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05/10/2026
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
02/10/2026
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Jon Ronson: men unravelling
Men in crisis, women under scrutiny and monuments in decay.
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Muker
James Rebanks explores the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
1. The Mermaid
Can imagination ever replace real life travel?
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Curious, Not Furious
Jacob Dunne meets a mother who lost her son to the far right, and got him back.
04/10/2026
Fallon decides two can play that game.
Series 2
1. Mummy Dearest
Selina’s off to the Palace to collect her OBE, with a jealous Florence in tow.
Series 2: Eps 9-16
12. Trevor
By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
Mel Giedroyc on Vera Gedroits
Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
Series 25
Identical(ish)
Hannah Fry and Dara O Briain investigate the mysterious phenomenon of identical twins.
America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
Reactive feature from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.
03/10/2026
Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 4
6. It's Quafftide Somewhere
Verbal fossils, environmental exhaustion and being eclipsed by your own name.
Amber is touched by an unexpected gesture.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
Rethink: manufacturing or services?
Does "servitization" boost the economy?
01/10/2026
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
Episode 6
1988, Róisín has a new job and a new boyfriend.
Cobalt
Episode 2
Maita's dad has disappeared, so she takes a plane to Zimbabwe to find him.
Tony Juniper on EO Wilson
Dr Tony Juniper picks the Biologist EO Wilson.
06/10/2026
