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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce.
Are milk processors and supermarkets beginning to address dairy farmers' concerns over low milk prices? Sybil Ruscoe speaks to Arla the milk processor and NFU's Ruth Mason. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the sooty shearwater. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Reservists: cut-price army or experts ready to respond? Quentin Letts considers. Show more
Helen Thiesen, one of the children taken from their families in Greenland in 1951 and sent to live with foster parents in Denmark, looks back on the experience. Show more
Things are looking up for Karen. She is getting ready for a date. Jack is beside himself with a feeling he has not experienced for a long time in relation to his wife - jealousy. Show more
The Listening Project
Cathryn and Francesca - Living With Invisible Illness
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover introduces friends who both suffer from illnesses that are debilitating but not obvious, sharing their experiences of being judged by the public to be swinging the lead. Show more
Kavita Puri looks at the turbulent years for South Asians living in Britain from 1976-81 and at the sharply different responses of the pioneer generation and their children. Show more
Damien guests on a topical panel show, while Anthony renovates a new property. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2015. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
You and Yours
Bake Off, University 'incentives', Boarding pass campaign
45 minutes
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You & Yours meets Bake Off as Winifred Robinson finds out if home-baked is ever cheaper than shop-bought. Plus the universities using cash prizes and laptops to entice students. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley.
Stepping Stones
Episode 3: The Chuckler: A Short Ride in a Smart Machine
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Piers Plowright goes for a drive with his two daughters in a Morris Minor, the same model and vintage as the one he owned between 1968 and 1990. Show more
Rob knows what he wants, and Ian opens up. Show more
By Anita Sullivan. Alice, a speech therapist, is trying to help Dan, who has aphasia. But the gulls are keeping her up all night. A play about sound, language and meaning. Show more
The New Workplace
Episode 2: Being Your Own Boss
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Michael Robinson looks at the rapid rise in self-employment. Nearly five million people in the UK work for themselves, accounting for two-thirds of new jobs since 2008. Show more
Dr Mark Porter puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test. BMI is used to see if someone is too fat, too thin or just right, but how accurate is it? Show more
The Business of Film with Mark Kermode
Getting to the Screen
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Film critic Mark Kermode explores a film’s journey from script to screen - how do films get financed? From 2015. Show more
The Media Show
Celebrity injunctions; Economist sale; FT editorial independence; football bans
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Celebrity injunctions, the sale of the Economist, calls for the FT's editorial independence to be 'enshrined', and a Channel 4 journalist banned from asking about footy bans. Show more
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
Isy Suttie with up-and-coming comedy circuit sketch groups, Clever Peter, Hennessey and Friends, and In Cahoots. From July 2015. Show more
Jolene is at the end of her tether, and Lynda rues the flood. Show more
Front Row
Paper Towns, Nick Coleman, Jules Buckley and Wretch 32, Olive Edis archive
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A review of Cara Delevingne in Paper Towns; Nick Coleman discusses his new novel Pillow Man; composer, conductor and orchestrator Jules Buckley on his plans for Radio 1Xtra's Prom. Show more
Things are looking up for Karen. She is getting ready for a date. Jack is beside himself with a feeling he has not experienced for a long time in relation to his wife - jealousy. Show more
Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson examine why emerging biotechnology will transform how we understand and control life itself. Show more
David Russell asks whether backing big charities is the best way of improving the world. Show more
Claudia Hammond meets Carol Dweck. She discovered that people with a growth mindset believe they can do better and do; if their mindset is fixed, so is their level of achievement. Show more
Reservists: cut-price army or experts ready to respond? Quentin Letts considers. Show more
The World Tonight
Croatian engineer reported to have been beheaded by Egyptian IS affiliate.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Croatian government hasn't been able to verify story -- but says it fears the worst
Hank surprises Jean Louise with his future plans as the young couple get Maycomb talking. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Cornflakes, Dave, sausages and a grave digger, with Ed and the bear in an airport. What could possibly go wrong? From 2015. Show more
When Nathan Caton's grandma believes her grandson is rich, his world is turned upside down. With Mona Hammond. From May 2013. Show more
Paul Jackson tells the story behind the world's longest-running TV medical drama series, BBC 1's Casualty. From 2013. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Book of the Week
Romantic Outlaws - The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
Episode 3: Revolution and Notoriety
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Revolutionary France leads Mary Wollstonecraft to make a life-changing decision. Meanwhile, following Frankenstein's publication, Mary Shelley considers a new start. Show more
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