BBC R4 FM BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-10-05 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-05 Matthew Bannister on TV presenter and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, civil servant Catherine Webb and physicist Professor Cyril Hilsum. 2026-10-05 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-05 Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 2026-10-05 Pig farmers say they're losing thousands of pounds a week as prices fall, but costs, particularly of feed, are rising. 2026-10-05 The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers. 2026-10-05 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-10-05 Jon Ronson, Michael Landy and Roisín Kiberd explore masculinity, beauty and the fragility of modern life, with Tom Sutcliffe. 2026-10-05 The director of Reclaim The Sea, Rebecca Wetten, tells Rachel Burden how the group teaches refugees and asylum seekers swimming to help them move past trauma and not fear the sea. 2026-10-05 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-10-05 In a moment of uncertainty for the countryside we hear from rural workers in and around three English villages, exploring their inner lives and hopes and fears for the future. 2026-10-05 1/5. In a series of new writing, award-winning travel writer Sara Wheeler asks whether travel today is an over-indulgence or if it can still offer us unmissable adventures and insights. 2026-10-05 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-05 News and discussion of consumer affairs. 2026-10-05 The latest weather forecast. 2026-10-05 News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-05 In a new series about the moments young people turn away from crime and harmful behaviour, Jacob Dunne meets Sarah, whose son was radicalised and asks what finally reached him. 2026-10-05 Fallon decides two can play that game, and Vince has a bone to pick. 2026-10-05 1/4. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick. 2026-10-05 8/3. Trevor is asked to speak on behalf of the black dockworkers who are facing a colour bar operated by their own union. A visit to his uncle provides surprising inspiration. 2026-10-05 Mel Giedroyc picks her fifth cousin once removed - Vera Gedroits, first female military surgeon and physician to the Russian imperial court. 2026-10-05 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.. 2026-10-05 How has a once-a-decade act of political admin turned into a rolling process of extreme political partisanship - and what does it mean for the future of American democracy. 2026-10-05 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. 2026-10-05 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-10-05 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-05 6/6. Phil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words and help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With guests Ed Byrne, Stevie Martin and Ian Smith. 2026-10-05 Amber is touched by an unexpected gesture, and Eddie issues an invitation. 2026-10-05 Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. 2026-10-05 Do we need to rethink the relationship between manufacturing and services. 2026-10-05 What are the next steps for the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator. 2026-10-05 Jon Ronson, Michael Landy and Roisín Kiberd explore masculinity, beauty and the fragility of modern life, with Tom Sutcliffe. 2026-10-05 The director of Reclaim The Sea, Rebecca Wetten, tells Rachel Burden how the group teaches refugees and asylum seekers swimming to help them move past trauma and not fear the sea. 2026-10-05 In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-10-05 6/10. Róisín finds herself in a better place with a new job, home and boyfriend. 2026-10-05 2/5. Maita's dad has disappeared, so she takes a plane to Zimbabwe to find him. Five-part thriller by Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell, starring Saffron Coomber and John Pfumojena. 2026-10-05 Natural England's Dr Tony Juniper picks the American biologist EO Wilson. 2026-10-05 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-05 1/5. In a series of new writing, award-winning travel writer Sara Wheeler asks whether travel today is an over-indulgence or if it can still offer us unmissable adventures and insights. 2026-10-05 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-05 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-10-06 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-06 How has a once-a-decade act of political admin turned into a rolling process of extreme political partisanship - and what does it mean for the future of American democracy. 2026-10-06 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-06 Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection. 2026-10-06 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 2026-10-06 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-10-06 Finding the wreck of the Titanic would be a career-defining achievement for most people; for oceanographer Bob Ballard, it's just one chapter in a life full of deep-sea exploration. 2026-10-06 Claudia hears from people living with this much misunderstood condition and learns about the cutting-edge research aiming to help them. 2026-10-06 Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 2026-10-06 Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode examine the evolution of the Hollywood heartthrob. With guests Jason Isaacs, Christina Newland and Susan Shopmaker. 2026-10-06 2/5. In a series of new writing, writer Sara Wheeler asks whether travel can help us discover ourselves or if it can teach us something even more unexpected. 2026-10-06 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-06 News and discussion of consumer affairs. 2026-10-06 The latest weather forecast. 2026-10-06 News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-06 In a seaside town in the south-west, Jacob Dunne meets an eighteen-year-old who was groomed into county lines at ten, and the support worker he truested who had been there herself. 2026-10-06 Amber is touched by an unexpected gesture, and Eddie issues an invitation. 2026-10-06 4/6. New drama by Chrissy Jamieson Jones that explores pride, survival, and the fierce bond between a mother and daughter after their home is repossessed. 2026-10-06 7/11. How did Madeleine Riffaud go from a vengeful assassin to a decorated member of the French Resistance. 2026-10-06 Discussion exploring connections between how religion informs and influences law making in the UK. 2026-10-06 Fiona Shaw, Liz Carr, Maggie Steed, Michelle Terry, and Ursula Yovich reflect on their experiences playing German playwright Bertolt Brecht's iconic character Mother Courage. 2026-10-06 Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore what happens in the body when we feel pain and why we experience it so differently. 2026-10-06 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-10-06 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-06 3/4. Geoff Norcott examines modern masculinity, with the help of his audience in Leeds. This week, friendship. 2026-10-06 There's a complication at the vets, and Alan offers some comfort. 2026-10-06 Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. 2026-10-06 News-making original journalism. 2026-10-06 News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted. 2026-10-06 When climbers reach the edge of survival, some find they are no longer alone. Poet Kathleen Jamie meets those who have walked with an unseen companion, and gives it a voice. 2026-10-06 How does the antiques industry work, is the business accurately portrayed on TV and do we make anything now that will last long enough to become an antique in a hundred years-time. 2026-10-06 In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective. 2026-10-06 7/10. In 2007, at a funeral in London, Róisín is surprised by a face from the past. 2026-10-06 In Munich, Joe traces a very different side to his family history, events that were left out of his great-grandfather's memoir. 2026-10-06 The broadcaster Shaun Keaveny chooses the comedian Caroline Aherne. 2026-10-06