Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—05/10/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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00:15
Crossing Continents—Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier
The 1000-year-old Himalayan community now facing an existential threat.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—The Church of St James in Deeping St James, Lincolnshire.
Bells on Sunday comes from the Church of St James in Deeping St James, Lincolnshire.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—05/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—05/10/2026
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:00
News Summary—05/10/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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05:04
Last Word—From Childline to Silverline to assisted dying: the campaigning life - and death - of Dame Esther Ranzten.
Matthew Bannister on a TV presenter and campaigner, a civil servant and a physicist.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—05/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—05/10/2026
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection
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05:45
Farming Today—05/10/26 Pig industry in crisis, beating the bounds, Green Party conference
Pig farmers say they're facing a crisis.
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05:57
Weather—05/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
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06:00
Today—05/10/2026
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Jon Ronson: men unravelling
Men in crisis, women under scrutiny and monuments in decay.
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09:45
Café Hope—Sea and support
How one woman is helping refugees and asylum seekers learn to swim and move past trauma.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—05/10/2026
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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11:00
Another Country with James Rebanks—Muker
James Rebanks explores the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
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11:45
To Go or Not to Go by Sara Wheeler—1. The Mermaid
1/5 Can imagination ever replace real life travel?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—05/10/2026
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—05/10/2026
News and discussion of consumer affairs
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12:57
Weather—05/10/2026
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—05/10/2026
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
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13:45
The Turning Point—Curious, Not Furious
Jacob Dunne meets a mother who lost her son to the far right, and got him back.
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14:00
The Archers—04/10/2026
Fallon decides two can play that game.
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14:15
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?—Series 2, 1. Mummy Dearest
1/4 Selina’s off to the Palace to collect her OBE, with a jealous Florence in tow.
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14:45
Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 2: Eps 9-16, 12. Trevor
8/3 By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
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15:00
Great Lives—Mel Giedroyc on Vera Gedroits
Famous guests pick someone they love or admire.
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15:30
Curious Cases—Series 25, Identical(ish)
1/13 Hannah Fry and Dara O Briain investigate the mysterious phenomenon of identical twins.
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16:00
Currently—America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
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16:30
Rewinder—Broken Records
Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
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17:00
PM—05/10/2026
Full coverage of the day's news
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—05/10/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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18:30
Unspeakable—Series 4, 6. It's Quafftide Somewhere
6/6 Verbal fossils, environmental exhaustion and being eclipsed by your own name.
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19:00
The Archers—05/10/2026
Amber is touched by an unexpected gesture.
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19:15
Front Row—05/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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20:00
Rethink—Rethink: manufacturing or services?
Does "servitization" boost the economy?
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20:30
BBC Inside Science—The future of particle physics
What are the next steps for the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator?
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21:00
Start the Week—Jon Ronson: men unravelling
Men in crisis, women under scrutiny and monuments in decay.
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21:45
Café Hope—Sea and support
How one woman is helping refugees and asylum seekers learn to swim and move past trauma.
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22:00
The World Tonight—05/10/2026
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
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22:45
Stations by Louise Kennedy—Episode 6
6/10 1988, Róisín has a new job and a new boyfriend.
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23:00
Limelight—Cobalt, Episode 2
2/5 Maita's dad has disappeared, so she takes a plane to Zimbabwe to find him.
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23:30
Great Lives—Tony Juniper on EO Wilson
Dr Tony Juniper picks the Biologist EO Wilson.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—06/10/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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00:30
To Go or Not to Go by Sara Wheeler—1. The Mermaid
1/5 Can imagination ever replace real life travel?
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—06/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—06/10/2026
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:00
News Summary—06/10/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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05:04
Currently—America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—06/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—06/10/2026
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection
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05:45
Farming Today—06/10/2026
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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