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11/05/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
08/05/2026
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
The value of play
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Marie-Elsa Bragg.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
German history
Samira Ahmed with writer Katja Hoyer, art historian John-Paul Stonard & writer Julia Boyd
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
In the Shadow of Victoria
How the role of father was born and how it has transformed.
1945 and 1914: Germany in a Nutshell
The story of the residents of Weimar during the rise and reign of Hitler.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Rinsed
1. The Bridge
What's happening to our rivers is a real stinker of a scandal. Kate Lamble investigates.
10/05/2026
Alan is on the move.
Series 7
2. You've Got a Friend
Starring Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam. Everyone wants to visit their new seaside home.
Don Quixote - Episode Two
John Yorke explores Miguel de Cervantes’ seminal epic, Don Quixote.
Tony Garnett picked by Harry Bradbeer
The director of Fleabag and Killing Eve picks the producer of Kes and Cathy Come Home.
The East Light
Margot McCuaig ascends The East Lighthouse, illuminating the voices that dwell there.
Betting on Disaster
Reactive feature from Radio 4, exploring what's really happening behind the headlines.
Series 52
Episode 5
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 33
3. Words, Bears, The French and Mushrooms
Tony Hawks, Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel and Fern Brady try to find the hidden truths.
Adam sharpens his strategy.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
07/05/2026
David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
The Post Room
A contemporary gothic thriller from award winning author Claire Fuller.
Talawa Stories: Precious Little Thing by Roberta Livingston
A humorous, heartfelt exploration of womanhood and the heart-breaking choices women face.
Fire and Rain
James Taylor's song of suicide, loneliness and addiction, which somehow remains hopeful.
12/05/2026
