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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Karen Smith, a Baptist minister and author
Farming Today
04/07/19: Pilot visa scheme for seasonal workers, retractable roof in soft-fruit production, rural GPs
14 minutes
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Caz Graham asks Anthony Snell, a soft-fruits grower, if the two-year pilot visa scheme announced last year is producing the seasonal workers he needs to harvest this year's crop. Show more
Actress and keen birdwatcher Trudie Goodwin has a lifelong love of the hoopoe. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of Federico Garcia Lorca, author of Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, executed by Franco's forces, his body unrecovered. Show more
Woman's Hour
O'Hooley & Tidow and Gentleman Jack
43 minutes
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Folk duo O'Hooley & Tidow and Gentleman Jack; are children's services broken? - a new report suggests they are; and reports of historical FGM in white conservative US communities. Show more
Drama about Daphne Caruana Galizia, the fearless Maltese journalist who was murdered in 2017. Daphne uncovers a story that will eventually shake governments across the world. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
All change at the top in Brussels
28 minutes
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The tortuous process of choosing new faces to run the EU's institutions. Show more
Sketches: Stories of Art and People
Turning Points
28 minutes
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Writer Anna Freeman presents a showcase of stories about the meaning of art in people’s lives. Show more
Adrian learns the truth about Daisy’s relationship with Hugo Fairfax-Lycett and something he didn’t know about his parents. He reaches his fortieth birthday. Show more
Twenty-five years since Amazon was founded. What's next for the company that changed the way we shop forever? Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague.
Alan steps into the breach and Shula feels she's overstepped the mark. Show more
Following his election as mayor of Grenoble, Front National politician Vincent Ferre struggles to keep control in the face of escalating and increasingly violent social protest. Show more
Mary-Ann Ochota joins former members of the armed forces as they unearth breathtaking Saxon artefacts. Show more
Trustee and beneficiary Matt White makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Solving Kids' Cancer. Show more
Open Book
Will Eaves on Alan Turing; The Moon in Fiction and Poetry; Afrofuturism
28 minutes
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Will Eaves discusses Murmur, his award-winning novel about Alan Turing. And writer Sarah Hall and curator Melanie Vandenbrouck consider the moon's illuminating impact on literature Show more
Presented by Antonia Quirke. Cinematographer Tony Richmond talks about Don't Look Now and reveals the truth behind one of cinema's most famous sex scenes. Show more
BBC Inside Science
X-Rays on Mercury, Monkey Tools, Music of Molecules, AI Drivers
35 minutes
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Dr Adam Rutherford is at the 2019 Royal Society Summer Science exhibition, with scientists researching X-rays on Mercury, monkey tool use, the Music of the Molecules, and AI cars. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
04/07/2019 William Hill store closures
30 minutes
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Bookmaker blames new restrictions for placing 4,500 jobs at risk.
On the US Independence Day, Rich Hall takes a look across the pond at the current state of US politics. Show more
Tom seizes an opportunity and Justin feels side-lined. Show more
Tania Bruguera, Yoko Ono and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Show more
Drama about Daphne Caruana Galizia, the fearless Maltese journalist who was murdered in 2017. Daphne uncovers a story that will eventually shake governments across the world. Show more
Tom Holland and Iszi Lawrence follow history’s story-laden lines and linkages. Take HS2 from London’s graveyards to discover cross-dressing Welshmen rioting over new toll roads. Show more
Just how do discounters like Poundland, Primark and B&M Bargains undercut mainstream retailers on the high street? Keeping the business model simple is a key part of the story. Show more
BBC Inside Science
X-Rays on Mercury, Monkey Tools, Music of Molecules, AI Drivers
35 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dr Adam Rutherford is at the 2019 Royal Society Summer Science exhibition, with scientists researching X-rays on Mercury, monkey tool use, the Music of the Molecules, and AI cars. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of Federico Garcia Lorca, author of Blood Wedding, Yerma and The House of Bernarda Alba, executed by Franco's forces, his body unrecovered. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
A BBC exclusive in the controversial Chinese province of Xinjiang
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Adrian learns the truth about Daisy’s relationship with Hugo Fairfax-Lycett and something he didn’t know about his parents. He reaches his fortieth birthday. Show more
Jenny Eclair, Ayesha Hazarika, Hayley Ellis and Alun Cochrane decide who’s Average Jolene or Maverick Matilda. From 2019. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on an emotional debate on assisted dying. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
In Laura Cumming's new book about her mother, a note from abroad leads to new revelations about the past. Laura Cumming and Susan Jameson read Show more
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