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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. Show more
Farming Today
02/04/24 Flooded farms, fox hunting, walking trail
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for 8 months
Farmers are unable to put cattle out to graze because of the rain. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dr Nick Longrich, who shares how 'uninteresting' fossils can lead to fascinating findings and how rare events have shaped evolution. Show more
We head into the lab to find out how living in a world of unwanted sound might be affecting our body and brain. Show more
Woman's Hour
Scotland's hate crime law, Motherhood and art, Actor Rachael Stirling
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Reaction to Scotland's new hate crime law. Show more
Syrian qanun player Maya Youssef and pianist Keelan Carew join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the final five tracks to the playlist of the current series. Show more
In 1989, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory, where she joined a community of 20 other women of all ages, backgrounds and personalities. Show more
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You and Yours
Call You & Yours Surge and Dynamic Pricing
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Call You & Yours: Surge pricing, putting up prices when there's high demand, is becoming more common. Are you happy to cough up, or do you feel forced to pay over the odds? Show more
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One of the FBI’s microscopic hair analysis experts gets it very wrong. And he's not alone. An FBI review tries to identify where it all went wrong. Show more
Jolene bares her soul, and Justin has a bone to pick. Show more
A funny, warmhearted new drama about modern love and families, written by Leanne Allen, starring Claire Rushbrook, Carly Houston and Lucy Fallon. Show more
Alan Dein logs on to connect with voices in Alaska, Australia and St Helena, one of the most isolated islands on earth. Show more
Previously friendly relationships between British Muslims and Jews are under strain. Giles Fraser hears about interfaith work in crisis, and hosts a debate about it's value. Show more
Michael Symmons Roberts invites Katherine Rundell, Simon Schama and Anthony Capildeo to explore John Donne’s brilliant and bold spring poem, Love’s Growth. Show more
How the sudden death of a Sikh activist in Birmingham has sparked concern in the community. BBC Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool investigates. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
02/04/2024 Israel admits it carried out strikes that killed seven aid workers
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it was a "tragic incident".
Key takes the show on safari, with Tom Basden, Katy Wix and guest star Sam Campbell. Show more
It’s judgement day for Harrison, but what will the outcome be? Show more
Front Row
Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Actor Dev Patel talks about his directorial debut, Monkey Man, and as exam season approaches, we ask which books are currently being taught in our schools, and why. Show more
Kate West tells the story of Jodie - a young woman who was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes. Show more
Should your identity as a visually impaired person always be at the front and centre of your life? We discuss this ambiguous question with an author, a campaigner and a comedian. Show more
Crossing Continents
Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Mothers, daughters, wives and sisters. The women political prisoners in Belarus, and the women trying to help them. Show more
The devastating story of the Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time, by the eyewitnesses to it Show more
The World Tonight
UK demands answers over Gaza aid deaths
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Three British aid workers have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. Show more
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2: 'She felt like a different woman.'
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for 8 months
Gabriel García Márquez's final novel. Ana Magdalena Bach recovers sufficiently from the humiliation of the previous year to embark on a new adventure. Read by Maggie Service. Show more
Stephen Mangan is back in his confessional box examining the consciences of the great, the good and the not so good. Eminent actor and writer Sheila Hancock's in the hot seat. Show more
Simon Armitage arrives in North Norway, inside the Arctic Circle where he hikes to the Steindalsbreen glacier with Jemma Wadham who has studied glaciology for over 25 years. Show more
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In 1989, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory, where she joined a community of 20 other women of all ages, backgrounds and personalities. Show more
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