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 joins 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 whether the law should be changed to allow assisted deaths.
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 to start the day with Sian Wyn Rees, Bible Society's Head of Wales.
05:45 AM - 05:57 AM
Farming Today
Calls for more 'cooperative working', to give farmers a louder voice in the food supply chain.
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
In a world hungry for answers, Xand van Tulleken, Lani Watson and Daniel Mason explore uncertainty, belief and the stories we tell ourselves, with Naomi Alderman.
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Café Hope
Chris Sylvester, founder of Getting Clean, tells Rachel Burden how his recovery from heroin addiction made him want to help other recovering addicts.
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 Value Crisis
1/4. Ros Atkins investigates how technology is changing what we value, from friendship and culture to finance and work, and asks whether these changes amount to a crisis.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
1/5. The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story of Cold War espionage set in 1980s Tehran during the Iranian Revolution. Jamie Parker reads.
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 Hitler Diaries Scandal
1/11. 21 April, 1945, Eastern Germany, a plane crashes. A few iron boxes are salvaged. Rumour spreads that Hitler's personal effects are in those boxes. Could there be diaries?
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Harrison has a confession to make, and Leonard hatches a generous plan.
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Fags, Mags and Bags
4/6. Danny and Alok's stag and hen party business is still causing chaos in Lenzie, and the Local Traders are on the warpath. Written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary.
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Faith, Hope and Glory
4/3. It's 1953 and the sinking of a passenger ferry brings back painful memories for Hope Kiffin.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Great Lives
Natural England's Dr Tony Juniper picks the American biologist EO Wilson.
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
BBC National Short Story Award 2026
1/5. Merryn Glover's heart-rending story set in the Australian bush is the first contender for the 2026 BBC National Short Story Award, which celebrates its 21st anniversary this year.
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Can Britain's Broken Energy System Be Fixed?
Britain has some of the highest electricity prices in the world. Does it have to be this way? Jonathan Ford sheds light on the past, present and future of the UK's energy system.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Soul Music
Landslide was written by Stevie Nicks in 1973 on the cusp of huge change in her life. For many, it has become an anthem of quiet courage and acceptance in the face of passing time.
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
PM
Full coverage of the day's news.
06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Six O'Clock News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Unspeakable
3/6. Phil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words and help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With guests Marcus Brigstocke, Bella Hull and Pierre Novellie.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
Carol makes her feelings clear, and Jolene is far from impressed.
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
Fears of a US technology 'kill-switch' and American AI models going rogue have made countries across the world seek digital sovereignty - but what is that?
08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
BBC Inside Science
Prof Stuart Russell offers some advice following a report into July's Hugging Face hack by recalcitrant OpenAI agents.
09:00 PM - 09:45 PM
Start the Week
In a world hungry for answers, Xand van Tulleken, Lani Watson and Daniel Mason explore uncertainty, belief and the stories we tell ourselves, with Naomi Alderman.
09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Café Hope
Chris Sylvester, founder of Getting Clean, tells Rachel Burden how his recovery from heroin addiction made him want to help other recovering addicts.
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
Exhibition by Alex Hyde
1/10. 'As soon as you died, you were worth ten times the price.' A study of power and intense friendship inspired by the ground-breaking work of the Young British Artists.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
There's Something I Need to Tell You
4/5. After agreeing to help a mysterious stranger, a young couple are implicated in an assassination at their hotel. A global thriller of espionage, money and murder.
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
Redwood by Ben Macintyre
1/5. The best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's new book is a timely and remarkable story of Cold War espionage set in 1980s Tehran during the Iranian Revolution. Jamie Parker reads.
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.