BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Friday 8 August 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—08/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The Autism Curve—4. The Identity
  Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who‘s autistic?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—08/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—08/08/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—08/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  The Briefing Room—Should the government worry about debt?
  Should the UK and other countries worry about rising levels of government debt?
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—08/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—The gift that keeps on giving
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—08/08/25 Heather burning and wildfires, cherry harvest, green road bridge for wildlife.
  Gamekeepers may refuse to help tackle wildfires in row over controlled burning of heather.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—08/08/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Desert Island Discs—Harry Hill, comedian
  Harry Hill, comedian, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
3. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Listener Week: Living with an incurable diagnosis, Sex therapy, Hybrid working
  A listener asks to hear from other mothers with cancer about how they told their children
4. 11:00
  The Food Programme—Polski Sklep: A Recent History of the Polish Shop
  The evolution of the Polski sklep.
5. 11:45
  The Autism Curve—5. The Spectrum
  Has the idea of autism expanded so far that it’s breaking?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—08/08/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  AntiSocial—Sydney Sweeney, jeans and genes
  Does an advert for jeans signal the end of 'woke'?
3. 12:57
  Weather—08/08/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—08/08/2025
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
5. 13:45
  Understand—The Trip, 5. Message in a bottle
  5/10Tim Hayward travels into the past to better understand today’s psychedelic research.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—07/08/2025
  Amber unveils her latest plan.
7. 14:15
  Limelight—Central Intelligence, Series 2, Episode 8
  A new President, a secret plot and disaster in Cuba...
8. 14:45
  Uncharted with Hannah Fry—14. Whispers from the Cosmos
  A few odd squiggles on a graph lead to a Nobel prize-winning discovery.
9. 15:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—Summer Garden Party
  Kathy Clugston and the GQT team celebrate the return of the GQT Summer Garden Party.
10. 15:45
  Short Works—The Market Photographer by Kamand Kojouri
  Swansea market, Iranian poetry and photography collide in a new story from Kamand Kojouri.
11. 16:00
  Last Word—Dame Stella Rimington, Sylvia Young, Sir Jamie McGrigor, Joan Anderson
  Matthew Bannister on an spy boss, a drama school founder, a politician and a craze starter
12. 16:30
  Sideways—74. Inventing a Language
  Matthew Syed explores our extraordinary capacity to invent new systems of communication.
13. 17:00
  PM—08/08/2025
  News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—International criticism grows of Israel's decision to take control of the Gaza Strip
  Israel's prime minister believes the move is necessary to defeat Hamas
2. 18:30
  Too Long; Didn't Read—Series 2, Let's get this party started
  3/6Why does Britain have so many new parties?
3. 19:00
  The Archers—08/08/2025
  Brian makes a shocking discovery.
4. 19:15
  Screenshot—Twin Peaks
  Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult classic TV show.
5. 20:00
  Any Questions?—Halima Begum, Lord Falconer, Sir Andrew Mitchell MP, Isabel Oakeshott
  Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Wiston House in West Sussex.
6. 20:55
  This Week in History—August 4th - August 10th
  Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
7. 21:00
  Politically—Postwar: Omnibus 4
  David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 election and the dawn of a new age.
8. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Trump will meet Putin in the coming days
  President Trump announced that he will be meeting Putin to discuss ending Ukraine war
9. 22:45
  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—5: 'Utmost delicacy.'
  5/10Tim McInnerny continues this classic novel from the Nobel Prize- winner Kazuo Ishiguro.
10. 23:00
  Americast—Why are Texan Democrats on the run?
  Texas Republicans have voted for the arrest of dozens of Democratic legislators
11. 23:30
  Illuminated—A Taste of Home
  We unbox care packages to explore flavours from China, India, Ireland and the Philippines.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—09/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The Autism Curve—5. The Spectrum
  Has the idea of autism expanded so far that it’s breaking?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—09/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/08/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:30
  News Summary—09/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—09/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Celebrate and embrace differences
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.
8. 05:45
  Uncharted with Hannah Fry—14. Whispers from the Cosmos
  A few odd squiggles on a graph lead to a Nobel prize-winning discovery.

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