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27/08/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Never Again Landfill
A woman in leather battles against the erasure of her community.
Shake It Off
A spiritual comment and prayer with the Rev Mariama Ifode -Blease.
27/08/2026: Beef imports, Miscanthus
Beef import concerns in US and UK, Miscanthus as future crop.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Series 12
The Argonautica
Natalie narrates Jason and the Argonauts' epic quest to find the Golden Fleece.
The Guitar Story
4. Not Fade Away
John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
Parent Strike, Bella Mackie, Nigeria schoolgirl kidnappings
Call for government to improve parenting policies like flexible working & paternity leave
Mitsuko Uchida
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida discusses her cultural influences and her career in music.
Episode 4
A museum guard identifies with the figure of an ancient Greek Kouros.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
How to Help Someone Who's Being Scammed
What do you do if a loved one is under the spell?
Dough - Series 5
Money
Could cash be checking out and digital dollars be on the rise? Greg Foot investigates.
The latest weather forecast.
Hundreds dead and over a thousand missing across Nepal and Tibet after yesterday's devastating flash flood
The deputy mayor of one of the worst affected areas pleads for help.
Conversationalists
Fatema Mernissi
Inside the mind of the revolutionary feminist thinker, sociologist and intellectual.
26/08/2026
There’s a surprise for David
You and Me, Us and Them
Tasha is losing her child Marie/Max to another world, another class, another gender.
River Pilgrimage
Martha Kearney joins a group of pilgrims following the route of the River Medway in Kent
International Animal Rescue
Actor Peter Egan makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Animal Rescue.
Gaelic
Gaelic in Scotland with writer and broadcaster Roddy Maclean talking to Michael Rosen.
Are Gen Z movements reshaping politics?
Young people are protesting around the world but about what and are they winning?
The day of the datacentres
The datacentres are coming, potentially in the hundreds.
More than 350 killed in Nepal following glacial collapse
Rising lake raises fear of new flooding.
Hundreds are dead after flash floods in Nepal
More than a thousand people are still missing
Series 1
5. The Leak
A town in crisis. Bin men on strike, rubbish piled high, and the Mayor is missing…
Keira tries to make amends
Review: Pedro Almodóvar's new film Bitter Christmas
Plus Ridley Scott's film The Dog Stars and Chloe Benjamin's novel Under Story.
Giant Anteaters and Power Posing
What shape does an anteater make when threatened? And is there real power in a power pose?
YouTube and the battle for television’s future
YouTube's growing influence and its impact on UK television.
Rosie Jones, One Man Musical, Damien Warren-Smith, Kirsty Mann, Legendary, Clive Anderson
Join Clive Anderson for a party at the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals.
8. Reaction
Campaigners claim cows have been unfairly blamed for BSE.
UK salmonella cases nearing 500 as egg investigations continue
Close to 500 people have become ill with salmonella linked to imported eggs
Episode Nine
Set in 2007, this is a heartwarming tale of community and change.
Redefining Retirement: Is Our Ageing Population an Untapped Asset? (Professor Sarah Harper)
A leading gerontologist argues we should embrace the opportunities of our ageing society.
Everything Is Fake and Nobody Cares
4. The Lance Armstrong Defence
If everyone is faking it and getting away with it, why wouldn't you?
28/08/2026
