Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—04/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:15
Artworks—Depeche Mode: Reach Out and Touch Faith
Sasha Frere-Jones leads us on the unlikely journey of Depeche Mode’s world domination.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—The parish church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, Somerset
Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, Somerset.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—04/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—04/08/2025
A selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:00
News Summary—04/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
Last Word—01/08/2025
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—04/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—04/08/2025
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Grace Thomas
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05:45
Farming Today—04/08/2025
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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05:57
Weather—04/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
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06:00
Today—04/08/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Rory Stewart: The Long History of...—Heroism, The Classical Hero
1/5 Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
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09:30
Fool's Gold—6. Follow the Money
Most of the coins are still out here – and someone is still selling them.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—04/08/2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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11:00
En-Gulfed—04/08/2025
Heydon Prowse takes a look into the bizarre world of Anglo-Gulf relations.
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11:45
The Autism Curve—1. The Data
What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—04/08/2025
The latest national and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—04/08/2025
News and discussion of consumer affairs
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12:57
Weather—04/08/2025
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—04/08/2025
News, analysis and comment from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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13:45
Understand—Episode 1 - Altered States
Tim Hayward looks at the science, history - and future - of psychedelics.
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14:00
The Archers—03/08/2025
Brian struggles to see the wood for the trees.
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14:15
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 16, 6. Blocked!
6/6 Has Ed stopped writing for good?
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14:45
Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney—Episode 5
5/5 Poems read by BrÃd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.
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15:00
A Good Read—Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson
The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.
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15:30
You're Dead to Me—Viking Women: wives, weavers and warriors
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
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16:00
Off airProgrammes will resume at 16:30
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16:30
Soul Music—Chervona Kalyna
Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song.
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17:00
PM—04/08/2025
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—04/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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18:30
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 83, Episode 5
5/6 Jack Dee chairs the 83rd series of the long-running, self-styled antidote to panel games.
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19:00
The Archers—04/08/2025
Stella considers her options.
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19:15
Front Row—04/08/2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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20:00
The Briefing Room—31/07/2025
David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.
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20:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science—31/07/2025
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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21:00
Changing the Odds—Episode 2: Gibraltar - Online betting's birthplace
How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry
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21:45
Untaxing—5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant, and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
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22:00
The World Tonight—04/08/2025
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
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22:45
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—1: 'War damage.'
1/10 The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
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23:00
Limelight—Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?, 1. Funeral In London
1/5 Aldrich Kemp returns... or does he?
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23:30
What's Funny About...—Series 4, 2. After Life
2/5 Ricky Gervais tells the inside story of his smash hit After Life.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—05/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
The Autism Curve—1. The Data
What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide?
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—05/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—05/08/2025
A selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:00
News Summary—05/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
Off airProgrammes will resume at 05:34
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—05/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—05/08/2025
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Grace Thomas
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05:45
Farming Today—05/08/2025
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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