BBC R4 FM BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-10-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-17 A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur. 2026-10-17 A tiny bat can eat 2,000 insects a night. Alan Davies imagines a world without bats and asks what happens to our food, forests and even the tequila in our glasses. 2026-10-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 Clare explores Limpsfield Common with David Sullivan who recalls a recent adventure when he hiked 19,000 feet up Mount Everest to deliver a defibrillator to a Nepali village. 2026-10-17 The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. 2026-10-17 The latest weather reports and forecast. 2026-10-17 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 2026-10-17 Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people. 2026-10-17 3/13. Is yawning the body's way of cooling down our brains? Hannah and Dara investigate why it can be contagious and discover the fishes who do it underwater. 2026-10-17 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. 2026-10-17 Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster. 2026-10-17 Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. 2026-10-17 The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 The latest news from the world of personal finance. 2026-10-17 7/8. This week our panellists are Lucy Porter, Sara Baron, John Tothill and Stephen Bush. What will they make of the headlines. 2026-10-17 The latest weather forecast. 2026-10-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities. 2026-10-17 Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions. 2026-10-17 The storm clouds gather in Ambridge, and Vince is in trouble. 2026-10-17 By Edward Kemp. A threat to Ashdown Forest brings Christopher Robin Milne back to his childhood home. With Robert Bathurst. 2026-10-17 Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. 2026-10-17 Full coverage of the day's news. 2026-10-17 Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs. 2026-10-17 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-17 The latest weather reports and forecast. 2026-10-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 Clive Anderson is joined by writer Alexander McCall Smith, comedian Serena Terry and director Vicky Featherstone. Plus music from Big Country Redux and Zoe Graham. 2026-10-17 An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines. 2026-10-17 Jessica Fostekew and Adam Rutherford step back and encounter the first people in Britain. 2026-10-17 Angela Barnes tells the story of Hormone Replacement Therapy which shot into the public consciousness in 1966 with the hit publication of Dr Robert A Wilson's book Feminine Forever. 2026-10-17 Do brilliant minds become even greater when one retreats from the world and does all their thinking in isolation? Naomi Alderman explores the brains of five reclusive thinkers. 2026-10-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 Farming Tomorrow: Does regenerative farming change the nutritional value of what we eat. 2026-10-17 7/8. Laura Smyth is joined by comedians Lindsey Santoro and Bella Hull to hear about the mark their mothers left on them. 2026-10-17 Nationwide general knowledge competition for the title Brain of Britain. Spotlights on organelles, Japanese horror films, Formula 1 and British pipe organs. 2026-10-17 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-17 The award-winning Jamaican novelist Marlon James on his Booker-shortlisted novel The Disappearers, as he and presenter James Crawford explore its connections to three other books. 2026-10-17 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-17 BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 2026-10-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-18 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-18 Bells on Sunday comes from the freestanding bell tower of the Church of All Saints and Saint Lawrence, Evesham in Worcestershire. 2026-10-18 In Touch has brought together a group of sporty visually impaired people to provide tips and advice on how to start a fitness regime - and how to keep it going. 2026-10-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-18 Twenty years ago, journalist Gary Wolf coined the term 'New Atheism'. Giles and the panel discuss this moment in history and the impact it had on belief and culture. 2026-10-18 Mali Harries visit the third of three finalists in the Farming for the Future category at this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards. 2026-10-18 The latest weather reports and forecast. 2026-10-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-18 A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 2026-10-18 Broadcaster John Wilson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Willow Foundation. 2026-10-18 The latest weather reports and forecast. 2026-10-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-18 A live service from the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton to mark the Feast of St Luke - the beloved physician. 2026-10-18 In 1997, the remains of a Native American chief were returned to his Lakota people after more than a century in a London cemetery. His great-granddaughter tells his story. 2026-10-18 Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about birds inspired by their calls, songs and behaviour. 2026-10-18 The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell. 2026-10-18 Doctor and writer Miriam Stoppard joins Lauren Laverne to share the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. 2026-10-18 There's a spanner in the works at, and Freddie's feelings are hurt. 2026-10-18 An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines. 2026-10-18 1/6. What items would you banish? 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Frank Lloyd Wright's mission was to create a social collective of affordable homes. 2026-10-18 A globe-trotting episode of The Verb sees Ian joined by poets and performers from Brazil, Australia and Leeds. 2026-10-18 The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 2026-10-18 The latest weather reports and forecast. 2026-10-18 National and international news from BBC Radio 4. 2026-10-18 Dr Hannah French presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC. 2026-10-18 It's Pip and Stella's wedding day, and Vince proves a knight in shining armour. 2026-10-18 Lois Pryce investigates a forgotten Victorian mystery after an ancient apple tree leads her to Annie Elizabeth, a child whose remarkable story still lives on in England's orchards. 2026-10-18 The museum shares details about how they think the thief covered their tracks. Peter Higgs is sacked, but the boss of the British Museum turns on Ittai. 2026-10-18 Andrea Catherwood hears your reactions to recent BBC Radio 4 cuts, and interviews Lisa Webb, consumer lawyer from Which?, about the impact of axing of You and Yours. 2026-10-18 Radio 4's weekly obituary programme. 2026-10-18 The latest news from the world of personal finance. 2026-10-18 Broadcaster John Wilson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Willow Foundation. 2026-10-18 Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. 2026-10-18 Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme. 2026-10-18 Misha Glenny and guests discuss the Battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day of the American Civil War and a crucial step toward emancipation. 2026-10-18 A holiday excursion to some underground tunnels beneath a palace takes a sinister turn for Grace and her family. Read by Seána Kerslake. 2026-10-18