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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley Show more
Farming Today
14/04/20 Yorkshire Shepherdess, lamb bacon, onions, Cornish veg boxes
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Coronavirus is shutting Britain down, but farmers are still out producing food. We hear from some of them. Show more
Steve Backshall presents the tree pipit. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Clarke Peters continues his surprising history of Black music in Europe, from the aftermath of the Second World War through to the late 1970s. Show more
Rob Newman tells the story of the extinction of Steller's Sea Cow. Hungry urchins, struggling sea-otters, and a cruel fur-trade all had a role in the demise of this gentle giant Show more
Woman's Hour
Refuges, Corona diaries, Jayde Adams
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world Show more
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
7. The Wrong Doing of Others
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 5 months
Dorlcote Mill is at its prettiest and Tom is working to get the Tulliver finances on track. Narrated by Anna Maxwell Martin. Show more
Thousands of UK hospital patients are being recruited into a trial of possible treatments for Covid-19. It is hoped that the results will help millions of others across the world. Show more
Italian sculptor Giuseppe Penone and Lindsey Chapman explore the artistic magic of trees. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Jeanine Cummins' heart-stopping novel following a mother and son fleeing the cartel that massacred their family. Today: Lydia, Luca and the girls are rounded up by La Migra. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How confident are you that your relative in care is being properly protected from coronavirus?
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
We'd like to hear from you if you have a relative being looked after at home or in a care home. Do you feel your relative is being properly protected from coronavirus? 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.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC)
Olduvai Stone Chopping Tool
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through the objects it has made. Today he encounters the very first tool made by our ancestors Show more
Robert faces friction at the B&B and Shula proves a bad influence. Show more
A strange craft crash lands on a mountain plateau, with far-reaching consequences. Sebastian Baczkiewicz weaves interviews about Scotland’s yeti into an innovative audio drama. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more
Costing the Earth
Covid-19: the environmental impact
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Tom Heap is joined by climate change expert Tamsin Edwards to talk through the green issues emerging from the coronavirus pandemic and asks what the environmental legacy might be. Show more
Word of Mouth
Stephen Fry and Michael Rosen talk language
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Stephen Fry talks to presenter Michael Rosen about their mutual obsession with language: the particular joys they both find in speech and in writing and how language is developing. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
14/04/2020 Forecasters warn UK economy could shrink by a third
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Independent economic forecasters have warned the lockdown could cause the worst slump for a century if it continues until June, pushing two million people into unemployment.
Comedian Ellie Taylor has some opinions she'd like to get off her chest. In this episode she looks at toxic masculinity and whether it's really as bad as it seems. Show more
Roy receives some interesting information and Tracy tries to get her own way. Show more
Front Row
Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom, and folk singer Siobhan Miller performs live. Show more
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
7. The Wrong Doing of Others
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 5 months
Dorlcote Mill is at its prettiest and Tom is working to get the Tulliver finances on track. Narrated by Anna Maxwell Martin. Show more
Award-winning documentary-maker Cathy FitzGerald hops up and down the Snakes & Ladders board to hear stories of poverty and wealth. Show more
In Touch
Pressure on sight loss charities; Using video conferencing when you're visually impaired
19 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sight-loss charities struggling during the coronavirus crisis. How to use video conferencing when you're blind. Remembering the blind campaigners who marched to London in 1920. Show more
Inside Health
Inside Health: The Virus
Covid-19 drug trial; Mental health alone; Southampton update; Antarctica's lockdown lessons
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Claudia Hammond reports on the first drug trials for Covid19 setting out to test suggested treatments with speed, and what can we learn from Antarctic scientists in long lockdown Show more
Clarke Peters continues his surprising history of Black music in Europe, from the aftermath of the Second World War through to the late 1970s. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Warning that virus could shrink UK economy by a third
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Jeanine Cummins' heart-stopping novel following a mother and son fleeing the cartel that massacred their family. Today: Lydia, Luca and the girls are rounded up by La Migra. Show more
Multicultural sketch show that brings together white, black, Asian and minority ethnic sketch talent from across the UK with their unique satirical take on modern Britain. Show more
An intimate portrait of Kurt Wagner, singer and creative force behind American indie band Lambchop. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
The history of eating out arrives in London and the birth of the coffee house. Read by Lesley Sharp. Show more
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