Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—15/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
00:30
Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 4
4/5Darren McGarvey examines the role of social media in the simplification of complex issues.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—15/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/08/2025
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
05:00
News Summary—15/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
05:04
The Briefing Room—UK Resilience, How prepared are we for climate change?
The UK is becoming hotter and wetter but is it prepared to deal with that reality?
05:34
Shipping Forecast—15/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
05:43
Prayer for the Day—How can we remember to remember God?
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Yousra Samir Imran.
05:45
Farming Today—15/08/25: Rural buses, feeding lions, Inheritance tax analysis
MPs say 'ambitious action' is needed to improve bus services in rural England.
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Morning
06:00
Today—15/08/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00
Desert Island Discs—Professor Dame Carol Robinson, scientist
Dame Carol Robinson, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
10:00
Woman's Hour—Women in Afghanistan, Alison Goldfrapp, VJ Day, High St shopping
Four years since the Taliban retook Kabul, we look at the lives of Afghan women and girls.
11:00
The Food Programme—The Crayfish Question
Could eating invasive signal crayfish help reduce populations in UK waters?
11:45
Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 5
5/5When trauma grows bigger than an individual, who has the power to make societal change?
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Afternoon
12:00
VJ Day Silence
Two-minute national silence to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
12:02
News Summary—15/08/2025
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:06
AntiSocial—Asylum hotels
Protestors outside asylum hotels say they fear for the safety of women and children.
12:57
Weather—15/08/2025
The latest weather forecast
13:00
World at One—80th anniversary of VJ Day
Commemorations take place marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War.
13:45
Understand—The Trip, 10. Unknown unknowns
10/10What more is there to learn about psychedelics? Tim Hayward makes a case for curiosity.
14:00
The Archers—14/08/2025
Jazzer receives a tempting offer.
14:15
Limelight—Central Intelligence: Series 2, Episode 9
Operation Mongoose, exploding cigars and America’s greatest spy forced to resign.
14:45
Uncharted with Hannah Fry—15. Song of the Sea
A strange sound prompts an incredible discovery.
15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Hyde Hall: Latin Names, Water Butts and Plant Superpowers
Peter Gibbs and a vibrant panel answer questions from a crowd of curious gardeners.
15:45
Short Works—The Listener by Louise Farr
A grieving woman is interviewed by the police about the theft of a statue from a church.
16:00
Last Word—Jim Lovell, Biddy Baxter, Razia Jan, Iris Williams
Matthew Bannister on an astronaut, an editor, an educator, a singer
16:30
Sideways—75. Me, Myself and Mine
What does it mean to own your body - and is that even the right question to ask?
17:00
PM—15/08/2025
News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—President Trump and President Putin prepare to meet
The two leaders will meet for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion
18:30
Too Long; Didn't Read—Series 2, We've got our work cut out
4/6Why is unemployment rising in the UK?
19:00
The Archers—15/08/2025
Tracy finds herself in a delicate position
19:15
Add to Playlist—Victoria Canal and Roderick Williams launch a brand new series
Victoria Canal and Roderick Williams add the first five tracks in the new series.
20:00
Any Questions?—Elisabeth Braw, Stephen Doughty MP, Mark Serwotka, Lord Vaizey
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the REME military museum in Wiltshire.
20:55
This Week in History—August 11th - August 17th
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
21:00
Archive on 4—The Greenham Effect
How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.
22:00
The World Tonight—Trump and Putin meet in Alaska
We have the latest from Anchorage as the US and Russian leaders discuss Ukraine.
22:45
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro—10: 'Things have gone much too far.'
10/10The final episode of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro's classic 1986 novel.
23:00
Americast—What's really behind Trump's crime crackdown?
Inside the US president's strategy to send the National Guard into Democrat cities
23:30
Illuminated—Art Came in the Night
Artist Kevin Harman explores what happens when public art and communities clash.
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—16/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
00:30
Trauma Industrial Complex by Darren McGarvey—Episode 5
5/5When trauma grows bigger than an individual, who has the power to make societal change?
00:48
Shipping Forecast—16/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/08/2025
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
05:30
News Summary—16/08/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
05:34
Shipping Forecast—16/08/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
05:43
Prayer for the Day—The vision of artists
With Dr Linden Bicket, a teacher at Edinburgh University's School of Divinity
05:45
Uncharted with Hannah Fry—15. Song of the Sea
A strange sound prompts an incredible discovery.
