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Betting on Disaster
The rise of prediction markets where punters bet on current events from the weather to war
The devotion of Florence Nightingale
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Marie-Elsa Bragg.
12/05/26 Farming in Wales after Senedd elections; mapping soils in Northern Ireland; new national plant health centre
What will a new Welsh government mean for agriculture?
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Series 3
2. Twins - Part 2
Michelle digs deeper into Lavinia’s test results – but Lavinia doesn’t want to know.
Overcoming OCD
We take a deep dive into treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Tracey Neville, Deep fakes and schools, Pensions
Why is former England netball coach Tracey Neville pivoting to football?
Amélie
Ellen and Mark celebrate 25 years of Amélie with the film's director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
1919-1921: A New Heart
The story of the residents of Weimar during the rise and reign of Hitler.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Call You & Yours: How good is the service you've had from your insurance company?
The latest weather forecast
Chaos and confusion in Downing Street
Minister Jess Phillips resigns, as the prime minister tells the cabinet he will stay on.
Rinsed
2. Water Works
The centuries-old battle between public good and private profit still being fought today.
11/05/2026
Adam sharpens his strategy.
Series 1
Episode 4
High-stake deals and sibling rivalry set in the world of the super wealthy.
The Sisters Who Took On A Dictator
A woman and her sisters refuse to bow down to a brutal dictator.
One foot in the graveyard
Giles Fraser explores Kensal Green Cemetery.
A Century in a Click: 100 Years of the Photobooth
Click, whirrrr, whoosh! Alan Dein celebrates a century of the photobooth in four snaps.
Are we getting enough calcium?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know how important calcium is for our health.
Full coverage of the day's news
Sir Keir Starmer tells his cabinet he won't resign
Four ministers step down and more than 85 Labour MPs call on the Prime Minister to go
Series 5
6: Climate Change
Ponds, Poo and Seaweed wow the guests.
Ruth tries to stay positive.
Celebrating Sir John Vanbrugh, rock star architect of the Baroque age
Sir John Vanbrugh, and Lubaina Himid on representing Great Britain at the Venice Biennale
Locked and Downloaded: The rise in 3D printed guns
How much of a threat to the UK are homemade printed weapons?
The RNIB's new CEO, Simon Antrobus
In Touch speaks with the RNIB's new CEO, Simon Antrobus.
Return to Khartoum: War, loss and hope
Mohanad Hashim returns home to a fabled city wrecked by war.
Tony Garnett picked by Harry Bradbeer
The director of Fleabag and Killing Eve picks the producer of Kes and Cathy Come Home.
Starmer set to meet Streeting tomorrow
The Prime Minister will meet restive Health Secretary as leadership questions intensify
The Kitchen Table
Working at the Art School is opening Ursula's mind to new possibilities.
Cold Cases
Case 6: The Haunting of HMS Asp
Danny Robins and the team investigate a haunting onboard a Navy vessel.
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Dvorak's best known song from his Gypsy Cycle composed for voice and piano in 1880
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