Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
Find out how to listen to other BBC stations
Skip to:
06/03/2026
Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster as peers mark International Women's Day.
07/03/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Episode 5: Healing
Elizabeth McGovern reads Darcey Steinke’s new book about the body and pain.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
Not available
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Failed Workshops and Gender Wars
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Sofia Rehman.
Power and Support
A series of personal reflections on power.
The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers.
Hedgerow havens
Martha Kearney finds out about hedgerows, learning about their history and their ecology.
07/03/26 Farming Today This Week: avian influenza vaccine; impact of war in Middle East on fuel and fertiliser; land use.
First UK trials of a bird flu vaccine.
The latest weather reports and forecast
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Steve Rosenberg, Cut Flowers, Cancer Care, and the Inheritance Tracks of Mike Wozniak
Steve Rosenberg joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Join Greg and his guests in nineteenth-century China to learn about Empress Dowager Cixi.
Series 51
Episode 3
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
George Parker assesses the latest developments at Westminster.
Iran Special: The Regional Fallout
After US-Israel attacks on Iran surrounding countries have quickly been drawn into the war
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Middle East Conflict and Crypto Scams
What the Middle East conflict could mean for your money.
Series 4
War, Law, and Operation Amol Rajan
We go to war, flout the law, and launch Operation Amol Rajan.
The latest weather forecast
Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Lucy Rigby MP, Eleanor Shearer, Sir John Whittingdale MP
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Norwich Cathedral.
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
Alice gives Ruairi some loving care.
Live:
Road to Suez
The secret conspiracy that led to the Suez crisis in 1956.
On Next:
Weekend Woman's Hour: Matrescence, Ramadan & the 'sandwich generation', The Traitors' Harriet Tyce
The science of Matrescence, Ramadan & the sandwich generation, The Traitors' Harriet Tyce.
Full coverage of the day's news
'We cannot have chaos': Emily Thornberry on the law of war and Labour's struggles
The Foreign Affairs Committee Chair on Iran, Trump & the grief of being dropped by Starmer
Mischa Barton, Squeeze, Emmanual Sonubi, Ava Glass, Samantha Crain
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense.
Assisted dying
Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical questions around the beginning and the end of life.
Sara Pascoe Presents... The Anti-Awards Awards
Sara Pascoe hands out the Anti-Awards Awards.
Is it moral to attack Iran?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
What’s Next for Portugal’s Ancient Export: Cork?
Leyla Kazim visits the montado to discover what's next for Portugal's ancient export.
Eddie Kadi and Friends
Travis Jay, Kyrah Gray, Diesel and Junior Booker
Highlights from 1Xtra's Comedy Gala showcasing some of the UK's best black comedians.
Series 39
Heat 9, 2026
The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
