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23/07/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Stick to the Script
Throwing away the script to unlock the brain’s creative potential.
Suffering and Growth
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Steve Taylor.
23/07/26 Royal Welsh Show
The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Who Did We Think We Were?
3. The Festival of Britain 1951 and the Coronation 1953
Neil MacGregor on past expressions of British identity and how they shape our identity now
Art That Conquered the World
Guernica
James Fox asks how Picasso's Guernica became so famous.
Rapist police officer, Women in Iran, Extreme cleans, Golfer Georgia Hall
A police officer has been uncovered as a violent rapist.
3. Modern boarding
Nicky Campbell explores the modern boarding school experience.
Episode 4: Mud and War
How the drowning mud of World War One overcame both Rebecca’s great uncles.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The Bottom Line Business Awards 2026
What was the best business move of the last 12 months and who made the biggest blunder?
Sliced Bread - Series 17
Language Learning Apps
Can you really learn a new language from apps like Duolingo?
The latest weather forecast
Police apologise for ‘missed opportunity’ before Manchester synagogue attack
The attacker’s phone was seized twice by detectives in months before the incident.
Dead Rabbit
4. Caught in the Headlights
Lucy and Chris Packham join a stakeout, to see hare coursing themselves. Is it dangerous?
22/07/2026
Emotions run high for Tracy.
The Big Payback
By Sir Lenny Henry. A comedy drama about the reparations debate, starring Oliver Chris.
Roma Agrawal
Writer and structural engineer takes Martha Kearney to Kilburn Grange Park in London.
Parkinson's UK
Journalist Rory Cellan-Jones makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Parkinson's UK.
Common Ground, Dead Ringers, and You're Dead To Me
Andrea Catherwood discusses the short series Common Ground with presenter Evan Davies.
Part 1: How's the government doing on immigration?
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss small boats, asylum seekers and illegal migration.
Testing testosterone testing
Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels?
Drought declared in parts of the UK
With millions told to use less, should water companies have done more to secure supplies?
Andy Burnham pauses the prisoner early release scheme
More than 5,000 prisoners including killers were due to be freed from September
Series 2
S2 E6: What If This Was a Sketch Show, Though?
What if we had got the internet's funniest comedians to make a sketch show, though?
Bert is causing concern.
Review Show: Trainspotting the Musical, Colson Whitehead's new novel
Plus fishing romance drama On the Sea.
The Gamble
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
Andrew Neil, the PM and the press, AI actor Tilly Norwood
Andy Burnham’s social media strategy, Andrew Neil on becoming a Youtuber, AI in Hollywood.
Ruthie Henshall, Tez Ilyas, Mica Millar, Joe Pasquale, Dave McCabe
Kiri Pritchard-McLean and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. Dissidents
Dissident researchers are convinced the scientific establishment is wrong on BSE.
Burnham pauses early prison release scheme
The pause comes after criticism of the scheme from survivors and victims' families
Episode 4
As Rowan gets closer to the family, she is drawn to tell them more about her own life.
Engineering the Climate: Can Injecting Chemicals in the Sky Help Save the Planet? (Professor David Keith)
Gabriel Gatehouse explores the world of geoengineering.
Cuckoo Chicks and the Supernormal Stimulus
Lessons from a cuckoo on why we want what we want, and why our desires can't be trusted.
Ministers under pressure over prisoner early release scheme. Alicia McCarthy reports.
24/07/2026
