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12/12/2025
Alicia McCarthy reports on the assisted dying bill.
13/12/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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Scion
In Northumberland, journalist Peter Ross walks Hadrian’s Wall in search of absence.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Stargazer
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with Father Dermot Preston.
Life in Numbers
A creative insight into living a life - where numbers are vital to survival.
The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers.
Jane Anderson
Martha Kearney meets Jane Anderson, one of the UK's leading physicians in HIV medicine.
13/12/25 Farming Today This Week: turkeys; rural roads; off-grid communities; African swine fever; rare breed pigs.
Turkeys; rural road deaths; off-grid communities; African swine fever; rare breed pigs.
The latest weather reports and forecast
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Russell Tovey, Desert Racing, Puppeteering, and the Inheritance Tracks of Paul Bettany
Russell Tovey joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
Series 24
Phantom Pain
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate the misunderstood phenomenon of phantom pain.
Series 50
Dundee
Jay Rayner and the panel are in Dundee answering questions from an audience of home cooks.
Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster
Syria a year after the fall of Assad
Syrians took to the streets to celebrate, but serious challenges lurk in the background.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Investment Changes and Women's Financial Rights
Paul Lewis interviews the Financial Conduct Authority about its investment reforms.
Christmas Specials 2025
Farage Goes to School, The Snowman v Keir, and Alan Carr: Special Negotiator
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news.
The latest weather forecast
Sir Jake Berry, Tobias Ellwood, Josh Simons MP, Sonia Sodha
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Wigan & Leigh College.
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
Akram makes a decision.
Pride and Prejudice - Episode One
John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice.
Pride and Prejudice
Part 1
Austen’s timeless comedy of love, pride and second chances.
Weekend Woman's Hour: Maternity care review, Weight loss drugs and exercise, Wages for housework
We discuss the latest review into maternity care in England.
BMA: Government 'scaremongering' over flu outbreak
The government has warned of harm to patients if a strike by resident doctors goes ahead.
Jordan Bardella: The 30-year-old populist hoping to be France's next president
An exclusive interview on immigration, racism, Russia, Farage and Trump.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will not face police action over bodyguard claim
Virginia Giuffre's family say they're "deeply disappointed" by the decision
Sharon Rooney, Jonathan Watson, Clive Anderson, Banjo Beale, Flora Shedden, Malin Lewis, Ballad Lines
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
David Harewood
The screen and stage actor reprising his role as Shakespeare’s Othello.
Series 34
Head in the Clouds - Owain Wyn Evans, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Amanda Maycock
Brian Cox and Robin Ince cut through the haze of cloud science.
The Battle of the Drina
The forgotten story of the siege of Goražde in the Yugoslav wars.
Should children be banned from social media?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
Going Cold Turkey: Alternative Christmas Dinners
Annie Gray rejects turkey and the trimmings at Christmas. She explores alternative dinners
Series 1
4. Plastic Surgery, Inducing Childbirth, Sabotage
Will a song that induces labour lead to childbirth live on air?
Series 1: From Beer to Eternity
7 – From the Sargasso Sea to the Trombone
Comedian Kae Kurd steers the ship from the Sargasso Sea to the trombone.
