.
| 22:00We explore whether China will agree to restrict AI development 22:454/10After a day chasing the decisive moment, Rab shares a tender evening with Duncan.
| 22:00Macron orders plan to protect France in latest warning from European leader 22:455/10The graduate show marks an ending as the young artists move on to an uncertain future.
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Sheila Dillon and Paula McIntyre meet this year's Best Food Producer finalists.
| 22:00Andy Burnham goes to the UN and the Lib Dems gather in Brighton for their party conference
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| 23:00 | 23:004/5The Thai Senator, an interrogation, a private jet… 23:30Alicia McCarthy reports as peers debate changes to the laws on political donations.
| 23:00Joe travels to Turkey where his great-grandfather was employed, it seems, making gas masks 23:30Susan Hulme reports as plans are announced for video monitors in hospital neonatal units.
| 23:00A client's insomnia is a puzzle for Nora this week, as she enjoys 14 hours sleep a night. 23:153/5WARNING: There is a 10% chance that this show will kill all of humanity. 23:30Lessons on love, and how to be faithful, from a rodent the size of a satsuma. 23:45The House of Lords takes centre stage.
| 23:00A prepper argues everyone has a duty to be better prepared for a crisis. 23:30How dwarf mongooses can help us figure out who to trust, and how to make friends. 23:45Susan Hulme reports as ministers insist defence spending v welfare is a false choice.
| 23:00Who wins in the rush to develop Artificial Intelligence, and at what cost? 23:30The '80s disco classic that tells a powerful story
| 23:003/8Laura Smyth hears about famous mums, punk eras and pranks that went too far. 23:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on Warhammer 40,000, Guernica and sea shanties.
| 23:00How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries. 23:45Why do we help each other out? Even when it gets us nothing? Magpies might know.
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