BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 24 November 2025

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—24/11/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  Wokewash—Femvertizing
  Satirist Heydon Prowse investigates how brands are using feminism to boost their profits.
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—The church of St Mary Magdalene Bildeston in Suffolk
  Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Mary Magdalene Bildeston in Suffolk.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—24/11/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—24/11/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  News Summary—24/11/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—24/11/2025
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
8. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—24/11/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—The Start of a New Day
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Jane Williams.
10. 05:45
  Farming Today—24/11/25: Dairy rollercoaster, English farm business incomes, Isle of Man vets
  Trouble ahead as the dairy farming rollercoaster heads downwards?
11. 05:57
  Weather—24/11/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—24/11/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Start the Week—Genes and hands: mapping character and health
  Alison Bashford, Matthew Cobb and Charlotte Houldcroft with Adam Rutherford.
3. 09:45
  Café Hope—Confidence building
  How a social enterprise is teaching building skills to improve wellbeing in the community.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Iron deficiency, Malintzin, Budget lookahead, Frida Kahlo self-portrait
  What are the symptoms of iron deficiency, and what is its impact?
5. 11:00
  Behind the Crime—Khamran
  Two forensic psychologists interview Khamran about his life and the crimes he committed.
6. 11:45
  The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel—1. On Tying the Knot
  1/5The first in a series of thought-provoking questions about the family.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—24/11/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—You & Yours Special: Doorstep Fraud
  How to protect yourself from fraud on your doorstep.
3. 12:57
  Weather—24/11/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Nigerian schools shut after mass kidnapping
  More than 300 children have been kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school.
5. 13:45
  Materials of State—The Union Jack
  David Cannadine explores the history of the Union Jack.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—23/11/2025
  Brad finds himself in an awkward position.
7. 14:15
  Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?—Series 3, Episode 1 – A Portrait of Florence
  1/4Florence is immortalised by David Hockney - or is it Alan Bennett?
8. 14:45
  Scenes from a Childhood by Jon Fosse—Episode Five: Little Sister (Part Two)
  A selection of stories by the winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.
9. 15:00
  A Good Read—Roma Agrawal and Kate Lister
  A structural engineer and a historian of sex share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
10. 15:30
  Curious Cases—Series 24, Immortal Jellies
  8/13Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain ask whether a tiny jellyfish holds the secret to immortality.
11. 16:00
  Currently—If at First You Don’t Secede
  If at first you don’t secede, should you really try, try, try again?
12. 16:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 50, Liverpool
  2/6Jay Rayner and the panel are celebrating World Children's Day at a school in Liverpool.
13. 17:00
  PM—BBC chair to face MPs
  Samir Shah prepares to answer the questions of the Culture Select Committee.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—MPs are told by a former editorial advisor to the BBC that it is not institutionally biased
  Michael Prescott says there are issues of denial among management
2. 18:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 84, 3. Seafood Film Club
  3/6Rory Bremner, Tony Hawks, Lucy Porter and Henning Wehn visit The Hull New Theatre.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—24/11/2025
  Suspicions rise for Amber.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers on the show's final season
  Stranger Things, fake memoirs and remembering Jimmy Cliff.
5. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—What can the UK learn from the rest of Europe about asylum reform?
  Is Denmark the right model for the UK's asylum policy?
6. 20:30
  BBC Inside Science—What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?
  As COP 30 draws to close in Brazil, we speak to a former negotiator.
7. 21:00
  Start the Week—Genes and hands: mapping character and health
  Alison Bashford, Matthew Cobb and Charlotte Houldcroft with Adam Rutherford.
8. 21:45
  Café Hope—Confidence building
  How a social enterprise is teaching building skills to improve wellbeing in the community.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—BBC chairman faces MPs after high-profile resignations
  BBC chairman Samir Shah and members of BBC board scrutinised by MPs over alleged bias
10. 22:45
  The Princess Bride—Bitesize Backstories: The Book
  Bitesize backstories from William Goldman’s classic tale of true love and adventure.
11. 23:00
  Limelight—Spores: Series 1, 2. Seed
  2/5An ethereal 'sporing event' forces Cassie to make a desperate decision.
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—24/11/2025
  Alicia McCarthy reports as the the BBC chair Samir Shah faces the Culture Committee.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—25/11/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel—1. On Tying the Knot
  1/5The first in a series of thought-provoking questions about the family.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—25/11/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—25/11/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—25/11/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—25/11/2025
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—25/11/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Celebrating Love
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Jane Williams.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—25/11/25 University agriculture courses, bird flu in Wales, dairy farm succession.
  The University of Nottingham plans to close its agriculture courses.

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