BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Thursday 14 August 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—14/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 3
  
  3/5 Orwell Prize-winning author Darren McGarvey considers the brutal after-effects of trauma.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—14/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—14/08/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—14/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Sideways—75. Me, Myself and Mine
  
  What does it mean to own your body - and is that even the right question to ask?
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—14/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—The power of the novel
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—14/08/25 Game bird shooting licences and avian influenza. Exporting less popular cuts of meat
  
  Shooting club says being refused a licence to release game birds could force it to close.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—14/08/2025
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Artworks—What Happened to Counter-Culture?, 2. Revolution in the Head
  
  2/5 Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.
3. 09:30
  
  Across the Red Line—Series 8, Anne McElvoy hosts a debate on chemical castration: justice reform or ethical overreach for offenders
  
  Anne McElvoy explores chemical castration for sex offenders. Is it ethical or necessary?
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Post Office scandal, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Annie & The Caldwells
  
  A victim of the Post Office scandal on her return to her family Post Office.
5. 11:00
  
  The Infinite Monkey Cage—Series 33, Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins
  
  Brian Cox and Robin Ince adjudicate a fluttery face off!
6. 11:45
  
  Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 4
  
  4/5 Darren McGarvey examines the role of social media in the simplification of complex issues.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—14/08/2025
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  Scam Secrets—The Great Knitted Cardigan Scam
  
  The great knitted cardigan scam.
3. 12:32
  
  Sliced Bread—Salt
  
  Is expensive salt better for your health?
4. 12:57
  
  Weather—14/08/2025
  
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  
  World at One—President Zelensky visits Downing Street
  
  PM and Zelensky meet ahead of US-Russia summit. Plus, economy grows faster than expected.
6. 13:45
  
  Understand—The Trip, 9. Sacred plants for sale
  
  9/10 Who stands to profit from the commercialisation of psychedelics?
7. 14:00
  
  The Archers—13/08/2025
  
  Kate has a change of heart.
8. 14:15
  
  Drama on 4—Collapsing Orbits: Ep 2 - The Ex Who Fell to Earth
  
  Futurist visionary Hennessy Peck has left for Mars. But the Mars Mission is going sideways
9. 15:00
  
  This Natural Life—Cosmo Sheldrake
  
  Martha Kearney records underwater worlds at Hampstead Heath with musician Cosmo Sheldrake.
10. 15:27
  
  Radio 4 Appeal—Doctors for Nepal
  
  Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Doctors for Nepal
11. 15:30
  
  Feedback—Central Intelligence and AI in Radio
  
  Andrea Catherwood puts listener questions to the team behind drama Central Intelligence.
12. 16:00
  
  The Briefing Room—UK Resilience, How prepared are we for climate change?
  
  The UK is becoming hotter and wetter but is it prepared to deal with that reality?
13. 16:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—What will we be wearing in the future?
  
  Fashion meets science. An expert panel discuss the clothing of the future.
14. 17:00
  
  PM—Ukraine braces for Alaska summit
  
  We report from Ukraine as Presidents Trump and Putin prepare to discuss its future.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—AI helps create new antibiotics
  
  US Scientists use AI to invent new antibiotics which tackle drug-resistant superbugs.
2. 18:30
  
  Tim Key's Poetry Programme—Series 6, 3. Safari
  
  3/4 On safari, with guest star Sam Campbell.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—14/08/2025
  
  Jazzer receives a tempting offer.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Review show: Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
  
  Brigadoon in Regent's Park, The Bitter Water of the Lake by Giulia Caminito.
5. 20:00
  
  Human Intelligence—Series 1, Disruptors: Martin Luther
  
  Naomi Alderton explores the mind of Martin Luther, who inspired the Protestant Reformation
6. 20:15
  
  The Media Show—Journalists in Gaza, AI Avatar, Housing Journalism, True Crime
  
  4 Al Jazeera journalists are killed in an Israeli attack; we examine reporting from Gaza.
7. 21:00
  
  Loose Ends—Tom Rosenthal, Thanyia Moore, Karine Polwart, Michael Elsener, Niall Moorjani, Couplet
  
  Clive Anderson and guests with conversation, music and comedy from the Edinburgh Festivals
8. 21:45
  
  One to One—Crying: Keith Brymer-Jones and Susie Orbach
  
  Keith Brymer-Jones talks to psychotherapist Susie Orbach about crying.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—What do Putin and Trump each want from Alaska summit?
  
  Russian and US leaders prepare to meet in Anchorage to discuss Ukraine.
10. 22:45
  
  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—9: 'You are a traitor.'
  
  9/10 The acclaimed 1986 by the Nobel-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
11. 23:00
  
  Radical with Amol Rajan—Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins)
  
  Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on hunting Russian spies and the crisis of democracy.
12. 23:30
  
  Artworks—Angry and Young
  
  Anger as a motivation for art - its potency and limitations.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—15/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 4
  
  4/5 Darren McGarvey examines the role of social media in the simplification of complex issues.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—15/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/08/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—15/08/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  The Briefing Room—UK Resilience, How prepared are we for climate change?
  
  The UK is becoming hotter and wetter but is it prepared to deal with that reality?
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—15/08/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—How can we remember to remember God?
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—15/08/25: Rural buses, feeding lions, Inheritance tax analysis
  
  MPs say 'ambitious action' is needed to improve bus services in rural England.

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