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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott to mark Autism Acceptance Week. Show more
Farming Today
Brexit options and agriculture, farm plastic recycling, beef farming
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
The programme looks at how Brexit options might affect food and farming. Plus how farms deal with waste. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the mimic specialist Greater Hill Mynah from Asia. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Irene Tracey on pain in the brain
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Irene Tracey explains to Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain, when subjects feel pain, is transforming our understanding of this puzzling sensation. Show more
One to One
Life in prison: Alan Rusbridger talks to Jonathan Aitken
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Alan Rusbridger talks to the former cabinet minister and now prison chaplain Jonathan Aitken about how his experiences behind bars shaped him. Show more
Woman's Hour
Black women and wigs, Author Helen Mort, Supporting a parent with dementia, Child poverty
60 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Women and Wigs - the experience of black women, poet Helen Mort on her debut novel, and what's the best way to care for a parent with early on-set dementia? Show more
Polly's dad offers half-time advice to the struggling Hopperton Hoops and their resentful coach. By Harry Venning. Show more
Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me? Geoff Marsh drills into the science of time perception within and between species. Show more
Tayo Popoola looks at the changing face of the Zimbabwean music scene since the fall of Robert Mugabe. Show more
By Kamila Shamsie. Studying in the US, Isma gets to know Eamonn. He's the son of a former family friend, an ambitious British politician. Read by Lisa Zahra. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours - Have you taken your children out of school to go on holiday?
40 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Call You and Yours - Have you taken your children out of school to get a cheaper holiday? Fines issued to parents are at a record level according to the latest figures. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s
1971: The CT Scan
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Neurosurgeon and writer Henry Marsh tells the story of the revolution in medical diagnosis brought on by the advent of the CT scan in 1971. Show more
Lily is left frustrated and Alistair meets his new business partner. Show more
Detective Inspector Max Matthews and Detective Sergeant Sean Armitage subject a woman who has reported her elderly father missing to their unique style of interrogation. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Josie Long presents stories about food, from congee on a mountaintop to a nightmarish family meal. From 2018. Show more
Chancellor Philip Hammond has signed the death warrant for domestic gas boilers. From 2025, they are banned from new homes. But what's the alternative? Peter Gibbs reports. Show more
Ninety-one-year-old Barbara Smith investigates why we patronise and condescend to older people. Show more
Great Lives
Shappi Khorsandi on Emma, Lady Hamilton
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi chooses Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Nelson's mistress. With Matthew Paris. From 2019. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
02/04/2019 May to ask for another Brexit delay
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Theresa May has emerged after seven hours of talks with her divided cabinet and announced the UK will seek a further delay to Brexit.
Writer Lionel Shriver reads from her frank and personal journals and discusses her formative years. With Rufus Hound. From 2016. Show more
Elizabeth questions her feelings and Will makes a breakthrough. Show more
Front Row
Toby Jones - Don't Forget the Driver, Shazam!, Bach Passions
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Toby Jones: from acclaimed actor to script writer in TV series Don't Forget the Driver. The new DC comics film Shazam! And the lasting popularity of the Bach Passions at Easter. Show more
Polly's dad offers half-time advice to the struggling Hopperton Hoops and their resentful coach. By Harry Venning. Show more
How artificial intelligence could increase inequality, with developing countries bearing the brunt of automation, and the economic benefits going mainly to more advanced nations. Show more
50 years of mountaineering, how to do archery when you are blind and Retina UK's survey into the lives of people with genetic eye conditions. Show more
The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode. What does Polly Weston find? Show more
The Life Scientific
Irene Tracey on pain in the brain
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Irene Tracey explains to Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain, when subjects feel pain, is transforming our understanding of this puzzling sensation. Show more
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
By Kamila Shamsie. Studying in the US, Isma gets to know Eamonn. He's the son of a former family friend, an ambitious British politician. Read by Lisa Zahra. Show more
4 Extra Debut. From Glasgow - Fred MacAulay's comic line-up with Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell, Hal Cruttenden. From 2019. Show more
A behind-the-scenes political figure is reprimanded by MPs for snubbing Parliament's committees. Sean Curran reports from Westminster. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Book of the Week
Two Weeks in November: The Astonishing Story of the Coup That Toppled Mugabe
Episode 2
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
The plot to topple Mugabe and replace him with the vice president - called the Northgate declaration - gathers pace, hammered out in the front of a 4x4 away from prying eyes. Show more
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