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Rowan still doesn't know what has happened to her husband and suspects foul play. She is determined to find out the truth.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T05:45:00+00:00", "title": "Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy"}, {"desc": "Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T06:00:00+00:00", "title": "Americast"}, {"desc": "Two writers, who between them cover crime, football and music, talk about their favourite books, on subjects including a disintegrating marriage and the ethics of journalism.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T06:30:00+00:00", "title": "A Good Read"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T07:00:00+00:00", "title": "Midnight News"}, {"desc": "5/5. In this series of new writing, mud and Charles Darwin bring award-winning writer Rebecca to a deeper understanding of her mother's death-and life.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T07:30:00+00:00", "title": "A Meditation on Mud by Rebecca Stott"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T07:48:00+00:00", "title": "Shipping Forecast"}, {"desc": "BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T08:00:00+00:00", "title": "World Service"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T12:30:00+00:00", "title": "News Summary"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T12:34:00+00:00", "title": "Shipping Forecast"}, {"desc": "A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T12:43:00+00:00", "title": "Prayer for the Day"}, {"desc": "Ten coastal encounters. Richard King meets Ellie Deas in Anstruther harbour.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T12:45:00+00:00", "title": "Living on the Edge"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T13:00:00+00:00", "title": "News, Weather and Papers"}, {"desc": "The writer and structural engineer behind The Shard, Roma Agrawal, takes Martha Kearney to Kilburn Grange Park in London - an oasis through some difficult times of her life.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T13:07:00+00:00", "title": "This Natural Life"}, {"desc": "Charlotte Smith presents a panel discussion at the Royal Welsh Show, asking 'what's the best use of land in Wales?'.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T13:30:00+00:00", "title": "Farming Today This Week"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecast.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T13:57:00+00:00", "title": "Weather Forecast"}, {"desc": "News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T14:00:00+00:00", "title": "Today"}, {"desc": "1/5. Comedian and author Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture since the end of the Second World War, and its uncertain status in today's digital world.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T16:00:00+00:00", "title": "What Happened to Counter-Culture?"}, {"desc": "What does it mean to have healthy eyes? How can we protect our eyes? Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss how best to look after your eyes throughout your life.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T16:30:00+00:00", "title": "What's Up Docs?"}, {"desc": "Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Egypt by Dr Campbell Price and comedian Sikisa to learn all about Tutankhamun's parents, Nefertiti and Akhenaten.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T17:00:00+00:00", "title": "You're Dead to Me"}, {"desc": "5/6. Jay Rayner and the panel return for a postbag special, debating the merits of different kitchen utensils, savoury alternatives to birthday cake, and what truly defines a salad.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T17:30:00+00:00", "title": "The Kitchen Cabinet"}, {"desc": "Gabriel Gatehouse explores the world of geoengineering.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T18:00:00+00:00", "title": "Radical"}, {"desc": "The Cockroach Janta Party is now one of India's most visible youth movements, driving tens of thousands of students to protest about education and job opportunities.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T18:30:00+00:00", "title": "From Our Own Correspondent"}, {"desc": "The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T19:00:00+00:00", "title": "News Summary"}, {"desc": "How might the way older generations are passing on their wealth be changing?", "start_date": "2026-07-25T19:04:00+00:00", "title": "Money Box"}, {"desc": "Lucy Porter is joined by John Tothill, Kyrah Gray and Amy Annette to talk all things current-ish events.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T19:30:00+00:00", "title": "Current-ish"}, {"desc": "The latest weather forecast.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T19:57:00+00:00", "title": "Weather Forecast"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T20:00:00+00:00", "title": "News Bulletin"}, {"desc": "Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the University of Birmingham with Saqib Bhatti MP, Lord Falconer, Baroness Fox and Polly Mackenzie.