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30/05/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
BBC Radio 4 s the BBC World Service.
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Rethink...social housing
What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?
Productivity isn’t everything
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Abdulrazak Gurnah, writer
Abdulrazak Gurnah, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
Sourfaux
Should the ingredients of sourdough be set out in law? Leyla Kazim investigates.
Episode 5: Planting Fruit Trees
As the strike grinds to its conclusion, the women ready themselves for battles to come.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Are insects the answer?
Helen Czerski and Tom Heap discuss the environmental importance of insects.
The latest weather forecast
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4
The Smuggler
5. The Crossing
Nick buys a boat and searches for a new smuggling route.
29/05/2025
The results are in at the shop.
Pretender Prince
Episode 3: Shiny Our Silver
The Highland army crosses into England and conquers Carlisle, Manchester and Derby.
Series 1
21. Sleep
Emotions run high around sleep. So let’s talk about it.
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
Girl at a Window by Dermot Bolger
Janet visits the guesthouse where she spent her last ever family holiday.
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
28/05/2025
Dr Sian Williams talks to people who have lived through extraordinary life-changing events
Full coverage of the day's news
Series 117
Episode 7
Topical quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories.
Alice faces a nightmare situation.
Claire Booth and Gavin Higgins on a few very famous notes
Claire Booth and Gavin Higgins add five more tracks to the playlist.
Topical discussion posing questions to a of political and media personalities
May 26 - June 1st
Fascinating, surprising and eye-opening stories from the past, brought to life.
Power: A 's Guide
From the Hay Festival, Matthew Sweet discusses the many forms of political power.
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
5: Roll Over, Dead Old Me
The last in a brilliantly original and savagely funny new series about women and space.
the Americast team for insights from across the US.
Donna Leon and Margaret Heffernan
A crime author and a writer-entrepreneur talk books they love.
31/05/2025
