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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with novelist and poet Zahid Hussain Show more
Farming Today
Rural mental health, 'Inadequate planning' for new subsidy system, Essex schools' farming day
14 minutes
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We hear warnings about rural support services, and a class of 3,000 learn about farming. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, ideas and language of Browne (1605-82), a doctor sharing his personal views on science, history and religion at a time of great change Show more
Woman's Hour
Elif Shafak, Women Chelsea Pensioners, Sports Coaching
45 minutes
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Turkish writer Elif Shafak; on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, we hear from a female Chelsea pensioner; how to get into sports coaching; and what is being done for modern slaves? Show more
Valdas and Mirela have been separated and taken to secret safe houses. They are afraid they will never see each other again. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Political turmoil in Austria
28 minutes
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Austria has sworn in its first female chancellor to head a caretaker government. Bethany Bell reports on Austria's political turmoil. Show more
Gamer and presenter Alex Humphreys talks to leading practitioners in video games to ask if its time they were better appreciated by the artistic community Show more
When Willem comes face-to-face with the General, he wonders whether he'll get out of the camp alive. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more
You and Yours
Sustainable fashion, Scottish energy, TV ads
40 minutes
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Can the clothes industry ever be sustainable if consumers insist on so-called 'fast fashion'?
Why are energy bills higher for people in the north of Scotland than in the south?
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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.
A History of Hate
Vietnam: Hatred in the Name of Liberty
14 minutes
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Allan Little examines how military training led many American troops to hate not just the Communist army they were fighting, but the entire Vietnamese population. Show more
Ed finds himself cornered while Adam and Ian take the plunge Show more
By Shôn Dale-Jones. One man channels his childhood obsession with the mythical outlaw by staging an unorthodox protest against the might of the global capitalist machine. Show more
Ramblings
Proud, Resilient & Native American in the UK
25 minutes
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Clare Balding walks with a group of Native American women who live in the UK and connected through an art gallery selling works by native artists. Show more
Singer-Songwriter Michael Kiwanuka makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kids Club Kampala. Show more
David Szalay discusses his novel All That Man Is with James Naughtie. The book tells the stories of nine men from across Europe, who are all at different stages of their lives. Show more
The Film Programme
Asif Kapadia on Diego Maradona
28 minutes
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Asif Kapadia on Diego Maradona. Show more
BBC Inside Science
CCR5 Mutation Effects, The Surrey Earthquake Swarm, Animal Emotions
38 minutes
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Dr Adam Rutherford discusses the pros and cons of a mutation in the CCR5 gene, the cause of earthquakes in Surrey, and emotions in animals with primatologist Frans de Waal. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
06/06/2019 D-Day Veterans thanked
30 minutes
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World leaders mark 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Award-winning writer and comedian Deborah Frances-White tells how she rescued a young man from a religious movement. From 2016. Show more
Alistair takes a walk down memory lane and Natasha leads the charge Show more
Front Row
Matt Berry, Claire McGlasson, National Trust acquires view that inspired Turner, Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad
28 minutes
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Dulcet-toned comedian Matt Berry on his two new TV series What We Do in the Shadows and Year of the Rabbit plus the National Trust on buying a site specifically for its panorama Show more
Valdas and Mirela have been separated and taken to secret safe houses. They are afraid they will never see each other again. Show more
Britain's Advocate General argues it’s in the UK's interest for her to remain at the EU Court in Luxembourg after Brexit - at least whilst the UK may be affected by its rulings. Show more
We take free delivery of goods and services to our homes for granted. But the last mile of the journey is expensive and fiddly for logistics firms. Will drones and robots help? Show more
BBC Inside Science
CCR5 Mutation Effects, The Surrey Earthquake Swarm, Animal Emotions
38 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dr Adam Rutherford discusses the pros and cons of a mutation in the CCR5 gene, the cause of earthquakes in Surrey, and emotions in animals with primatologist Frans de Waal. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, ideas and language of Browne (1605-82), a doctor sharing his personal views on science, history and religion at a time of great change Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Polls close in the Peterborough by election
45 minutes
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How will the results affect Tory leadership contest ? Show more
When Willem comes face-to-face with the General, he wonders whether he'll get out of the camp alive. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more
All deaths are equal, but some are more equal than others... Jo Brand looks at the people whose lives deserve commemorating, even if you may never have heard of them. Show more
The speaker says Parliament cannot be shut down to allow a no-deal Brexit. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Continuing her memoir, Kerry Hudson recalls moving from Aberdeen to Canterbury and back to the north east of England, as life with her young mother continues it's chaotic path. Show more
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