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08/05/2025
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Sean Curran reports as the PM defends the decision to means test winter fuel payments.
Marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day
Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
080525: rural homelessness, bugs, potatoes, Land Girls
Rural homelessness, bugs, potatoes, Land Girls.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Lise Meitner
The Austrian-Jewish physicist who, in 1938, solved the question of nuclear fission.
I Want My Country Back (with Phil Wang)
Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis are ed by Phil Wang to talk British identity.
Medical trials, VE day letters, Women entrepreneurs, Saba Sams
A new report highlights the lack of female-only medical trials- we discuss the impact.
Doris Salcedo
Colombian artist and sculptor Doris Salcedo reveals her formative cultural influences.
Episode 4: Quebec
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.
Two-minute national silence to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Gap Finders - Charlotte Pearce
A Gap Finders interview with Charlotte Pearce, founder of Inkpact.
Lip Balm
Can Lip Balms really smooth, plump and perfect our pouts?
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News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
4. The Identity
Autism today is not just medical but political. So who gets to decide who‘s autistic?
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Freddie struggles with recent events.
London Particular
Episode 2
Alice uncovers powerful secrets in the forgotten corners of London. Time travelling drama.
Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
How the port of Bristol fundamentally changed the shape of the city and the land around it
Medical Aid for Palestinians
Alexei Sayle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Street Names
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.
What are rare earths and why does everyone want them?
Who dominates the market for rare earths and critical minerals?
The mysteries of the ocean floor
A new study says 99.999% of the world’s deep seafloor is still unseen by humans.
Full coverage of the day's news
The UK and the United States have agreed a deal which reduces tariffs
President Trump said it was a great deal for both countries
Series 4
Saturday's Child Is...
Award-winning comedian Mark Watson re-embarks on his doomed quest to understand life.
It’s the end of an era in Ambridge.
Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air
Reviews of a new remake of The Wedding Banquet, and a new Isabel Allende novel.
Prince Harry's bombshell interview
David and Simon examine whether Prince Harry's interview was a spectacular PR own goal.
Self-professed media diva Tina Brown and Chris Best, cofounder of the publishing platform Substack
Self-professed media diva Tina Brown and Chris Best, cofounder of Substack.
Alex Horne and The Horne Section, Susie Dent, Anoushka Shankar, Kate Wiliams, Callum Scott Howells, Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
New Pope elected
Robert Prevost from the United States has become the new head of the Catholic Church
9: 'He's a monster.'
Art, ion and the chance of freedom, in an intoxicating debut set in 1920s Provence.
Joe Biden, VE Day and the politics of nostalgia
How should we World War Two?
Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the government announces a US-UK trade deal.
09/05/2025
