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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Spiritual reflection to start the day with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
Farming Today
24/01/20: Sugar and health, calf-at-foot investment, quantifying natural capital
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Anna Hill gets perspectives on the sugar tax, and finds out about a government system to measure natural capital. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Peter Cranswick on the Red-breasted Goose
1 minute
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the red-breasted goose and freezing wintry days counting them in fields. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Desert Island Discs
Dame Sue Campbell, Director Women's Football at the FA
53 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dame Sue Campbell, Director of Women's Football at the FA, shares the eight tracks she would want to take with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Lorna Cooper, Sarah Champion, Jane Sanderson
50 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world Show more
It's Jackie's last week at work, but a client’s abusive husband is determined to teach her a lesson. Starring Meera Syal. Show more
V&A Director Tristram Hunt asks how museums and galleries around the world are responding to 21st-century challenges. Show more
Zoe, a legal aid solicitor in Brighton, is being stalked by an ex-client she defended on a stalking charge and ill-advisedly invests in her friend's new swimwear for dogs business. Show more
After his trip to his old home and a possible SOS call, George goes home to face his wife. Concluded by Tim McInnerny. Show more
You and Yours
Love Island Fashion; Richer Sounds; Gambling VIPs
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The fast fashion industry built around the reality TV show Love Island. 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.
Chris Packham on Severn Cullis-Suzuki, the 12-year-old who addressed delegates at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Show more
Jim is shocked by an emotional confession and Rex finds himself accused Show more
We all want to forget bad memories and only remember the good times, but when Rachel Ridley visits a memory clinic she needs to be careful what she wishes for... By Katie Hims. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Peter's Garden: Correspondence Edition
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The panel join Peter Gibbs in his garden for a correspondence edition of the show. Show more
Short Works
Fifty Pence for the Meter by Jamie Guiney
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 5 weeks
4 Extra Debut. Maurice often attends wakes. Even if he never met the deceased. So long as there are sandwiches and tea. Read by Carol Moore. Show more
Last Word
Tony Garnett, Joy Rainey, Professor Cuchlaine King, Terry Jones
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Matthew Bannister on producer Tony Garnett, racing driver Joy Rainey, geomorphologist Cuchlaine King, comedian and historian Terry Jones Show more
The carbon consequence of streaming video, stats on sepsis, the science of sleep and stretching Bill Bryson to Pluto. With Tim Harford. Show more
The Listening Project
Sheila and Ron - Bit by Bit
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A couple married for 65 years recall how they saved up to buy their first and only home. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
24/01/2020 Coroner says baby death was "wholly avoidable"
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A coroner has said the death of a baby a week after an emergency delivery was wholly avoidable, and followed a series of errors by medical staff.
Nish Kumar is joined by comedians Kerry Godliman, Angela Barnes, Justin Moorhouse and Isabel Hardman of the Spectator to talk about all the highlights for the week's news. Show more
Kirsty has a change of heart and Burns Night proves a disappointment for some Show more
Front Row
Pet Shop Boys, Emotional risk taking in the arts, The Eye As Witness
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Stig talks to the Pet Shop Boys about their new studio album Hotspot and in our continuing series on risk in the arts discusses emotional risk with Louise Allen and Ahir Shah. Show more
It's Jackie's last week at work, but a client’s abusive husband is determined to teach her a lesson. Starring Meera Syal. Show more
Any Questions?
Lucy Frazer MP, Vaughan Gething AM, Liz Saville Roberts MP, Ann Widdecombe MEP
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents topical debate from St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales with Lucy Frazer MP, Vaughan Gething AM, Liz Saville Roberts and Ann Widdecombe MEP. Show more
A Point of View
Anti-Semitism and the Neo Medievalists
9 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Howard Jacobson discusses why we all – regardless of our religion – need to be concerned about anti-Semitism. Show more
Green Originals
From Ken Saro-Wiwa to Severn Cullis-Suzuki
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Pentagon admits dozens of US soldier brain injuries
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
After his trip to his old home and a possible SOS call, George goes home to face his wife. Concluded by Tim McInnerny. Show more
Great Lives
Andi Oliver on Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison of Beloved, Sula and Song of Solomon, nominated by chef and broadcaster Andi Oliver. Show more
Mark D'Arcy hears from a former MP who found himself at the heart of the Profumo scandal. Will the Lords really move to York? And calls for a re-think of the law on assisted dying.
The Listening Project
Neil and David - Laughter’s a Great Healer
4 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Friends talk about mental health and the healing power of talking - and of laughing. Fi Glover presents. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
70 years on from George Orwell's death, documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words that resonate through his work and tests out what light they can shed on our problems today. Show more
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