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
Sideways
Matthew Syed explores the extraordinary human capacity to invent new systems of communication and considers whether language can penetrate and shape the way we see the world.
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 Canon Grace Thomas.
05:45 AM - 06:00 AM
Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
06:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Today
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
What Happened to Counter-Culture?
Comedian and author Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture since the end of the Second World War, and its uncertain status in today's digital world.
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Across the Red Line
Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of a political issue to listen to each other.
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 Infinite Monkey Cage
Brian Cox and Robin Ince dig deep into the strata of an imagined human history to unearth the curious concept of technofossils.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
The Autism Curve
Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who's autistic?
12:00 PM - 12:04 PM
News Summary
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:04 PM - 12:32 PM
Scam Secrets
You've met someone online. You chat every night and it's going well - but then they need your help. Would you know what to do?
12:32 PM - 12:57 PM
Sliced Bread
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.
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 Trip
4/10. Large numbers of people are travelling overseas to seek out psychedelic treatments for mental health and other conditions. Tim Hayward hears one man's story.
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Ruth makes a controversial decision, and Emma has reservations.
02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Faith, Hope and Glory
3/3. At Hope's birthday, long-held secrets surface and old wounds reopen, forcing everyone to decide what forgiveness and family really mean.
03:00 PM - 03:27 PM
This Natural Life
Martha Kearney meets author Jeanette Winterson to find out why living in the Gloucestershire countryside is so important to her.
03:27 PM - 03:30 PM
The Radio 4 Appeal
Comedian Jo Brand makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Hospice UK.
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Feedback
The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
The Briefing Room
David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
BBC Inside Science
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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
Tim Key's Poetry Programme
2/4. More comic chaos from Tim Key, Tom Basden, Katy Wix and guest star Mike Wozniak.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
Amber unveils her latest plan, and Stella has work to do.
07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
08:00 PM - 08:15 PM
Human Intelligence
Mary Wollstonecraft argued with passion and moral certainty in her great work, A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Naomi Alderman meets the first modern woman.
08:15 PM - 09:00 PM
The Media Show
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
09:00 PM - 09:45 PM
Loose Ends
Bertie Carvel, Jo Wood, Rajiv Karia and Tori Allen-Martin join Nihal Arthanayake with music by Lost Chimes and RIYA.
09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Appetite for Distraction
Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention. In this final episode, he considers where our media consumption might be headed.
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
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
4/10. Kazuo Ishiguro's award-winning 1986 novel exploring the aftermath of WWII on Japan.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Radical with Amol Rajan
Conversations about tomorrow, from Today.
11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
A Good Read
The barrister, television presenter and writer Rob Rinder and author Juno Dawson talk books with Harriett Gilbert, including Sayaka Murata's Earthlings.
12:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:30 AM - 12:48 AM
The Autism Curve
Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who's autistic?
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.