BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 5 October 2026

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—05/10/2026
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  Crossing Continents—Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier
  The 1000-year-old Himalayan community now facing an existential threat.
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—The Church of St James in Deeping St James, Lincolnshire.
  Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St James in Deeping St James, Lincolnshire.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—05/10/2026
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—05/10/2026
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:00
  News Summary—05/10/2026
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  Last Word—From Childline to Silverline to assisted dying: the campaigning life - and death - of Dame Esther Ranzten.
  Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter and campaigner, a civil servant and a physicist.
8. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—05/10/2026
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
9. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—A packet of crisps
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Ruth Jennings.
10. 05:45
  Farming Today—05/10/26 Pig industry in crisis, beating the bounds, Green Party conference
  Pig farmers say they're facing a crisis.
11. 05:57
  Weather—05/10/2026
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—05/10/2026
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Start the Week—Jon Ronson: men unravelling
  Men in crisis, women under scrutiny and monuments in decay.
3. 09:45
  Café Hope—Sea and support
  How one woman is helping refugees and asylum seekers learn to swim and move past trauma.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence, Kemistry
  A new film about the Tuam babies scandal in Ireland and how it was uncovered.
5. 11:00
  Another Country with James Rebanks—Muker
  James Rebanks explores the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
6. 11:45
  To Go or Not to Go by Sara Wheeler—1. The Mermaid
  1/5Can imagination ever replace real life travel?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—05/10/2026
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Why Are We Getting So Many Scam Calls?
  Scam calls surge and retail 'pilgrimages'.
3. 12:57
  Weather—05/10/2026
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—The government insists RAF Fairford is safe
  Fears of a new threat as the US military moves planes back across the Atlantic.
5. 13:45
  The Turning Point—Curious, Not Furious
  Jacob Dunne meets a mother who lost her son to the far right, and got him back.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—04/10/2026
  Fallon decides two can play that game.
7. 14:15
  Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?—Series 2, 1. Mummy Dearest
  1/4Selina’s off to the Palace to collect her OBE, with a jealous Florence in tow.
8. 14:45
  Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 2: Eps 9-16, 12. Trevor
  8/3By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
9. 15:00
  Great Lives—Mel Giedroyc on Vera Gedroits
  Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
10. 15:30
  Curious Cases—Series 25, Identical(ish)
  1/13Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate the mysterious phenomenon of identical twins.
11. 16:00
  Currently—America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
  What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
12. 16:30
  Rewinder—Broken Records
  Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
13. 17:00
  PM—School protests in France turn violent
  A 15-year-old has his hand blown off in Lens.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—Downing Street insists RAF Fairford is safe
  The US removed its bombers from the airbase in Gloucestershire
2. 18:30
  Unspeakable—Series 4, 6. It's Quafftide Somewhere
  6/6Verbal fossils, environmental exhaustion and being eclipsed by your own name.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—05/10/2026
  Amber is touched by an unexpected gesture.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—SNL, Paul Greengrass, The Bayeux Tapestry and Sarah Hall
  Saturday Night Live, film director Paul Greengrass, Booker-nominated novelist Sarah Hall
5. 20:00
  Rethink—Rethink: manufacturing or services?
  Does "servitization" boost the economy?
6. 20:30
  BBC Inside Science—The future of particle physics
  What are the next steps for the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator?
7. 21:00
  Start the Week—Jon Ronson: men unravelling
  Men in crisis, women under scrutiny and monuments in decay.
8. 21:45
  Café Hope—Sea and support
  How one woman is helping refugees and asylum seekers learn to swim and move past trauma.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
  In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
10. 22:45
  Stations by Louise Kennedy—Episode 6
  6/101988, Róisín has a new job and a new boyfriend.
11. 23:00
  Limelight—Cobalt, Episode 2
  2/5Maita's dad has disappeared, so she takes a plane to Zimbabwe to find him.
12. 23:30
  Great Lives—Tony Juniper on EO Wilson
  Dr Tony Juniper picks the Biologist EO Wilson.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—06/10/2026
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  To Go or Not to Go by Sara Wheeler—1. The Mermaid
  1/5Can imagination ever replace real life travel?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—06/10/2026
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—06/10/2026
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—06/10/2026
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Currently—America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
  What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—06/10/2026
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Faithful Delivery
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Ruth Jennings.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—06/10/26 Rural connectivity, dry stone walls, Conservative party conference.
  Will reduced rents for mobile phone masts affect rural connectivity?

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