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16/10/2026
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Susan Hulme reports as the farming minister faces MPs' anger over farm payments.
Who do you think you are?
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Jo Moir, head of Spring Harvest.
16/10/26 What will a farmer be?
The Archers at 75: what will it mean to be a farmer in the next 75 years?
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Ann Patchett, writer
Ann Patchett, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
RIBA Stirling Prize winner, NHS guidance on single-sex spaces, Caroline Hirons
Mary Duggan, designer of the Lion Green Road estate, on her architecture prize win.
Regenerative Farming and Nutrition
Does regenerative farming change the nutritional value of what we eat?
Piglet is Entirely Surrounded by Water by AA Milne
Read by Hayley Atwell and celebrating a century of Pooh.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Who writes our history?
Are there enough women authoring the past?
The latest weather forecast
Settler violence erupts in the West Bank as the olive harvest begins
We get a dispatch from a village where dozens of Palestinians have been injured.
15/10/2026
Freddie’s feelings are hurt.
Underground
Episode 5
As Thornfield burns, Axel has an offer for Charly.
Life Without Bats
The night sky loses its bats and their secret soundscape. What happens next?
The Potting Shed at the GQT Summer Garden Party
Kathy Clugston presents a special Potting Shed edition of Gardeners’ Question Time.
Let Them Have Their Fun by Lauren Mackenzie
A sightseeing trip takes an unexpected turn for Grace and her family.
Margaret Hamilton: the woman who helped put man on the moon
Also, war criminal Biljana Plavšiċ, journalist Felicity Green and composer George Fenton.
Fact-check: Will Scottish pensioners really be funding English social care?
Tim Harford investigates Scottish pensions, maternity injuries, UK deficit and baked beans
Trump and Zelensky's war of words continues
We hear from the Ukrainian front line, where the consequences are being felt.
Violence flares in the occupied West Bank during olive harvest
Masked Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Series 121
7. Team Calm vs Team Panic
What links Poundland and Bumble?
The storm clouds gather in Ambridge.
Young People In Care
Ellen and Mark delve into the ubiquity of the care-experienced person in film and TV.
Paul Frew MLA, Chris Hazzard MP, Tina McKenzie, Sarah Owen MP
Chris Page presents political debate from Belfast
October 12th to October 18th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
Bread
Shahidha Bari and guests look at the way bread comes up in history, religion and economics
Trump blames Zelensky for Ukraine impasse as mid-terms loom
With just over two weeks until elections: how do US voters react to geopolitical spat?
Eeyore
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with children’s writers Nadia Shireen and Charlie Higson.
Are Latino voters turning on Trump?
And could they decide which party controls Congress?
Sean Curran reports as MPs discuss the first-ever severe drought recorded in the UK.
17/10/2026
Appetite for Distraction
5. The Future of Attention
Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.
