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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rania Hafez, senior lecturer at the University of Greenwich and Fellow of the Muslim Institute. Show more
Farming Today
Report into the Rural Payments Agency, Eggs from Caged Hens, Banking for Farmers
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
A new report is issued into the performance of Rural Payments Agency, which is responsible for paying farmers their subsidies from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. Show more
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the yellow wagtail. Show more
News and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Episode 165: Caroline Dean reveals the genetic secrets of flowering
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
How do plants know winter is over and it's safe to flower? Professor Dame Caroline Dean explains the genetics of vernalisation to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more
One to One
Soumaya Keynes meets Beatrice Cherrier
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The story of women in economics from the 1920s to #MeToo. What do the last 100 years tell us? The Economist's Soumaya Keynes meets historian Beatrice Cherrier. Show more
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 2
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for years
Keith Houston traces the use of skin in book manufacture and the bloody legacy of parchment. Read by Deborah Findlay. Show more
Woman's Hour
Germaine Greer, Rita Coolidge, Children and Weddings
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Germaine Greer talks about the menopause, singer Rita Coolidge is in the studio, and children at weddings: invite them or not? Show more
Following Mr Earnshaw's death, Hindley has become master of Wuthering Heights. Starring Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more
Plastics are fantastically versatile materials that have changed our lives. Mark Miodownik charts the history and rise of plastic as a material for the masses. Show more
Gwenan Gibbard and Robin Huw Bowen visit the Teifi Harps Factory in Llandysul, where Allan Shiers is passing the traditional skills of harp-making on to the next generation. 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: Have you or a relative had to find a new care home?
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Consumer phone-in. Have you, a relative or a friend been forced to move on from a care home for any reason? How easy or difficult was it? Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Benazir speaks from the grave to lay blame for her murder. Riots mar the burial as the struggle to control the investigation begins. Show more
Susan has concerns, and Freddie is put on the spot.
The mild-mannered wife of a town councillor admits to murdering her husband. And Jean Brash is finding it hard to forgive McLevy, but he does not know what he has done wrong. Show more
Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking and eating experts are in Kettering. Dr Annie Gray, Andi Oliver, Sue Lawrence and Rob Owen Brown delve into the delicacies. Show more
Britain's rabbits are in sharp decline. Tom Heap asks if we should be worried. Show more
Michael Rosen talks to Mark Harris, who volunteers for the Samaritans, about the ways in which talking and listening can best be used to help people in crisis. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Singer Mica Paris chooses singer, dancer and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
Six O'Clock News
15/05/2018 UN hears condemnation of Gaza violence
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
UN security council discusses Gaza violence amid fresh clashes. US author Tom Wolfe dies.
Special offer! Why not sign on with Milton Prime, the pioneering audio comedy delivery service and listen to this week's programme completely free. Show more
Pat faces some home truths, and Jennifer is unimpressed. Show more
Front Row
King Lear, Tom Wolfe remembered, Deadpool 2, Royal Academy at 250
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Richard Eyre on his new TV production of King Lear. Plus a tribute to Tom Wolfe and, as the Royal Academy of Arts turns 250, what does it mean to be a Royal Academician? Show more
Following Mr Earnshaw's death, Hindley has become master of Wuthering Heights. Starring Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more
Jonathan Freedland recalls the extraordinary day in 1948 when Israel declared its independence, changing the Middle East forever. He meets the last two surviving eye-witnesses. Show more
In Touch
Dockless Bikes, Elia and Michael Whapples
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dockless bikes make life difficult for a blind pedestrian in Oxford, we talk to the man behind a new reading system, Elia, and a visually impaired sharp shooter bags a gold. Show more
All in the Mind
Why is yawning catching? And the nurse who went the extra mile to help her cancer patient
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Claudia hears tips to help with insomnia, talks to the nurse who went the extra mile to help give her cancer patient treatment she needed and asks why yawning is contagious. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 165: Caroline Dean reveals the genetic secrets of flowering
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
How do plants know winter is over and it's safe to flower? Professor Dame Caroline Dean explains the genetics of vernalisation to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more
The World Tonight
Angry UN exchanges after Gaza deaths
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Funerals in Gaza and anger at the UN after the deadliest day since 2014. Show more
Greer hears a visiting speaker at college, the formidable feminist Faith Frank – and asks a question. Read by Tanya Moodie. Show more
Comic monologue character studies by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan. With Emma Thompson and Olivia Colman. From 2016. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster where MPs debate the situation in Gaza and the home secretary is questioned about the Windrush affair. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time by Keith Houston
Episode 2
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for years
Keith Houston traces the use of skin in book manufacture and the bloody legacy of parchment. Read by Deborah Findlay. Show more
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