11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Today in Parliament
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
12:00 AM - 12:32 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:32 AM - 12:50 AM
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.
12:50 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
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
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 - 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 - 10:00 AM
The Reith Lectures
2/4. Rutger Bregman gives the second of his 2025 BBC Reith Lectures called Moral Revolution. He argues that small groups of committed citizens can still change the world.
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
Add to Playlist
Composers Vince Pope and Claire Wickes join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add five more tracks to the playlist.
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Tom Stoppard: A Life
2/5. Tom Stoppard, turns to the writing and production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. 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
Call 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
2/5. A body found in a Santiago canal in 1976 becomes, 20 years later, the key to a Spanish prosecution against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Amber struggles with her emotions, and Joy has reservations.
02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Made in Taiwan
A naive young Brit arrives in China and is drawn into a spiralling web of espionage, blackmail and geopolitical intrigue that follows him all the way to Taiwan.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
History's Toughest Heroes
9/10. With lynchings of Black Americans on the rise, a reporter begins documenting the crimes, sending her on a dangerous journey through the violence of the Jim Crow South.
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Beyond Belief
Why is René Girard having a moment - and is his Christian message being neglected? Giles Fraser has a Girard 101.
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Do You Call That Singing?
Sprechgesang or 'talk-singing' is the sound of modern pop and rock - but why? Adrian Goldberg joins the dots from Schoenberg to Sleaford Mods to prove that songs are best spoken.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
What's Up Docs?
Chris and Xand explore why beliefs about our bodies are so powerful, and if changing them can alter our health.
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
One Person Found This Helpful
3/7. Frank Skinner hosts the show based on what we all do at least once a day - shop online and leave a review. An all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad and the baffling.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
Brad faces a sad goodbye, and Ian makes a suggestion.
07:15 PM - 08:00 PM
Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
08:00 PM - 08:40 PM
File on 4 Investigates
The lies and blame within the UK's adoption system. Some adoptive parents say they've been given so little support that they've been forced to return their children back into care.
08:40 PM - 09:00 PM
In Touch
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
09:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Omid's Tapes: The Afghan Memory Keeper
Tamana Ayazi, Afghan journalist and film-maker, joins Omid on his latest rescue mission, saving two rare collections of Afghan music cassettes before the Taliban destroy them.
09:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Okay Computer? Music in the Age of AI
Famed producer Giles Martin wades into the murky waters of AI's rise in music, investigating the economic risks, creative rewards, and existential fallout of the new technology.
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
2/8. Having voluntarily attended the police station for interview, the French coastguard call operator insists it is not her job to have opinions about migrants.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Uncanny
6/10. Danny Robins returns for more spine-chilling tales from listeners.
11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
Today in Parliament
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.