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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
Farming Today
17/09/20 - Moorland burning ban, pea vodka, harvest 2020 and deep burrowing worms
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Campaigners are demanding the Government stick to its word and ban peat burning on blanket bog in England. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents a seabird with a worldwide distribution, the brown noddy. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of the most powerful statesman in the new democracy of Athens, flourishing between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jacqueline Wilson, Women and Journalism, Pensions Campaign and Alcohol Marketing
45 minutes
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Author Jacqueline Wilson, women's careers in journalism, the pension campaigners that lost their appeal and the glitter and colour pink being used to market alcohol to women. Show more
Al Smith's drama series set in an ambulance control room. Today Carrie the call handler attempts to convince a young woman she's in an abusive relationship. Show more
Crossing Continents
Poland's Gay Pride and Prejudice
29 minutes
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How some of Poland’s smallest towns are trying to defend traditional family values by rejecting so-called LGBT ideology – and how the reaction threatens to unleash a culture war. Show more
Marking the 50th anniversary of bioacoustician Roger Payne’s unlikely smash hit, this programme considers the legacy of sounds that caught the imagination of the world. Show more
Now settled in the Nigerian civil service, Obi receives his first attempt at a bribe. It is considered possible that Obi might help with some exam grades. Show more
You and Yours
Airline Refunds; Millionaire Shop Worker; Fix Your Bike; High Street Rent; Social Care Recruitment
39 minutes
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News and discussion of consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson including: the airline passengers stuck with vouchers instead of refunds for cancelled flights. Show more
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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
A family betrayal opens the door to a murder trial in a divided farming community. But who is telling the truth about a frenzied attack that left two black farm workers dead? Show more
Chris wants answers and Emma is furious. Show more
Detective drama. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War, and Clare Corbett as his wife Franciska, a spymaster at the Ministry. Show more
Ramblings
The Mendips with Professor Alice Roberts
24 minutes
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Clare walks with TV anthropologist and academic Alice Roberts in the Mendips in Somerset. Show more
Kelly Mills, whose daughter has MPS lll, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the MPS Society. Show more
Jack Houston's experimental story is about two young women living on society's edge who are caught in a downward spiral of addiction and poverty .The reader is Anne-Marie Duff. Show more
Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson describe how they wrote their award-winning film Rocks in collaboration with their teenage cast. Presented by Antonia Quirke. Show more
BBC Inside Science
COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
What to expect with COVID-19 in the winter, recreating how Stonehenge would have sounded, and is a dog year really seven human years? Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
17/09/2020 NHS boss defends longer coronavirus test processing times.
30 minutes
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The head of NHS Test and Trace insists the system is not failing.
An unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman and a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith. From 2016. Show more
Alice has a secret and Fallon makes amends. Show more
Sarah Gavron's new film Rocks, poet Phoebe Stuckes on her collection Platinum Blonde, Alex Clark on the JK Rowling controversy and short story writer Eley Williams. Show more
Al Smith's drama series set in an ambulance control room. Today Carrie the call handler attempts to convince a young woman she's in an abusive relationship. Show more
It's been six months since lockdown started, what have we learned since then about Covid-19? David Aaronovitch examines what we know about the science, symptoms and policies. Show more
How can businesses ensure our recovery from Covid is green? Show more
BBC Inside Science
COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
What to expect with COVID-19 in the winter, recreating how Stonehenge would have sounded, and is a dog year really seven human years? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and influence of the most powerful statesman in the new democracy of Athens, flourishing between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Head of NHS test and trace denies system is failing
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
Now settled in the Nigerian civil service, Obi receives his first attempt at a bribe. It is considered possible that Obi might help with some exam grades. Show more
Jon Holmes returns with the 'dizzying, dazzling' satirical river of sound. Satire like you've never heard before. The Skewer dances with the newsscape to unsettle and intoxicate. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
The acclaimed journalist Barbara Demick's new book tells the story of modern Tibet. Today, there is heartache for Ngaba's women following the 2008 protests. Laurel Lefkow reads. Show more
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