World Service

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22:06 BST

Not by the Playbook

Clinging on

Four inspirational athletes each tell us their secret to what has made the difference between them clinging on and fulfilling their dreams and giving up and falling down

23:00 BSTBBC News

11/04/2026 22:01 GMT

23:06 BSTThe Newsroom

11/04/2026 22:06 GMT

23:30 BSTBBC News Summary

11/04/2026 22:30 GMT

23:32 BSTAmericast

Is Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth waging a holy war against Iran?

00:00 BSTBBC News

11/04/2026 23:01 GMT

00:06 BSTBBC Conversations

Hopes for a 'fragile' Middle East ceasefire

00:30 BSTBBC News Summary

11/04/2026 23:30 GMT

00:32 BSTThe Documentary

The Extractor

01:00 BSTBBC News

12/04/2026 00:01 GMT

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Radio 4

Inquisitive speech radio to make sense of your world.

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22:15 BST

The Food Programme

About the Girls

Sheila Dillon discusses the rise of eating disorders among young women as part of Radio 4’s About the Girls series, which is hearing from teens across the UK about life in 2026.

23:00 BSTThe Matt Forde Focus Group

5. The Politics of Denial

23:30 BSTRound Britain Quiz

Programme 1 - England v Scotland

00:00 BSTMidnight News

12/04/2026

00:15 BSTBookclub

Dorothy Koomson

00:48 BSTShipping Forecast

12/04/2026

01:00 BSTSelection of BBC World Service Programmes

12/04/2026

05:30 BSTNews Summary

12/04/2026

05:34 BSTShipping Forecast

12/04/2026

05:43 BSTBells on Sunday

The church of St Mary's Patshull in Staffordshire

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