BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 11 August 2025

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Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—11/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing
  
  A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents.
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—The parish church of St Teilo in Llantilio Pertholey, in Monmouthshire
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Teilo in Llantilio Pertholey.
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—11/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—11/08/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—11/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Last Word—Dame Stella Rimington, Sylvia Young, Sir Jamie McGrigor, Joan Anderson
  
  Matthew Bannister on an spy boss, a drama school founder, a politician and a craze starter
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—11/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—It’s time for afternoon tea
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—110825: environmental payments, meat carcass use
  
  Fears over environmental farm payments; meat carcass use.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—11/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—11/08/2025
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Rory Stewart: The Long History of...—Heroism, 2. Revolution and Pragmatism
  
  2/5 Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
3. 09:30
  
  Fool's Gold—7. Follow the Money
  
  George is on the run police – but trainee reporter Holly Morgan tracks him down.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, Celine Song on Materialists, Women in construction
  
  The England goalkeeper on winning the Euros and the obstacles she's overcome.
5. 11:00
  
  En-Gulfed—Tourism
  
  Activist and satirist Heydon Prowse explores the booming tourism industry of Gulf States.
6. 11:45
  
  Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 1
  
  1/5 The Orwell Prize-winner explores how oversharing became a product in our digital world.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—11/08/2025
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Online Gambling Glitch, Protein Products, Counterfeit Books
  
  Should an online gambling company rescind winnings from a computer glitch?
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—11/08/2025
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—Five Al Jazeera journalists are killed in Gaza
  
  Israel accuses Anas al-Sharif of being a Hamas operative as strike kills him and 4 others.
5. 13:45
  
  Understand—The Trip, 6. Critical periods
  
  6/10 Can psychedelics help the brain to learn things anew?
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—10/08/2025
  
  Lynda makes a faux pas.
7. 14:15
  
  Believe It!—Series 6, Journey Home
  
  1/4 Richard Wilson persuades David Tennant to drive him back to his home town of Greenock.
8. 14:45
  
  Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell—Episode 1
  
  1/10 Kansas City, 1930s. India Bridge begins her life as a married woman.
9. 15:00
  
  Great Lives—DJ Deb Grant on John Prine
  
  DJ Deb Grant picks US mailman turned country-folk singer John Prine.
10. 15:30
  
  You're Dead to Me—Renaissance Beauty: hair, makeup and skincare in the 16th century
  
  Join Greg and his guests in the Renaissance to learn about beauty rituals and treatments.
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—White Coats v the White House
  
  Roland Pease looks at how breaking an 80-year-old deal in US science may affect us all.
12. 16:30
  
  Soul Music—I Only Have Eyes for You
  
  The hypnotic beauty of a Tin Pan Alley song made famous by 1950s group The Flamingos.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—President Trump: Ukraine will have to give up land for peace
  
  The EU's former foreign policy chief gives her verdict on the upcoming Trump-Putin talks.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—A missile strike kills six journalists in Gaza
  
  Israel says one of the journalists was working for Hamas
2. 18:30
  
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 83, 6. Dinner Table or Bedroom
  
  6/6 Adrian Edmondson, Miles Jupp, Rachel Parris and Henning Wehn return to the Bristol Beacon.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—11/08/2025
  
  Lilian receives surprising news.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Peter Sellers at 100
  
  The BFI has launched a new season of Peter Sellers films to mark his centenary.
5. 20:00
  
  The Briefing Room—Should the government worry about debt?
  
  Should the UK and other countries worry about rising levels of government debt?
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—What’s the evidence for vaccines?
  
  Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.
7. 21:00
  
  Changing the Odds—Episode 3: Stoke-on-Trent; Britain's betting city
  
  How Stoke-On-Trent has such deep bonds with gambling's big success story: Bet365
8. 21:45
  
  One to One—Crying: Keith Brymer-Jones and Craig Mealing
  
  Keith Brymer-Jones talks to Craig Mealing about crying.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—Israel kills six journalists in targeted strike
  
  Where does this leave reporters in Gaza?
10. 22:45
  
  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—6: 'Why don’t you simply face up to the past?'
  
  6/10 The classic novel from the Nobel Prize-winning Kazuo Ishiguro, exploring post-WWII Japan.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?, 2. The Man Who Sold the World
  
  2/5 Clara finds herself back amongst friends - or does she?
12. 23:30
  
  What's Funny About...—Series 4, 3. Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister
  
  3/5 Jonathan Lynn tells the inside story of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—12/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 1
  
  1/5 The Orwell Prize-winner explores how oversharing became a product in our digital world.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—12/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—12/08/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—12/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Currently—White Coats v the White House
  
  Roland Pease looks at how breaking an 80-year-old deal in US science may affect us all.
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—12/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—On modelling kindness
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—12/08/25 Dairy exports to Egypt, eating all the pig, Bronze Age cattle
  
  New deal for dairy exports to Egypt.

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