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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Canon Jenny Wigley, an Anglican priest in Cardiff. Show more
Farming Today
Dog DNA tests and livestock worrying, Sustainable food production, Pollinators on pasture
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
As lambing season gets underway, new statistics show livestock worrying cost the agricultural sector more than 1.2 million pounds in 2018; so what can be done? Show more
David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the blackcap. Show more
News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Forensic psychotherapist, Gwen Adshead, tells Jim Al-Khalili how she helps violent offenders detained in prisons and NHS hospitals, like Broadmoor, to change their minds. Show more
One to One
Rachel Johnson Talks to Absent Mothers - Susanna
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Rachel Johnson talks to Egyptologist Susanna Thomas, who lives and works in Cairo, while her twin girls live with her family in the UK. 1/2 Show more
Woman's Hour
University Sexual Violence, Bump, Birth and Beyond, Periods
54 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
We discuss university sexual violence. We update you on our ‘Bump, Birth and Beyond' babies. Three British Asians explain why a stigma about periods still exists. Show more
Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the devastation of the Watts race riots of 1965. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more
With 'toxic masculinity' high on the agenda, are we are now viewing boys as potential perpetrators of sexism and violence? Is this fair - and how should we be teaching them? Show more
Antonia Quirke concludes the series with a look at the work of the foley artists who provide so much of the sound of the big screen. Show more
As the minutes turn to hours, the son, who has given his parents so much trouble, is still not home. Read by Don Warrington. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Changing Your Mind
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Call You and Yours: Have you ever changed your mind? What happened? Did it work out for the best? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk and leave a contact number. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague.
Alan Johnson, the former education secretary, on 140 years of English education through the prism of one school - St Michael and All Angels in Camberwell. Show more
Tom drops a shocking bombshell and Pat has concerns. Show more
Meet the people behind one of the most discussed legal cases, through real-life drama & discussion. Debbie Purdy's fight for the man she loved changed the debate on assisted dying. Show more
Meet the people behind one of the most discussed legal cases, through real-life drama & discussion. Debbie Purdy's fight for the man she loved changed the debate on assisted dying. Show more
Josie Long presents stories about lost memories, from elusive personal histories and a story of societal forgetting. From 2019. Show more
Behind the scenes at the UK's top court: Joshua Rozenberg talks to staff, officials and the court’s most senior justices. Show more
Harriett Gilbert talks good reads with Gogglebox star Kate Bottley and comedian Ken Cheng. Books under discussion include controversial bestseller Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Show more
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
Six O'Clock News
26/02/2019 Door open to Brexit delay
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Prime Minister says if MPs reject her Brexit deal next month, there could be a delay to the UK leaving the EU.
Small Talk Championship. Comedy sketches with Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd, Freya Parker and Henry Paker. From 2019. Show more
Lily faces a difficult dilemma and Pip is far from impressed. Show more
Front Row
Leaving Neverland, Jacob Collier, Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Should we play Michael Jackson's music? We discuss Leaving Neverland and cultural ethics, Grammy-award winner Jacob Collier performs live, Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern reviewed. Show more
Maya moves to Los Angeles where she witnesses the devastation of the Watts race riots of 1965. Starring Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more
Why are victims of violent crime being let down by the very scheme set up to help them? Show more
In Touch
A new way of booking assistance on trains
19 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A train company turns to a voice assistant to try to make the experience more seamless for visually impaired passengers who are booking assistance. Show more
Inside Health
Home fetal heart monitoring, Deconditioning in hospital, Alcohol harm paradox, Pre-eclampsia feedback
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Regulation of home fetal heart monitors, deconditioning - can spending ten days in hospital really age people ten years? and the alcohol harm paradox. Show more
The Life Scientific
Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Forensic psychotherapist, Gwen Adshead, tells Jim Al-Khalili how she helps violent offenders detained in prisons and NHS hospitals, like Broadmoor, to change their minds. Show more
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
As the minutes turn to hours, the son, who has given his parents so much trouble, is still not home. Read by Don Warrington. Show more
Ian Rankin reads from his teenage diaries, and talks to host Rufus Hound about life growing up as a wannabe writer and punk rocker in Fife in the 1970s. Show more
Theresa May says MPs will be able to vote to delay Brexit. Susan Hulme reports on the latest twists in the Brexit saga and has the best of the rest of Tuesday at Westminster. Show more
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Frontline trauma surgeon David Nott reads from his remarkable memoir. Today, he recounts his experiences of operating in war torn Afghanistan as the Taliban tightens its grip. Show more
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