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27/07/2026
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Brenda Fricker: The first Irish woman to win an Oscar
Also, journalist David Willey, horticulturalist David Austin and aviator Wally Funk.
Celebrating the Countryside
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Doctor Stephen Wigley.
27/07/26: Fresh produce checks, hot lettuce, BBC Farmwatch.
The fresh produce trade is asking for proposed new import checks to be scrapped.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Series 9
Do we really need to find common ground in society?
Can finding common ground heal divisions or does it mean someone has to lose?
No World Order
1. The Responsibility to Protect
Tristan Redman and guests discuss the first decade after the end of the Cold War.
Women and prison, Abuse in swinging, Fiction and murdered women, Cyclist Lizzie Deignan
Could women being released from prison free up space for more violent criminals?
Episode 3
Giles Fraser is on a mission to work out the current state of Christianity.
Fear
Orwell Prize-winner Darren McGarvey asks hard questions about the crisis of masculinity.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Wildfire Travel Disruption, Picky Bits, Flooding
Wildfires are causing huge disruption in tourist hotspots in France and Spain.
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Dead Rabbit
6. A Dark Web Rumour
A video filmed after the cup exposes that hare coursing isn’t a game - it’s big business.
26/07/2026
Jolene is left devastated.
Series 4
Episode 3 - Cat and Mice
A cat moves in to the house, welcomed by everyone except Louisa. Stars Angus Deayton.
Trouble in Mind
John Yorke takes a look at Alice Childress’s groundbreaking 1954 play.
Lauren Child and David McAlmont
The children’s author and the chart topper talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
Akhenaten and Nefertiti: religious revolution in ancient Egypt
Join Greg and his guests to learn about Tutankhamun’s parents, Nefertiti and Akhenaten.
Troubled Town
Why are young people causing trouble in one part of Greater Manchester?
Series 53
Postbag
Jay Rayner and the panel are back in the studio for a postbag special.
Bordeaux wildfires just 9 miles from city's outskirts
We hear from the city and examine how 'fire-generated thunderstorms' make wildfires worse.
Wildfires continue in France and Spain
Firefighters are bracing themselves for more searing weather
Series 97
2. "Well she had me fooled"
Tony Hawks, Desiree Burch, Cariad Lloyd and Julian Clary.
Fallon has concerns for a loved one.
Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence.
Part 1: How's the government doing on immigration?
David Aaronovitch and guests discuss small boats, asylum seekers and illegal migration.
Testing testosterone testing
Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels?
French wildfire ‘completely unprecedented’ says Macron
President Emmanuel Macron has visited the fire-ravaged Gironde region of France
Episode 6
Rowan persuades Raf to take her to the boat wreckage from which she was rescued.
1. Did You Just Dribble on Me?/2. I Like Being Naked
Intimacy coordinator Liza Simmons gets her big break when offered a job on a major movie.
John Wilson and Chloe Petts
The broadcaster and comedian choose books they love
28/07/2026
