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15/04/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Sean Curran reports on the latest news from Westminster.
The House that Ruth Built
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea.
15/04/2026 Fuel protests in Northern Ireland, waste licences, National Park peat restoration.
Tractor protests in Northern Ireland over spiralling fuel costs.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
40 years to find my birth father
Dr Sian Williams talks to a woman whose long search for her birth father ends just in time
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
6. F For Fake
Jamie and Jimmy explore where fakery goes next – but can you tell which is which?
Wes Streeting MP, Novelist Elizabeth Arnott, Comedian Susie McCabe
What does the renewed Women’s Health Strategy for England mean for women?
Are white working class girls falling behind?
When it comes to school attendance and attainment are some girls falling behind?
April 13th to April 19th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
Morteza
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Potholes, Free Energy, Pokemon
Will the government's new policy fix potholes?
The latest weather forecast
How migrants pretend to be gay to win asylum
Undercover reporting reveals the networks that fake evidence to beat the asylum system.
3. Education
Girls all over the country talk to Catherine Carr about how they feel about school.
14/04/2026
Stella tries to keep her fears in check.
The Shell Seven
The Shell Seven wanted to put their case before a jury. True story by Margaret Heffernan.
Money Box Live: How to Handle Global Shocks
We look at how you can protect your finances from global shocks.
Illuminating new science on artificial light and our health.
The Decisions That Made Me
Sophie O’Brien (Pollen Careers, CEO)
Sophie O’Brien on how she plans to disrupt the recruitment industry.
BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch
BBC job cuts, journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market.
Full coverage of the day's news
BBC uncovers advisors helping migrants pretend to be gay to stay in the UK
The Home Secretary promises action against anyone caught defrauding the asylum system
Maria travels 6,000 miles to try to fulfil the hopes of her Coptic Egyptian parents.
Bert warns Chelsea not to be too trusting.
Dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly's wife and biographer Patricia Ward Kelly on Starstruck
Scottish Ballet's Starstruck honours Gene Kelly's creative legacy.
The Guides and single sex organisations
The Girl Guides says that trans girls will have to leave but do we need single sex groups?
Series 1
Teachers: Diogenes
The irascible Greek thinker who lived in a barrel and argued for a simpler happier life.
Seth Berkley on the importance of vaccinating the world
Epidemiologist Seth Berkley on a career trying to get vaccines to those in need.
Episode 2
Ali Ansari continues his Persian grand tour from 3000 BC to the present.
US war on Iran a "mistake", says Reeves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves voiced sweeping criticism of the war at IMF conference
Episode 3
Alex asks to meet the Ark’s last surviving original resident.
3. Zeus
Roger makes a new friend and Brian is keen to capitalise.
3. The Rainbow Lagoon
A series of surreal stories parodying the guided meditation boom. Starring Mina Anwar.
Sean Curran reports as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over defence at PMQs.
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