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World Business Report

BP sack boss over 'bullying' behaviour

Oil giant BP has removed its chairman Albert Manifold with immediate effect over concerns including "bullying" and "overbearing" behaviour by him

00:00 BSTBBC News

26/05/2026 23:01 GMT

00:06 BSTThe Arts Hour

Sandra Oh, star of Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy

01:00 BSTBBC News

27/05/2026 00:01 GMT

01:06 BSTThe Newsroom

27/05/2026 00:06 GMT

01:30 BSTBBC News Summary

27/05/2026 00:30 GMT

01:32 BSTThe Global Story

Is the US losing the EV race?

02:00 BSTBBC News

27/05/2026 01:01 GMT

02:06 BSTThe Newsroom

27/05/2026 01:06 GMT

02:30 BSTBBC News Summary

27/05/2026 01:30 GMT

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Radio 4

Inquisitive speech radio to make sense of your world.

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23:30 BST

Soul Music

I Only Have Eyes for You

The hypnotic beauty of a Tin Pan Alley song made famous by 1950s doo wop group The Flamingos. From 2023.

00:00 BSTMidnight News

27/05/2026

00:30 BST

Episode 2

00:48 BSTShipping Forecast

27/05/2026

01:00 BSTSelection of BBC World Service Programmes

27/05/2026

05:00 BSTNews Summary

27/05/2026

05:04 BSTBBC Inside Science

El Niño is nigh, but so what?

05:34 BSTShipping Forecast

27/05/2026

05:43 BSTPrayer for the Day

The little poor man of Assisi

05:45 BSTFarming Today

27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.

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