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Fagin
One big role. Actors who have played the part tell their stories. This time: Fagin.
20/02/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Episode 4: Language and belonging
A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Should the Government ban social media for young people?
What evidence is there that social media is harming young people?
Costumes and Identity
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur.
The 2001 Foot and Mouth Outbreak 25 years on.
The 2001 foot and mouth crisis remembered, 25 years on.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Richard Young, photographer
Richard Young, photographer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
Rosamund Pike, Ketamine, Author Madeline Cash, Winter Olympics
The actor Rosamund Pike on motherhood and masculinity.
Chefs, Creativity and the Cost of Living Crisis
Sheila Dillon talks to chefs about creativity in a cost of living crisis.
Episode 5: The myths of motherhood
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Looksmaxxing
The dark art of looksmaxxing, and why it has been trending online.
The latest weather forecast
Police continue to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former home
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former home Royal Lodge is searched by police.
Impulsive
5. Restless
Lisa has new medication for her restless legs syndrome - then she meets a man online.
19/02/2026
Tom has reservations.
Wolf Valley
Episode 5
Dark revelations, revenge and a desperate race against time.
Life Without Rats
Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?
Chaldon
Peter Gibbs and the GQT team are in Chaldon.
Thief by Tahmima Anam
A specially commissioned short story by the award-winning writer Tahmima Anam.
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Diane Munday, Philippe Gaulier, Lady Jean Wilson
Kirsty Lang on a civil rights leader, a campaigner, a clown and a charity worker.
81. The Story My Sister Told Me
How one childhood story helped change the course of many lives.
US Supreme Court strikes down President Trump's Tariffs
The president has called the decision a 'disgrace'. One of his former advisors joins us.
The Supreme Court rules Donald Trump's global tariffs are illegal
Donald Trump has called the decision "a disgrace"
Series 119
7. The worst birthday ever
Mark Steel is back on the panel and top of the agenda is some royal breaking news.
It’s party time in the events barn.
Errollyn Wallen and Richard Stilgoe head to Nashville
Errollyn Wallen and Richard Stilgoe join Anna and Jeffrey to add five more tracks.
Simon Hoare MP, Anne McElvoy, Layla Moran MP, Luke Pollard MP
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Chittlehampton Village Hall in North Devon.
16th - 22nd February
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
Crime and punishment medieval to modern
Matthew Sweet's guests include Lord Sumption and criminal barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind.
Trump tariffs frustrated by US Supreme Court
President Trump announced a new 10% global tariff after a "deeply disappointing" ruling
10: Angel of Death
The finale of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from one of the US's greatest writers.
Who is Tucker Carlson and what does he tell us about the future of MAGA?
And what does MAGA look like post-Trump?
Blanche DuBois
One big role. Actors who have played the part tell their stories. Today: Blanche DuBois.
