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Brain of Britain - Semi-final 3, 2026
General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on the board game Diplomacy and the Aztecs.
08/11/2026
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Matt Haig
James Naughtie and readers talk to Matt Haig about his 2020 novel The Midnight Library.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
The parish church of St Mary in Fordingbridge Hampshire.
Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary in Fordingbridge Hampshire.
03/11/2026
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted
Kirk Franklin: Gospel music and my faith journey
Swarzy Shire chats to Gospel music legend Kirk Franklin about his faith.
Growing bulrushes on the Somerset Levels
Sarah Swadling meets a pioneering farmer growing bulrushes on the Somerset Levels.
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
Every Casualty Counts
Fergal Keane makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Every Casualty Counts.
Remembrance Sunday - A Hope for Peace
A Choral Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday from Belfast Cathedral with the Cathedral Choir.
Auschwitz: An SS officer’s photo album
In 2007, an abandoned photo album revealed the chilling normality of life in Auschwitz
Tom McKinney on the Red Grouse
Why the red grouse always scares the life out of broadcaster and musician Tom McKinney.
The nightmare continues for Alan, and Elizabeth doesn’t know what to do for the best.
Paddy O’Connell leads live coverage from Whitehall of the Ceremony of Remembrance.
Lovely Day by Bill Withers
The deceptively simple song that is a mantra for people.
07/11/2026
An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines
Series 4
Andi Osho
Paul asks novelist and actress Andi Osho about her pet peeves and worst nightmares.
A look at the week's big stories and preview of the week to come.
Belonging in Spain
Why is Spain's government offering legal status to illegal immigrants and what comes next?
06/11/2026
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
Strong Poison
John Yorke takes a look at Dorothy L Sayers’s 1930 crime novel.
Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers
Part One
Crime novelist Harriet Vane is on trial for murder. Can Lord Peter Wimsey save her?
Tessa Hadley
James Crawford discusses an author's new book and its connections to three other works.
Brain of Britain - Semi-final 4, 2026
General knowledge quiz. Spotlights on penguins, Roger Casement and Glasgow's Subway.
The mission in Peru that shaped a Pope
In 1985, Father Robert Prevost arrived in Chulucanas for his first missionary assignment
The Value Crisis
1. Crisis, What Crisis?
Ros Atkins asks whether technology has triggered a crisis in what we value.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
Geeta Pendse
Geeta Pendse presents a weekly selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.
Elizabeth puts her foot down.
Making Them Count
A project to document deaths among people who've experienced homelessness.
Thief at the British Museum
9. An Ending, a Beginning
Ittai hands over his gems. But will we ever know what else the Museum has lost?
05/11/2026
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
The latest news from the world of personal finance
Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
Jataka Tales : Stories of the Buddha's Many Births
An ancient collection of stories narrating the past lives and forms of the Buddha.
The Hill by Rhiannon Tise
A solitary winter walk brings a new perspective to a marriage frozen by tragedy.
