Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—05/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
00:30
The Autism Curve—1. The Data
What do the data showing a steep rise in autism diagnoses reveal - and hide?
00:48
Shipping Forecast—05/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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.
05:00
News Summary—05/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
05:04
Currently—Turn Right for Wales
Will Hayward asks if Wales could become the setting for Reform’s biggest breakthrough yet.
05:34
Shipping Forecast—05/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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.
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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Morning
06:00
Today—05/08/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 11, The Women Poets of Ancient Greece
Natalie tells the stories of the Nine Earthly Muses. With Edith Hall and Nikita Gill.
09:30
Inside Health—Can we reverse rising drug deaths?
We try to figure out why drug deaths are at an all-time high - and what can be done.
10:00
Woman's Hour—Listener Week: Testosterone, Talking to adult children about abuse, Why we dream
Listener Week continues as we bring your stories, ideas and dilemmas to the air.
11:00
Screenshot—Police Procedurals
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode investigate police procedurals.
11:45
The Autism Curve—2. The Past
How has autism changed to include those - like women - who were previously missed?
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Afternoon
12:00
News Summary—05/08/2025
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:04
You and Yours—Call You & Yours: What's your experience of buying a car and how do you pay for it?
Call You & Yours: What's your experience of buying a car, and how do you pay for it?
12:57
Weather—05/08/2025
The latest weather forecast
13:00
World at One—Prison system came ‘close to collapse’
A new report says the criminal justice system was three days away from collapsing.
13:45
Understand—The Trip, 2. When the drugs take hold
2/10Tim Hayward investigates the anatomy of a trip.
14:00
The Archers—04/08/2025
Stella considers her options.
14:15
Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 7, 38. Hope and Jean
1/3Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain.
15:00
Extreme—Peak Danger, 3. The Death Zone
3/8Up above 26,000 feet, things start to fall apart. Then disaster strikes.
15:30
Heart and Soul—Verses for Women: Egypt's Quran Reciters
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
16:00
Artworks—Angry and Young
Anger as a motivation for art - its potency and limitations.
16:30
What's Up Docs?—Will laughter help you live longer?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether laughter really is the best medicine.
17:00
PM—UK-France migration deal begins
The BBC investigates a people smuggling gang.
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—The BBC gains unprecedented access to a violent people-smuggling gang
The gang sends migrants to the UK in small boats
18:30
Room 101 with Paul Merton—Series 3, Maisie Adam
1/6Paul Merton finds out what Maisie Adam would send to Room 101.
19:00
The Archers—05/08/2025
Lily is on a mission.
19:15
Front Row—Sean Hayes, from Will & Grace, on his Tony Award-winning stage show Good Night, Oscar
Sean Hayes' play opens in London and how composer Shostakovich survived Stalin's purges.
20:00
File on 4 Investigates—Trip Shocked
Psychedelics are going mainstream. But are we ignoring the risks?
20:40
In Touch—Natalie's Story: Being Transgender & Blind
In Touch hears Natalie's story, about her experiences being blind and transgender.
21:00
Crossing Continents—Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing
A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents.
21:30
Great Lives—Harry Enfield on Gerard Hoffnung
Comedian Harry Enfield chooses the cartoonist, musician and raconteur Gerard Hoffnung.
22:00
The World Tonight—80 years since the dropping of the first atomic bomb
80 years after the first atomic bomb was dropped, we hear the memories of a survivor.
22:45
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—2: Precautionary Steps
2/10The classic 1986 novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day.
23:00
Havana Helmet Club—6. The Thing
Havana Syndrome spreads. And an eerily similar phenomenon in '70s Moscow is investigated.
23:30
Illuminated—One Hundred Ways of Listening
Distracted, privatised, enchanted. Tom Rice expands what it means to listen.
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—06/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
00:30
The Autism Curve—2. The Past
How has autism changed to include those - like women - who were previously missed?
00:48
Shipping Forecast—06/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—06/08/2025
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
05:00
News Summary—06/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
05:04
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.
05:34
Shipping Forecast—06/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
05:43
Prayer for the Day—A story from the top of the world
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Reverend Canon Grace Thomas.
05:45
Farming Today—06/08/25 Parasite control, barn owls, pea harvest
Vets urge livestock owners to cut back on use of treatments for parasites.
