News
Schedule
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
When Muriel McKay vanishes in 1969, the police are baffled. Then the phone rings.
Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
Matthew Bannister on a BBC executive, a physicist, a psychoanalyst and a doctor.
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
Will England's farming budget survive the spending review?
The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Shahidha Bari talks to Frank Close, Tim Gregory and Baroness Natalie Bennett.
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
The world-renowned intimacy co-ordinator discusses her new book, Intimacy.
The thousands of falcons being bred in the UK destined for falcon races in the Middle East
1/5 A lone wolf’s journey through Europe highlights our conflicted relationship with nature.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
An Insolvency Service investigation confirms what you told us about a singing waiter firm.
The latest weather forecast
Starmer says UK moving to 'war-fighting readiness'.
6/10 Nick is paid thousands of pounds to bring Vietnamese migrants into the UK.
The guilt eats away for Alice.
3/6 Roger and Joanna decide to move - but will anyone buy the house?
10/10 With her confession roundly ignored, Barbara has no choice but to pick up her pen again.
Notable guests pick a great life they ire.
9/13 Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain discover that sharks could help us invent faster cars
Madeira has a chronic drug problem the authorities are struggling to cope with.
4/7 Jay Rayner hosts a culinary show packed full of tasty titbits.
News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
A review of the UK's armed forces calls for a national shift to war-fighting readiness
2/6 Alfie explores the limits of freedom of expression, with another comic look at the law.
Azra offers her professional opinion.
Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof.
What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?
We answer a selection of fascinating science questions, from Nikola Tesla to microplastics
2/5 Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Dogger, Irish Sea, Wight, Lundy and Forth.
The government unveils findings of major review of the UK's defence capabilities.
1/5 Disco investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley. By Nick Walker.
8/8 After 216 days in the courtroom, the judges must arrive at their verdicts.
Alicia McCarthy reports as the government sets out its Strategic Defence Review.
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
The Welsh government sets out its plans to protect the environment and punish polluters.
Tuesday 3 June 2025
