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28/05/2026
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
Does a fall in the UK's healthy life expectancy mean what you think it means?
Tim Harford explores healthy life expectancy, HS2 costs, VAT cuts and his marathon time.
Prisoners of Conscience
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Mark Oakley.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Welsh Marches
How the Norman invasion of Britain created semi-independent warlord territories in Wales.
That's Not for Me to Say (with Munya Chawawa)
A look at the political art of not saying anything.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Kristin Scott Thomas
Award-winning actor Kristin Scott Thomas on her career and cultural influences.
Episode 4
The vast numbers of caribou that have sustained so many for so long are in decline.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The Instagram Takeover Scam
Why wouldn't you trust an old friend?
Toast - Wilko
What went wrong at Wilko? Sean Farrington hears how the retail chain ended up toast.
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Thursday
Phil Tinline charts the working week in five days. On today's agenda: overworking.
27/05/2026
Alice tries to get to the bottom of recent events.
Artan and Jordan
A Wiltshire-Albanian bromance, by Florence Espeut-Nickless.
Fetternear, Aberdeenshire
Clare strolls with the Garioch 50+ Men’s Walking Group.
Reprieve
Actor Adjoa Andoh makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Reprieve.
Words to Love the Living World
Michael Rosen and Ella Frances Sanders on her dictionary of language, landscape and life.
Rethink... the Humanities
Should we be rethinking the humanities for a digital age?
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 3
2: Reality TV
Comedian Ellie Taylor explains why she thinks reality TV is culturally significant.
Natasha makes plans for the future.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
Lower Value Humans
David Yelland and Farzana Baduel on why words really matter, especially around job cuts.
This is the programme about a revolution in media.
Hay Festival, Athena Kugblenu, James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Keith Cameron, Robin Morgan, Georgina Hayden, Cerys Hafna
Clive Anderson and guests, recorded at the Hay Festival.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Episode 4 - a ceithir
Douglas Stuart's epic novel about belonging.
I Say a Little Prayer for You
Stories about the Burt Bacharach classic.
29/05/2026
