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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Dr Lesley Carroll.
Farming Today
Red Tractor reform, Honey bees threaten wild bees, Live export of calves to the Middle East
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
The Red Tractor logo is planning to add on higher standards which farmers can opt to meet - will it reassure shoppers that British really is better? Show more
Presenter Dermot O'Leary has been into bird-life since his early teens and loves gazing into the garden to watch busy little birds like the coal tit as they feed. Show more
Singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae on why she has chosen to live and work in Leeds, her home city. Show more
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Episode 2: 2: Data
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for years
Dr Hannah Fry uncovers the hidden algorithms behind almost every aspect of our modern lives: can data be safe? From 2018. Show more
John moves in with Maggie but can the villagers accept her unconventional lover? Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
Brett Westwood explores our relationship with orchids and uncovers a world of obsession, beauty, femme fatales, ghosts, sex and deception. Show more
In a four-part series, Verity Sharp connects musical stories along latitudinal lines around the globe. The first episode visits Queensland, Rio de Janeiro and Botswana. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Quitting Smoking
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
How hard is it to quit smoking? Have you tried and failed or tried and succeeded?
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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
The New Age of Capitalism
The Attention Economy
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
David Grossman explores the billion-dollar business of digital distraction. Show more
Emma hatches a plan to help the family, and Helen has a radical solution. Show more
Written by and starring Lenny Henry. Reverend Marcus Campbell is a great success: his congregation is huge and they all adore him. But has he lost sight of his true purpose? Show more
Tara and George
Episode 5: The Long, Hot Summer
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The stories of two rough sleepers on the streets of east London. Tara and George endure the hottest summer the country has experienced for years. Show more
Verity Sharp wants to keep honeybees, but she quickly discovers she has shaken the metaphorical hornets' nest. Could her honeybees actually be a menace to other pollinators? Show more
Word of Mouth
Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen talk language
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Stephen Fry talks to presenter Michael Rosen about their mutual obsession with language: the particular joys they both find in speech and in writing and how language is developing. Show more
Great Lives
Episode 7: Cherie Blair on Dame Rose Heilbron
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Barrister and QC Cherie Blair chooses England's first woman judge, Rose Heilbron. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
Six O'Clock News
11/09/2018 Labour pledges to transform working rights for millions
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, has said a Labour government would give millions of workers in the gig economy the same rights as other employees.
Barney and Cathy vie to be the most attractive, while Alice’s life drawing makes David jealous. Stars Jack Docherty. From 2016. Show more
Jim digs himself a hole and Brian is rumbled. Show more
Front Row
Sally Rooney, Trust, Catwalk music, Serena Williams cartoon
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Irish writer Sally Rooney's second novel, Normal People, is on the Man Booker Prize. She talks about structure and being true to her characters. How the fashion catwalk uses music. Show more
John moves in with Maggie but can the villagers accept her unconventional lover? Stars Bill Nighy and Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more
As a key vacancy opens up, James Naughtie examines the crucial politics of the US Supreme Court. Show more
In Touch
School closure - the parents view, How to wow an audience with your public speaking
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Presented by Peter White. What does the closure of the Pears Centre mean for parents? And what is the secret to successful public speaking? Show more
Following the lives and stories of those who live along the rail network that fans out from Cardiff up into the south Wales valleys. Show more
Singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae on why she has chosen to live and work in Leeds, her home city. Show more
The World Tonight
Orban lambasts European parliament over sanctions threat
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Viktor Orban accuses the European parliament of insulting his nation. Show more
In 1950, Juliet's occasional work for the security service allows her to investigate the threatening note she has received. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Current affairs parody where the very young and the very old come under the idiot microscope. With Carrie Quinlan. From 2018. Show more
The Bank of England Governor is to stay in his job until 2020 - Susan Hulme reports on what the chancellor has been telling MPs and has the best of the day at Westminster. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine by Hannah Fry
Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine
Episode 2: 2: Data
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for years
Dr Hannah Fry uncovers the hidden algorithms behind almost every aspect of our modern lives: can data be safe? From 2018. Show more
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