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22/08/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer with Rev'd Dr Mariama Ifode-Blease.
Portrush
Lisa Abernethy shows Richard King around the RNLI station in Portrush.
Ancient Technology Centre
Martha Kearney tries her hand at ancient skills like forging a knife and flint knapping.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
The latest weather reports and forecast.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
What Happened to Counter-Culture?
5. Interzone
Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.
Is crying good for you?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore crying.
Henry Cyril Paget: the dancing marquess of Anglesey
Join Greg and his guests in 19th-century Wales to learn about Henry Cyril Paget.
Sweet Caroline
Piecing together how a song released in 1969 became a sport anthem.
20/08/2026
Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and ideas defining the future.
Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Toast - Series 7
Izal Medicated Toilet Paper
How did Izal medicated toilet paper reach the end of the roll? Sean Farrington finds out.
Episode 2
Ian Smith tasks Ashley Storrie, Bella Hull and an Edinburgh audience to take on the news.
The latest weather forecast.
21/08/2026
Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities.
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
There’s a surprising development for Lily.
The Night of the Lunar Eclipse
A past death resurfaces forcing a reckoning in Matthew Broughton's psychological thriller.
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
Full coverage of the day's news.
Sliced Bread - Series 17
Peptides
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.
Rosie Jones, One Man Musical, Damien Warren-Smith, Kirsty Mann, Legendary, Clive Anderson
Join Clive Anderson for a party at the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals.
Being remembered
Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.
Sebastian Faulks
Author Sebastian Faulks on his influences and formative cultural experiences.
A tale of crisis, legitimacy and transformation for the BBC and Britain in the 1970s.
19/08/2026
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
Fork and Knife
Jimi Famurewa explores how history has shaped the many different ways in which we eat
Series 2
4. Family
Olga considers the meaning of family.
Heat 4, 2026
General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on the Cold War, Baz Luhrmann and gemstones.
23/08/2026
M. John Harrison
On his latest novel - The End of Everything - and the three texts that helped to shape it.
