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08/08/2026
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
What’s in a name?
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie.
Corsewall
Richard King visits Corsewall lighthouse with keeper Barry Miller.
Tracey Emin
Dame Tracey Emin introduces Martha Kearney to the landscape and the wild waves of Margate.
Farming Today This Week: Bluetongue cases continue to rise; impact of climate change on this year's harvest
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
The latest weather reports and forecast
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
What Happened to Counter-Culture?
3. Beauty in the Streets
Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.
How hydrated should you really be?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore hydration.
Emperor Constantine the Great: Christianity and the Roman Empire
Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the Roman emperor, Constantine the Great.
Series 53
Chelsea
Jay Rayner and the panel are at Chelsea Academy to discuss coconut and buffet food.
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.
China's alleged 'Fentanyl King' and the Mexican cartels
The origin story of the man accused by US law enforcement of fuelling the fentanyl crisis.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Toast - Series 7
EasyCinema
Stelios, the EasyJet founder, tells Sean why his low-cost movie theatres didn't take off.
Exam results, early release, and the possible end of two marriages
Lucy Porter gets current-ish with Vittorio Angelone, Jake Bhardwaj and Susie McCabe.
The latest weather forecast
Hamish Falconer MP, Andrew Rosindell MP, Lord Willetts, Munira Wilson MP
Henry Zeffman presents political debate from the Open University in Milton Keynes.
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
07/08/2026
Keira makes a surprising discovery.
August in Manchester
A chance encounter reunites Leigh with Rick, the man she never stopped wondering about.
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Listener week - Elderly caring, women in boat building, dialects, functional skills in schools
As we look back at Listener Week, dealing with an elderly parent as a pensioner yourself.
Questions for Met over handling of serial sex offender Simon Levy
Former Safeguarding Minister Jess Philips tells PM of 'fundamental cultural problem'
Sliced Bread - Series 17
Pillows
What makes the perfect pillow?
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
Zelensky pleads for more air defences amid more strikes
President Zelensky has appealed for more air defences after more Russian strikes on Kyiv.
Liam Ó Maonlaí, Michael Fry, Emma Southon, Olivia McVeigh, Dónal O'Connor, Neil Martin, Clare Sands
Stuart Maconie and guests from Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (All-Ireland Fleadh) in Belfast.
Lay this body down
Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.
Episode 2: Gibraltar - Online betting's birthplace
How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry
Writing Our Mothers
A journey into the ways women writers have written the mother.
Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: Omnibus 1
Stories of conflict that forged a movement.
The Dark Arts of Affinage
Sheila Dillon explores the weird and wonderful world of maturing cheese.
Series 2
2. Intelligence
In this episode, Olga tackles intelligence.
Heat 2, 2026
General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on A Song of Ice and Fire and county cricket.
09/08/2026
Janice Hallett
The award-winning writer speaks to a Bookclub audience about her debut novel, The Appeal.
