BBC R4 FM BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-07-16 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-16 News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. 2026-07-16 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-07-16 Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 2026-07-16 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 2026-07-16 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-07-16 Seventy-five years after the Festival of Britain, Neil MacGregor looks at how past expressions of British identity and togetherness might help us understand British identity now. 2026-07-16 James Fox asks how Michelangelo's David became one of the most famous artworks in the world. 2026-07-16 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-07-16 Nicky Campbell explores the codes of British boarding schools, how they shaped leaders, and for some, left life-long scars and deep emotional trauma. 2026-07-16 4/5. 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Paul Chahidi stars as Reza, a taxi driver in Tehran trying to live life while the country is under attack. 2026-07-16 Aardman Animations co-founder Peter Lord takes Martha Kearney to the magical mediaeval Whitcliff Deer Park in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. It's his favourite place to walk in nature. 2026-07-16 Louis Theroux makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Prison Radio Association. 2026-07-16 Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 2026-07-16 David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news. 2026-07-16 A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks. 2026-07-16 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-07-16 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-16 5/6. 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A coming of age story by Edson Burton, set in an alternative version of 21st century Bristol, where slavery has never been abolished and a disturbing experiment is underway. 2026-07-16 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-07-16 News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. 2026-07-16 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-16 4/5. What price is the cost of a potential life? In Northern Cyprus the fertility marketplace is highly competitive. 2026-07-16 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-07-16 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-07-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-17 News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. 2026-07-17 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-07-17 Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 2026-07-17 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 2026-07-17 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-07-17 Paul Farmer, charity leader, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. 2026-07-17 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-07-17 Soaring cacao prices broke all records and then they crashed. Dan Saladino explores the fallout, the impact on farmers, their communities, industry players and chocolate lovers. 2026-07-17 5/5. Alev Scott interviews women who carry babies for others, some making a living out of it. 2026-07-17 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-17 Peace talks for the culture wars. In an era of polarisation, propaganda, and pile-ons, Adam Fleming helps you work out what the arguments are really about. 2026-07-17 The latest weather forecast. 2026-07-17 News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-17 5/5. A confession doesn't end once spoken. Beyond it lies the afterlife: what it means to hear and to hold someone else's truth. 2026-07-17 Helen provides a shoulder to cry on, and Susan waves an olive branch. 2026-07-17 1964. Britain's plan to sell buses to Cuba infuriates LBJ, testing the special relationship just as Cold War tensions rise in the Americas. 2026-07-17 Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King. 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Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens. 2026-07-17 Lynda faces a shocking accusation, and Kate has a controversial suggestion. 2026-07-17 Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode revisit the decade that transformed Britain's image around the world, exploring how film and TV captured the Swinging Sixties. 2026-07-17 Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities. 2026-07-17 The Great Schism splits Christian churches in Europe, the Football War takes place in Central America, and a satirical magazine is launched in Britain. 2026-07-17 To mark the death of one of the BBC Radio's most celebrated correspondents, another chance to hear David Willey himself recalling 50 years as a broadcaster, 40 of them in Rome. 2026-07-17 In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-07-17 5/5. A coming of age story by Edson Burton, set in an alternative version of 21st century Bristol, where slavery has never been abolished and a disturbing experiment is underway. 2026-07-17 Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House. 2026-07-17 News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. 2026-07-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-07-17 5/5. Alev Scott interviews women who carry babies for others, some making a living out of it. 2026-07-17 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-07-17 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-07-18