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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
Farmers and activists, peatland restoration and rural services
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
How would you feel if 200 people opposed to your way of life turned up at your work to protest? Following a vegan protest at a Lincolnshire pig farm, Charlotte Smith finds out. Show more
David Attenborough presents the whimbrel. Show more
News and current affairs including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Trevor Sorbie, hairdresser, shares the eight tracks, a book and luxury he would want to take to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
The first all-women-of-colour cast and crew production of Richard II
46 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Adjoa Andoh co-director of Richard II, which features a cast and crew who are all women of colour. Shared parental leave. Author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Show more
The murderer is finally revealed, along with a long-kept secret. Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. Show more
How can a judge determine if an offender is genuinely remorseful? Guardian journalist Vikram Dodd reveals the currency of remorse in British criminal justice. Show more
The Brixton riots. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London. By Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. From 2017. Show more
Will Clyde be able to pay the ransom for Paul if he doesn’t use money set aside for his brother? Concluded by Don Warrington. Show more
You and Yours
Vet ownership, Antibiotic warnings, Online movie reviews
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The growing trend of big companies buying up vet practices. Are our GPs keeping up with the latest safety warnings affecting our medications? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
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
Roy expresses concern and Alice struggles to manage a social situation. Show more
By Al Smith, writer of Lifelines. A double bill of dramas looking at the crisis facing the NHS, both for those trying to challenge its workings from without and within. Show more
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dunvant near Swansea. Show more
In Stephanie Victoire's new story, Eli, aged 13, falls for the image of a girl in a gallery, and this will last for a lifetime. Show more
Last Word
France-Albert Rene, Simon Norton, Belle Tutaev, Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Keith Flint
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on Seychelles President Albert Rene, mathematician Simon Norton, campaigner Belle Tutaev, historian, doctor and politician Ian Adamson, singer Keith Flint. Show more
Feedback
How do you solve a problem like Korea?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Roger Bolton talks to BBC Seoul Correspondent Laura Bicker about US-Korea relations, goes behind the scenes at the Beyond Today podcast, and chats to Tumanbay creator John Dryden. Show more
The Listening Project
Joel and Jenny: Fighting For Survival
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
On holiday in Kenya, a gunshot wound changed Joel's life forever. With wife Jenny, Joel gives a graphic account of his desperate struggle for survival. Fi Glover presents. Show more
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
Six O'Clock News
08/03/2019 Shoreham pilot cleared
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A pilot is cleared of manslaughter over the deaths of 11 men at the Shoreham Airshow.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches Show more
It's a big day for Tom and there's bad news at Brookfield. Show more
Front Row
Waitress, Sadie Jones, Internet at 30
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Waitress, the first Broadway musical with an all-female creative team, reviewed Show more
The murderer is finally revealed, along with a long-kept secret. Meera Syal stars as family liaison officer Jackie Hartwell. Show more
Any Questions?
Hilary Benn MP, Kirsty Blackman MP, Lord Forsyth, Merryn Somerset Webb
47 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Madras College in St Andrews, Scotland, with Hilary Benn MP, Kirsty Blackman MP, Lord Forsyth and Merryn Somerset Webb. Show more
AL Kennedy on why - even with apparent chaos all around us - despair is not the solution. Show more
The Secret History of a School
Omnibus (Part 2)
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
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
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Will Clyde be able to pay the ransom for Paul if he doesn’t use money set aside for his brother? Concluded by Don Warrington. Show more
Harriett Gilbert talks about books with poet Lemn Sissay and writer Mick Herron. Novels by JM Coetzee, Caroline Blackwood and John Steinbeck are all up for discussion. Show more
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
The Listening Project
Dan and Harriet: On Not Being Inspirational
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In a split-second your horizon can change forever. Dan talks to Harriet about his life-changing accident and why he has no desire to be 'inspirational'. Fi Glover presents. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Eleanor Bron reads Fiona McCarthy’s biography of the visionary founder of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius. Today - Exile Show more
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