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15/12/2025
Alicia McCarthy reports as the prime minister condemns the terror attack in Sydney.
16/12/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
When I Met Jane Austen
David Baddiel on the invention of the modern novel
Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. First, David Baddiel.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Susan Hulme reports as MPs and peers react to the Bondi Beach attack.
David Niven Had a Dilemma
Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection with Father Dermot Preston.
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.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
Why is Jane Austen still so relevant to women today?
Woman's Hour celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.
Jane Austen
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore Austen adaptations past and present.
Val McDermid on suspense and psychology in Northanger Abbey
Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Val McDermid.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
News and discussion of consumer affairs
The latest weather forecast
Settler intimidation in the West Bank
A special report from the West Bank, where settler violence against Palestinians is rising
Kate Atkinson on morals, meaning and Mansfield Park
Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Kate Atkinson.
Chris has the rug pulled.
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.
Series 4
51. Murder by the Book - Live from the Hay Festival
Lucy Worsley and team meet infamous murderesses who live on in fiction.
Faith and the climate crisis: ten years since Laudato Si
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.
Emma Thompson: Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
A special episode to mark the Jane Austen anniversary with the actress Emma Thompson.
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.
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'.
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
Series 3
5. Jurassic Tea
The programme that shows you how to put a sock in Wagner’s Ring.
Pat offers some pearls of wisdom.
Jane Austen at 250 special
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss one of the English language's most important novelists.
Firefighting's forever chemical legacy
The story of firefighting foam’s toxic legacy.
A Visually Impaired Figure Skater, Navigating a New EU Border System
A visually impaired figure skater tells In Touch about the sport she loves.
Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: the fightback
What if a stranger decided to marry you? Would you agree?
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.
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
Professor Higgs and the Yeti
Miss Macdonald takes the first step on the adventure of a lifetime.
Series 5
Case 8: Revenants and Revelations
Danny Robins takes a deep dive into all the cases so far this series.
Susan Hulme reports as ministers set out the next phase of their planning reforms.
