Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—09/06/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:15
Intrigue—Worse than Murder, 2. Alick, Darling
As the police hunt for clues about Muriel’s disappearance, the tabloids hunt for a scoop.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—The church of St Olave, Hart Street, in London
Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Olave, Hart Street, in London.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/06/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—09/06/2025
A selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:00
News Summary—09/06/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
Yesterday in Parliament—09/06/2025
Susan Hulme reports on an emotional debate about babies born too early.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—09/06/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Desiderata: The Thief of Joy
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Julia Loveless.
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05:45
Farming Today—09/06/25 Onshore salmon farm plans, breeding wheat, dual-purpose poultry.
Plans for onshore salmon farm can go ahead after legal battle to block them fails.
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05:57
Weather—09/06/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
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06:00
Today—09/06/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Hidden spaces and dangerous places
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Danny Dorling and Adele Zeynep Walton.
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09:45
At Your Own Peril—The Great Tide
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Julianne Moore, Forced adoption in China, Nurses vote on pay deal
Julianne Moore discusses her latest film, the thriller Echo Valley.
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11:00
The Invention Of...—Hungary, Hungary and Mohacs 500
1/3 Misha Glenny heads to Budapest to find where Hungary came from.
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11:45
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick—1. Born in the Bamboo
1/5 Separated twin girls are at the heart of this new book exploring China's one-child policy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—09/06/2025
The latest national and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Bank of Son and Daughter, Trams, Midnight Product Releases
A new survey reveals the rise of the bank of son and daughter.
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12:57
Weather—09/06/2025
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—Millions have winter fuel payment restored
Chancellor confirms U-turn, saying three-quarters of pensioners are now eligible.
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13:45
Politically—Postwar, 1. The Rejection
1/20 Why did Winston Churchill find himself so decisively rejected by the electorate?
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14:00
The Archers—08/06/2025
Bridge Farm faces disappointment.
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14:15
Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 6, 4. Georgia On My Mind
4/6 Roger’s grandson is getting married in America.
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14:45
Dance Move by Wendy Erskine—Episode 2 - Dance Move
2/5 Kate is concerned that her teenage daughter’s friend is a bad influence.
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15:00
A Good Read—Jack Thorne and Peter Kosminsky
The creator of Adolescence and the Wolf Hall director nominate favourite books.
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15:30
Curious Cases—Series 23, Colossal Creatures
10/13 Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain attempt to design the biggest creature that's ever lived
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16:00
Currently—Excluded
Why are school exclusions rising, and what happens to children who are excluded?
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16:30
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 48, Shepherd's Bush
5/7 Jay Rayner and the panel are answering questions from a hungry audience in Shepherd's Bush
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17:00
PM—09/06/2025
News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—Millions of pensioners are getting their winter fuel payments back
Details of the policy's almost total reversal have been revealed
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18:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 9, 3. Suspicious Death
3/6 A suspicious death leaves Alfie with a mystery to solve.
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19:00
The Archers—09/06/2025
Henry makes an emotional offer.
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19:15
Front Row—Twin Peaks creator plus Ian Rankin on Frederick Forsyth
Discussing the legacy of David Lynch's ground-breaking cult television series
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20:00
Rethink—Rethink...the civil service
Can the civil service be reformed or is it simply too old and unwieldy?
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20:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science—Can science save our oceans?
Inside Science heads to the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France.
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21:00
Start the Week—Hidden spaces and dangerous places
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Danny Dorling and Adele Zeynep Walton.
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21:45
The Shipping Postcards—Wight
3/5 Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Dogger, Irish Sea, Wight, Lundy and Forth.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Three-quarters of pensioners to get winter fuel payment after U-turn
Chancellor Rachel Reeves provides details of a major policy U-turn
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22:45
Albion by Anna Hope—Episode 1
1/10 May 1st in the glorious Sussex countryside, a fractured family prepares for a funeral.
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23:00
Whodunnits—A Charles Paris Mystery - A Doubtful Death, 1. Method in his Madness
1/4 Charles lands a role in an immersive production of Hamlet, and an actress goes missing.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—09/06/2025
Sean Curran reports as ministers set out the details of their winter fuel payments U-turn.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—10/06/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick—1. Born in the Bamboo
1/5 Separated twin girls are at the heart of this new book exploring China's one-child policy.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—10/06/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—10/06/2025
A selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:00
News Summary—10/06/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
Yesterday in Parliament—10/06/2025
Alicia McCarthy reports on a U-turn over winter fuel payments for pensioners.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—10/06/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Desiderata: Tenacious Love
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Julia Loveless.
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05:45
Farming Today—Farming Today (10/06/2025): Sea pollution, genetic modification, farming bread
Marine pollution, genetically modified fish oil, farming for bread.
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