| Show Name: | Prayer for the Day |
| Format: | Religious |
| Runtime: | 2 mins (05.43) |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
| Home Station: | BBC Radio 4 |
| Website: | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qmpj |
Prayer for the Day is a religious radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. It comprises a 2-minute reading or prayer and reflection to start the day.
In 1983 the programme, which had always gone on air at 6.50am, was moved to 6.25am and replaced by a "Business News" slot. Since 1998 it has been broadcast each day between 5.43 and 5.45. a.m. before Farming Today.[1]
Recent contributors have included George Pitcher, Shaunaka Rishi Das, George Craig, Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer, Judy Merry,Canon Stephen Shipley and Canon Noel Battye.