BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 27 October 2025

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Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—27/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Soul Music—May You Never
  
  John Martyn's most enduring song, from 1971.
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—St Peter’s Church in Carmarthen, Wales
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Peter’s Church in Carmarthen, Wales
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—27/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—27/10/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—27/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—27/10/2025
  
  Alicia McCarthy reports on moves to tackle ticketless fans getting into football matches.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—27/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—A good belly laugh
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Father Matt Roche-Saunders.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—27/10/25 Energy costs for salad growers, carrots, invasive species.
  
  Salad growers warn price hikes for electricity could drive producers out of the sector.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—27/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—27/10/2025
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Crossing genres with Wayne McGregor
  
  Wayne McGregor, Anne Enright and Tanika Gupta talk to Shahidha Bari.
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—Build and bond
  
  How one man found support and friendship in a community shed workshop.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Petula Clark, Teenagers and online coercion, Clocks going back
  
  Find out why Petula Clark's autobiography is called Is That You, Petula?
5. 10:55
  
  A Carnival of Animals—The Wombat
  
  Katherine Rundell explores wonderful stories of twenty astonishing but endangered animals.
6. 11:00
  
  The Tax Conundrum—Episode 2: The Possibilities
  
  What can we learn about tax from other countries?
7. 11:45
  
  Every Last Fish by Rose George—1. Life Underwater
  
  1/5 Take a deep dive with Rose George as she explores the complex and slippery world of fish.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—27/10/2025
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Rogue Traders, Lone Ravers, Podcast Scams
  
  How can you protect yourself against rogue traders?
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—27/10/2025
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—Pressure on Rachel Reeves from all sides
  
  Pressure on the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the Budget.
5. 13:45
  
  The History Podcast—The House at Number 48, 6. Spa Town
  
  6/10 Antony sets out to discover what really happened to his relatives.
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—26/10/2025
  
  Will hatches a plan, but will it work?
7. 14:15
  
  Disordered—Series 1, Episode 1 - Free-Fall. Free Food
  
  1/4 Hector has a difficult encounter when forced to use the food bank. Stars Jamie Sives.
8. 14:45
  
  Scenes from a Childhood by Jon Fosse—Episode One: Scenes from a Childhood (Part One)
  
  A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
9. 15:00
  
  A Good Read—Tom Cox and Sophie Scott
  
  Neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox discuss favourite books with Harriett.
10. 15:30
  
  Curious Cases—Series 24, We Didn't Start the Fire
  
  4/13 Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate the fiery phenomenon of spontaneous combustion.
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—Garden of England
  
  A summer on a fruit farm in Kent reveals the human stories behind a punnet of blueberries.
12. 16:30
  
  Legend—The Bruce Springsteen Story, 3. Born in the USA
  
  There’s an unravelling. And then there’s the album which takes Bruce stratospheric.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—Fallout from accidental prisoner release
  
  The deputy prime minister tells the Commons the public should expect better.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—Nigel Farage rejects accusation that Reform MP is "racist"
  
  Sarah Pochin apologised for saying adverts were "full of black and Asian people"
2. 18:30
  
  Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz—Series 4, Yapping about Leicester
  
  5/6 Paul Sinha tests a Leicester audience's knowledge about new words and the people of 2024.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—27/10/2025
  
  Josh has a brainwave.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Reese Witherspoon on her novel and Colin Farrell on his new film
  
  Thriller writer Harlan Coben and actor Reese Witherspoon discuss Gone Before Goodbye.
5. 20:00
  
  The Briefing Room—Is there a crash coming?
  
  Could an AI bubble or so-called ‘shadow banking’ threaten the global economy?
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—Have scientists created a bionic eye?
  
  The bionic microchip implant which allows registered blind people to see again.
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Crossing genres with Wayne McGregor
  
  Wayne McGregor, Anne Enright and Tanika Gupta talk to Shahidha Bari.
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—Build and bond
  
  How one man found support and friendship in a community shed workshop.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—Key figures at odds over collapse of China spy case
  
  Key figures involved in the failed China spying case have given evidence to MPs and peers
10. 22:45
  
  North Woods by Daniel Mason—Episode 6
  
  6/10 Concerning the extraordinary talents of the medium Anastasia Rossi.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir, 4. The Missing Child
  
  4/5 Clara and the Underwood Sisters are in Amsterdam. And Clara's patience is wearing thin.
12. 23:30
  
  Today in Parliament—27/10/2025
  
  Sean Curran reports as MPs question how prison staff accidentally released a man last week
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—28/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Every Last Fish by Rose George—1. Life Underwater
  
  1/5 Take a deep dive with Rose George as she explores the complex and slippery world of fish.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—28/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—28/10/2025
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—28/10/2025
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—28/10/2025
  
  Susan Hulme reports as MPs express dismay over the mistaken release of a sex offender.
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—28/10/2025
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—The pattern of peace
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Father Matt Roche-Saunders.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—28/10/2025 Waste crime inquiry, beaver release, zebra mussels
  
  Organised crime gangs dump millions of tonnes of waste with impunity says Lords inquiry.

Tuesday 28 October 2025