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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Chine McDonald of World Vision UK.
Farming Today
British sugar production, free range milk and paying for pollution.
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Shifts in the sugar market: should British supermarkets stock UK grown sugar to give consumers a choice? Also, more free range milk on the shelves, and making the polluter pay. Show more
Chris Packham presents the grey heron. Show more
The Public Philosopher
Would life be better if robots did all the work?
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Eminent Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel explores the philosophical issues around work in a rapidly automating world in a special edition recorded in Dagenham. Show more
Meeting Mrs Mazzy - the day that changed Nina Simone's life. Show more
Woman's Hour
Pauline Collins, Labelling Children, Women on Mars
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Pauline Collins, now appearing in a new film with Joan Collins, talks to Jane Garvey about her long career. Show more
The family fortune is lost and her father is ill. Already facing big disappointment, what should Agnes do? Stars Ellie Kendrick. Show more
Ken Hollings continues the series that revels in the Mars of imagination, history and science. The red planet has long been a strange attractor of humanity's utopian destinies. Show more
David Cannadine explores political fame and defining objects: Sir Alec Douglas-Home and his matchbox economics. From 2016. Show more
Interview series. Sir Trevor McDonald explores the idea of redemption, talking to two very different people with very different ideas on what it means. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Is the UK letting down its nurses?
45 minutes
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Consumer phone-in. Call You & Yours - is the UK letting down its nurses? The Royal College of Nursing says pay isn't keeping up with the cost of living. Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Following the Martian Invasion
'A Remarkable Story from Woking'
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Francis Spufford wheels his bicycle along Maybury Road and through Woking to consider the delight which Wells took in destroying a place he had only just recently arrived at. Show more
Miranda makes herself clear, and Toby arrives just in time. Show more
Meera Syal stars as a jobless divorcee piecing her life together again - by writing and reading erotic fiction to a group of partially sighted care home residents. They love it! Show more
Josie Long presents stories on time and timing - from losing track of the hours to a fear of Sundays. From 2017. Show more
Internet shopping has brought more delivery vans and more pollution to cities. Tom Heap looks for greener alternatives. Show more
Joshua Rozenberg speaks to the Lord Chancellor and minister for justice for England and Wales, Elizabeth Truss. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Tony Robinson, Andi Oliver and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Nickolas Butler, James Baldwin and Elizabeth Taylor. From 2017. Show more
Six O'Clock News
07/03/17 Government's school plans face mounting opposition
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Government's plans for a new generation of grammar schools are facing mounting opposition; a senior Conservative MP predicts "a real battle" in Parliament.
Mark Watson asks who wants to live forever? Should life be more quality not quantity? With Tim Key and Tom Basden. From 2014. Show more
Fallon gets an unexpected reaction, and Lilian is not to be disturbed. Show more
Front Row
Judith Kerr on The Cat in the Hat; Wolfgang Tillmans; Snow in Midsummer
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Judith Kerr and Chris Riddell discuss Dr. Seuss and his influence on their own books; Wolfgang Tillmans on portraits, projections and politics; playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig. Show more
The family fortune is lost and her father is ill. Already facing big disappointment, what should Agnes do? Stars Ellie Kendrick. Show more
File on 4 lifts the bonnet on a rogue element in the haulage industry and asks whether regulation is robust enough to catch firms with a cavalier approach to safety. Show more
In Touch
Benefits for visually impaired children, New scheme for journalists with disabilities
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
James Harding, BBC's director of news, talks about a new £1 million fund earmarked to recruit disabled journalists. Derek Sinclair from Contact a Family explains child benefits. Show more
As we dream of sending humans to Mars, the psychological problems of a mission loom large. Claudia Hammond investigates the mindset behind the drive needed to reach the red planet. Show more
The Public Philosopher
Would life be better if robots did all the work?
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Eminent Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel explores the philosophical issues around work in a rapidly automating world in a special edition recorded in Dagenham. Show more
The World Tonight
Government suffers second Brexit Lords defeat
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
MPs discuss whether they will back the Lords' Brexit amendments. Show more
Lizzie's mother has shocking news explaining and Diner prepares to sell the house. Read by Hattie Morahan and Carl Prekopp. Show more
A coming-of-age live comedy show exploring the clumsiness of adolescents and their need for friendship and love. From 2017. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the House of Lords votes for Parliament to be given a 'meaningful vote' on the final Brexit deal. Show more
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Meeting Mrs Mazzy - the day that changed Nina Simone's life. Show more
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