BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 4 August 2025

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—04/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  Artworks—Depeche Mode: Reach Out and Touch Faith
  Sasha Frere-Jones leads us on the unlikely journey of Depeche Mode’s world domination.
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—The parish church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol
  Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—04/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—04/08/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  News Summary—04/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  Last Word—Dame Cleo Laine, Hulk Hogan, Margaret Boden, Tom Lehrer
  Matthew Bannister on a singer, a wrestler, a cognitive scientist and a satirist.
8. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—04/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—A splash of joy
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas.
10. 05:45
  Farming Today—04/08/25 Harvest and the impact of this year's dry weather on crops
  Harvest 2025 - what's been the impact of weather extremes on this year's crops?
11. 05:57
  Weather—04/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—04/08/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Rory Stewart: The Long History of...—Heroism, 1. The Classical Hero
  1/5Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
3. 09:30
  Fool's Gold—6. History on Trial
  Most of the coins are still out here – and someone is still selling them.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Listener Week: Seatbelts and busts, Recruitment and AI, Married but living apart
  Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
5. 11:00
  En-Gulfed—Culture Capture?
  Heydon Prowse explores the Gulf states' interest in the UK’s cultural scene.
6. 11:45
  The Autism Curve—1. The Data
  What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—04/08/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Conditional Selling, Car Finance, Couples Counselling
  How widespread is conditional selling in the housing market?
3. 12:57
  Weather—04/08/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Immigration tops the political agenda
  We explore how an extra £100 million might help curb the numbers.
5. 13:45
  Understand—The Trip, 1. Altered States
  1/10Tim Hayward looks at the science, culture, history - and future - of psychedelics.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—03/08/2025
  Brian struggles to see the wood for the trees.
7. 14:15
  Ed Reardon's Week—Series 16, 6. Blocked!
  6/6Has Ed stopped writing for good?
8. 14:45
  Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney—Episode 5
  5/5Poems read by Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.
9. 15:00
  A Good Read—Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson
  The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.
10. 15:30
  You're Dead to Me—Viking Women: wives, weavers and warriors
  Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
11. 16:00
  Currently—Turn Right for Wales
  Will Hayward asks if Wales could become the setting for Reform’s biggest breakthrough yet.
12. 16:30
  Soul Music—Chervona Kalyna
  Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song
13. 17:00
  PM—Hostage family reacts to Hamas captivity video
  The cousin of a man held hostage in Gaza responds to video of him released by Hamas.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—Israel to consider Gaza war goals as reports say escalation planned
  Pressure intensifies in Israel for government to end the conflict
2. 18:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 83, 5. On the Buzzer
  5/6Adrian Edmondson, Miles Jupp, Rachel Parris and Henning Wehn at the Bristol Beacon.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—04/08/2025
  Stella considers her options.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Freakier Friday
  Freakier Friday, returning Buddhist gems to India.
5. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Why don't we have ID cards in the UK?
  David Aaronovitch and guests discuss identity cards.
6. 20:30
  BBC Inside Science—Why wasn’t the Russia mega earthquake as damaging as previous ones?
  The 8.8 magnitude quake sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast.
7. 21:00
  Changing the Odds—Episode 2: Gibraltar - Online betting's birthplace
  How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry
8. 21:45
  Untaxing—5. The £10 Billion Fridge
  Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Israeli sources say expansion of Gaza operation being planned
  Reported expansion of IDF operations in Gaza as Israeli officials urge Trump to intervene
10. 22:45
  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—1: 'War damage.'
  1/10The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
11. 23:00
  Limelight—Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?, 1. Funeral In London
  1/5Aldrich Kemp returns... or does he?
12. 23:30
  What's Funny About...—Series 4, 2. After Life
  2/5Ricky Gervais tells the inside story of his smash hit After Life.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—05/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The Autism Curve—1. The Data
  What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—05/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—05/08/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—05/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Currently—Turn Right for Wales
  Will Hayward asks if Wales could become the setting for Reform’s biggest breakthrough yet.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—05/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—When macaroni cheese changes lives
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—05/08/25 Egg imports and salmonella concerns, plum boom, oil seed rape harvest
  Rise in imported eggs and concerns over salmonella.

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