BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 9 February 2026

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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—09/02/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—India's sportswomen playing to be seen
  
  How sport is giving some young women in India a way out of child marriage.
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—All Saints church in Easton, Suffolk
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints church in Easton, Suffolk.
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—09/02/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/02/2026
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—09/02/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—09/02/2026
  
  The latest news from Westminster with Sean Curran.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—09/02/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Finding What's Been Lost
  
  Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with the Reverend Dr Craig Gardiner.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—09/02/26 Farmer protests, Defra farm training, AI in agriculture
  
  More farmer protests about imports and prices.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—09/02/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—09/02/2026
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Fun and games
  
  Naomi Alderman with C Thi Nguyen, Keza MacDonald and Stephen Bush.
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—Community fitness
  
  How one man has founded an inclusive community of running mates.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Epstein files, Lindsey Vonn, Knife crime, Charles Dickens' women
  
  Why has the 'Epstein file' release focused on the political fallout and high-profile men?
5. 11:00
  
  Understand—An American Journey, 4. Life and Liberty
  
  4/4 The idea of freedom is foundational to America, but whose freedom, and what kind?
6. 11:45
  
  The Colour of Home by Sajid Javid—Episode 1
  
  1/5 Sir Sajid Javid describes growing up as part of an immigrant family in 1970s Britain.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—09/02/2026
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—When is a UK bank not a UK bank, lower-strength wines, and are cardigans cool again?
  
  If you send your money to a UK sort code, how do you know it's a UK bank?
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—09/02/2026
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—09/02/2026
  
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
5. 13:45
  
  The Hunger Game—1. The Wonder Stuff
  
  1/5 A series exploring the weight loss drug revolution. Presented by Prof Giles Yeo.
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—08/02/2026
  
  There's big news at Brookfield.
7. 14:15
  
  Relativity—Series 4, Episode 3
  
  3/6 Ian’s worrying diagnosis is a cause for tears and unexpected laughter.
8. 14:45
  
  Opening Lines—Gone with the Wind - Episode 1
  
  John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic novel Gone with the Wind.
9. 15:00
  
  A Good Read—Robin Ince and Philip Hensher
  
  The comedian and the writer share good books with Harriett Gilbert.
10. 15:30
  
  You're Dead to Me—Hypatia of Alexandria: mathematician, martyr and feminist icon
  
  Join Greg and his guests to learn about the life of mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria.
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—Trump and Greenland: How MAGA went Arctic
  
  The backstory to Donald Trump's desire to take over Greenland.
12. 16:30
  
  Rewinder—Wuthering Flights
  
  Greg James digs into the BBC's archives, using current stories as a portal to the past.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—09/02/2026
  
  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—The Prime Minister faces calls to resign from the Scottish Labour leader
  
  Anas Sarwar says the people of Scotland are "crying out for competent government"
2. 18:30
  
  Just a Minute—Series 96, 2. I’ve never seen anything like it!
  
  2/6 Paul Merton, Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd and Paterson Joseph.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—09/02/2026
  
  Fallon has a brainwave.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Kristen Stewart on her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water
  
  Hollywood star Kristen Stewart talks about her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water.
5. 20:00
  
  How Did We Get Here?—Israel and the Palestinians, 1: From Earliest Times to the Romans
  
  1/10 Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—Where do forever chemicals come from?
  
  New research on how forever chemicals get into our environment.
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Fun and games
  
  Naomi Alderman with C Thi Nguyen, Keza MacDonald and Stephen Bush.
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—Community fitness
  
  How one man has founded an inclusive community of running mates.
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—Starmer says he will not quit
  
  Keir Starmer has told his MPs he will not quit after pressure mounts on leader.
10. 22:45
  
  James by Percival Everett—1: Run
  
  1/10 The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from one of the US's greatest contemporary writers.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Firewall, Episode 4
  
  4/8 Fourth Echelon agents, Sam and Sarah Fisher, zone in on the T-tech building in Lisbon.
12. 23:30
  
  Today in Parliament—09/02/2026
  
  Sean Curran reports on a day of fevered speculation about the prime minister's future.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—10/02/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  The Colour of Home by Sajid Javid—Episode 1
  
  1/5 Sir Sajid Javid describes growing up as part of an immigrant family in 1970s Britain.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—10/02/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—10/02/2026
  
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—10/02/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—10/02/2026
  
  Alicia McCarthy reports as opposition MPs pile the pressure on the Prime Minister.
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—10/02/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—Whispering Grass
  
  Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with the Reverend Dr Craig Gardiner.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—Flooding, alternatives to farrowing crates, crops through the 'eyes' of AI.
  
  More rain and more flood warnings piling the pressure on farmers.

Tuesday 10 February 2026