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22/08/2026
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.
How hot is too hot?
A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rev Mariama Ifode-Blease.
Portrush
Lisa Abernethy shows Richard King around the RNLI station in Portrush.
Ancient Technology Centre
Martha Kearney tries her hand at ancient skills like forging a knife and flint knapping.
22/08/26 Solar power - a panel discussion exploring the issues around solar development in the countryside.
Solar energy - we need it to combat climate change, but how much and where should it go?
The latest weather reports and forecast.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
What Happened to Counter-Culture?
5. Interzone
Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.
Is crying good for you?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore crying.
Henry Cyril Paget: the dancing marquess of Anglesey
Join Greg and his guests in 19th-century Wales to learn about Henry Cyril Paget.
Sweet Caroline
Piecing together how a song released in 1969 became a sport anthem.
Influence After Empire: Is Britain Still a Great Power? (Professor Brendan Simms)
Has Great Britain underestimated its own power and influence in the world?
Russia blames West for deepening crisis
Authorities are frustrated by the absence of victory as drone strikes bring the war home.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Toast - Series 7
Izal Medicated Toilet Paper
How did Izal medicated toilet paper reach the end of the roll? Sean Farrington finds out.
Fed Up with War!
Ian Smith tasks Ashley Storrie, Harriet Kemsley & an Edinburgh audience to solve the news.
The latest weather forecast.
Isabel Hardman, James Frith MP, Nigel Huddleston MP, Zoe Williams
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Medway Centre in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
21/08/2026
There’s a surprising development for Lily.
The Night of the Lunar Eclipse
A past death resurfaces forcing a reckoning in Matthew Broughton's psychological thriller.
Weekend Woman's Hour: French drugging case, Soprano Angel Blue, History of bandanas
A senior French civil servant stands accused of drugging hundreds of women.
Full coverage of the day's news.
Sliced Bread - Series 17
Experimental Peptides
Is it OK to take experimental peptides like the Wolverine Stack?
Seven people, including two police officers, die in a crash near Middlesborough
Seven people were killed after a car collided with a marked police vehicle on the A66
Rosie Jones, One Man Musical, Damien Warren-Smith, Kirsty Mann, Legendary, Clive Anderson
Join Clive Anderson for a party at the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals.
Being remembered
Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.
Sebastian Faulks
Author Sebastian Faulks on his influences and formative cultural experiences.
The Age of Uncertainty
A tale of crisis, legitimacy and transformation for the BBC and Britain in the 1970s.
Is empathy ever a weakness?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
Fork and Knife
Jimi Famurewa explores how history has shaped the many different ways in which we eat.
Series 2
4. Family
Olga considers the meaning of family.
Heat 4, 2026
General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on the Cold War, Baz Luhrmann and gemstones.
23/08/2026
M. John Harrison
On his latest novel - The End of Everything - and the three texts that helped to shape it.
