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28/09/2026
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
25/09/2026
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
Whether I have a good or a bad day I am equally valuable
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Contains Strong Language Festival in Salford
Simon Armitage, Jade Cuttle and Trevor Cox talk epic adventures, mudlarking and acoustics.
Fatherhood forum
How one man started a support group for dads to help make friends and share experiences.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
The Value Crisis
3. Prompting a Crisis?
Will AI add value to our lives?
Episode One: The Race for a Lost Arctic Continent
The race for a lost Arctic continent.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Seven Ages of Man, with Michael Rosen
3. David Baddiel's in his 60s
David Baddiel shares the realities of being a man in his 60s.
27/09/2026
Reality sets in for Amber.
Series 11
Shopnucopia
Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Written by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary.
Series 2: Eps 9-16
Episode 2
By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
Lea Ypi on Kant
Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Faithless
Examining the line between religious devotion and unhealthy control.
The Oligarchs
Russia's super-rich once ruled the country - could they restore their political influence?
26/09/2026
Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 4
5. Time Files When You're Having Fun?
Time flying too fast, rose-tinted spectacles and the curse of autocorrect.
Ian finds himself torn.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
Rethink... what we put into space
Are we putting too much material into orbit and is space the next environmental frontier?
24/09/2026
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Episode 1
Ireland 1982, teenager Róisín meets local troublemaker Red Camelin.
Cobalt
Maita goes to see her dad for her birthday, but he's disappeared.
Actor Laurence Olivier with Derek Jacobi and Tim Walker
Famous guests nominate someone they love or admire.
29/09/2026
