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
Troubled Town
Why has anti-social behaviour by young people become such a problem in one part of Greater Manchester and what does it tell us about life for teenagers in similarly troubled towns?
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 - 06:00 AM
Farming Today
Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary.
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
Invisible Hands: The American Century
1/7. David Dimbleby tells the story of the man who made America into a superpower. The most important person you've probably never heard of.
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Inside Health
How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer's.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Woman's Hour
Helen Hunt discusses playing Russian aristocrat and matriarch Madame Ranevskaya.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Screenshot
On the 40th anniversary of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at films that confine their action to a single day (and occasionally, night).
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Confessions of a Performative Male by Darren McGarvey
2/5. Author Darren McGarvey explores how an animation from the 1950s became a rallying point online for struggling men. Read by the author. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.
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
Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by wildfires?
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
Dead Rabbit
7/11. Dan and Lucy are discovering that the hare coursing criminal underworld is bigger than they ever imagined - but who is really behind it? And will they ever catch them in the act?
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
The Archers
Fallon has concerns for a loved one, and the summer fete causes controversy.
02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Our Friends in the North
10/10. With echoes of the past, Adam Usden's tenth episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Lady on Trial with Lucy Worsley
7/11. Amid the sirens of World War II Lucy meets an unexpected rebel - Newcastle servant Connie Bolam, the first woman to be sent to prison as a conscientious objector.
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Heart and Soul
Hurricane Melissa devastated many of Jamaica's 1,600 sacred spaces. Journalist Nick Davis visits two hard-hit areas, joining volunteers salvaging what is left.
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath
2/3. Sylvia Plath's work has been overshadowed by the details of her life. In this series, Mariella Frostrup paints a more nuanced picture of her and her extraordinary poetry and prose.
04:30 PM - 05:00 PM
What's Up Docs?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken unpack why people follow bad advice, from social pressure and trust in authority to what can make saying no feel difficult.
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
Meet David Sedaris
5/6. This instalment from the Sedaris files revolves around the essays My Corona and A Better Place, and some fresh diary extracts.
07:00 PM - 07:15 PM
The Archers
There's an awkward moment for Alice, and Harrison seeks the advice of a mate.
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
Floor 15
Fergus Walsh follows four terminally ill patients, their families and doctors on their challenging journeys through experimental cancer treatments on Floor 15 at Guy's Hospital.
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
The Dream Makers
Dream engineering is an experimental new field with the goal of influencing our thoughts as we sleep. Anand Jagatia investigates what it could mean for the future of how we dream.
09:30 PM - 10:00 PM
The Bottom Line
What was the smartest business move of the last 12 months, which company got everyone talking the most and who made the biggest industry blunder?
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
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
7/10. Rowan has discovered a series of graves. She thinks her missing husband might be in one. She sets out to try to find the truth. But Dominic is trailing her.
11:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Wild Inside
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the cheetah as it straddles a fine line between speed and stamina in the quest for survival.
11:30 PM - 12:00 AM
A Good Read
Writers Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson recommend books to Harriett Gilbert, by writers Elizabeth Bowen and Janice Galloway. Harriett recommends a biography of Sonia Orwell.
12:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Midnight News
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:30 AM - 12:48 AM
Confessions of a Performative Male by Darren McGarvey
2/5. Author Darren McGarvey explores how an animation from the 1950s became a rallying point online for struggling men. Read by the author. Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.
12:48 AM - 01:00 AM
Shipping Forecast
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.