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06/08/2026
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Good Vibes Only
When tragedy strikes, why do we so often respond with positivity?
Count your blessings, name them one by one
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rev Carolyn Skinner.
06/08/26 Bluetongue cases on the rise, vaccination and testing for the disease. Harvest in Perthshire.
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Series 12
Nero
Did the Boy Emperor in fact fiddle while Rome burned?
The Guitar Story
1. Flamenco to the Blues
John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
Listener Week: Functional Skills in Schools, How to Make a Podcast, Blushing, Being single
As we continue Listener Week - the pressure to be coupled up when you're young.
Episode 2: The Middle Years
A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.
4. Money Mindsets
Tony Hawks explores money mindsets, family finances and personal attitudes to inheritance.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The Customer Complaints Scam
You just want to speak to someone - and criminals know that
Sliced Bread - Series 17
Pillows
What makes the perfect pillow?
The latest weather forecast
Record numbers referred to Prevent
Many of those referred to the government's anti-radicalisation scheme were children.
4. The Hunt
Dan Richards looks to the past to gather knowledge and skills for an uncertain future.
05/08/2026
There’s heartbreak in store for Chelsea.
A Portmeirion Love Affair with Life
Brian Epstein, The Beatles’ manager, finds unexpected love in Portmeirion, Wales, in 1966.
Tracey Emin
Dame Tracey Emin introduces Martha Kearney to the landscape and the wild waves of Margate.
Over the Wall Camp
Model David Gandy makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Over the Wall Camp
BBC Proms, Quiz Pilots and Interview of the Year
Andrea Catherwood discusses this year's BBC Proms with Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson.
Part 1: How do we reform social care?
David Aaronovitch explores what social care is for, who gets it and how it works.
The state of our substrate: What is drought doing to our soil?
The surprising science of how drought affects the health of our soils.
Review of grooming gang early releases
The former justice secretary shares his concerns about the scheme.
A record number of referrals to the Prevent anti-extremism programme
The biggest group of referrals is children under the age of 15.
Series 1
2. The Queue
Chris and Amy await the arrival of The Great Zambino but a queue is holding up traffic.
One resident faces an emergency dash.
Review Show: Irvine Welsh's new novel and Glenn Close's new film
Richard Dadd at the Royal Academy and AI companies shredding rare books.
The Great Tide
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
Alternative Hollywood films, oral archive of local newspapers, prison radio
The movie studios that are making waves outside the mainstream.
Mari Wilson, Fiona Allen, Olly Smith, Natalie Wildgoose, Tristan Gooley
Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
5. D-Day
The truth finally comes out, as the government confirms a new brain disease in humans.
Referrals to anti-terror scheme reach record high
Prevent referrals in England and Wales were up 39% in the year to September 2025
Episode Four
Dr Primrose is duped at the fair, and falls out with Burchell.
Votes for Six-Year-Olds: Could Child Suffrage Revive Democracy? (David Runciman)
A former Cambridge politics professor has a bold proposal: lowering the voting age to six.
Hollywood and The Adland Five
4. The Need for Speed
Christopher Nolan and Christopher Frayling conclude their look at a bold era in UK cinema.
07/08/2026
