12:00 AM - 12:15 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:15 AM - 12:45 AM
Wokewash
When George Floyd died in 2020, companies rushed to post black squares and proclaim their support for BLM. Comedian and satirist Heydon Prowse asks, did anyone really mean it?
12:45 AM - 12:48 AM
Bells on Sunday
Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints in Basingstoke.
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00 AM - 05:00 AM
World Service
107 minutes leftBBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.
05:00 AM - 05:04 AM
News Summary
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
05:04 AM - 05:34 AM
Yesterday in Parliament
Susan Hulme asks whether we need a Budget Speech and looks back to a time when the only way women could watch Parliament was through a ventilation shaft.
05:34 AM - 05:43 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:43 AM - 05:45 AM
Prayer for the Day
Spiritual reflection with Ronnie Convery, director of communications for the Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow.
05:45 AM - 05:57 AM
Farming Today
The government's revised environmental improvement plan is launched - will it be better received than the last one?
05:57 AM - 06:00 AM
Weather for Farmers
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers.
06:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Today
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Start the Week
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Paul Davies and Caroline Smith explore space, quantum frontiers and what meteorites reveal about life beyond Earth, with Tom Sutcliffe.
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Wild Bond
1/5. Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Woman's Hour
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Behind the Crime
Sally Tilt and Dr Kerensa Hocken, two forensic psychologists who work in prisons, interview people who have committed offences to understand their lives and the causes of crime.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Tom Stoppard: A Life
1/5. Biography of one of theatre's giants, Tom Stoppard - begins with his childhood in Czechoslovakia. Read by Alex Jennings.
12:00 PM - 12:04 PM
News Summary
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:04 PM - 12:57 PM
You and Yours
News and discussion of consumer affairs.
12:57 PM - 01:00 PM
Weather Forecast
The latest weather forecast.
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
The World at One
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
The Arrest
1/5. While Augusto Pinochet is in London, recovering from surgery, a lawyer races to seize an unlikely opportunity to catch the Chilean dictator and, perhaps, bring him to justice.
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Chris makes his feelings clear, and Eddie has a brainwave.
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?
2/4. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick.
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Faith, Hope and Glory
12/5. It's 1946, and Hope and Jim Kiffin are faced with a dilemma.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
A Good Read
The Interior Design Master and novelist present their book choices.
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Curious Cases
9/13. Listener Andrew wants to know what would happen if the earth lost it's wobble. Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain explore a cascade of climate, ecosystem and evolutionary consequences.
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Playing Spies
Our spy novel image of the enigmatic foreign agent at the hotel bar may need a rethink. Gordon Corera investigates a new amateur front line in the world of espionage.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
The Kitchen Cabinet
3/6. Jay Rayner and the panel are in Birmingham answering questions on noodle soup and microwave meals. Joining Jay are Jocky Petrie, Tim Anderson, Jeremy Pang and Zoe Laughlin.
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
PM
News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Six O'Clock News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
4/6. Henning and Tony grapple with Swanee Kazoo, Lucy offers new definitions for the Uxbridge English Dictionary and Rory tries his hand at some 80s German pop.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
Amber struggles with her emotions, and Joy has reservations.
07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
08:00 PM - 08:30 PM
The Briefing Room
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the latest attempts to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.
08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
BBC Inside Science
This week, a world-first gene therapy treats rare Hunter syndrome. Could these personalised medicines be used more widely? And farewell to a telescope reaching retirement.
09:00 PM - 09:45 PM
Start the Week
Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Paul Davies and Caroline Smith explore space, quantum frontiers and what meteorites reveal about life beyond Earth, with Tom Sutcliffe.
09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Wild Bond
1/5. Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom.
10:00 PM - 10:45 PM
The World Tonight
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
10:45 PM - 11:00 PM
Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix
1/8. The radio operator who took the calls for help from a sinking dinghy presents herself at the police station in Cherbourg.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Spores
3/5. A psychological horror story set in the mysterious world of mycelium. Social worker Cassie is troubled by spreading mould. But no one will listen to her when she warns of danger.
11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Today in Parliament
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.