BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 19 August 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—19/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Beyond Lonely—A Lonely Life
  Professor Jason Arday explores loneliness.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—19/08/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—19/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Assignment—Myanmar’s Scam Centres
  Thousands of people are being forced to work in scam centres in Myanmar.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—19/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Through the eyes of children
  with Dr Linden Bicket, a teacher at Edinburgh University's School of Divinity
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—19/08/2025 Bluetongue restrictions in Wales, border checks, fertiliser trials, nighthawking
  Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—19/08/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 11, Catullus
  The brilliant Roman love poet is the poster boy for teen angst.
3. 09:30
  Inside Health—Potential Break Through in Dementia Treatment
  Shingles vaccine to reduce dementia risk? Antibiotic resistant gonorrhoea & tech trousers
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Karen Gillan, Children's exposure to porn, Lexi Chambers
  The Doctor Who and Marvel actress on her new apocalyptic movie
5. 11:00
  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.
6. 11:45
  Beyond Lonely—Young and Lonely in the Connected World
  Professor Jason Arday looks at loneliness.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—19/08/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Call You & Yours: how bad is fly-tipping in your area?
  Call You & Yours: how bad is fly-tipping in your area?
3. 12:57
  Weather—19/08/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—19/08/2025
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
5. 13:45
  New Storytellers—Life in Numbers
  A creative insight into living a life - where numbers are vital to survival.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—18/08/2025
  Ed remembers his misspent youth.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Curry Canyon
  A viral curry news story could save Halima’s family restaurant or destroy it.
8. 15:00
  Extreme—Peak Danger, 5. Love Is in the Air
  5/8A love story for the ages - and a deadly avalanche.
9. 15:30
  Heart and Soul—France’s new Christians
  Why are so many more adults joining the church in France?
10. 16:00
  Artworks—No Criticism, 2. The Machine as Taste-Maker
  2/2Theatre critic Arifa Akbar explores whether the art of criticism is in crisis.
11. 16:30
  What's Up Docs?—How to look after your kidneys
  Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover the magic of the kidneys.
12. 17:00
  PM—Epping Forest District Council wins High Court case
  The High Court rules that asylum seekers must be removed from the Bell Hotel in Epping.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—Epping Council wins an injunction to stop the government housing asylum-seekers in a hotel
  It argued public safety was at risk because of angry demonstrations
2. 18:30
  Room 101 with Paul Merton—Series 3, Janet Street Porter
  3/6Paul finds out what Janet Street Porter would like to send to Room 101.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—19/08/2025
  There’s an invitation for Jazzer.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Tom Hiddleston on becoming a dancing accountant in new Stephen King film, The Life of Chuck
  Tom Hiddleston, Sir Anish Kapoor, A Good Yarn in Bradford, Noises Off in Scarborough.
5. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Rivers of Lead
  Are abandoned lead mines across the UK leaking lead into our food, water and blood?
6. 20:40
  In Touch—New Pricing of JAWS the Screen Reader
  In Touch provides information about the new pricing structure of the JAWS screen reader.
7. 21:00
  Crossing Continents—Europe’s migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the world
  Seventy-one migrants suffocated in a truck in 2015. Could the tragedy have been prevented?
8. 21:30
  Great Lives—Helen Castor on Richard II
  Helen Castor picks Richard II, deposed king of England.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Court orders removal of asylum seekers from Epping hotel
  The High Court order could have major implications for the government’s asylum policy
10. 22:45
  Crooked Cross by Sally Carson—Episode Two
  2/10Sally Carson’s rediscovered 1934 novel about the rise of Hitler.
11. 23:00
  Havana Helmet Club—8. The Cart Before the Flying Donkey
  At a Havana Syndrome conference, scientists put a very different theory forward.
12. 23:30
  Illuminated—A Georgian Polyphonic Feast
  Come to a banquet of Georgian song, food and wine.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—20/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Beyond Lonely—Young and Lonely in the Connected World
  Professor Jason Arday looks at loneliness.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—20/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—20/08/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—20/08/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  BBC Inside Science—What will we be wearing in the future?
  Fashion meets science. An expert panel discuss the clothing of the future.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—20/08/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Those small blessings
  with Dr Linden Bicket, a teacher at Edinburgh University's School of Divinity
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—20/08/2025 Funding for rural councils, spinach, bioethanol
  Will rural councils lose out when big changes to local authority funding are introduced?

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