BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 28 July 2026

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Morning
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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—28/07/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Confessions of a Performative Male by Darren McGarvey—Fear
  
  1/5 Orwell Prize-winner Darren McGarvey asks hard questions about the crisis of masculinity.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—28/07/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—28/07/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—28/07/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  Currently—Troubled Town
  
  Why are young people causing trouble in one part of Greater Manchester?
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—28/07/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—The Value of Friendship
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—28/07/26 Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary
  
  Campylobacter in chickens, community market garden, research anniversary.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Today—28/07/2026
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  
  The History Podcast—Invisible Hands: The American Century, 1. Mr Nobody
  
  1/7 The man who made America into a superpower. The most important man you've never heard of.
3. 09:30
  
  Inside Health—Is inflammation behind all chronic disease?
  
  How understanding inflammation could transform treatments from cancer to Alzheimer’s.
4. 10:00
  
  Woman's Hour—Actor Helen Hunt, Midwives, Early release of prisoners
  
  The Academy Award-winning actor on her new role in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
5. 11:00
  
  Screenshot—24 Hour Movies
  
  Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at films that confine their action to a single day.
6. 11:45
  
  Confessions of a Performative Male by Darren McGarvey—Toxicity
  
  2/5 Is a 1950s cartoon acting as a gateway to the manosphere? Darren McGarvey investigates.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—28/07/2026
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  You and Yours—Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by wildfires?
  
  Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by wildfires?
3. 12:57
  
  Weather—28/07/2026
  
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  
  World at One—Andy Burnham announces plans to reform education
  
  Burnham vows to create a Britain that values 'the hard hat as much as the graduation cap’.
5. 13:45
  
  Buried—Dead Rabbit, 7. Criminal Evolution
  
  7/11 The hare coursing criminal underworld is bigger than ever - but who is really behind it?
6. 14:00
  
  The Archers—27/07/2026
  
  Fallon has concerns for a loved one.
7. 14:15
  
  Our Friends in the North—Episode 10: 2021
  
  10/10 Adam Usden's 10th episode, set in 2021, closes Peter Flannery's Our Friends in the North.
8. 15:00
  
  Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley—Lady on Trial, Connie Bolam - Conscientious Objector
  
  7/11 Lucy meets defiant protestor Connie Bolam, a World War II conscientious objector.
9. 15:30
  
  Heart and Soul—Jamaica: Shaken, not broken
  
  How volunteers are salvaging Jamaica’s 1,600 sacred spaces destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
10. 16:00
  
  Artworks—The Writing Life of Sylvia Plath, 2. Wifehood, Womanhood and Friendship
  
  2/3 A major three-part series on Sylvia Plath presented by Mariella Frostrup.
11. 16:30
  
  What's Up Docs?—Why do we follow bad advice?
  
  Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why we follow advice we suspect is bad for us.
12. 17:00
  
  PM—28/07/2026
  
  Full coverage of the day's news
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—Plans for school pupils in England to get more access to technical subjects
  
  Andy Burnham pledges to cut the number of young people, who aren't working or learning
2. 18:30
  
  Meet David Sedaris—Series 9, 5. My Corona and A Better Place
  
  5/6 This week we hear the essays My Corona and A Better Place.
3. 19:00
  
  The Archers—28/07/2026
  
  There’s an awkward moment for Alice.
4. 19:15
  
  Front Row—Mary Beard reveals the Booker Prize longlist, plus Bill Pullman on taking on Chekhov
  
  Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
5. 20:00
  
  Floor 15
  
  Fergus Walsh follows experimental clinical trials on Floor 15 at Guys Hospital.
6. 20:40
  
  In Touch—New College Worcester's First Non-Visually Impaired Pupils, the Commonwealth Games
  
  In Touch discusses how the visually impaired athletes are doing at the Commonwealth Games.
7. 21:00
  
  The Dream Makers
  
  Can the emerging field of dream engineering influence our thoughts as we sleep?
8. 21:30
  
  The Bottom Line—The Bottom Line Business Awards 2026
  
  What was the best business move of the last 12 months and who made the biggest blunder?
9. 22:00
  
  The World Tonight—Has the Trump-Zelensky relationship thawed?
  
  President Zelensky thanks Donald Trump for "firm US support" after White House meeting.
10. 22:45
  
  Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy—Episode 7
  
  7/10 Rowan has discovered a series of graves. She thinks her missing husband might be in one.
11. 23:00
  
  Wild Inside—The Cheetah
  
  Ben Garrod and Jess French dissect the secrets of the fastest land animal, the cheetah.
12. 23:30
  
  A Good Read—Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson
  
  The writers choose the books they love to read.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—29/07/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Confessions of a Performative Male by Darren McGarvey—Toxicity
  
  2/5 Is a 1950s cartoon acting as a gateway to the manosphere? Darren McGarvey investigates.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—29/07/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/07/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:00
  
  News Summary—29/07/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  
  BBC Inside Science—Testing testosterone testing
  
  Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels?
7. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—29/07/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
8. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—The Fellowship of The Ring
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley.
9. 05:45
  
  Farming Today—29/07/26: Cairngorms wildfire two weeks in, South Wales hare coursing, wildflower seed farm
  
  It's been two weeks since a devastating wildfire began in the Cairngorms National Park.

Wednesday 29 July 2026