BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 14 September 2026

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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—14/09/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—Ukraine: Fighting Russia, Fighting Russian
  
  Is Russian an enemy language in Ukraine? Or just the language of millions of citizens?
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—St Mary the Virgin Staunton on Wye
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary the Virgin Staunton on Wye.
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—14/09/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—14/09/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—14/09/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—14/09/2026
  
  Susan Hulme reports as MPs debate a bill to allow assisted deaths.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—14/09/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Love Languages
  
  Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—14/09/26 Calls for more farm co-ops, Hereford cattle dispute, flax and hemp
  
  Calls for more ‘cooperative working’ amongst farmers.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—14/09/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—14/09/2026
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Living with uncertainty
  
  Xand van Tulleken, Lani Watson and Daniel Mason on certainty and doubt.
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—Scrubbing up for sobriety
  
  How one social enterprise helps people recover from addiction one bar of soap at a time.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—AI and women’s jobs, Therapy speak and girls, Céline Dion's comeback
  
  Could AI put women’s jobs at greater risk than men’s?
5. 11:00
  
  Understand—The Value Crisis, 1. Crisis, What Crisis?
  
  1/4 Ros Atkins asks whether technology has triggered a crisis in what we value.
6. 11:45
  
  Redwood by Ben Macintyre—1. The Bathroom
  
  1/5 Best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's remarkable story of Cold War espionage.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—14/09/2026
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Energy Bills, M&S Fashion and September Holidays
  
  A sharp rise in energy bills is forecast if the Iran war drags on.
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—14/09/2026
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—Record-breaking donations prompt calls for law change
  
  Union chief brands donations “a crisis for our democracy”.
5. 13:45
  
  The History Podcast—The Hitler Diaries Scandal, 1. The Crash
  
  1/11 21 April, 1945, Eastern Germany, a plane crashes. Rumours spread about Hitler's diaries.
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—13/09/2026
  
  Harrison has a confession to make.
7. 14:15
  
  Fags, Mags and Bags—Series 11, Alok-Pocalyse
  
  4/6 Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Written by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary.
8. 14:45
  
  Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 2: Eps 9-16, 9. Hope
  
  4/3 By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
9. 15:00
  
  Great Lives—Tony Juniper on EO Wilson
  
  Dr Tony Juniper picks the Biologist EO Wilson.
10. 15:30
  
  BBC National Short Story Award—BBC National Short Story Award 2026, Burning Bush by Merryn Glover
  
  1/5 The first contender for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award by Merryn Glover.
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—Can Britain’s Broken Energy System Be Fixed?
  
  Britain has some of the highest electricity prices in the world. Jonathan Ford asks why.
12. 16:30
  
  Soul Music—Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
  
  The enduring song of quiet courage and acceptance in the face of passing time.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—First Ministers meet in Cardiff to discuss leaving the UK
  
  Leaders of Scotland, Wales and N.I agree to press case for constitutional change.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—Donald Trump says there is a 'conspiracy against AI'
  
  British co-founder of Anthropic says the world must set limits on AI.
2. 18:30
  
  Unspeakable—Series 4, 3. Outrageous Behaviour
  
  3/6 Problematic packaging, beautiful outrageousness and zen fury.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—14/09/2026
  
  Carol makes her feelings clear.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—The Beatles' early days, Juliette Binoche's directorial debut, Jack Thorne
  
  Samira talks to Hunter Davies, Juliette Binoche, Jack Thorne and Lucy Caldwell.
5. 20:00
  
  Rethink—Rethink... who owns our technology
  
  Is it time for a Tech-xit?
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—What AI agents talk about behind your back
  
  Prof Stuart Russell offers some advice following a report into July’s Hugging Face hack.
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Living with uncertainty
  
  Xand van Tulleken, Lani Watson and Daniel Mason on certainty and doubt.
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—Scrubbing up for sobriety
  
  How one social enterprise helps people recover from addiction one bar of soap at a time.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—‘Litany of failures’ in case of patient killed on NHS mental health ward
  
  Staff falsified records and slept on the night one patient was killed by another
10. 22:45
  
  Exhibition by Alex Hyde—1. The Room
  
  1/10 A study of power and obsession, inspired by the world of the Young British Artists.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—There's Something I Need to Tell You, 4. The Party
  
  4/5 The Thai Senator, an interrogation, a private jet…
12. 23:30
  
  Today in Parliament—14/09/2026
  
  Alicia McCarthy reports as peers debate changes to the laws on political donations.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—15/09/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Redwood by Ben Macintyre—1. The Bathroom
  
  1/5 Best-selling historian Ben Macintyre's remarkable story of Cold War espionage.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—15/09/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/09/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—15/09/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—15/09/2026
  
  News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—15/09/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—God's Heart for the Vulnerable
  
  Spiritual reflection to start the day with Siȃn Wyn Rees.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—15.09.26 Calls for a rural reset, how to harvest small scale arable, dairy co-operative.
  
  Calls for a complete rural reset - a new countryside campaign.

Tuesday 15 September 2026