BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 16 December 2025

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/12/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Artworks—When I Met Jane Austen, David Baddiel on the invention of the modern novel
  1/10Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. First, David Baddiel.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/12/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/12/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—16/12/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—16/12/2025
  Susan Hulme reports as MPs and peers react to the Bondi Beach attack.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—16/12/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—David Niven Had a Dilemma
  Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with Father Dermot Preston.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—16/12/2025 MPs challenge prime minister about inheritance tax, planning and green belt, restoring rural buildings
  Prime minister is grilled by his own MPs about the impact of inheritance tax on farmers.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—16/12/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Reith Lectures—Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution, 4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
  4/4Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
3. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Why is Jane Austen still so relevant to women today?
  Woman's Hour celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.
4. 11:00
  Screenshot—Jane Austen
  Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore Austen adaptations past and present.
5. 11:45
  Artworks—When I Met Jane Austen, Val McDermid on suspense and psychology in Northanger Abbey
  3/10Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Val McDermid.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—16/12/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—16/12/2025
  News and discussion of consumer affairs
3. 12:57
  Weather—16/12/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Settler intimidation in the West Bank
  A special report from the West Bank, where settler violence against Palestinians is rising
5. 13:45
  Artworks—When I Met Jane Austen, Kate Atkinson on morals, meaning and Mansfield Park
  4/10Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Kate Atkinson.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—15/12/2025
  Chris has the rug pulled.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Jane and Tom - The Real Pride and Prejudice by Elizabeth Lewis
  Andrew Scott and Jasmine Hyde star in a dramatisation of Jane Austen's letters.
8. 15:00
  Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley—Series 4, 51. Murder by the Book - Live from the Hay Festival
  Lucy Worsley and team meet infamous murderesses who live on in fiction.
9. 15:30
  Beyond Belief—Faith and the climate crisis: ten years since Laudato Si
  Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
10. 16:00
  Bookclub—Emma Thompson: Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
  A special episode to mark the Jane Austen anniversary with the actress Emma Thompson.
11. 16:30
  What's Up Docs?—What can you do about hearing loss?
  Drs Chris and Xand want to know why hearing loss happens and what can be done about it.
12. 17:00
  PM—Man jailed for driving car into crowds at Liverpool parade
  Twenty-one and a half years in prison for Paul Doyle, who injured 130 people 'in a rage'.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—The man who drove his car into crowds in Liverpool has been jailed
  Paul Doyle has been sentenced to more than 21 years in prison
2. 18:30
  One Person Found This Helpful—Series 3, 5. Jurassic Tea
  5/7The programme that shows you how to put a sock in Wagner’s Ring.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—16/12/2025
  Pat offers some pearls of wisdom.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Jane Austen at 250 special
  Samira Ahmed and guests discuss one of the English language's most important novelists.
5. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Firefighting's forever chemical legacy
  The story of firefighting foam’s toxic legacy.
6. 20:40
  In Touch—A Visually Impaired Figure Skater, Navigating a New EU Border System
  A visually impaired figure skater tells In Touch about the sport she loves.
7. 21:00
  Crossing Continents—Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: the fightback
  What if a stranger decided to marry you? Would you agree?
8. 21:30
  Illuminated—CS Lewis, the Evacuee and the Wardrobe
  Emma Freud sits down with her mother to hear the fascinating tale of her link to CS Lewis.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—First funerals to be held for victims of the Bondi Beach attack
  British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger and Rabbi Yaakov Levitan are to be buried
10. 22:45
  Mary Macdonald's Big Trip by Alexander McCall Smith—Professor Higgs and the Yeti
  2/5Miss Macdonald takes the first step on the adventure of a lifetime.
11. 23:00
  Uncanny—Series 5, Case 8: Revenants and Revelations
  8/10Danny Robins takes a deep dive into all the cases so far this series.
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—16/12/2025
  Susan Hulme reports as ministers set out the next phase of their planning reforms.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—17/12/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Artworks—When I Met Jane Austen, Val McDermid on suspense and psychology in Northanger Abbey
  3/10Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Val McDermid.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—17/12/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—17/12/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—17/12/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—17/12/2025
  Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs welcome a review of foreign interference in UK elections.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—17/12/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—The Lord of the Dance
  Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with Father Dermot Preston.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—17/12/2025 Planning reforms and the environment, rural churches.
  Planning reforms announced - what will they mean for the countryside and the environment?

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