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08/05/2025
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
Marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day
Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Lise Meitner
The Austrian-Jewish physicist who, in 1938, solved the question of nuclear fission.
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis decode the utterly baffling world of political language.
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episode 4: Quebec
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.
Two-minute national silence to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
4. The Identity
Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who‘s autistic?
07/05/2025
Freddie struggles with recent events.
London Particular
Episode 2
Alice uncovers powerful secrets in the forgotten corners of London. Time travelling drama.
Countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of Britain
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Alexei Sayle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Street Names
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.
David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.
BBC Radio 4's science magazine
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 4
Saturday's Child Is...
Award-winning comedian Mark Watson re-embarks on his doomed quest to understand life.
It’s the end of an era in Ambridge.
Who's in the news for all the wrong reasons? With David Yelland and Simon Lewis.
Self-professed media diva Tina Brown and Chris Best, cofounder of the publishing platform Substack
Self-professed media diva Tina Brown and Chris Best, cofounder of Substack.
Alex Horne and The Horne Section, Susie Dent, Anoushka Shankar, Kate Wiliams, Callum Scott Howells, Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
9: 'He's a monster.'
Art, passion and the chance of freedom, in an intoxicating debut set in 1920s Provence.
09/05/2025
