News
Schedule
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
1/5 Sarah Dunant explores the craft of blending fact and fiction to understand the past.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Mariama Ifode- Blease
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
1/3 Fiona Shaw celebrates 100 years of Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.
Series that demystifies health issues, bringing clarity to conflicting advice.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe explore the rich web of connections in music.
2/5 Fidelity, companionship and wonder - the novelist Sarah Dunant explores pets in history.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
17/20 David Runciman tells the story of the 1945 election and the dawn of a new age.
Henry’s advice backfires.
2/2 Brian Cox stars in series 3 of the drama by David Ashton, set in San Francisco in 1849.
Lucy Worsley meets French art thief Amelie Decuzpere in Victorian London.
New research on how society works
Roger McGough is ed by Paul Farley, sharing poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast.
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves.
News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Your ultimate guide to the Women's Euros 2025.
Brad finds himself out of his comfort zone.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
News-making original journalism investigating stories at home and abroad
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
A chance visit to the Vatican hints at a black market in ancient treasures on eBay.
The business conversation show with people at the top giving insight into what matters.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
2/5 Wharton's 1917 tale of forbidden ion and sexual awakening, read by Lydia Wilson.
A CIA agent hears a strange sound in Havana - and his life begins to fall apart.
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
Wednesday 2 July 2025
