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Roleplay
Blanche DuBois
One big role. Actors who have played the part tell their stories. Today: Blanche DuBois.
21/02/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Episode 5: The myths of motherhood
A writer’s journey through the experience of otherness.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Bedtime or Wake-up time?
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Paul Kerensa.
Life Without Rats
Surely a world without the rodents we look to exterminate anyway would be fine?
The news headlines, including a look at the newspapers.
The Mourne Mountain Fires
How this landscape, often shrouded in cloud and rain, is affected by recurrent fires.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
The latest weather reports and forecast
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Jack Thorne, Hostage Negotiation, Rich List and the Inheritance Tracks of Marian Keyes
Jack Thorne joins Adrian for extraordinary stories from remarkable people.
History of Spices: commerce, colonialism and culinary innovation
Join Greg and his guests to learn about the global history of spices and the spice trade.
Series 51
Episode 1
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
Social Mobility: How to Break the Link Between Background and Opportunity (Joe Seddon)
Regional inequality is holding people back, and Joe Seddon wants to do something about it.
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The latest news from the world of personal finance
Series 119
Episode 7
Andy Zaltzman and panellists quiz the week's news.
The latest weather forecast
20/02/2026
Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
It’s party time in the events barn.
Double Exposure
Documentary drama about civil rights photographer Ernest Withers, by Sol B River.
Highlights from the Woman's Hour week
Full coverage of the day's news
Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
Lucy Beaumont, Gizzi Erskine, Alasdair Beckett-King, Jonny Balchandani, Jesca Hoop and Lail Arad with The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines.
Surrogacy
Sonia Sodha explores thorny ethical debates around the start and end of human life.
The Choke
Brains behaving badly: how talented people are fooled into failing.
Impulsive: Omnibus (part 1)
Noel Titheradge uncovers the devastating side effects of dopamine agonist drugs.
Chefs, Creativity and the Cost of Living Crisis
Sheila Dillon talks to chefs about creativity in a cost of living crisis.
Comedian and immigration lawyer Sikisa walks us through British immigration law.
Series 39
Heat 7, 2026
The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
