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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. Show more
Farming Today
Food and Farming Awards, Offshore Wind Power, Aphid Repellents, Farm Safety
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
This episode comes from the BBC Food and Farming Awards in Bristol, where Charlotte Smith announces the winner in the Countryfile Farming Hero category. Show more
David Attenborough introduces the final recording marking International Dawn Chorus day. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Sue MacGregor unites POWs held by the Imperial Japanese in the Far East. Her guests are Bob Morrell, Bill Frankland, Tony Lucas, William Mumby and historian Sibylla Jane Flower. Show more
Player Reanne Evans and referee Michaela Tabb on women in snooker, Joanna Rowsell on the Tour de Yorkshire, women of steel, women-only cycling and Fay Hield performs live. Show more
The arrival of Mr Briggs, the owner of the castle, charms everyone but Scrap. Then another visitor threatens to bring disharmony. Can the enchantment of San Salvatore win through? Show more
The Listening Project
Mandy and John - No Longer the Man I Met
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover introduces an uncompromising conversation about how dementia changes a person and the pressures that puts on a relationship. Show more
Susan Marling asks why the UK has the lowest proportion of female engineers in Europe. Show more
Gunfire at the Madrid nightclub, and a dying man's confession. 1946 remake starring Crawford Logan as Paul Temple. Show more
The Listeners' Election
Caring for Children and the Elderly
11 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Chris Mason brings together contributions from listeners across Britain on issues that concern them. In this edition, he explores the issue of caring for children and the elderly. Show more
You and Yours
Carcraft, Cinema, Coeliac Disease, Transatlantic Free Trade
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Consumer affairs programme. Has the silver screen lost its sparkle? Plus the transatlantic trade agreement causing controversy across Europe. Show more
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Rigorous analysis of current affairs with Martha Kearney, plus Election Call with SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon. Show more
Ed is hoping he will get a deal, while Brian just does not get it. Show more
Peter Gibbs is in Devon to chair the horticultural panel programme. Bunny Guinness, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Wilson join him to answer an array of gardening conundrums. Show more
Mark Billingham - best known for his series of novels with Detective Tom Thorne - writes a new short story about an ex-boxer who finds himself caught up in an emotional situation. Show more
Last Word
Sir Philip Carter, Andrew Lesnie, Margaret Harrison, Tom McCabe MSP, Claire Gordon
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister talks about Everton FC chairman Philip Carter, cinematographer Andrew Lesnie, anti-nuclear campaigner Margaret Harrison, MSP Tom McCabe and actress Claire Gordon. Show more
Is the number of Catholic nuns on the up? Tim Harford explores polling data, and stand-up mathematician Matt Parker explains his theory for finding a life partner. Show more
The Listening Project
Elaine and Megan-Rose – Ceramics in the Blood
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover with a mother and daughter who took the same course in ceramics, but not in the expected order, on how they coped when the daughter was in the year above the mother Show more
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
Topical impressions show, starring Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Lewis MacLeod and Debra Stephenson. Show more
Pip is stressed, and what will Clarrie wear for the wedding? Show more
Front Row
Kristin Scott Thomas, The Enfield Haunting and The C Word, Greens' Caroline Lucas
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Kristin Scott Thomas on playing the Queen in The Audience on stage, dramas The Enfield Haunting and The C Word reviewed, and the Green Party's Caroline Lucas on their arts policy. Show more
The arrival of Mr Briggs, the owner of the castle, charms everyone but Scrap. Then another visitor threatens to bring disharmony. Can the enchantment of San Salvatore win through? Show more
Any Questions?
Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Paul Nuttall, Priti Patel
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a debate from Wisbech Grammar School in Cambridgeshire, with Yvette Cooper, Ed Davey, Paul Nuttall MEP and Priti Patel. Show more
David Cannadine reflects on the merits of youth and age in political leaders, and finds the current set taking their parties into next week's election strikingly young. Show more
Mild mannered product-recall-specialist by day, tortured insomniac by night, the visceral and unflinching story of one man’s descent into an underground world of violence. Show more
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The World Tonight
Miliband - no deal with SNP to get into Downing Street
45 minutes
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Ed Miliband tells Labour rally in Glasgow that he won't do a deal with the SNP after the election
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Episode 5: The Beginning of the End
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Ancient Greek historian Thucydides' account of the devastating wars between Athens and Sparta. An expedition to conquer Sicily spells the beginning of the end of Athenian power. Show more
The Now Show gang present a series of election specials. Presented by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, with Laura Shavin, John Robins, Ben Partridge, Deborah Orr and Adam Kay. Show more
Great Lives
Dame Helen Ghosh on James Lees-Milne
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dame Helen Ghosh chooses the writer, and key member of the National Trust, James Lees-Milne. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
The Listening Project
Chris and Suzanne - Life is Full of Patterns
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a couple who could never paint their walls magnolia. For them, pattern is essential and life-affirming. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
A new avenue for Glass’s music composition when writing the score for a visionary 1982 documentary. Concluded by Kerry Shale. Show more
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