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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sister Gemma Simmonds from the Congregation of Jesus Show more
Farming Today
A new Minister at DEFRA, struggling rural services, ambulance response times and how to reward farmers for soil health
14 minutes
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Ambulance response times in many rural areas can be 50% longer than in urban areas. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Samuel West on the Collared Dove
1 minute
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Actor Samuel West laments how the beautiful collared dove is saddled with a morose call that sounds like the chant of a bored football fan echoing down our streets. Show more
News and current affairs including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah in their home town of Birmingham. Show more
Timandra Harkness explores the best ways to disagree with other people - constructively. In this programme, why we argue so hard over our personal preferences. Show more
Woman's Hour
Talking to your children about knife crime
42 minutes
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How do you talk to your children about the rise in knife crime among young people? And Fatima Bhutto on her new novel Runaways. Show more
A missing mobster’s severed head is delivered to the family home. Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. Show more
The Listening Project
Gill and Claire: The Kidney Donor
4 minutes
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Friends Gill and Claire on a life-changing scheme matching three kidney donors with three recipients. Fi Glover presents. Show more
From Sensuality to Puritanism: How Muslim Cultures turned Grey
The rise of Islamist Puritanism
28 minutes
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After centuries of vibrant, various and sometimes controversial culture, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown asks why Muslim societies are turning increasingly monochrome and Puritanical. Show more
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As Paul is driven away by the kidnappers, he knows that he's going to have to look after himself. Read by Don Warrington. Show more
You and Yours
Cashless society, Street lights, Future cars
40 minutes
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Is the pound in your pocket disappearing? Does cash have a future?
Why this winter has seemed that bit more gloomy than usual. 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
Will learns the truth and Justin turns the tables. Show more
Joe is forced to uncover his neighbours' illicit activities and confront old betrayals from the 1984 miners' strike. Starring Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay. Show more
Whether it's paying rent, council tax, gas or electricity, what are the financial challenges facing teenagers as they leave local authority care to start life as an adult? Show more
Inside Health
Deprescribing long-term opioids, Diagnosing concussion
28 minutes
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Opioids for long-term pain and evidence for helping people to come off the drugs. An objective pitch-side test that takes the guesswork out of diagnosing concussion. Show more
Corridors - Laurie Taylor explores their evolution and changing nature, from prisons to country houses, and the way in which they've been depicted in popular culture. Show more
Dan Reed on his film Leaving Neverland, which alleges Michael Jackson was a paedophile. Show more
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
Six O'Clock News
06/03/2019 PM criticised over knife crime
30 minutes
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Former Scotland Yard chief: Theresa May hasn't listened to police concerns
The stand-up meets the people of Anglesey and asks if it's fair to call them a rather unique bunch? From 2018. Show more
Kenton drops a bombshell and Emma finds herself caught in the middle. Show more
Front Row
Cheat, Richard Billingham, Club culture, Diana Athill
28 minutes
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Cheat, ITV's new 4-part psychological thriller reviewed; photographer Richard Billingham on his first feature film Ray & Liz; the late Diana Athill; the changes in club culture Show more
A missing mobster’s severed head is delivered to the family home. Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. Show more
Moral Maze
The Morality of the Artist and the Art
43 minutes
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Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Melanie Phillips. Show more
The New Age of Capitalism
Trillion Dollar Companies
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Should we be worried about the size and power of tech giants like Amazon and Apple? Show more
From the cattle shed to the racetrack, ammonia is having a moment. In the wrong place it is a potent pollutant, in the right place it is a clean fuel for your car. Show more
The theatre director Iqbal Khan meets the poet Benjamin Zephaniah in their home town of Birmingham. Show more
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
As Paul is driven away by the kidnappers, he knows that he's going to have to look after himself. Read by Don Warrington. Show more
A heavy storm leaves The Egg short of food. And short of patience. So Harry and his team think up some distraction techniques. Prison-based sitcom starring Harry Hill. Show more
Characters, songs, sketches and well, who knows really? A journey inside comedian Terry Alderton’s chaotic mind. From 2016. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster with a row about knife crime. Show more
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Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the visionary founder of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius. Today - the First World War. Show more
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