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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Ann Easter. Show more
Farming Today
Sky lantern festival, Dairy and the drought, Nuffield lecture on healthy food, Robot fruit picker
13 minutes
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Calls for cancellation of a sky lantern festival in the dry weather due to a risk of fire, grass not growing in the heat, robots picking fruit and the future of healthy food. Show more
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by the behaviour of house martins on telegraph wires to create a musical sculpture. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the many aspects of William Morris: his activism, poetry and prose and his ideas on arts, crafts and work in an industrial world. Show more
It’s said every third bite in our diet relies on bees. For a Hadza hunter in honey season, it may be more. Read by Elliot Levey. Show more
Woman's Hour
The NHS at 70, Why we need more female songwriters, Poet Deborah Alma
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
What does the future look like for women working in the NHS? What can women leaders learn from Angela Merkel? Plus poet Deborah Alma and why we need more female songwriters. Show more
When Scott loses consciousness on his first ever spacewalk, Tess's reaction surprises them both. Stars Adam James. Show more
The man trying to bring The Gambia's former strongman leader Yahya Jammeh to justice. Kate Adie introduces stories from journalists and correspondents around the world. Show more
Singer and song collector Sam Lee celebrates the work of those who have fought to save the ancient folk songs of Britain from extinction. Show more
On this day in 1918, 1,300 Boy Scouts were engaged in Peterborough to help with the flax harvest, while in Devon, a schoolboy friendship is rekindled. Show more
You and Yours
Fighting bank fraud, Sports cars, Christmas in July
45 minutes
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Bank scheme to stop customers sending money to criminals, the sports car company finding new ways to fight the UK investment slump, and why Christmas is coming in July. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
How the Black Report in 1980 and others exposed inequalities in health in deprived areas. Show more
Alistair faces temptation, and Will has a change of heart. Show more
Toby Jones stars as corrupt MP and businessman Joseph Olinska. Brian meets a hardened convict, Paul Newman, who is planning an escape from Broadmoor. He decides to join him. Show more
Folk singer Jez Lowe uncovers the traditions of seafaring and song in Tynemouth and North Shields and hears why music is essential to this landscape, its people and its history. Show more
Mamataj Begum, a beneficiary of Faith & Belief Forum, presents their Radio 4 Appeal. Show more
Colm Toibin discusses his best-selling novel Brooklyn with James Naughtie and readers. This edition continues a summer of editions celebrating Bookclub's 20th anniversary. Show more
Francine Stock talks to director Kevin Macdonald about his Whitney Houston documentary. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Northern white rhino preservation, Deep sea earthquake detection, Twitter's rare Heuchera discovery, Human roars
30 minutes
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Could new assisted reproductive techniques help to preserve the northern white rhino? And the accidental discovery that deep sea communication cables could monitor earthquakes. Show more
Six O'Clock News
Tensions between Britain and Russia over new nerve agent case
30 minutes
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The Home Secretary has accused Moscow of using Britain as a dumping ground for poison, after a couple fell ill from the same nerve agent used against a Russian spy in March.
Frank Skinner and guests Miles Jupp, Zoe Lyons and Professor Kate Williams talk King Arthur and Ivan the Terrible. From 2016. Show more
Lily makes excuses, and Alice is on the warpath. Show more
Front Row
Rob Brydon on Swimming With Men, Laura Wade, Ferens Art Gallery
30 minutes
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On the set of Swimming With Men with Rob Brydon and Daniel Mays, Laura Wade, writer of Home, I'm Darling, final report on Art Fund Museum of the Year from Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. Show more
When Scott loses consciousness on his first ever spacewalk, Tess's reaction surprises them both. Stars Adam James. Show more
Series looking at important issues in the news. Presented by David Aaronovitch. As Brexit looms what will future relations between the EU and Britain look like? Show more
The Bottom Line
Why do companies do bad things?
30 minutes
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Social media giants mishandle data, banks sell PPI insurance, engineers arrange for cars to cheat emissions tests. Why do companies sometimes do bad things? Evan Davis hosts. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Northern white rhino preservation, Deep sea earthquake detection, Twitter's rare Heuchera discovery, Human roars
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Could new assisted reproductive techniques help to preserve the northern white rhino? And the accidental discovery that deep sea communication cables could monitor earthquakes. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the many aspects of William Morris: his activism, poetry and prose and his ideas on arts, crafts and work in an industrial world. Show more
The World Tonight
Salisbury poisoning a 'war crime by Russia'
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective as police say the couple from Amesbury poisoned by novichok handled contaminated material. Show more
Adam Fitzgerald reads Tim Winton's fiercely lyrical tale of survival and friendship, set in Australia's outback. Is Jaxie really alone out there on the desolate saltlands? Show more
Winner of the 2016 Edinburgh Comedy Award Richard Gadd makes his highly anticipated debut on BBC Radio 4. A calamitous live event is kept on track with Gadd's frenetic energy. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the home secretary updates MPs on the second Novichok incident and Labour calls for the work and pensions secretary to resign. Show more
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It’s said every third bite in our diet relies on bees. For a Hadza hunter in honey season, it may be more. Read by Elliot Levey. Show more
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