Morning
Desert Island Discs
Tahra Zafar, costume and effects designer
Tahra Zafar, costume and creature effects designer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Tahra Zafar, costume and creature effects designer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.
Afternoon
Profile
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Coventry, president of the International Olympic Committee.
Kirsty Coventry, president of the International Olympic Committee.
Weather
08/02/2026
The latest weather forecast
The latest weather forecast
The World This Weekend
08/02/2026
Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world.
Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world.
Currently
Trump and Greenland: How MAGA went Arctic
Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland has become suddenly urgent - but the plan has been years in the making. Lucy Proctor reports.
Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland has become suddenly urgent - but the plan has been years in the making. Lucy Proctor reports.
Opening Lines
Gone with the Wind - Episode 1
The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic Civil War romance, Gone with the Wind.
The series that takes a look at books, plays and stories and how they work. John Yorke explores Margaret Mitchell’s epic Civil War romance, Gone with the Wind.
Drama on 4
Gone with the Wind: Episode 1
Set against the epic backdrop of the American Civil War, an iconic and stunning tale of love and loss, of a nation divided and a people forever changed. Dramatised by Rachel Joyce.
Set against the epic backdrop of the American Civil War, an iconic and stunning tale of love and loss, of a nation divided and a people forever changed. Dramatised by Rachel Joyce.