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15/09/2026
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God's Heart for the Vulnerable
Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees.
15.09.26 Calls for a rural reset, how to harvest small scale arable, dairy co-operative.
Calls for a complete rural reset - a new countryside campaign.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Edith Heard on unravelling the mystery of X-chromosome inactivation
Epigeneticist Edith Heard on decoding the details of how X chromosomes are expressed.
All in the Mind Awards launch and how music can impact Parkinson’s
How can music impact life with Parkinson’s? And the All in the Mind Awards are back.
Sydney Sweeney advert, Singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, GLP-1s
Why has a new ad featuring Sydney Sweeney provoked such a strong reaction from athletes?
Emma Rawicz and Arsha Kaviani celebrate exceptional teenage talent
Emma Rawicz and Arsha Kaviani join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks
2. Revolutionary Iran
In Ben Macintyre's new book the Iranian Revolution opens up a new front in the Cold War.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Call You and Yours - "September Reset"
Are you having a "September reset" this year?
The latest weather forecast
Lucy Letby hospital could have prevented some baby deaths, inquiry finds
Report describes hospital's 'complete failure' to follow safeguarding procedure.
The Hitler Diaries Scandal
2. The Bloodhound
Star reporter for Stern magazine, Gerd Heidemann, is entertaining old Nazis on his boat.
14/09/2026
Carol makes her feelings clear.
The School Run
When Gareth heads out on a jog, he discovers his past has caught up with him.
History's Secret Heroes - Series 4
The Ovitz Family
How did a family of Jewish performers defy the odds and survive Auschwitz?
BBC National Short Story Award 2026
Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell
Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell is the second story up for this prestigious award.
Life as a Muse
Ruth Millington celebrates the muse - the people who inspire and enable creative genius.
How can we better understand type 2 diabetes?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore what diabetes is and how it affects the body.
Cot cams to be brought into neo natal wards
Government says it will bring in a key recommendation from the Lucy Letby inquiry.
Lucy Letby hospital inquiry
An inquiry finds some of babies murdered by Lucy Letby could have been saved
Series 5
Some Arch Questions About Bishops
Paul poses a Canterbury audience some arch questions about bishops.
Tony attempts to get involved.
Hermione Lee on her biography of the notoriously private author Anita Brookner
Plus Ian McCulloch on Echo & the Bunnymen's new album.
China and the UK... after the 'Golden Era'
Examining Chinese state influence in UK public life.
Live Action Role Playing
In Touch hears about how visually impaired people get involved with Live Action Role Play.
Turkey on Trial: Can Courts Control a Nation?
From jailed mayors to comedians, Emily Wither investigates Turkey's crackdown.
Mobile Handset Fraud
Criminals help themselves to new tech - and you pay for it.
Britain reportedly considers military assistance for Saudi Arabia
Advances by Iran-aligned Houthi fighters have disrupted Saudi oil supplies
2. The Bed
As she settles into the flatshare, Rabble is inspired to take her art in a new direction.
Half-Life
4. Young Republic
Joe travels to Turkey where his great-grandfather was employed, it seems, making gas masks
Susan Hulme reports as plans are announced for video monitors in hospital neonatal units.
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