BBC R4 FM Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-08-18 President Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' of an Iran deal. 2026-08-18 5/6. Paul Merton, Catherine Bohart, Paterson Joseph and Zoe Lyons. 2026-08-18 Emotions run high for Lynda and Harrison makes himself useful. 2026-08-18 Joe Lycett talks about his first solo exhibition, Charlotte Higgins explains the importance of artists in Ukraine, and Nikita Gill and Lucas Jones on the rise in poetry sales. 2026-08-18 Baroness Louise Casey's review of English social care has been brought forward to next summer. What's she proposing, what are the alternatives and how much might this all cost? 2026-08-18 As researchers in the US announce the creation of new viruses designed by artificial intelligence, we investigate whether or not we should be concerned. 2026-08-18 Crime has been falling for decades in Britain - a fact many people simply don't believe. Mark Easton charts crime's rise and fall and what's driving people's fears. 2026-08-18 4/6. Tristan Redman and guests discuss the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the global financial crisis, the Arab Spring and the rise of Xi Jinping. 2026-08-18 In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-08-18 1/10. It is 2007, and Mr Sidhu is the sub-postmaster of a local post office in Richmond upon Thames, but his world is about to be shifted on its axis. Contains some strong language. 2026-08-18 4/4. With tensions at breaking point, Liza confronts the past and faces serious consequences. Called into an urgent meeting, her future on the film hangs in the balance. 2026-08-18 Roger McGough talks to the award-winning Cumbrian poet Jacob Polley and hears his choices of listeners' requests, including poems read by Terrance Hayes and Natalie Diaz. 2026-08-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-18 ...Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee. 1/5. Helena Attlee's compelling account of her move to a village on Mount Etna, Sicily's most dangerous, dramatic and alluring landmark. 2026-08-18 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-08-18 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-08-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-18 Across the country love for Pride events is waning. Why is it that our allyship with LGBTQ+ rights isn't as strong as it once was and what has the trans debate got to do with it? 2026-08-18 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-08-18 Spiritual reflection to start the day with Professor Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 2026-08-18 Bluetongue vaccine latest, solar farm row, and the heat's effect on vineyards. 2026-08-18 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-08-18 4/7. David Dimbleby tells the story of the Vietnam War and the nerdy, unknown academic who led America to the brink of disaster. 2026-08-18 Michael Sheen explores the strange art of acting, from Stanislavsky to the present day. 2026-08-18 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-08-18 To celebrate V&A East's new exhibition The Music Is Black: A British Story, guests including saxophonist Soweto Kinch and grime artist NoLay pick five Black British music tracks. 2026-08-18 ...Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee. 2/5. Helena Attlee's compelling account of her move to a village on Mount Etna, Sicily's most dangerous, dramatic and alluring landmark. 2026-08-18 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-18 Call You & Yours: What's your experience of downsizing? 2026-08-18 The latest weather forecast. 2026-08-18 News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-18 Naomi Alderman explores Salvador Dalí's surreal mind and love of hidden meanings that led to dreamlike masterpieces which have stood the test of time. 2026-08-18 Emotions run high for Lynda and Harrison makes himself useful. 2026-08-18 Paul Eddington (Miles Jupp) and the cast of TV's Yes, Minister, are cajoled into performing a comedy sketch with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Fenella Woolgar). 2026-08-18 10/11. Lucy Worsley is joined by historian Professor Rosalind Crone and barrister Nneka Akodulu KC, to explore if women can ever achieve true equality under the law. 2026-08-18 When Rimi Tanaka's mother died, she was writing a book about her samurai ancestry. Rimi sets out to finish it hoping to get closer to the Japanese mother she never really knew. 2026-08-18 Susie Dent investigates William Tyndale's New Testament translation of 1526, a book which shaped the English language - and could get you killed... 2026-08-18 Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore crying. Why do we cry, and is it, in fact, any good for us? 2026-08-18 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-08-19 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-19 2/6. In Belfast, Paul Sinha presents a live audience with the best-ever episode of his Perfect Pub Quiz. 2026-08-19 Susan puts her foot in it, and George is feeling frustrated. 2026-08-19 Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. 2026-08-19 Psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead visits Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang rehabilitation charity in the world. Could there be lessons for the UK? 2026-08-19 News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted. 2026-08-19 Why Matthew Bogdanos, head of Manhattan District Attorney's Antiquities Trafficking Unit, has worked for years to return stolen cultural treasures to their rightful owners. 2026-08-19 Shari takes a trip inside the fraud reporting service for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 2026-08-19 In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-08-19 2/10. It is 2007, and Mr Sidhu is the sub-postmaster of a local post office in Richmond upon Thames, but his world is about to be shifted on its axis. 2026-08-19 Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to the success of the alpaca, which despite domestication survives in some of the world's harshest mountainous areas. 2026-08-19 The spoken word artist Antony Szmierek selects some of his favourite poems. 2026-08-19 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-19 ...Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee. 2/5. Helena Attlee's compelling account of her move to a village on Mount Etna, Sicily's most dangerous, dramatic and alluring landmark. 2026-08-19 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-08-19 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-08-19 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-19 As researchers in the US announce the creation of new viruses designed by artificial intelligence, we investigate whether or not we should be concerned. 2026-08-19 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-08-19 Spiritual reflection to start the day with Professor Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. 2026-08-19 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 2026-08-19 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-08-19 Matthew Syed follows the remarkable journey of mental health campaigner Ben West, whose work recognises the power in all of us to help people we have never met. 2026-08-19 4/6. Now Colin and D are in creative control, actors' performances are transformed. But the lines between gangland fact and fiction begin to blur, putting everyone in danger. 2026-08-19 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-08-19 Psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead visits Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang rehabilitation charity in the world. Could there be lessons for the UK? 2026-08-19 Bill Clinton admits to an affair with Monica Lewinsky; William Wallace was hung, drawn and quartered in London; and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was given its Moscow premiere. 2026-08-19 ...Sicily, Etna and her People by Helena Attlee. 3/5. Helena Attlee's compelling account of her move to a village on Mount Etna, Sicily's most dangerous, dramatic and alluring landmark. 2026-08-19 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-19 News and discussion of consumer affairs. 2026-08-19 The latest weather forecast. 2026-08-19 News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-19 Naomi Alderman explores the mind of Sigmund Freud and how his radical ideas reshaped psychology, dreams, desire, and the hidden forces driving human behaviour. 2026-08-19 Susan puts her foot in it, and George is feeling frustrated. 2026-08-19 A series of themed, mixed form, short dramas reflecting life across the UK. Reflecting brings voices from Belfast, Cardiff, Leith, Birmingham and Nottingham. 2026-08-19 Author Séamas O'Reilly and his siblings try to make sense of their father's archive of hundreds of films recorded off the television. 2026-08-19 Using simple DIY tools, five audio enthusiasts from around the world tune in to electromagnetic waves that fill the universe, radiating from solar storms and bursts of lightning. 2026-08-19 5/5. Cassie sets out to reclaim her independence. Dave discovers how deeply guilt can change us for the better. They trace the ways the accident has shaped their relationship. 2026-08-19 This is the programme about a revolution in media. 2026-08-19 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-08-20