12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00 AM - 05:00 AM
World Service
BBC 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 reports as MPs debate plans to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. Also, why is sleeping rough still a crime?
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
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley.
05:45 AM - 05:57 AM
Farming Today
Falling livestock numbers in Scotland blamed for closure of abattoir in Aberdeenshire.
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
Helen Lewis, Francesca Wade and Dean Van Nguyen discuss the concept of genius with Adam Rutherford.
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
At Your Own Peril
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk, from the origin of probability to the existential threat of nuclear war, artificial intelligence and climate change.
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
The Invention Of...
2/3. In March 1848 a poet in a Hungarian coffee shop set off a revolution that is still being used by Viktor Orban in speeches today - Misha Glenny finds out why.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Please Live by Lana Estemirova
1/5. Lana Estemirova grew up in Chechnya during the 1990s. In this moving and sometimes funny memoir, she tells the story of her childhood, living with her mother in a warzone.
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
World at One
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
Postwar
6/20. David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 election and the dawn of a new age. How did the election reflect the dramatically changed working lives of women?
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Miranda issues an ultimatum, and there's trouble at The Bull.
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Conversations from a Long Marriage
5/6. Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as the loving, long-married couple. Joanna is furious when, after a long flight back from America, Roger insists on stopping at the car wash.
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Dance Move by Wendy Erskine
3/5. Lee's teenage fantasies about living with an older woman in the city for a week evaporate the instant he meets his peculiar host.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
A Good Read
A sex-comedy, a harrowing drama of family secrets and a novelistic memoir: writers Josh Cohen and Nussaibah Younis bring the books they love to chat about with Harriett Gilbert.
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Curious Cases
11/13. Saskia wants to know if her older friend could become the same age as her by traveling really, really fast. Hannah and Dara set off on a wild ride through space and time.
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Ireland's Pot of Gold
Financially, Ireland has never it so good, but many of its citizens are asking why the government is failing to tackle a massive housing shortage and the soaring cost of living.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
The Kitchen Cabinet
6/7. Jay Rayner and the panel are in Newport, Wales offering their best culinary advice. Joining Jay are Angela Gray, Jocky Petrie, Jordan Bourke and food historian Dr Annie Gray.
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
It's a Fair Cop
4/6. If you saw someone being robbed in the street, would you step in to help? Alfie explores when it's ok to make a citizen's arrest.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
Jakob questions his abilities, and there's parenting problems for Pip.
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
Rethink
Britain's productivity lags that of many of our major trading partners and that's despite British workers spending longer in the office. How can we increase our productivity?
08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
BBC Inside Science
Victoria Gill and guests digest the UK's plans for future science spending. And we dive into the underwater seaweed forests locking away carbon on the south coast.
09:00 PM - 09:45 PM
Start the Week
Helen Lewis, Francesca Wade and Dean Van Nguyen discuss the concept of genius with Adam Rutherford.
09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
The Shipping Postcards
4/5. Members of the Radio 4 Continuity team travel to some of the areas described in the Shipping forecast, with Charles Carroll visiting the sea area of Lundy.
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
Albion by Anna Hope
6/10. Frannie recalls the events of her father's seventieth birthday party as she prepares to meet Luca and Milo to discuss their plans for a treatment centre.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
A Charles Paris Mystery: A Doubtful Death
2/4. Bill Nighy stars as the loveable actor cum amateur sleuth: Charles is in Oxford in a re-imagining of Hamlet. The actress playing Ophelia has gone missing.
11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Today in Parliament
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
12:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:30 AM - 12:48 AM
Please Live by Lana Estemirova
1/5. Lana Estemirova grew up in Chechnya during the 1990s. In this moving and sometimes funny memoir, she tells the story of her childhood, living with her mother in a warzone.
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.