BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 26 January 2026

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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—26/01/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—Greece: Rescuers on Trial
  
  The aid workers put on trial for people-smuggling after saving migrants from drowning
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—St Michael and All Angels in Great Comberton in Worcestershire
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Michael and All Angels in Great Comberton in Worcestershire.
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—26/01/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—26/01/2026
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—26/01/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—26/01/2026
  
  Susan Hulme reports as peers debate the NHS's role if assisted dying was legalised.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—26/01/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Pilgrim Past
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Virginia Luckett.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—26/01/26 Timber security, feoijas, basic income for farmers.
  
  Timber - why we're not growing enough.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—26/01/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—26/01/2026
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Biology, technology and the future
  
  Adam Rutherford asks what it might mean if we can build human bodies and minds.
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—Pigeon protection
  
  How one woman is providing a safe haven for pigeons.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Yanis Varoufakis, Bonnie Langford, 'Catastrophic' waits for NHS community care, Killer in the House documentary
  
  Yanis Varoufakis on being 'raised a misogynist'.
5. 11:00
  
  Understand—An American Journey, 2. A More Perfect Union
  
  2/4 What does it mean to be an American?
6. 11:45
  
  Craftland—Episode 1
  
  1/5 Academic and broadcaster James Fox explores Britain's lost arts and vanishing trades.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—26/01/2026
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Botched Insulation, Co-Living and Fibremaxxing
  
  A botched government insulation scheme leaves thousands waiting for a fix.
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—26/01/2026
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—Former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman joins Reform UK
  
  A third high-profile former cabinet member in recent weeks is welcomed by Reform.
5. 13:45
  
  The Fibre Factor—Munching Plants to Manufacturing
  
  1/5 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores how our fibre intake has changed over human history.
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—25/01/2026
  
  Neil issues an invitation.
7. 14:15
  
  Relativity—Series 4, Episode 1
  
  1/6 The Snell family has new adventures with online dating, a new baby and biscuits.
8. 14:45
  
  Opening Lines—The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  
  John Yorke takes a look at Washington Irving’s classic ghost story.
9. 15:00
  
  Great Lives—Dr Sian Williams nominates Anna Freud
  
  Psychoanalyst Anna Freud is the choice of broadcaster and psychologist Dr Sian Williams.
10. 15:30
  
  You're Dead to Me—Lena Horne: racism and resilience in the Golden Age of Hollywood
  
  Join Greg and his guests to learn all about singer and Hollywood actress Lena Horne.
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—The Price of Meat
  
  High meat prices have led to a boom in meat smuggling - a major risk to public health.
12. 16:30
  
  Soul Music—Make You Feel My Love
  
  A huge hit for Adele, the song was written by Bob Dylan and has rapidly become a standard.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—26/01/2026
  
  News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—Suella Braverman joins Reform UK
  
  The former Home Secretary is the latest senior Conservative to defect
2. 18:30
  
  The Unbelievable Truth—Series 32, 6. Men, Statues, Theft and Martial Arts
  
  6/6 Comedians try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—26/01/2026
  
  Akram offers a suggestion.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Richard Linklater on Nouvelle Vague
  
  American director Richard Linklater takes on the aesthetic of classic French cinema.
5. 20:00
  
  Rethink—Rethink... regeneration
  
  With building and land costs high can we avoid gentrification when reviving urban areas?
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?
  
  50 years since Concorde’s first commercial flight, is aviation going supersonic again?
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Biology, technology and the future
  
  Adam Rutherford asks what it might mean if we can build human bodies and minds.
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—Pigeon protection
  
  How one woman is providing a safe haven for pigeons.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—Trump sends border czar to Minnesota
  
  Growing backlash against the Trump administration over the killing of another US citizen
10. 22:45
  
  The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa—Episode 6
  
  6/10 There is an unwelcome interruption to the old man’s birthday party.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Firewall, Episode 2
  
  2/8 Sam Fisher teams up with a new NSA recruit, who just happens to be his daughter.
12. 23:30
  
  Today in Parliament—26/01/2026
  
  Mandy Baker reports as the home secretary announces a policing revolution.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—27/01/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Craftland—Episode 1
  
  1/5 Academic and broadcaster James Fox explores Britain's lost arts and vanishing trades.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—27/01/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—27/01/2026
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—27/01/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—27/01/2026
  
  Sean Curran reports on the continuing row about the future of the Chagos Islands.
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—27/01/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Holocaust Memorial Day
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Virginia Luckett.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—27/01/2026 Heating rural homes, vertical farm, cost of nature-friendly farming
  
  New government plan to help with eco-friendly heating. What's in it for rural communities?

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