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05:20 - Shipping Forecast

03/05/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping

05:30 - News Briefing

03/05/2024
The latest news from BBC Radio 4

05:43 - Prayer for the Day

Compassion
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg.

05:45 - Farming Today

03/05/24 Latest badger cull figures, Jeremy Clarkson, sniffing onion disease
Latest figures from Defra show nearly 20,000 badgers were killed in England last year.

03/05/2024
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

09:00 - The Reunion

Bush v Gore 2000
Kirsty Wark reunites key figures from the 2000 US election.

10:00 - Woman's Hour

Listener phone in: Boys - what's it's like to be one in 2024?
What do the challenges that our boys face tell us about the world we live in?

11:00 - The Food Programme

Lessons from Leeds and Amsterdam on childhood obesity
Two rare examples of how prevalence of childhood obesity has been cut.

11:45 - Alien Earths by Lisa Kaltenegger

Book of the Week: Episode 5 - Unravelling the night sky's mysteries
5/5 Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger on unravelling the night sky's mysteries.

12:00 - News Summary

03/05/2024
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

12:04 - AntiSocial

03/05/2024
Adam Fleming helps you work out what the culture war arguments are really about.

12:57 - Weather

03/05/2024
The latest weather forecast

13:00 - World at One

03/05/2024
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.

About the Boys, 5. Friendship
5/5 Boys all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.

14:00 - The Archers

02/05/2024
Jakob finds himself on the spot

14:15 - Limelight

Money Gone, Money Gone – 2. Hands Up
2/5 The UK descends into chaos, but the Prime Minister has a more pressing problem.

21. Sleep
Emotions run high around sleep. So let’s talk about it.

15:00 - Gardeners' Question Time

Postbag: RHS Urban Gardening Show
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

15:45 - Short Works

A Thoroughly Modern Woman by Bita Taghavi
A moving and funny portrayal of a woman getting to grips with change.

16:00 - Last Word

C.J.Sansom, Olga Fikotová-Connolly, Dr Jenny Vaughan, Sir Andrew Davis
Matthew Bannister on an author, a campaigner, an Olympic medallist, a conductor.

16:30 - Life Changing

Excluded
Marginalised his whole life, aged 24, Tier demands a reckoning with the education system.

03/05/2024
Afternoon news and current affairs programme

18:00 - Six O'Clock News

03/05/2024
National and international news from BBC Radio 4

18:30 - Dead Ringers

Series 24, Episode 2
2/6 Mordant topical satire from the usual team.

19:00 - The Archers

03/05/2024
One family face devastation.

19:15 - Screenshot

Chinatown
Mark and Ellen explore the history of one of Hollywood’s greatest films, Chinatown.

20:00 - Any Questions?

Ian Blackford MP, Anthony Browne MP, Lucy Powell MP, Luke Tryl
Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from East Markham Village Hall, Nottinghamshire

20:50 - A Point of View

03/05/2024
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.

21:00 - Free Thinking

03/05/2024
Matthew Sweet and guests reflect on some of the ideas in the air this week.

22:00 - The World Tonight

03/05/2024
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

22:45 - You Are Here by David Nicholls

Episode 5
5/10 Marnie has agreed to travel back to York by car with Cleo at the end of the three-day trip

23:00 - Americast

Back on campus: Biden condemns 'violent' protestors
The President speaks as police clear camps

23:30 - Today in Parliament

03/05/2024
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament