BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 15 July 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/07/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott—Episode 1: Daydreaming
  Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/07/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/07/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—15/07/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—15/07/2025
  Sean Curran reports as Ed Miliband warns climate change is threatening our way of life.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—15/07/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Actions Matching Prayer
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—15/07/25 Welsh sustainable farming scheme, blueberries, solar farms on farmland.
  Farmers in Wales get ready for details of the new sustainable farming scheme.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—15/07/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Artworks—Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, 3. Gender
  Fiona Shaw discovers how Virginia Woolf defied gender norms.
3. 09:30
  Inside Health—Sport and the female body
  How does female physiology affect sporting performance?
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Author Holly Jackson, Black Girl Gamers, Constance Martin case
  Holly Jackson on why she's moved from YA fiction to writing a thriller for adults.
5. 11:00
  Screenshot—In the Mood for Love
  Ellen and Mark celebrate 25 years of director Wong Kar Wai's acclaimed romantic drama.
6. 11:45
  Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott—Episode 2: The Attic
  Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—15/07/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Call You and Yours: What's your experience of estate agents and letting agents?
  Call You and Yours: What's your experience of estate agents and letting agents?
3. 12:57
  Weather—15/07/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Data breach led to secret Afghan relocation scheme
  Personal information of thousands of Afghans was released in error by a British official.
5. 13:45
  Understand—Derailed: The Story of HS2, 2. Mutually assured exaggeration
  2/10HS2 makes its case to ministers, but fault lines rapidly emerge.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—14/07/2025
  Akram bites off more than he can chew.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Bad Ark
  Comedy drama. Four random people on a superyacht try to survive the apocalypse. It's bad.
8. 15:00
  Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley - Series 2, 50. Swindling Superpowers
  Lucy Worsley, Rosalind Crone and Naomi Alderman unpack Lady Swindllers’ super powers.
9. 15:30
  Thinking Allowed—Dogs
  Laurie Taylor on the history of keeping dogs as pets and the politics of dog-human links.
10. 16:00
  Artworks—Rocking the Recorder
  Susan Calman champions one of the most misunderstood musical instruments - the recorder.
11. 16:30
  What's Up Docs?—Is it ever safe to tan?
  Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether having a tan is ever good for us.
12. 17:00
  PM—15/07/2025
  News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—Afghans relocate to the UK after MOD data breach
  The Government reveals that thousands of Afghans have been moved secretly to the UK
2. 18:30
  Room 101 with Paul Merton—Series 2, Daliso Chaponda
  3/6Paul Merton talks to Daliso Chaponda to find out what he would send to Room 101.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/07/2025
  George has a confession to make.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Football and Art - united in a new work created by former footballer Edgar Davids and artist Paul Pfeiffer
  Football and Art, opera and theatre shorts, digital technology and the crime fiction novel
5. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Hospital abuse caught on camera
  How mistakenly switching on CCTV triggered the UK’s biggest adult abuse investigation.
6. 20:40
  In Touch—Visible Voices; Blind Beauty; Live Audio Description for the Euros
  ITV is providing live audio description for the UEFA European Women's Championship.
7. 21:00
  Intrigue—Word of God, 4. You've Got Mail
  When ancient tablets arrive labelled as tile samples, a federal investigation begins.
8. 21:30
  The Bottom Line—Scaling Up: What Turns a Start-Up into a Success?
  What does it take to grow a new enterprise into a multi million-pound business?
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Secret relocation scheme for Afghans in the UK revealed
  High Court has lifted a gagging order after a huge data breach in the Ministry of Defence
10. 22:45
  Private Angelo by Eric Linklater—Tommaso
  7/10War has reached Pontefiore and Angelo’s fiancée Lucretzia is struggling in hiding.
11. 23:00
  Havana Helmet Club—3. This Looks Real
  As cases grow, an agent pushes for answers, and someone new gets far closer than expected.
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—15/07/2025
  Sean Curran reports as the Defence Secretary discloses a massive leak of data on Afghans.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/07/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott—Episode 2: The Attic
  Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/07/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/07/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—16/07/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—16/07/2025
  Afghans moved to UK in secret scheme after data breach. Susan Hulme reports.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—16/07/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—The Need for Honesty
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—16/07/25 Wales' new sustainable farming scheme.
  Welsh government reveals details of its new sustainable farming scheme.

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