12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00 AM - 05:30 AM
World Service
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:30 AM - 05:34 AM
News Summary
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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 Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
05:45 AM - 06:00 AM
Child
Milk. However it comes, its a vital source of life. India Rakusen explores its various forms and the history and politics that have shaped the way we view how we feed our babies.
06:00 AM - 06:07 AM
News, Weather and Papers
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
06:07 AM - 06:30 AM
Open Country
Martha Kearney visits Fylde in Lancashire, to find out about the part wind has played in shaping the county's landscape.
06:30 AM - 06:57 AM
Farming Today This Week
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
06:57 AM - 07:00 AM
Weather Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecast.
07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Today
Today (Saturday).
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Saturday Live
Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Curious Cases
5/13. Listener Alexis wants to know, how much of what's in our homes could be made with fungi-based materials?
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Soul Music
1/5. An exploration of the impact of Mr Blue Sky, ELO's brilliantly off-beam classic song from 1978. With Allan Moore. From 2015.
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The Week in Westminster
Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
12:00 PM - 12:04 PM
News Summary
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:04 PM - 12:30 PM
Money Box
The latest news from the world of personal finance.
12:30 PM - 12:57 PM
The News Quiz
3/8. Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
12:57 PM - 01:00 PM
Weather Forecast
The latest weather forecast.
01:00 PM - 01:10 PM
News Bulletin
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
01:10 PM - 02:05 PM
Any Questions?
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Epperstone Village Hall in Nottinghamshire with Nigel Huddleston MP, Tim Montgomerie, Helen Morgan MP and Lucy Powell MP.
02:05 PM - 02:45 PM
Any Answers?
Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities.
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
The Archers
Consequences are faced in Ambridge, and Chelsea looks into the past.
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Devils
1/3. Revolution and betrayal lie at the heart of Dostoevsky's unsettling tale. Gary Lilburn and Jonathan Forbes star in Melissa Murray's dramatisation.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Weekend Woman's Hour
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
05:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Saturday PM
Full coverage of the day's news.
05:30 PM - 05:54 PM
Sliced Bread
Greg Foot investigates the latest wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Are sleep bands and sleep bars useful when it comes to helping us nod off?
05:54 PM - 05:57 PM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:57 PM - 06:00 PM
Weather Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecast.
06:00 PM - 06:15 PM
Six O'Clock News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
06:15 PM - 07:00 PM
Loose Ends
Alex Horne, Susie Dent, Callum Scott Howells and Kate Williams join Clive Anderson with music by Anoushka Shankar and The Horne Section.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
Profile
An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines.
07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
This Cultural Life
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks to John Wilson about his formative cultural influences.
08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Archive on 4: It's The Pictures That Got Smaller
Film critic Robbie Collin explores TikTok's hypnotic smartphone-shaped vertical images and how a century of evolution of screen shape and size transformed our experience of film.
09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
My Poetry and other Animals
The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, meets insects, dogs, fish and birds to help inspire a new animal poem.
10:00 PM - 10:15 PM
News Bulletin
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
10:15 PM - 11:00 PM
The Food Programme
Sheila Dillon examines efforts to improve public sector catering and the supply chains that get the food from farm to plate.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Call Jonathan Pie
As the team face the pain and pitfalls of diversity training, Pie's prejudices are painfully exposed.
11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Nature Table
5/6. Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with wildlife cameraman Doug Allan, ant expert Dr. Claire Asher and Sindhu Vee. From 2020.
12:00 AM - 12:15 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:15 AM - 12:48 AM
Take Four Books
Take Four Books, presented by James Crawford, speaks to the writer Vincenzo Latronico on his new novel Perfection and explores its connections to three other literary works.
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.