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Fixing the Chain
What happens to smaller suppliers when a big company is held to ransom online by hackers?
20/12/2025
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
When I Met Jane Austen
Colm Tóibín on Persuasion, the Navy, and a special letter
Writers and thinkers tell Dr Paula Byrne when they met Jane Austen. Today, Colm Tóibín.
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.
Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity.
Dead Funny History
Ramesses the Great
Ancient Egypt’s big king, big statues, big laughs. Presented by Greg Jenner.
The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers.
Dara McAnulty
Martha Kearney meets the young naturalist at Murlough Nature Reserve in County Down.
20/12/25 Farming review, cheap veg, historic buildings
Farming review, cheap veg, historic buildings.
The latest weather reports and forecast
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
A Christmas Games Special
Mike Bubbins joins Adrian for stories from players, creators and collectors of games.
Series 24
Mining for Gold (GOLD!)
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain go prospecting for answers about how much gold we've mined.
Series 50
Christmas Special
Jay Rayner and the panel are in London answering questions from an audience of home cooks.
Ben Wright presents a special programme looking back at the year in British politics.
Ukraine's defiant stand in Pokrovsk
Ukraine's soldiers resist Russia's relentless advance in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Mortgages, Silver Marriages and Warren Buffett
How will this week's rate cut by the Bank of England affect mortgages?
Christmas Specials 2025
A Very Kemi Christmas and a Lammy New Year
The Dead Ringers team are back to train their festive firepower on the week’s news.
The latest weather forecast
Dame Harriett Baldwin MP, Michael Crick, Lord Purvis, Karin Smyth MP
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Areley Kings Village Hall in Worcestershire.
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
19/12/2025
The Archers come together for the festive season.
Sense and Sensibility - Episode One
John Yorke explores Jane Austen’s influential novel, Sense and Sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility
Part 1
Austen’s tale of two sisters with wildly different hearts. Starring Tamsin Greig.
Weekend Woman's Hour: Violence against women and girls, Kate Hudson, Female tribute bands
We look at the government's violence against women and girls strategy.
US strikes hit Islamic State in Syria
We assess the global reach of the Islamic State group.
Toast - Farepak's Christmas Hampers
What led to the collapse of the Christmas savings club Farepak?
More questions about Andrew Mountbatten Windor's links to Jeffrey Epstein
US authorities release a photo of the former Prince lying across some women's laps
Gyles Brandreth, Carrie Grant, Simon Evans, Lisa Faulkner, The Unthanks
Stuart Maconie presents a special Christmas edition from the BBC Philharmonic studio.
Mary Berry
The former Bake Off judge and queen of Christmas.
Series 34
Monkey Business - Robin Dunbar, Dave Gorman and Jo Setchell
Robin Ince and Brian Cox go bananas for our monkiest episode yet, all about primate love.
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Katherine Rundell unearths the Christmas ghost story.
What's the bigger threat to Europe: "cultural erasure", or far-right populism?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
Dates: A User's Guide
Dan Saladino finds out how the date became one of the most revered cultivated fruits
Series 2
1. Wives, Ankles, Underwear
Chloe Slack returns with a new series of the women’s current affairs show all about women.
Series 1: From Beer to Eternity
8 – From Motown to Ed Sheeran
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis wander between Motown and Ed Sheeran with Mark Billingham.
