BBC R4 FM Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-10-02 The government's early release scheme in England and Wales starts rolling out. 2026-10-02 4/4. Omid asks what might save us from all of this noise, whether it's time to put women in charge, and discusses the importance of community. 2026-10-02 Pip has a decision to make, and Susan proves to be a friend indeed. 2026-10-02 We review Tom Cruise in the film Digger where he plays an oil tycoon trying to save the world; Sienna Miller and Dominic West as a divorcing power couple in Sky drama War. 2026-10-02 David Yelland and Farzana Baduel unpick why some of the super rich seem to be so keen on slagging off the UK. 2026-10-02 We speak to reporters who investigated Manchester City over the years, and dissect the art of casting TV's biggest shows. 2026-10-02 John Cooper Clarke, Jackie Kay and Hannah Maxwell join Stuart Maconie with music by Antony Szmierek. 2026-10-02 Comedian Pierre Novellie joins Armando to have an 'honest conversation' about the Labour Party conference. 2026-10-02 In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-10-02 4/10. Adjusting to her new life in London, Róisín can't help but resent Red's friendship with Octavia. 2026-10-02 A former rock climber now paralysed from the neck down outlines his plan for students to spend a year working in adult social care in return for a discount on their tuition fees. 2026-10-02 Ruby Tandoh picks the author of the Redwall series - she can still recall the food descriptions in these books she first read as a child. 2026-10-02 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-02 4/5. Reinventing himself as an Arctic evangelist, Stefansson persuades four young volunteers - and one indigenous seamstress - to colonise British-claimed Wrangel Island. 2026-10-02 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-02 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-10-02 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-02 Do we need to rethink the relationship between manufacturing and services? 2026-10-02 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-02 A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley. 2026-10-02 The whistleblowers warning of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience' and why farmers need apprentices. 2026-10-02 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-10-02 Matt Haig, writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. 2026-10-02 The manufacturers of a new weight-loss drug are warning women to beware of dangerous fakes being offered; An exhibition Just Because We Smile, Doesn't Mean We're Over It. 2026-10-02 Dan Saladino reports on big ideas from the food world, including a system producing a climate-friendly rice to a yeast that releases an oil and could help prevent deforestation. 2026-10-02 5/5. Rescuer Harold Noice finally reaches Wrangel Island. Read by Edmund Kingsley. 2026-10-02 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-02 Peace talks for the culture wars. Adam Fleming takes us through the argument over editing old comedy shows. 2026-10-02 The latest weather forecast. 2026-10-02 Presenting live from Brighton, Jonny Dymond asks what the Green Party is for. Also, the average price of diesel hits £2 a litre for the first time. 2026-10-02 7/8. Can comedian and podcaster Vittorio Angelone learn to like himself, after his faltering 20s? Amidst competing models of maleness, he gains the confidence to find his own path. 2026-10-02 Pip has a decision to make, and Susan proves to be a friend indeed. 2026-10-02 Guests arrive at Thornfield. But what is Edward hiding from Charly? Chloë Myerson's claustrophobic near-future thriller set in a billionaire's haunted bunker. 2026-10-02 4/6. What happens when Banksy takes a shine to your wall and uses it for one of his street art projects? Sam and Julian have to hustle to pay for Valentine's Day Mascara's removal. 2026-10-02 Peter Gibbs and the panel answer questions on mimosas, rhododendrons, sawdust in the veg patch and houseplants that struggle to flower. 2026-10-02 An ambitious young librarian journeys deep into the Bavarian forest in search of ancient folk tales where he encounters a mysterious 'wise' woman. 2026-10-02 Matthew Bannister on TV presenter and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, civil servant Catherine Webb and physicist Professor Cyril Hilsum. 2026-10-02 Tim Harford investigates regional inequality, migrant costs, donkey donations and honey. 2026-10-02 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-10-03 The group of leading economies is trying to bring down surging diesel prices. 2026-10-03 5/8. Alasdair Beckett-King, Susie McCabe, Danny Finkelstein and Sam Nicoresti dive head first into Andy's slop bucket of news. 2026-10-03 Lily extends an invitation, and Brian is not impressed. 2026-10-03 Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode examine the evolution of the Hollywood heartthrob. With guests Jason Isaacs, Christina Newland and Susan Shopmaker. 2026-10-03 Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Grantham in Lincolnshire with Sarah Bool MP, Ellie Chowns MP, Jake Richards MP and Richard Tice MP. 2026-10-03 The shooting of Cherry Groce leads to clashes with police in Brixton, Pompey the Great is assassinated, and a woman qualifies as a doctor for the first time in Britain. 2026-10-03 Guests Peter Stanford, Carmody Grey, Rupert Read and Jakub Kowalewski and Daniel Susskind ask whether the morality of St Francis has lessons for us today, 800 years after his death. 2026-10-03 In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-10-03 5/10. When her friend Sinead visits the squat, Róisín is forced to confront what she's doing with her life. 2026-10-03 Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House. 2026-10-03 Russell Kane reveals an amorous attitude to the great Anglo-Irish novelist Iris Murdoch, author of The Sea, The Sea. 2026-10-03 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-03 5/5. Rescuer Harold Noice finally reaches Wrangel Island. Read by Edmund Kingsley. 2026-10-03 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-03 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-10-03 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-03 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-03 Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 2026-10-03 4/6. What happens when Banksy takes a shine to your wall and uses it for one of his street art projects? Sam and Julian have to hustle to pay for Valentine's Day Mascara's removal. 2026-10-03 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-03 Walter Scott was the best-selling author of his generation. Martha Kearney traces his footsteps through the Scottish countryside and finds about his personal love of tree-planting. 2026-10-03 The whistleblowers warning of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience' and how the soaring cost of diesel is affecting farmers. 2026-10-03 The latest weather reports and forecast. 2026-10-03 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-10-03 Join Adrian Chiles for a Saturday morning full of remarkable people with extraordinary stories. 2026-10-03 1/13. How similar are babies born to two sets of identical twins? What's the closest nature gets to human cloning? And might 'twin telepathy' be real?! Curious Cases is back... 2026-10-03 Greg James explores the BBC archives. This time: Roy Castle and Record Breakers, Caroline Aherne and The Royle Family, and a controversial sound effects record. 2026-10-03 A former rock climber now paralysed from the neck down outlines his plan for students to spend a year working in adult social care in return for a discount on their tuition fees. 2026-10-03 The recent catastrophic floods have heightened fears among Nepal's many at-risk mountain communities living under the looming threat of melting glaciers. 2026-10-03 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-03 The growing complaints over a scheme designed to help disabled people and those with certain health conditions to work. 2026-10-03 5/8. Alasdair Beckett-King, Susie McCabe, Danny Finkelstein and Sam Nicoresti dive head first into Andy's slop bucket of news. 2026-10-03 The latest weather forecast. 2026-10-03 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-03 Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Grantham in Lincolnshire with Sarah Bool MP, Ellie Chowns MP, Jake Richards MP and Richard Tice MP. 2026-10-03 Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 2026-10-03 Lily extends an invitation, and Brian is not impressed. 2026-10-03 When his soulmate Enkidu dies, tyrannical King Gilgamesh embarks on an epic quest confronting nature, power, loss and his own mortality. 2026-10-03 The school children calling for a government ban on school uniforms in porn. 2026-10-03 There are rumours the PM Pedro Sanchez may call an early election. 2026-10-04