| 00:00 | 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15Also, running during pregnancy and how to recover. 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St Stephen in Old Radnor in Powys, Wales 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:301/5Orwell Prize-winner Darren McGarvey asks hard questions about the crisis of masculinity. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:302/5Is a 1950s cartoon acting as a gateway to the manosphere? Darren McGarvey investigates. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:303/5Darren McGarvey checks his privilege and takes on the elite commentariat over masculinity. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:304/5Author Darren McGarvey wrestles with unsettling questions raised by the Me Too movement. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:305/5Darren McGarvey seeks out the voices who can help men navigate problematic masculinity. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 00:15The Scottish writer on his latest crime novel, Quite Ugly One Evening, and its influences. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Also, journalist David Willey, horticulturalist David Austin and aviator Wally Funk. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley. 05:45The fresh produce trade is asking for proposed new import checks to be scrapped. 05:57The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Why are young people causing trouble in one part of Greater Manchester? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley. 05:45Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels? 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley. 05:45It's been two weeks since a devastating wildfire began in the Cairngorms National Park.
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Meet the highly intelligent, bright yellow blob that doesn’t have a brain. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley. 05:45Drought declared across much of England - what will that mean for farmers?
| 05:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:04Government policy on legal migration, overseas workers and indefinite leave to remain. 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley. 05:45As drought spreads across the UK we hear calls for our water and food systems to change.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner. 05:45An early morning encounter with warden Paul Collins at the Spurn Bird Observatory.
| 05:30National and international news from BBC Radio 4 05:34The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from of St Peter in Ropley, Hampshire. 05:45In Touch discusses how the visually impaired athletes are doing at the Commonwealth Games.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:07The nature writer takes Martha Kearney butterfly-spotting in Foxley Wood, Norfolk. 06:30Half of England and all of Wales are in drought, how's this affecting farmers? 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 06:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05How volunteers are salvaging Jamaica’s 1,600 sacred spaces destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. 06:35Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Worcestershire growing samphire under glass. 06:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley. 07:54Model David Gandy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Over the Wall Camp 07:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 08:10A service from Christ Church, Port Sunlight, on the Wirral. 08:48In 1898, Florence Nightingale invited the Aga Khan around to her London home for tea. 08:58Lost on a walk in the North Pennines, Anita Sethi follows the calls of the dunlin.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Can finding common ground heal divisions or does it mean someone has to lose? 09:301/6Tristan Redman and guests discuss the first decade after the end of the Cold War.
| 09:001/7The man who made America into a superpower. The most important man you've never heard of. 09:30How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
| 09:00Meet the highly intelligent, bright yellow blob that doesn’t have a brain. 09:301/6Two notorious London gangsters decide to leave criminality and become film producers.
| 09:00Natalie's joined by Islam Issa and Adam Rutherford to reveal stellar scientific inventions 09:30James Fox asks how Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring became so famous.
| 09:00Sir Roger Deakins, cinematographer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
| 09:002/5Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today. 09:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why we follow advice we suspect is bad for us.
| 09:00With drought declared in England and Wales, we look at the impact of extreme weather.
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| 10:00 | 10:00Could women being released from prison free up space for more violent criminals?
| 10:00The Academy Award-winning actor on her new role in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
| 10:00The BBC has uncovered allegations of sexual assault against the Hollywood star Jared Leto.
| 10:00Business rates cuts and their impact on the community.
| 10:00A new study investigating why autistic women are less likely to attend cervical screening.
| 10:00Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the history of underwear in the west. 10:306/6Jay Rayner and the panel visit Glasgow to answer listeners' culinary questions.
| 10:00Emma Grede, businesswoman, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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| 11:00 | 11:00Giles Fraser is on a mission to work out the current state of Christianity. 11:451/5Orwell Prize-winner Darren McGarvey asks hard questions about the crisis of masculinity.
| 11:00Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at films that confine their action to a single day. 11:452/5Is a 1950s cartoon acting as a gateway to the manosphere? Darren McGarvey investigates.
