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28/07/2026
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Troubled Town
Why are young people causing trouble in one part of Greater Manchester?
The Value of Friendship
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley.
28/07/26 Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary
Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Invisible Hands: The American Century
1. Mr Nobody
The man who made America into a superpower. The most important man you've never heard of.
Is inflammation behind all chronic disease?
How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
Actor Helen Hunt, Midwives, Early release of prisoners
The Academy Award-winning actor on her new role in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
24 Hour Movies
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at films that confine their action to a single day.
Toxicity
Is a 1950s cartoon acting as a gateway to the manosphere? Darren McGarvey investigates.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by wildfires?
The latest weather forecast
Andy Burnham announces plans to reform education
Burnham vows to create a Britain that values 'the hard hat as much as the graduation cap’.
Dead Rabbit
7. Criminal Evolution
The hare coursing criminal underworld is bigger than ever - but who is really behind it?
27/07/2026
Fallon has concerns for a loved one.
Episode 10: 2021
Adam Usden's 10th episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
Lady on Trial
Connie Bolam - Conscientious Objector
Lucy meets defiant protestor Connie Bolam, a World War II conscientious objector.
Jamaica: Shaken, not broken
How volunteers are salvaging Jamaica’s 1,600 sacred spaces destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
2. Wifehood, Womanhood and Friendship
A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath presented by Mariella Frostrup.
Why do we follow bad advice?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why we follow advice we suspect is bad for us.
Full coverage of the day's news
Plans for school pupils in England to get more access to technical subjects
Andy Burnham pledges to cut the number of young people, who aren't working or learning
Series 9
5. My Corona and A Better Place
This week we hear the essays My Corona and A Better Place.
There’s an awkward moment for Alice.
Mary Beard reveals the Booker Prize longlist, plus Bill Pullman on taking on Chekhov
Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
Fergus Walsh follows experimental clinical trials on Floor 15 at Guys Hospital.
New College Worcester's First Non-Visually Impaired Pupils, the Commonwealth Games
In Touch discusses how the visually impaired athletes are doing at the Commonwealth Games.
Can the emerging field of dream engineering influence our thoughts as we sleep?
The Bottom Line Business Awards 2026
What was the best business move of the last 12 months and who made the biggest blunder?
Has the Trump-Zelensky relationship thawed?
President Zelensky thanks Donald Trump for "firm US support" after White House meeting.
Episode 7
Rowan has discovered a series of graves. She thinks her missing husband might be in one.
The Cheetah
Ben Garrod and Jess French dissect the secrets of the fastest land animal, the cheetah.
Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson
The writers choose the books they love to read.
29/07/2026
