BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 29 September 2025

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—29/09/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—‘A new foe’: Conscripting women in Denmark
  
  18-year-old girls in Denmark are facing the draft, as the military boosts its numbers.
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—St Mary’s Church in Lymm, Cheshire.
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Lymm, Cheshire.
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—29/09/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/09/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—29/09/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Last Word—Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, John Stapleton, Mary Elizabeth Dodd, Claudia Cardinale
  
  Matthew Bannister on an architect, a TV presenter, a physiotherapist and an actor.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—29/09/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Boundaries and Retreats
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Emma - Lopen Ani Pema Deki
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—29/09/25: Prime Minister's farming priority, Armagh Bramleys, livestock markets
  
  The Prime Minister says improving profits is his priority for farming.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—29/09/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—29/09/2025
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Steven Pinker on common knowledge
  
  Steven Pinker, Aleks Krotoski and David Edmonds, with Adam Rutherford.
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—Bringing loved ones home
  
  How one charity is helping repatriate families' loved ones to Ireland and Northern Ireland
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Rugby World Cup, Tracey Ullman, Janet Skinner, Ava Pickett
  
  We celebrate England's Red Roses' win at the Rugby World Cup.
5. 11:00
  
  Three Ages of Child—Episode 1: The Early Years
  
  1/3 A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
6. 11:45
  
  Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw—Episode 1: Tiny Beasts
  
  1/5 Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—29/09/2025
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Wedding Photos, Slimming Clubs, Local Buses
  
  We hear how dozens of couples have had their wedding photographs withheld.
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—29/09/2025
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—Reeves takes fight to Reform in conference speech
  
  The Chancellor calls Nigel Farage's agenda 'single greatest threat' to British values.
5. 13:45
  
  Food Britannia—The Supermarket Dilemma
  
  1/5 Max Cotton finds out if we could feed ourselves entirely from food grown in the UK.
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—28/09/2025
  
  Stella has a crisis of confidence.
7. 14:15
  
  Alone—Series 2, A Few Loose Ends
  
  3/6 Mitch and Will are at loggerheads when an old female friend appears.
8. 14:45
  
  Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell—Episode 7
  
  7/10 Mrs Bridge visits her troubled friend Grace Barron.
9. 15:00
  
  Great Lives—Sylvia Plath
  
  The writer Sylvia Plath, chosen by Lucy Jones.
10. 15:30
  
  You're Dead to Me—Early Medieval Papacy
  
  Join Greg and his guests in 9th-century Rome to learn about the early medieval papacy.
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—Flag Town
  
  Jonny I’Anson visits the Yorkshire suburbs where flags are flying high.
12. 16:30
  
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 49, Warwick
  
  6/7 Jay Rayner is in Warwick hosting a culinary Q and A with a panel of experts.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—Mahmood: Curb migration or face division
  
  Home secretary Shabana Mahmood warns her party, 'You may not always like what I do'.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—The Home Secretary says migrants must "earn the right" to live in the UK
  
  The Home Secretary told the Labour conference its time for a tougher policy on migration.
2. 18:30
  
  Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz—Series 4, Foxy Flag Facts
  
  1/6 Paul Sinha quizzes a Leicester audience about their home, including their county flag.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—29/09/2025
  
  There's bad news for the Grundys.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Actors Matthew McConaughey and Harris Dickinson on their latest films
  
  Actors Matthew McConaughey and Harris Dickinson on their latest films.
5. 20:00
  
  Rethink—Rethink... winners and losers
  
  Why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics and attitudes.
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—The science behind autism
  
  What do we know about the causes of autism?
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Steven Pinker on common knowledge
  
  Steven Pinker, Aleks Krotoski and David Edmonds, with Adam Rutherford.
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—Bringing loved ones home
  
  How one charity is helping repatriate families' loved ones to Ireland and Northern Ireland
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—Trump and Netanyahu agree new US peace plan for Gaza
  
  President Trump says Israel would have US backing to destroy Hamas if it rejects the deal
10. 22:45
  
  The Plot Against America by Philip Roth—Episode 6
  
  6/10 Richard Schiff reads Roth's chilling alternative history of a far right-leaning 1940s USA.
11. 23:00
  
  Tracking the Planet—Navigating the Anthropocene
  
  Emily Knight tells stories of our changing planet, though the animals which call it home.
12. 23:30
  
  Ancient Lives with Mary Beard—Being Roman, Series 2, The Whistleblower
  
  Meet the savvy political operator who cleaned up Britain after Boudicca's revolt.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—30/09/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw—Episode 1: Tiny Beasts
  
  1/5 Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—30/09/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/09/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—30/09/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Currently—Flag Town
  
  Jonny I’Anson visits the Yorkshire suburbs where flags are flying high.
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—30/09/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Spiritual wellbeing – how to define it?
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Emma - Lopen Ani Pema Deki.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—30/09/2025: Who let the pigs out? Heat pump 'fixation'? Mart socialising
  
  The ancient tradition with a vital role in a bumper year for acorns.

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