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17/10/2026
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur
Life Without Bats
The night sky loses its bats and their secret soundscape. What happens next?
From Limpsfield Common to Everest with David Sullivan
Clare explores Limpsfield Common with David Sullivan to hear about his Everest adventure
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
The latest weather reports and forecast
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.
Series 25
Yawn Chorus
Hannah Fry and Dara O Briain try to stay awake long enough to explore contagious yawning.
The Guitar Story
2. My Generation
John Wilson explores the story of the guitar as a driver of social and cultural change.
Radio 4's assessment of developments at Westminster
Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The latest news from the world of personal finance
Series 121
Episode 7
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
The latest weather forecast
16/10/2026
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?
The storm clouds gather in Ambridge.
Save the Hundred Acre Wood
By Edward Kemp. With Robert Bathurst as Christopher Robin Milne.
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.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
Alexander McCall Smith, Big Country Redux, Vicky Featherstone, Clive Anderson, Serena Terry, Zoe Graham
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines
Series 35
Guano: Liquid Gold
Adam Rutherford and Jessica Fostekew investigate the remarkable story of bird and bat poo.
The Fountain of Youth at 60
Angela Barnes looks back at 60 years of the social history of menopause, and HRT.
Recluses
Naomi Alderman examines whether being a recluse has an impact on how we do our thinking.
Regenerative Farming and Nutrition
Does regenerative farming change the nutritional value of what we eat?
Series 2
7. Lindsey Santoro and Bella Hull
Laura Smyth hears about closing a vortex and talking to angels.
Brain of Britain - Heat 12, 2026
General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on Japanese horror, F1 and pipe organs.
18/10/2026
Marlon James
The Jamaican novelist Marlon James on his Booker-shortlisted novel The Disappearers.
