Radio 4 - Schedules, Sunday 28 April 2024

28/04/2024

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

28/04/2024

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

28/04/2024

The latest news from BBC Radio 4

St Mary’s in Earl Soham, Suffolk

Bells on Sunday, comes from St Mary’s in Earl Soham, Suffolk.

Improvements to the Disabled Students' Allowance

The Disabled Students' Allowance system has been updated to address student's issues.

28/04/2024

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4

Embracing Neurodiversity

A mum of two boys describes how their neurodiversity affects their faith practice.

The thing about Luing

Richard Baynes visits the home of the first new British beef breed in 150 years.

28/04/2024

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

Nigerian Pastor; Muslim Drag Queen; Humanism

William Crawley takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week.

WasteAid

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of WasteAid.

28/04/2024

The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers

I am the vine, you are the branches

For the fifth Sunday of Easter from Edinburgh Jesuit Church of the Sacred Heart, Lauriston

Me and my medical data

Will Self with a very personal take on the rise of medical records apps.

Mya Bambrick on the Pied Wagtail

Young ornithologist Mya Bambrick remembers the pied wagtail on the way home from school.

28/04/2024

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

Bush v Gore 2000

Kirsty Wark reunites key figures from the 2000 US election.

28/04/2024

Alistair faces a dilemma and Alice has a mountain to climb

Timmy Mallett

Timmy Mallett, 1980s iconic children'sTV presenter. Presented by Mark Coles.

Series 8

When does a knife become a crime?

28/04/2024

Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world.

How to Save an Incel

Sophia Smith Galer meets the men escaping 'inceldom'.

Hammersmith & Fulham

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

My Mother Said I Never Should

John Yorke looks at Charlotte Keatley’s 1987 play My Mother Said I Never Should.

Episode 1

Charlotte Keatley's award winning, landmark play.

Sunjeev Sahota

Alex Clark talks to Sunjeev Sahota about his new novel, The Spoiled Heart.

Programme 8, 2024

The contest of wordplay and cryptic connections chaired by Kirsty Lang.

Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home

The campaign to return Sarah Baartman to South Africa nearly 200 years after her death

China

Misha Glenny on where China came from and what it is now.

28/04/2024

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

Ireland to return migrants fleeing the UK's Rwanda deportation plan

Ireland says it plans to return migrants fleeing the UK's Rwanda deportation plan.

Sean Cooney

Sean Cooney chooses audio highlights from the past week.

28/04/2024

There’s a surprise for Emma.

We've always drawn meaning from the arrival of stranded whales. What's their message now?

Why Do We Procrastinate?

Can we blame procrastination on our evolution?

Radio 3 Shake Up and The Now Show No More

Radio 3 Controller on recent schedule changes and Punt and Dennis on end of The Now Show.

Terry Anderson, Trina Robbins, Lord Field, Ann Trevenen Jenkin

Matthew Bannister on a journalist, a politician, as cartoonist and a bard.

Carers Allowance and Minimum Payments on Credit Cards

Calls for urgent action to help thousands of unpaid carers in debt to DWP.

WasteAid

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of WasteAid.

The Rise and Fall of Nagorno-Karabakh

The story of how Armenia won and lost the 'black garden' in an enclave of Azerbaijan.

28/04/2024

Ben Wright and guests discuss the turmoil at Holyrood as they preview the political week.

Bertolt Brecht

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 20th-century German playwright.

At Heart Centre by Bernie McGill

It’s been years since Stella went to yoga. 58 years, to be exact.

29/04/2024

The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.

Armenia's Lost Garden

The life and death of a non-existent country - and the rebirth of its improbable pub.

St Mary’s in Earl Soham, Suffolk

Bells on Sunday, comes from St Mary’s in Earl Soham, Suffolk.

29/04/2024

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping