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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and blogger on mental health issues and faith, Emma Scrivener. Show more
Farming Today
09/10/19 Payment by results for farmers, badger behaviour in cull areas, fortified wine
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
We hear why paying for results rather than paying for promises is getting farmers on board with wildlife. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Doug Allan on the Snowy Sheathbill
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In his recollections about his encounters with birds in Antarctica, wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls watching an opportunistic snowy sheathbill. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Only Artists
Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Writer Tracy Chevalier meets ceramicist Edmund de Waal at his studio in South London. Show more
Rachael Gibbons discusses class, social mobility and Imposter Syndrome. Show more
Woman's Hour
Taking babies to protests, Abortion laws in Alabama US, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown
41 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Mothers committing acts of civil obedience with their children, autumn fashion, is it time for season-less style? Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown. Show more
A brutal solution has been applied to Christine's situation. Manson and Denny are appalled. Starring Julian Lewis Jones. Show more
The Listening Project
Jane and Angie - Getting Back in the Sea
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Friends and sea swimmers talk about the therapeutic effects of swimming in the sea. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Shappi Khorsandi is disorganised. Can the professionals help get her life in order? Or should Shappi just learn to embrace the chaos? Show more
Investigative journalist Lucy Cooper follows three vicars over the course of a year, on a mission to find out what keeps them working for the man upstairs. Show more
The Confession by Jessie Burton
3. Success and Struggle
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 25 days
Connie is riding high on the success of her book, but Elise is struggling in LA. Read by Rachel Shelley and Katherine Press. Show more
You and Yours
Irene Hays; High Rise Cladding; Barefoot Running
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
All of the high street shops closed when Thomas Cook collapsed have been bought by Hays Travel. We talk to Irene Hays about her plans for the business. Show more
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News with Sarah Montague including Parliament's proposed Saturday sitting on Brexit and how same sex pairing affects the choreography of dance. Show more
Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on a conversation between art and maths, and the inspiration Barbara Hepworth gained from mysterious properties of geometric stringed maths models Show more
Ed manages to strike a deal and there’s a final goodbye for Roy Show more
Frank and Sarah go on a case in Morecambe Show more
Money Box
Can my money help fight climate change?
34 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Can I get a good return on investments that do good? We have an expert panel on hand with the science and finance knowledge to help you navigate what's called impact investing. Show more
Inside Health
Statins Over the Counter, Amyloidosis, Gene Silencing
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Plans to make high-dose statins available over the counter without a prescription, amyloidosis: a debilitating rare disease that is often missed, and new gene silencing treatments. Show more
Council estates: Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate' and hears about an in-depth study of a contemporary housing estate. Show more
The Media Show
Do machines make the rights choices for children?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The role of AI in the lives of young people, recorded at the BBC Blue Room conference. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
09/10/2019 Turkey has launched a military strike against Kurdish fighters in Syria, just days after American troops pulled out.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Turkey has launched a military strike against Kurdish fighters in North East Syria -- just days after American troops pulled out of the area on the orders of President Trump.
The professor gets a warning from his future self, as an ancient alien ziggurat appears. Starring James Fleet. From 2018. Show more
Kirsty finds herself out in the cold and Lilian is still suffering the consequences Show more
Front Row
Salman Rushdie, playwright Katori Hall, computer games tax avoidance
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Salman Rushdie answers listeners’ questions about his Booker prize shortlisted novel Quichotte, a satire on politics, the opioid crisis and a study of family relationships. Show more
A brutal solution has been applied to Christine's situation. Manson and Denny are appalled. Starring Julian Lewis Jones. Show more
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Andrew Doyle, Anne McElvoy, Tim Stanley and Nazir Afzal. #moralmaze Show more
Rachael Gibbons discusses class, social mobility and Imposter Syndrome. Show more
The Orkney Islands are pioneering a zero carbon approach to energy. If it works it should help the UK power itself cleanly. Show more
Only Artists
Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Writer Tracy Chevalier meets ceramicist Edmund de Waal at his studio in South London. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Major military offensive is underway in the north-east of Syria
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
The Confession by Jessie Burton
3. Success and Struggle
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 25 days
Connie is riding high on the success of her book, but Elise is struggling in LA. Read by Rachel Shelley and Katherine Press. Show more
Charlotte has met a new man, so Lillian offers her best dating advice. Stars Helen Monks and Miriam Margolyes. From 2019. Show more
Deep-down superficiality as Patrick Marber and Peter Curran lie in the darkness, sharing a bunk bed and wondering. From April 2014. Episode 2 of 5. Show more
Aleks explores how obsessive behaviour can spiral out of control and hears from people whose watching of others became uncontrollable, compulsive and all consuming. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
3. Mouth and Throat
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 4 months
Bill Bryson reads from his fascinating journey around the human body, delving down through the mouth and throat. Show more
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