BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 8 August 2026

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Early
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—08/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  
  Tony Hawks Is Giving Nothing Away—5. Finding Balance
  
  Tony Hawks tries to find a more balanced approach to the thorny issue of inheritance.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—08/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—08/08/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:30
  
  News Summary—08/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—08/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:43
  
  Prayer for the Day—08/08/2026
  
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie.
8. 05:45
  
  Living on the Edge—Corsewall
  
  Richard King visits Corsewall lighthouse with keeper Barry Miller.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  News and Papers—08/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 06:07
  
  This Natural Life—Tracey Emin
  
  Dame Tracey Emin introduces Martha Kearney to the landscape and the wild waves of Margate.
3. 06:30
  
  Farming Today—08/08/2026
  
  The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
4. 06:57
  
  Weather—08/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecast
5. 07:00
  
  Today—08/08/2026
  
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
6. 09:00
  
  Artworks—What Happened to Counter-Culture?, 3. Beauty in the Streets
  
  Stewart Lee explores the story and ideas of counter-culture and its importance today.
7. 09:30
  
  What's Up Docs?—How hydrated should you really be?
  
  Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore hydration.
8. 10:00
  
  You're Dead to Me—Emperor Constantine the Great: Christianity and the Roman Empire
  
  Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the Roman emperor, Constantine the Great.
9. 10:30
  
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 53, Episode 7
  
  7/6 Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
10. 11:00
  
  Radical—06/08/2026
  
  Conversations about the global forces reshaping our world and ideas defining the future.
11. 11:30
  
  From Our Own Correspondent—08/08/2026
  
  Insight and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  News Summary—08/08/2026
  
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  
  Sliced Bread—Toast - Series 7, EasyCinema
  
  Stelios, the EasyJet founder, tells Sean why his low-cost movie theatres didn't take off.
3. 12:30
  
  Current-ish—Episode 3
  
  Lucy Porter and three comedian guests chew over the stories everyone is talking about.
4. 12:57
  
  Weather—08/08/2026
  
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  
  News—08/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 13:10
  
  Any Questions?—07/08/2026
  
  Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities
7. 14:05
  
  Any Answers?—08/08/2026
  
  Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
8. 14:45
  
  The Archers—07/08/2026
  
  Keira makes a surprising discovery.
9. 15:00
  
  Drama on 4—August in Manchester
  
  A chance encounter reunites Leigh with Rick: the man she never stopped wondering about
10. 16:00
  
  Woman's Hour—08/08/2026
  
  Highlights from the Woman's Hour week
11. 17:00
  
  PM—08/08/2026
  
  Full coverage of the day's news
12. 17:30
  
  Sliced Bread—Sliced Bread - Series 17, 06/08/2026
  
  Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.
13. 17:54
  
  Shipping Forecast—08/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
14. 17:57
  
  Weather—08/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecast
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Six O'Clock News—08/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 18:15
  
  Loose Ends—08/08/2026
  
  Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  
  Last Word: Doing Death Differently—Lay this body down
  
  3/5 Matthew Bannister on changing attitudes to dying, death and how we memorialise our dead.
4. 19:15
  
  Changing the Odds—Episode 2: Gibraltar - Online betting's birthplace
  
  How Gibraltar became the tech, data and innovation capital of the online gambling industry
5. 20:00
  
  Archive on 4—Writing Our Mothers
  
  A journey into the ways women writers have written the mother.
6. 21:00
  
  Understand—Ten Fights That Made the Green Movement: Omnibus 1
  
  Stories of conflict that forged a movement.
7. 22:00
  
  News—08/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
8. 22:15
  
  The Food Programme—The Dark Arts of Affinage
  
  Sheila Dillon explores the weird and wonderful world of maturing cheese.
9. 23:00
  
  Olga Koch: OK Computer—Series 2, 2. Intelligence
  
  2/4 In this episode, Olga tackles intelligence.
10. 23:30
  
  Brain of Britain—02/08/2026
  
  General knowledge in which listeners compete for the title of Brain of Britain.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Midnight News—09/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  
  Bookclub—Janice Hallett
  
  The award-winning writer speaks to a Bookclub audience about her debut novel, The Appeal.
3. 00:48
  
  Shipping Forecast—09/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/08/2026
  
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:30
  
  News Summary—09/08/2026
  
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:34
  
  Shipping Forecast—09/08/2026
  
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:43
  
  Bells on Sunday—St Martin’s Church in Eynsford, Kent
  
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Martin’s Church in Eynsford, Kent
8. 05:45
  
  In Touch—04/08/2026
  
  News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted

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