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13/04/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
10/04/2026
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Andrea Rea.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Challenges and solutions
John Kampfner, Natasha Walter and Nicolas Niarchos join Tom Sutcliffe
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
The birth and death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
Episode 1
Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
Becoming a Woman
Teenage girls in the UK talk to Catherine Carr about being a girl and becoming a woman.
12/04/2026
Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
Series 3
Boswell's Life of Christie
Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Agatha Christie.
Series 1
Teachers: Peter Ramus
A radical teacher who believed passionately in knowledge and education for all.
Alistair McGowan on HE Bates
Impressionist, poet and comedian Alistair McGowan on author HE Bates
Journey through a cow
Join a farmer, a cheesemaker, a philosopher and a scientist on a guided tour through a cow
About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle
Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean.
Postbag
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
Full coverage of the day's news
5. How to Cull Friends and Nickname People
Childish nicknames, culling your friends, and bingeing on junk telly.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
Israel and the Palestinians
10: From 2010 to the present day
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
09/04/2026
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Episode One
The Connollys host a guest at their home on Small Flat.
An Eye for a Killing
4. Anger on the Streets
A rumour spreads on the streets of Edinburgh that there has been a series of killings.
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
14/04/2026