| 11:00Fergus Walsh follows experimental clinical trials on Floor 15 at Guys Hospital. 11:40Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life. 11:453/5Darren McGarvey checks his privilege and takes on the elite commentariat over masculinity.
| 11:001/3A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children. 11:454/5Author Darren McGarvey wrestles with unsettling questions raised by the Me Too movement.
| 11:00As large numbers of octopus impact our fishing industry, should we be eating more of it? 11:455/5Darren McGarvey seeks out the voices who can help men navigate problematic masculinity.
| 11:00Lamorna Ash asks whether faith offers an answer to the difficulties facing young adults. 11:30An inferno in the region around the city of Bordeaux has burned more than 100,000 acres
| 11:00The week's events in Ambridge.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Wildfires are causing huge disruption in tourist hotspots in France and Spain. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by wildfires? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Crypto Sscams, fuel theft and sleeping pills recall. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Unmasking scammers' fake faces with Jim Browning. 12:32What's the best way to keep your home cool? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Do we need more British-born doctors and nurses? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04What went wrong at Wilko? Sean Farrington hears how the retail chain ended up toast. 12:30Lucy Porter is joined by Finlay Christie, Amy Annette and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:152/5Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead. 12:302/6Tony Hawks, Desiree Burch, Cariad Lloyd and Julian Clary. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:456/11A video filmed after the cup exposes that hare coursing isn’t a game - it’s big business.
| 13:00Burnham vows to create a Britain that values 'the hard hat as much as the graduation cap’. 13:457/11The hare coursing criminal underworld is bigger than ever - but who is really behind it?
| 13:00Prime Minister pledges to meet with other political parties. 13:458/11Organised crime groups have taken over hare coursing. What happens when you confront them?
| 13:00News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4 13:459/11Dan and Lucy meet the man accused of leaving the dead animals outside the village shop.
| 13:00At least 34 people have died during the crossing, Ceuta's president says. 13:4510/11A verdict. Dan and Lucy ask: is violence winning? Turns out, dead animals are everywhere.
| 13:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St Mark's Church in Clerkenwell, London.
| 13:00As AI models jump the guardrails, how tough it is to legislate for the future of mankind? 13:30Former army officer Will Robson investigates how today’s technology shapes modern warfare.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Jolene is left devastated. 14:153/6A cat moves in to the house, welcomed by everyone except Louisa. Stars Angus Deayton. 14:45John Yorke takes a look at Alice Childress’s groundbreaking 1954 play.
| 14:00Fallon has concerns for a loved one. 14:1510/10Adam Usden's 10th episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
| 14:00There’s an awkward moment for Alice. 14:15Short-form dramas, monologues and poetic reflections on contemporary life.
| 14:00Chris takes it a step too far. 14:15By Ben Lewis. Soulful and witty drama infused with song.
| 14:00Tempers flare for the Carter family. 14:15LBJ puts the wrong man in charge of the CIA. 14:45An early morning encounter with warden Paul Collins at the Spurn Bird Observatory.
| 14:05Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions? 14:45Harrison doesn’t know where to turn.
| 14:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT panel visit the Lincolnshire village of Pinchbeck. 14:45What are the evolutionary origins of the sounds that frighten us the most?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The children’s author and the chart topper talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. 15:30Join Greg and his guests to learn about Tutankhamun’s parents, Nefertiti and Akhenaten.
| 15:007/11Lucy meets defiant protestor Connie Bolam, a World War II conscientious objector. 15:30How volunteers are salvaging Jamaica’s 1,600 sacred spaces destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
| 15:00How do members of the armed forces take command of their finances? 15:30Producer and artist Siddharth Khajuria meets competing human imaginations for the moon.
| 15:00The nature writer takes Martha Kearney butterfly-spotting in Foxley Wood, Norfolk. 15:27Dame Ellen MacArthur makes the Radio 4 Appeal for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. 15:30Andrea Catherwood hears your views on Radio 4's new quiz pilots.
