Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—26/03/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
Underdogs by Joel Budd—Episode 2
2/5 In the 1960s, a wave of Londoners left the capital to live and work in Norfolk.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/03/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—26/03/2025
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:00
News Summary—26/03/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
Yesterday in Parliament—26/03/2025
Susan Hulme reports as MPs question ministers after an asylum hotels contract is scrapped.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—26/03/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Out with the Old
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie.
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05:45
Farming Today—26/03/25 Red Tractor responds to farm assurance review, Efra inquiry into border checks, colony eggs
Red Tractor promises change after farm assurance review.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—26/03/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
More or Less—Could a 2% wealth tax raise £24bn?
Plus, did trillions disappear from UK pensions? Why does the UK have a lot of old housing?
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09:30
The History Podcast—Invisible Hands, 1. The Chicken Farmer
The story of the chicken farmer who set the stage for Margaret Thatcher.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Disability and domestic abuse, Maternity care failings, Authors Labour MP Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Gossiping
Clare speaks to two of the women long-listed for the Women's Prize.
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11:00
File on 4 Investigates—The Tyre Scandal
How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India.
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11:45
Underdogs by Joel Budd—Episode 3
3/5 The vibrant sub-culture of car modification is rarely celebrated.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—26/03/2025
The latest national and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Service Charges, Railway Arches, Fast ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½wares
Social housing tenants face significant service charge increases.
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12:57
Weather—26/03/2025
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—Extensive coverage on an extended World at One
Chancellor makes further cuts to welfare and government spending in Spring Statement.
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14:00
The Archers—25/03/2025
There’s a surprise for Joy.
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14:15
Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 5, Serena-Hope and Errol
5/6 Epic drama series charting the emergence of modern multicultural Britain. By Carol Russell
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15:00
Money Box—Money Box Live: Spring Statement
What will the chancellor's spring statement mean for you?
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15:30
Artworks—I Am Sixteen Going on Sixty
Garry Richardson tracks down the child stars from the 1965 film The Sound of Music.
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16:00
The Media Show—Peter Kosminsky, AI and publishing, Media crackdown in Turkey
The director of Wolf Hall on a TV industry in crisis.
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17:00
PM—Chancellor trims spending plans in spring statement
The OBR halves its growth forecast for 2025, prompting the chancellor to announce cuts.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—26/03/2025 The Chancellor delivers her Spring Statement
Rachel Reeves has defended cuts to the welfare system
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18:30
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar—Series 5, 4. Unsweet Charity
4/4 Charity, our ultimate life quests and a strange house plant that refused to die.
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19:00
The Archers—26/03/2025
Mick is faced with the truth.
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19:15
Front Row—Peter Capaldi's new album, the great Ossian myth, Brian Friel's short stories
Peter Capaldi's new music, an epic literary hoax, and Brian Friel's short stories.
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20:00
Moral Maze—What's wrong with men?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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21:00
The Life Scientific—Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine
Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt talks supernovae studies and wine-making.
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21:30
Inside Health—Assisted dying: Who’s eligible under the proposed bill?
In the first of our mini-series we discuss who could get an assisted death under the rules
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22:00
The World Tonight—Chancellor defends cuts to disability benefits
The government’s own assessment warned the changes could push 250,000 into poverty
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22:45
Twist by Colum McCann—Episode Eight
8/10 In Accra, Fennell waits for news of Conway.
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23:00
DMs Are Open—Series 4, 2. Help!
2/6 DMs Are Open continues with more sketches written by The Great British Public.
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23:15
Jamie MacDonald: Life on the Blink—Series 2, Kermit the Nob
3/4 Stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald’s unique perspective on living life with his blindness.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—26/03/2025
Susan Hulme reports on Chancellor Rachel Reeves's Spring Statement.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—27/03/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
Underdogs by Joel Budd—Episode 3
3/5 The vibrant sub-culture of car modification is rarely celebrated.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/03/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—27/03/2025
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:00
News Summary—27/03/2025
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:04
Yesterday in Parliament—27/03/2025
Alicia McCarthy reports as the Chancellor delivers her Spring Statement.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—27/03/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Unruly Weeds
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Richard Reddie.
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05:45
Farming Today—27/03/25 Chancellor's spring statement, pullets, nitrogen inquiry.
The chancellor's spring statement - what's in it for the rural economy?
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