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T20:10:00+00:00", "title": "Any Questions?"}, {"desc": "Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?", "start_date": "2026-07-25T21:05:00+00:00", "title": "Any Answers?"}, {"desc": "Fallon is rocked by an unexpected discovery, and Susan makes a decision.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T21:45:00+00:00", "title": "The Archers"}, {"desc": "2/2. Tanya Moodie, Nicola Coughlan and Ray Fearon star in this dark and scandalously funny French masterpiece, in a brand new version by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre.", "start_date": "2026-07-25T22:00:00+00:00", "title": "Dangerous Liaisons"}, {"desc": "Actor Lena Headey on whatever happened to the #MeToo movement?", "start_date": "2026-07-25T23:00:00+00:00", "title": "Weekend Woman's Hour"}, {"desc": "Full coverage of the day's news.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T00:00:00+00:00", "title": "Saturday PM"}, {"desc": "Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch on reforming welfare, bantering with Burnham - and what the Conservative Party and Professor Snape have in common.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T00:30:00+00:00", "title": "Political Thinking with Nick Robinson"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T00:54:00+00:00", "title": "Shipping Forecast"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecast.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T00:57:00+00:00", "title": "Weather Forecast"}, {"desc": "Wildfires force more than a quarter of a million people to leave parts of France & Spain.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T01:00:00+00:00", "title": "Six O'Clock News"}, {"desc": "Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined in Salford by writer Chris Chibnall, comedian Ayoade Bamgboye, actor Wendi Peters and there's music from The Anchoress and Later Youth.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T01:15:00+00:00", "title": "Loose Ends"}, {"desc": "1/5. Matthew Bannister is marking twenty years of Radio 4's Last Word by looking at how our attitudes to death, dying and the way we memorialise our dead have changed.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T02:00:00+00:00", "title": "Last Word: Doing Death Differently"}, {"desc": "Nicky Campbell explores how boarding schools are embracing change, blending tradition with inclusivity, wellness and global perspectives.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T02:15:00+00:00", "title": "How Boarding Schools Shaped Britain"}, {"desc": "One Scottish community's fight to save the Govanhill Baths, and the wider story of public baths and wash houses in Britain.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T03:00:00+00:00", "title": "The People's Pool"}, {"desc": "12/11. In a quiet village, 20 dead animals are left outside a school one night. But why? Journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor investigate something sinister in the British countryside.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T04:00:00+00:00", "title": "Dead Rabbit"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T05:00:00+00:00", "title": "News Bulletin"}, {"desc": "Leyla Kazim asks: What happened next? We return to past Food Programme stories, including the first harvest and pressing of commercially grown English olive oil.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T05:15:00+00:00", "title": "The Food Programme"}, {"desc": "4/4. This week, the Parish's favourite Troubadour loses a short battle with electricity and health and wellbeing officer Janice Fever swims in effluent!", "start_date": "2026-07-26T06:00:00+00:00", "title": "Parish Matters"}, {"desc": "Simon Reeve hosts a geography quiz where two teams race across a virtual map, travelling from country to country by answering questions about the world ahead.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T06:30:00+00:00", "title": "Around the World in 80 Ways"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T07:00:00+00:00", "title": "Midnight News"}, {"desc": "The Irish writer on her latest book, The Truth About Ruby Cooper, and, together with presenter James Crawford, they explore the novel's connections to three other literary works.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T07:15:00+00:00", "title": "Take Four Books"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T07:48:00+00:00", "title": "Shipping Forecast"}, {"desc": "BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T08:00:00+00:00", "title": "World Service"}, {"desc": "National and international news from BBC Radio 4.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T12:30:00+00:00", "title": "News Summary"}, {"desc": "The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T12:34:00+00:00", "title": "Shipping Forecast"}, {"desc": "Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Stephen in Old Radnor in Powys, Wales.", "start_date": "2026-07-26T12:43:00+00:00", "title": "Bells on Sunday"}, {"desc": "In Touch discusses some new projects by visually impaired comedy writers. 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