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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan.
Farming Today
Northern Irish Farmers EU Vote, Potatoes for Cosmetics, National Trust Farm Scholarship
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
The high-stakes Brexit vote for farmers in Northern Ireland - and their neighbours in the Irish Republic. Plus how the potato could produce the basis for cosmetic products. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the Dunlin. Dunlins are a stirring sight, en masse, as their flocks twist and turn over the winter shoreline. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Episode 119: Nick Davies on cuckoos
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Nick Davies talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his life in the reeds, studying the evolutionary arms race between the cuckoo and the birds it dupes into bringing up its young. Show more
Tim Samuels meets women who have ditched traditional monogamy. He meets Salma, who chose to become the second wife in a polygamous relationship. Show more
Woman's Hour
Adultery - Should You Stay or Leave? Italian Mayors, Enouraging Girls to Play Cricket
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. What do you do if you suspect or know your husband is having an affair? Should you stay with him or end the relationship? Show more
Conor and Keeley's relationship becomes strained as they try to come to terms with Conor's diagnosis and what it means for their future. Show more
The world may not be his oyster but for Brett Westwood the oyster is definitely his world. From 2016 Show more
Frances Fyfield is in the British Library to look at the handwritten manuscript of one of Josef Haydn's London Symphonies, the Drum Roll. Show more
Dr Broks' Casebook
Episode 2: The Woman Who Forgot Who She Was
12 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dr Paul Broks continues his detective hunt in search of the self. In this episode, he considers a woman with amnesia, and asks if we are nothing more than our memories. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Are we giving children the right message about drugs?
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Consumer phone-in. Winifred Robinson asks if children are being given the right message about drugs. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs.
Helen takes a call, and Rex goes in search of answers. Show more
Stay-at-home Martin is driven to extremes by his globetrotting girlfriend. Writer Andrew Viner once drove across the Sahara in a Rover 213. Show more
Josie Long presents stories about wordless communication from secret codes to the importance of touch. From 2016. Show more
Michael Blastland explores how we tend to oversimplify our complex world, taking short cuts to find easy answers to everything. Show more
How the police are using a new law to restrict the daily life of potential sex offenders before they have a conviction. Plus the controversy over rising court fees rumbles on. Show more
A Good Read
Professor David Nutt and Philippa Perry
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
4 Extra Debut. David Nutt, Philippa Perry and Harriett Gilbert choose books by Aldous Huxley, Bernardine Evaristo and Mary Midgley. From 2016. Show more
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
Comedian Sara Pascoe reads about her job at the Millennium Dome, a new boyfriend and starting uni. With Rufus Hound. From 2016. Show more
Kate needs some help, and Clarrie susses out Joe. Show more
Front Row
Carys Bray, The Meddler reviewed, Henry V, Painters' Paintings at National Gallery, Derby Museums acquisitions
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Kirsty Lang on The Meddler starring Susan Sarandon. Plus Derby Museums buys Joseph Wright landscapes, Painters' Paintings at the National Gallery and Henry V at Regent's Park. Show more
Conor and Keeley's relationship becomes strained as they try to come to terms with Conor's diagnosis and what it means for their future. Show more
As right to buy is extended to housing association tenants, Simon Cox investigates if the scheme is open to fraud and abuse and asks if enough is being done to tackle the problem. Show more
In Touch
Moving from primary to secondary school; Mark Hardie
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
With Peter White. A father describes how difficult it has been to get his 11-year-old blind child into a suitable secondary school. Plus new author Mark Hardie on his first novel. Show more
All in the Mind
Care farming; All in the Mind Awards; Turn-taking in conversation
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Claudia Hammond examines how working in nature could play a greater role in improving mental health and hears about the essential role of silences in conversations. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 119: Nick Davies on cuckoos
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Nick Davies talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his life in the reeds, studying the evolutionary arms race between the cuckoo and the birds it dupes into bringing up its young. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
EU campaigners wage last big TV battle
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sparks fly at the last big referendum debate ahead of polling day. The programme debates the issues with senior MPs Priti Patel and Chris Bryant. Show more
Bunny says Kate doesn't have to marry for father's sake, but Kate is committed. They arrive at church. Read by Liza Ross. Show more
Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich. Stars Peter Serafinowicz. From 2016. Show more
What happens to your idea of home when you are forced to leave your country and resettle in another? Fi Glover meets three people who did that and explores their concept of home. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Darwin's theory of evolution unlocked a world of understanding, but without a theory of heredity, it was incomplete. A monk in a garden with some pea plants might have the answer. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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