BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 30 September 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/09/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw—Episode 1: Tiny Beasts
  1/5Biologist Liam Shaw digs into the history of one of humanity's greatest medical advances.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/09/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/09/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—30/09/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Currently—Flag Town
  Jonny I’Anson visits the Yorkshire suburbs where flags are flying high.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—30/09/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Spiritual wellbeing – how to define it?
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Emma - Lopen Ani Pema Deki.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—30/09/2025: Who let the pigs out? Heat pump 'fixation'? Mart socialising
  The ancient tradition with a vital role in a bumper year for acorns.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—30/09/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Life Scientific—George Church on reimagining woolly mammoths and virus-proofing humans
  Geneticist George Church on mapping the world's DNA and a mammoth 'de-extinction' project.
3. 09:30
  All in the Mind—The rise of AI therapy
  Why are people turning to human-like AI chatbots for therapy - and are they any good?
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Rugby player Meg Jones, ‘Carents’, Actor Andrea Riseborough
  Meg Jones on winning the Rugby World Cup.
5. 11:00
  Screenshot—Yuppies
  As American Psycho turns 25, Ellen and Mark investigate the world of yuppies on screen.
6. 11:45
  Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw—Episode 2: A Race Against Death
  2/5Biologist Liam Shaw explains how the development of penicillin was supercharged by war.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—30/09/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Call You & Yours: 'What's the job market like right now?'
  Call You & Yours: 'What's the job market like right now?'
3. 12:57
  Weather—30/09/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Gaza peace plan: will it work?
  Hamas considers the Trump plan as Netanyahu agrees to it but rejects Palestinian state.
5. 13:45
  Food Britannia—The Future of Farming
  2/5Max Cotton finds out if we could feed ourselves entirely from food grown in the UK.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—29/09/2025
  There's bad news for the Grundys.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Astronomers
  Prison break comedy drama by Faebian Averies, starring Gabrielle Creevy and Brid Brennan.
8. 15:00
  History's Heroes—Rodgers & Hammerstein in the South Pacific
  A new musical production challenges the prejudices of American society.
9. 15:30
  Beyond Belief—Have religions forgotten the working class?
  Host Giles Fraser leads the panel to discuss 'have religions forgotten the working class?'
10. 16:00
  Artworks—For FUZZ Sake
  John Robb explores how the sound of fuzz changed the world.
11. 16:30
  What's Up Docs?—Can psychedelics improve your mental health?
  Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves.
12. 17:00
  PM—30/09/2025
  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—Keir Starmer calls for national unity at Labour Party conference
  The Prime Minister calls for national unity in the face of "the politics of grievance"
2. 18:30
  Mark Steel's in Town—Series 11, Whitby
  3/3Mark travels to the North Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—30/09/2025
  George faces a nightmare.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award
  Tom hosts this year's BBC National Short Story Award ceremony.
5. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Swiped. Inside London's phone theft epidemic
  Targeting the mobile phone thieves out to steal your handset and access its banking apps.
6. 20:40
  In Touch—Scottish Venues; A Career in Computer Science
  Sight Scotland have launched a campaign aiming to make every venue in Scotland accessible.
7. 21:00
  Crossing Continents—Haitians Living in Fear in the Dominican Republic
  How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion.
8. 21:30
  The Bottom Line—Direct to Consumer: A Better Way to Sell?
  How do businesses navigate selling directly to their customers?
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Starmer brands Reform ‘the enemy of national renewal’
  We get reaction from Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper
10. 22:45
  The Plot Against America by Philip Roth—Episode 7
  7/10Richard Schiff reads Roth's chilling alternative history of a far right-leaning 1940s USA.
11. 23:00
  Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 10, Aphrodite
  The Greek goddess of love, desire and beauty, Aphrodite is mostly depicted naked, or wet.
12. 23:30
  Being Roman with Mary Beard—8. Death on the Nile
  Join Hadrian and his court poet for one of the strangest voyages in the history of Rome.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/10/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Dangerous Miracle by Liam Shaw—Episode 2: A Race Against Death
  2/5Biologist Liam Shaw explains how the development of penicillin was supercharged by war.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/10/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—01/10/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—01/10/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  BBC Inside Science—The science behind autism
  What do we know about the causes of autism?
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—01/10/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Motivation
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Emma - Lopen Ani Pema Deki.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—01/10/2025: Illegal meat at Dover, farm wages, economic impact of Wales's environment scheme
  Twenty tonnes of illegal meat have been intercepted at Dover in September.

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