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  1. Today 21:00
    BBC Radio 4

    A Brief History of Strangers

    Joe Queenan on strangers - an opportunity or a threat?

  2. Tomorrow 20:00
    BBC Radio 4

    The People's Pool

    One Glasgow swimming pool reveals the story of public baths and wash houses in Britain.

  3. Next Saturday 20:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Sucking Up: A Guide to Sycophancy Through the Ages

    Don't you look gorgeous today, dear listener!

  4. Sun 2 Aug 2026 22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Simpson's Dictators

    John Simpson looks back at the dictators he's met: the mad, the malign and the meek.

  5. Sat 8 Aug 2026 20:00
    BBC Radio 4

    Writing Our Mothers

    A journey into the ways women writers have written the mother.

  6. Sun 9 Aug 2026 22:00
    BBC Radio 4

    It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free

    Novelist Megan Nolan goes in search of one of Ireland’s first true beatniks, Brendan Behan

  7. Wed 12 Aug 2026 10:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Greenham Effect

    How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.

  8. Wed 12 Aug 2026 16:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Greenham Effect

    How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.

  9. Thu 13 Aug 2026 00:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

    The Greenham Effect

    How the women's peace camp at Greenham Common changed the world.