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08/05/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Coverage of the 2026 local elections in England, plus Scottish and Welsh elections.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Women's Ashes Winners 2005
Kirsty Warks reunites a pioneering group of women cricketers.
Prof Clare McGlynn, Running around Britain, Chronic pain
Professor Clare McGlynn on the harms of extreme porn and how it has been normalised.
K-Food
How the fascination with Korean Wave culture is driving the popularity of Korean food.
Episode 5 : Deep Time
Marine microbiologist Professor Jeffrey Marlow explores the deep ocean.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Michael, the movie
The controversial biopic, and whether Michael Jackson should be cancelled.
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The latest weather forecast
Big wins for Reform, big losses for Labour
One veteran Labour MP tells us Keir Starmer should quit. The PM says he will fight on.
07/05/2026
Brian fears the worst.
Wraith
Episode 1: Breach
Cutting-edge thriller about an AI takeover, rooted in expert contemporary research.
Series 1
Hail Satan
Biella Coleman discovers how hackers created the security industry.
Pulham Market
Peter Gibbs and the GQT panel visit Pulham Market.
The Circle
A story by Joel Morris for anyone who’s ever formed a school band – or listened to one.
Dr Ittai Gradel, Dame Shirley Porter, Professor Nigel Dunnett, María Nieves Rego
Matthew Bannister on an antiquities dealer, a politician, a horticulturalist and a dancer.
Labour admits defeat in Wales
Analysis of election results in Britain as Reform UK wins big while others make losses.
Labour suffers huge losses in England, Scotland and Wales
Gains for Reform and Greens. The SNP set to keep power in Scotland
Series 120
4. The people have spoken
Recorded on Friday morning, the panel discuss what's happened overnight in the elections.
Brian has to fend off questions.
Amélie
Ellen and Mark celebrate 25 years of Amélie with the film's director, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Mims Davies MP, Ben Lake MP, Tim Montgomerie, Jo Stevens MP
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Ponthir Village Hall in Torfaen.
May 4th to May 10th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
The middle
Middle - England, ground, child, age, pig in... Anne McElvoy hosts a middling discussion.
Labour loses power in Wales, suffers big losses in the local elections in England
We ask what this means for Keir Starmer's future
Episode Ten
The sequel to Sally Carson’s rediscovered masterpiece Crooked Cross.
Trump takes his revenge on disloyal Republicans
The US president targets his political enemies in Kentucky and Indiana
Pata Pata
Stories of what Miriam Makeba's iconic song means to people from around the world.
09/05/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
