BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 13 April 2026

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—13/04/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Crossing Continents—Albania: Land, Money and the Sea
  
  Ivanka Trump, a beach full of sheep and the changing landscape of southern Albania.
3. 00:45
  
  Bells on Sunday—The church of St Mary's Patshull in Staffordshire
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Mary's Patshull in Staffordshire
4. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—13/04/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—13/04/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:00
  
  News Summary—13/04/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  
  Last Word—Sir Craig Reedie, Bronwen Naish, Geoff Yeadon, Margareta Magnusson
  
  Matthew Bannister on a sports administrator, a musician, a cave diver and an author.
8. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—13/04/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
9. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—The Place of Modesty
  
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea.
10. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—13/04/26: Alternative fertilisers, Capercaillie in the Cairngorms.
  
  The search for fertilisers which don't have to be imported, to lessen price shocks.
11. 05:57
  
  Weather—13/04/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—13/04/2026
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  Start the Week—Challenges and solutions
  
  John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe
3. 09:45
  
  Café Hope—A chair for chats
  
  How one man is trying to reduce loneliness by encouraging strangers to chat at a pub table
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Hungary election, Women managing male footballers, Being a girl in 2026
  
  What the end of the Orbán regime means for Hungarian women.
5. 11:00
  
  The Invention Of...—The Balkans, The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
  
  3/3 Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
6. 11:45
  
  City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai—Dariush
  
  1/5 Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—13/04/2026
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Broadband Outages, Border Delays and House Flipping
  
  Broadband outages, border delays and house flipping.
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—13/04/2026
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—The Southport attacks could and should have been prevented
  
  Tragedy blamed on 'catastrophic' failures by agencies and killer’s 'irresponsible' parents
5. 13:45
  
  About the Girls—1. Becoming a Woman
  
  1/5 Teenage girls in the UK talk to Catherine Carr about being a girl and becoming a woman.
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—12/04/2026
  
  Bert is threatening to sue.
7. 14:15
  
  Boswell's Lives—Series 3, Boswell's Life of Christie
  
  Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Agatha Christie.
8. 14:45
  
  Human Intelligence—Series 1, Teachers: Peter Ramus
  
  A radical teacher who believed passionately in knowledge and education for all.
9. 15:00
  
  Great Lives—Alistair McGowan on HE Bates
  
  Impressionist, poet and comedian Alistair McGowan on author HE Bates
10. 15:30
  
  Illuminated—Journey through a cow
  
  Join a farmer, a cheesemaker, a philosopher and a scientist on a guided tour through a cow
11. 16:00
  
  Currently—About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle
  
  Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean.
12. 16:30
  
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 52, Postbag
  
  1/7 Jay Rayner and the panel tuck into questions from the postbag.
13. 17:00
  
  PM—The US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect
  
  The US president tells Iran that any ships approaching the blockade will be eliminated.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—A US naval blockade of Iran's entire coastline comes into force
  
  Iran describes the move as "piracy"
2. 18:30
  
  Unspeakable—Series 3, 5. How to Cull Friends and Nickname People
  
  5/6 Childish nicknames, culling your friends, and bingeing on junk telly.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—13/04/2026
  
  Alice catches up with Fallon.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Mark Gatiss at the RSC and novelist Margaret Drabble
  
  Mark Gatiss takes on Brecht's Hitler satire, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
5. 20:00
  
  How Did We Get Here?—Israel and the Palestinians, 10: From 2010 to the present day
  
  10/10 Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
6. 20:30
  
  BBC Inside Science—Return to the moon
  
  What have we learnt from Artemis II?
7. 21:00
  
  Start the Week—Challenges and solutions
  
  John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe
8. 21:45
  
  Café Hope—A chair for chats
  
  How one man is trying to reduce loneliness by encouraging strangers to chat at a pub table
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect
  
  A US blockade of Iranian ports has come into force, as Tehran warns of retaliation
10. 22:45
  
  Few and Far Between by Jan Carson—Episode 1
  
  1/10 The Connollys host a guest at their home on Small Flat.
11. 23:00
  
  Limelight—An Eye for a Killing, 4. Anger on the Streets
  
  4/5 A rumour spreads on the streets of Edinburgh that there has been a series of killings.
12. 23:30
  
  Today in Parliament—13/04/2026
  
  Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the prime minister responds to the latest in Iran.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—14/04/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai—Dariush
  
  1/5 Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—14/04/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—14/04/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—14/04/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Yesterday in Parliament—14/04/2026
  
  Susan Hulme reports as MPs questions the prime minister about the war in the Middle East.
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—14/04/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—The Value of Siblings
  
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—14/04/2026 Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks
  
  Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks celebration.

Tuesday 14 April 2026