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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock, a Catholic priest working in the Archdiocese of Cardiff
Farming Today
Vet shortages, farmers fight 'anti-red meat agenda' and salad pickers
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Vets go back on list of occupations facing shortages. Salad farmers say they still struggle to find pickers. Scottish meat industry fights what it sees as 'anti-red meat agenda'. Show more
Michaela Strachan presents the golden eagle. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in rebuilding America in the decade after the Civil War and his impact on African-Americans and Native Americans. Show more
Sigrid and Canute manage to escape their Saxon captors but their fate hangs in the balance. Starring Hollie Burgess. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Road sweepers and ear cleaners
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
India has a huge unemployment problem. Anu Anand takes a look at some of the jobs - such as ear-cleaning, pushing buttons in lifts and road sweeping - people do to make a living. Show more
How does the Irish border shape the art of the musicians who live on either side? Eamon Murray of folk band Beoga meets fellow performers along the divide. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
1976, Johannesburg: times are changing fast. 100 years of South Africa's troubled past and present. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more
You and Yours
Student mental health, Instagram hacking, Neapolitan pizza
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The university staff and students struggling to cope with their mental health problems. The Instagram accounts hacked by users in Russia. Show more
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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 idea that recycling is a moral obligation, as well as an economic one, is relatively new. Should we take a more hard-headed view of the economic costs and benefits? Show more
Kate's new project has unexpected consequences and Adam has reservations. Show more
When a young man dies during a police 'hard stop' manoeuvre, the defence and prosecution argue whether this operation was the right tactic to deploy. Show more
Clare gets lost in the rain as she walks to meet two extraordinary sisters in their 90s. Both were code-breakers during WWII, and one invented the TV classic, Ask the Family. Show more
Podcaster and comedian Deborah Frances-White makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Young Women’s Trust. Show more
Open Book
Mia Couto and Wayétu Moore, Mr B's Bookshop, Claire Alexander
28 minutes
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Mia Couto and Wayétu Moore discuss two new African novels exploring colonialism and myth, and Mariella searches for reading inspiration at Bath's Mr B's Emporium. Show more
The Film Programme
Moving Image: Paul Franklin on Alien
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Francine Stock talks to visual effects artist Paul Franklin about the ways in which Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien influenced his Oscar-winning work on Inception and Interstellar. Show more
Dr Adam Rutherford discusses how mathematics underpins science with mathematician Steven Strogatz, climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh and molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
30/05/2019 Student Finance Reforms Announced
30 minutes
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The Government backs plans to bring back student grants and cut tuition fees - But critics say the proposals could mean students could end up paying back more.
Award-winning writer and comedian Deborah Frances-White continues her global search for her birth father. From 2016. Show more
Jim puts his foot in it and Alistair offers support Show more
Front Row
Aladdin composer Alan Menken, Amitav Ghosh, Georgia boycott
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Alan Menken on creating the music for Aladdin and many other Disney classics, and Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change and displacement in his latest novel, Gun Island. Show more
Sigrid and Canute manage to escape their Saxon captors but their fate hangs in the balance. Starring Hollie Burgess. Show more
A premiere of Bob Chilcott’s Samba Mass live from St Martin-in-the-Fields. The Bishop of Chelmsford, the Right Rev Stephen Cottrell is the preacher. Show more
Dr Adam Rutherford discusses how mathematics underpins science with mathematician Steven Strogatz, climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh and molecular biologist Venki Ramakrishnan. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Grant's role in rebuilding America in the decade after the Civil War and his impact on African-Americans and Native Americans. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Tory leadership contest: too many candidates ?
45 minutes
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Boris Johnson one of 12 MPs who now think they can be Prime Minister Show more
1976, Johannesburg: times are changing fast. 100 years of South Africa's troubled past and present. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more
Jo Brand hosts the show looking back on all those VIPs who are RIP this week, such as film producer Chip Brockleman, Instagram star Olivia Eating and scientist Virginia Dunt. Show more
Steph was adopted and has never met her birth family. Now for the first time she has decided to try and find them. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Anne Frank would have been 90 this year had she survived the Holocaust. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome. Show more
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