| 15:00Peter Gibbs and the GQT panel visit the Lincolnshire village of Pinchbeck. 15:45A brand-new satirical comedy by Gareth Ceredig. Read by Rebecca Front.
| 15:00A vibrant, poignant, often witty play about the lives of a group of retired actresses.
| 15:00Alice Childress's seminal 1955 play. As rehearsals continue, Wiletta's unease is building
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| 16:00 | 16:00Why are young people causing trouble in one part of Greater Manchester? 16:305/6Jay Rayner and the panel are back in the studio for a postbag special.
| 16:002/3A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath presented by Mariella Frostrup. 16:30Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why we follow advice we suspect is bad for us.
| 16:002/5The deeply personal story of an accident, extreme guilt, and its power to transform us. 16:15How an AFP photographer captured the viral image of the wildfires in France.
| 16:00Government policy on legal migration, overseas workers and indefinite leave to remain. 16:30What if the Goldilocks zone is for idiots?
| 16:00Also, businessman Sir Ian Wood, historian Juliet Gardiner, and dancer Dinkie Flowers. 16:30Meet the highly intelligent, bright yellow blob that doesn’t have a brain.
| 16:30Reviews of maternity and neonatal services in England and the impact on morale of midwives
| 16:00The award-winning writer speaks to a Bookclub audience about her debut novel, The Appeal. 16:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and county cricket.
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| 17:00 | 17:00We hear from the city and examine how 'fire-generated thunderstorms' make wildfires worse.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news
| 17:00The PM says he'll work with other parties to fix England's social care conundrum.
| 17:00Uefa votes to boycott World Cups if Fifa proceeds with plan to sell competition stakes.
| 17:00Disgraced funeral director Robert Bush is sentenced for failing to bury or cremate dozens.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30What's the best way to keep your home cool? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
| 17:00In 1974, the Italian film icon secured an exclusive interview with the Cuban leader. 17:10Giles Fraser is on a mission to work out the current state of Christianity. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping 17:57The latest weather reports and forecast
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| 18:00 | 18:00Firefighters are bracing themselves for more searing weather 18:302/6Tony Hawks, Desiree Burch, Cariad Lloyd and Julian Clary.
| 18:00Andy Burnham pledges to cut the number of young people, who aren't working or learning 18:305/6This week we hear the essays My Corona and A Better Place.
| 18:00The Prime Minister warned "difficult decisions" would be needed to bring about change 18:301/6Michelle Wolf brings home births. Rubbish can become medicine. Collaboration saves lives.
| 18:00Fifa plans to sell off some event rights to private investors 18:30Welcome to Icklewick FM. Brand new comedy from The Delightful Sausage
| 18:00Robert Bush gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers 18:30Lucy Porter is joined by Finlay Christie, Amy Annette and Christopher Macarthur-Boyd.
| 18:00Pressure mounts on Gianni Infantino after plans to sell stakes in World Cup are dropped 18:15Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00It's still not clear who was behind the restaurant explosion that killed three people. 18:15Maryam Moshiri presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Fallon has concerns for a loved one. 19:15Bill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence.
| 19:00There’s an awkward moment for Alice. 19:15Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
| 19:00Chris takes it a step too far. 19:15Composer Missy Mazzoli on her opera The Galloping Cure.
| 19:00Tempers flare for the Carter family. 19:15Lawrence Osborne's new cat-and-mouse thriller and a debut British film.
| 19:00Harrison doesn’t know where to turn. 19:15Ellen and Mark on film and TV’s enduring fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial life.
| 19:002/5Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead. 19:15How the 2005 Gambling Act propelled the UK to become the biggest online gambling market.
| 19:00Jazzer makes a controversial suggestion. 19:15A journey through stone, memory, and the traces we leave behind. 19:45Why choosing whole grains can help your heart, your microbiome and your blood sugar.
