Schedule
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Early
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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
Currently—Turn Right for Wales
Will Hayward asks if Wales could become the setting for Reform’s biggest breakthrough yet.
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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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Morning
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06:00
Today—05/08/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—The Women Poets of Ancient Greece
Natalie tells the stories of the Nine Earthly Muses. With Edith Hall and Nikita Gill.
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09:30
Inside Health—05/08/2025
Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—05/08/2025
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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11:00
Screenshot—01/08/2025
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode guide us through the expanding universe of the moving image
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11:45
The Autism Curve—2. The Past
How has autism changed to include those - like women - who were previously missed?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—05/08/2025
The latest national and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—05/08/2025
News and discussion of consumer affairs
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12:57
Weather—05/08/2025
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—05/08/2025
News, analysis and comment from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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13:45
Understand—Episode 2: When the drugs take hold
Tim Hayward looks at the science, history - and future - of psychedelics.
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14:00
The Archers—04/08/2025
Stella considers her options.
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14:15
Faith, Hope and Glory—1993, 38. Hope and Jean
1/3 Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain.
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15:00
Extreme—Peak Danger, 3. The Death Zone
3/8 Up above 26,000 feet, things start to fall apart. Then disaster strikes.
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15:30
Heart and Soul—Verses for Women: Egypt's Quran Reciters
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
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16:00
Artworks—Angry and Young
Anger as a motivation for art - its potency and limitations.
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16:30
What's Up Docs?—Will laughter help you live longer?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether laughter really is the best medicine.
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17:00
PM—05/08/2025
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—05/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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18:30
Room 101 with Paul Merton—Series 3, Maisie Adam
1/6 Paul Merton finds out what Maisie Adam would send to Room 101.
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19:00
The Archers—05/08/2025
Lily is on a mission.
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19:15
Front Row—05/08/2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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20:00
File on 4 Investigates—Trip Shocked
News-making original journalism documentary, investigating stories at home and abroad.
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20:40
In Touch—05/08/2025
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
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21:00
Crossing Continents—05/08/2025
Insight and analysis from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents around the world.
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21:30
Great Lives—Harry Enfield on Gerard Hoffnung
Comedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung.
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22:00
The World Tonight—05/08/2025
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—2: Precautionary Steps
2/10 The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
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23:00
Havana Helmet Club—6. The Thing
Havana Syndrome spreads. And an eerily similar phenomenon in '70s Moscow is investigated.
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23:30
Illuminated—One Hundred Ways of Listening
Distracted, privatised, enchanted. Tom Rice expands what it means to listen.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—06/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
The Autism Curve—2. The Past
How has autism changed to include those - like women - who were previously missed?
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—06/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—06/08/2025
A selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:00
News Summary—06/08/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science—31/07/2025
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—06/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—06/08/2025
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Grace Thomas
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05:45
Farming Today—06/08/2025
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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