BBC R4 FM BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-08-13 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-13 When her rare instrument is stolen, violinist Min Kym's career is overturned. Matthew Syed considers what we value and why. 2026-08-13 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-08-13 A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie. 2026-08-13 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 2026-08-13 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-08-13 Natalie, with Michael Scott and Alicia Stallings, offers a helpful guide to using the Oracle to get answers to your life's big questions. You'll need cash and a sign from a goat. 2026-08-13 2/4. John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change, powering counter-culture in the 20th century. Where does its extraordinary legacy stand now. 2026-08-13 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-08-13 3/3. Dr Guddi Singh is on a mission. She wants to find out what influences the health and wellbeing of our children and whether it's time for a new approach. 2026-08-13 4/5. A searing account of the atomic bomb's aftermath from local pastor Kiyoshi Tanimoto. 2026-08-13 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-13 Shari takes a trip inside the fraud reporting service for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 2026-08-13 Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims. 2026-08-13 The latest weather forecast. 2026-08-13 News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-13 Li Qingzhao is still celebrated today as one of China's greatest poets, but Naomi Alderman investigates the unique quality of her mind which extends far beyond her writing. 2026-08-13 Carol continues to cause problems, and Lily makes a friend. 2026-08-13 Donna signs up as security guard at the local supermarket. Her grown-up daughter has gone AWOL, and her life's in a rut. But it only takes one shoplifter to ruin her plans. 2026-08-13 The adventurer and author Phoebe Smith takes Martha Kearney to her favourite mountain, Tryfan in Eryri, Wales. The mountain, after a decision by her mum, changed her life. 2026-08-13 Founder Scilla Elworthy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Peace Direct. 2026-08-13 Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations. 2026-08-13 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. 2026-08-13 A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks. 2026-08-13 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-08-13 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-08-13 3/6. The Icklewick FM team are on the scene for the 233rd Agricultural Festival. Featuring all the highlights from the Piglet Dressage to some very special musical acts. 2026-08-13 David is offered a choice, and Freddie attempts to make his mark. 2026-08-13 Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. 2026-08-13 Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk, from the origin of probability to the existential threat of nuclear war, artificial intelligence and climate change. 2026-08-13 This is the programme about a revolution in media. 2026-08-13 Stuart Maconie and guests from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (All-Ireland Fleadh) in Belfast. 2026-08-13 A grieving mum questions the official narrative on BSE and embarks on a quest for answers. Thirty years on, a former government minister casts doubt on the official BSE story. 2026-08-13 In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-08-13 9/10. George is awaiting execution in prison. And Mr Burchell is revealed to be not what he seemed. 2026-08-13 Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and ideas defining the future. 2026-08-13 The newsreader and the writer chat about books with Harriett. Two of the choices take on early colonialism, on two different continents, and EM Forster brings us back to Blighty. 2026-08-13