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| 20:00 | 20:00David Aaronovitch and guests discuss small boats, asylum seekers and illegal migration. 20:30Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels?
| 20:00Fergus Walsh follows experimental clinical trials on Floor 15 at Guys Hospital. 20:40In Touch discusses how the visually impaired athletes are doing at the Commonwealth Games.
| 20:00Andy Burnham re-ignites a debate about England's cultural stereotypes and prejudices. 20:45How one man has founded an inclusive community of running mates.
| 20:00Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk. 20:15How an AFP photographer captured the viral image of the wildfires in France.
| 20:00Alex Forsyth presents political debate from St Mark's Church in Clerkenwell, London. 20:55Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
| 20:00Don't you look gorgeous today, dear listener!
| 20:00Andrea Catherwood hears your views on Radio 4's new quiz pilots. 20:30Also, businessman Sir Ian Wood, historian Juliet Gardiner, and dancer Dinkie Flowers.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Can finding common ground heal divisions or does it mean someone has to lose? 21:301/6Tristan Redman and guests discuss the first decade after the end of the Cold War.
| 21:00Can the emerging field of dream engineering influence our thoughts as we sleep? 21:30What was the best business move of the last 12 months and who made the biggest blunder?
| 21:001/7The man who made America into a superpower. The most important man you've never heard of. 21:30How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
| 21:00Kiri Pritchard-McLean and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 21:45A grieving mother makes a list of culprits who she blames for her son’s death.
| 21:00Natalie's joined by Islam Issa and Adam Rutherford to reveal stellar scientific inventions 21:301/6Two notorious London gangsters decide to leave criminality and become film producers.
| 21:0013/11Dead animal threats lead Dan and Lucy deeper into a criminal world. Is violence winning?
| 21:00What went wrong at Wilko? Sean Farrington hears how the retail chain ended up toast. 21:25Model David Gandy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Over the Wall Camp 21:30An inferno in the region around the city of Bordeaux has burned more than 100,000 acres
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| 22:00 | 22:00President Emmanuel Macron has visited the fire-ravaged Gironde region of France 22:456/10Rowan persuades Raf to take her to the boat wreckage from which she was rescued.
| 22:00President Zelensky thanks Donald Trump for "firm US support" after White House meeting. 22:457/10Rowan has discovered a series of graves. She thinks her missing husband might be in one.
| 22:00Football's top boss said it was an opportunity, not an obligation 22:458/10The family have two weeks before the rescue ships arrive. But will the seed bank last?
| 22:00North and Central America football associations join Uefa in rejecting Fifa’s proposal 22:459/10Rowan discovers the truth about her husband, Hank.
| 22:00Trump says the Board of Peace deal will result in the "complete disarmament" of Hamas 22:4510/10Orly rushes to save more seeds as the seed bank floods. But is he too late?
| 22:00National and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15As large numbers of octopus impact our fishing industry, should we be eating more of it?
| 22:00John Simpson looks back at the dictators he's met: the mad, the malign and the meek.
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| 23:00 | 23:001/4Intimacy coordinator Liza Simmons gets her big break when offered a job on a major movie. 23:30The broadcaster and comedian choose books they love
| 23:00Ben Garrod and Jess French dissect the secrets of the fastest land animal, the cheetah. 23:30The writers choose the books they love to read.
| 23:004/6ALL PRAISE SUNIL! ALL PRAISE SUNIL! 23:15Comedy series following amateur paranormal podcaster Chris Relish. 23:30The poet and the writer choose their favourite books.
| 23:00Lamorna Ash asks whether faith offers an answer to the difficulties facing young adults. 23:30A comedian and a writer chat favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
| 23:00A centrist and a left wing candidate go head to head in Michigan. 23:30Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss much-loved books.
| 23:001/4Olga tackles the concept of fun! 23:30General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on Magritte, Ru Paul's Drag Race and Greek myths.
| 23:00Dr Hannah Critchlow selects the neurobiologist Professor Colin Blakemore. 23:30What is awe, and where do we find it? 23:45A brand-new satirical comedy by Gareth Ceredig. Read by Rebecca Front.
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