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15/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
The race for Library prefect
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Jo Moir.
15/10/26 Succession
The Archers at 75: will family farms survive the next 75 years?
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Battle of Antietam
The American Civil War battle that prompted Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Armando Iannucci and guests decode the utterly baffling world of political language.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Series 35
Guano: Liquid Gold
Adam Rutherford and Jessica Fostekew investigate the remarkable story of bird and bat poo.
Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole by AA Milne
Read by Toby Jones and celebrating a century of Pooh.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show
Eye Drops
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
14/10/2026
Stella puts her foot in it.
Hidden Treasures
By Jan Carson. An original drama inspired by Agatha Christie's time on the Isle of Man.
From Limpsfield Common to Everest with David Sullivan
Clare explores Limpsfield Common with David Sullivan to hear about his Everest adventure
Medair UK
Andrew Marr makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Medair UK.
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 1
2. The Walk
The team head to Wales for Clive’s Alzheimers memory walk.
Freddie’s feelings are hurt.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
Who's in the news for all the wrong reasons? With David Yelland and Farzana Baduel.
This is the programme about a revolution in media.
Craig Revel Horwood, Roachford, Chloe Petts, Si King
Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Tigger
Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks with Cressida Cowell and Michael Rosen about Tigger.
Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and ideas defining the future.
16/10/2026
Appetite for Distraction
4. Attention Shortfall?
Matthew Syed asks what it means to be distracted in a media world vying for our attention.
