BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 6 October 2025

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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—06/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—Haitians Living in Fear in the Dominican Republic
  
  How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion.
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.
  
  Bells on Sunday, comes from Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—06/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—06/10/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—06/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Last Word—Dame Jane Goodall, Tony Harrison, Lord Menzies Campbell, Danny Thompson
  
  Matthew Bannister on a primatologist, a poet, a politician and a bass player.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—06/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—More than a cup of tea
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—06/10/25: Rural policing, grape harvest, Conservative Party conference
  
  Is rural crime falling off the radar in some police force areas?
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—06/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—06/10/2025
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s civil war
  
  Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent.
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—Dedication to donation
  
  How one woman wants to get more people to give blood after donations helped her husband.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Kellie Bright, Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, Summer of Sport
  
  Is the SEND system working for children with special educational needs?
5. 10:55
  
  A Carnival of Animals—The Orangutan
  
  Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of 20 astonishing but endangered animals.
6. 11:00
  
  Three Ages of Child—Episode 2: The Middle Years
  
  2/3 A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
7. 11:45
  
  Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang—Episode 1
  
  1/5 The sequel to Jung Chang’s global bestseller, Wild Swans.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—06/10/2025
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Thames Water Bills, Florists, Collectibles
  
  We reveal how criminals are using water accounts as a gateway to fraud.
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—06/10/2025
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—France's prime minister resigns
  
  Sébastien Lecornu becomes France's shortest serving prime minister ever. We have reaction.
5. 13:45
  
  New Storytellers—Multitrack - 2025, I Am What I Ate
  
  How can you reconnect with yourself through food?
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—05/10/2025
  
  Jolene finds herself bearing the brunt.
7. 14:15
  
  Alone—Series 2, Front Window
  
  4/6 Ellie suggests a neighbourhood stake out when the garden pot plants are stolen again.
8. 14:45
  
  Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell—Episode 8
  
  8/10 Mrs Bridge does not approve of her son Douglas’s new girlfriend.
9. 15:00
  
  Great Lives—Oliver Postgate
  
  Andrew Davenport, creator of In the Night Garden, chooses Oliver Postgate.
10. 15:30
  
  Curious Cases—Series 24, To Crab, or Not to Crab?
  
  1/13 Hannah and Dara investigate why nature has evolved the humble crabs so many times.
11. 16:00
  
  Top Comment—Marianna in Conspiracyland 2, 6. The Inquest
  
  6/6 Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy?
12. 16:30
  
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 49, Durham
  
  7/7 Jay Rayner and the panel are in Durham answering questions from an audience of home cooks.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—France's prime minister resigns
  
  After just 26 days, Sébastien Lecornu is gone. What's next for France?
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—The French Prime Minister has resigned
  
  The country has been plunged into a political crisis
2. 18:30
  
  Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz—Series 4, Walking On Ayr
  
  2/6 Paul Sinha tests the general knowledge of his live audience in Ayr.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—06/10/2025
  
  The Grundys face an anxious wait.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Kathryn Bigelow and Kiran Desai
  
  Film director Kathryn Bigelow and Booker-nominee author Kiran Desai
5. 20:00
  
  Rethink—Rethink... nightlife
  
  The UK's nightlife sector is on its knees, so can - and should - it be saved?
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?
  
  Scientists have made early-stage human embryos using skin cell DNA fertilised with sperm
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s civil war
  
  Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and historians Paul Cartledge and Mary Vincent.
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—Dedication to donation
  
  How one woman wants to get more people to give blood after donations helped her husband.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—More trouble for Macron as another French PM resigns
  
  Sébastien Lecornu was appointed France's prime minister less than four weeks ago
10. 22:45
  
  Helm by Sarah Hall—That Brief, Busy Interlude
  
  1/10 An elemental story about climate, discovery and the time we have left.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir, 1. Mothers
  
  1/5 Clara Page and the Themis gang are back - and family ties are a stronger theme than ever.
12. 23:30
  
  Ancient Lives with Mary Beard—Being Roman, Series 2, A Bag of Snails and a Glass of Wine
  
  Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—07/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang—Episode 1
  
  1/5 The sequel to Jung Chang’s global bestseller, Wild Swans.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—07/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—07/10/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—07/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Top Comment—Marianna in Conspiracyland 2, 6. The Inquest
  
  6/6 Can coroners' courts cope with conspiracy?
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—07/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Using aright the time left to us
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—07/10/25: Skilled workers visas, Neigh-bourhood Watch, British Wool anniversary.
  
  Dairy farmers in Scotland say changing skilled worker visas could leave them shortstaffed.

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