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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Eugene O'Neill
Farming Today
22/10/20 - The carbon footprint of anaerobic digesters, a £20,000 sheep dog and teaching children about farming
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Anaerobic digesters can be used to get rid of food or farm waste, but many are also fed with maize grown specially for the purpose. So how green is the 'green energy' they produce? Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of the Empress who upended the European order while strengthening Austria through reforms, alliances and strategic marriages. Show more
Woman's Hour
DJ songwriter Sister Bliss. Deaths from cocaine. Starting a business during lockdown.
44 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sister Bliss DJ, songwriter. Starting a business during lockdown. And why is the number of women dying from cocaine use increasing so rapidly? Show more
Every stage of Zoe's life has been marked by the weather. She's stopped driving today because of the thunder. A drama by Katie Hims. Show more
Stories on Thailand's anti-government protests, on Spain's civil war legacy, a migrant worker in Jordan, a long eventful Chinese life, and Rome used as a film-set. With Kate Adie. Show more
We hear from writers - both living and dead - in an eerie exploration of how women have used the ghost story form. Show more
Davy thinks back to how, in their younger days, he and Joe managed to ingratiate themselves with Jessica’s friends. Show more
You and Yours
Instagram advertisements; Asda; Scambaiters
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Social media users are disappointed the products they bought from Instagram adverts are comically smaller than what was advertised. 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.
Kirsty Logan discovers how ghosts survive, even when we are told they are impossible, because they have great social and psychological value. Show more
Harrison faces a life changing decision and Lily goes too far Show more
Clare confronts Najma about the true identity of Saira's rapist. A thriller by Ayeesha Menon set across London, Riyadh and Mumbai, starring Maya Sondhi and Aysha Kala. Show more
Ghost ponds and overgrown ponds in Norfolk are being recovered and restored in an extraordinary conservation project in which sound is being used to measure the health of a pond. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
Minority Rights Group International
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Paterson Joseph makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Minority Rights Group International. Show more
Open Book
Armando Iannucci and John Mullan on Dickens; John Lanchester; new Black British writing
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics
Shirley and Relic: Antonia Quirke continues her look at women and horror with directors Josephine Decker and Natalie Erika James. Show more
BBC Inside Science
COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry and sense of smell and COVID
34 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Getting reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, author Susannah Cahalan discusses David Rosenhan's famous 1973 psychiatric 'pseudo-patient' experiment and how COVID affects your sense of smell Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
22/10/2020 Chancellor increases support for businesses as restrictions spread
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Extra financial support is being given to workers and businesses in areas hit by tougher Covid-19 restrictions, in an expansion of a government scheme announced last month.
John apologises for a delay and ponders his hobbies. Plus, a tale of Queen Victoria, and robots. With Simon Kane. From 2016. Show more
Elizabeth takes revenge and Brookfield’s change of direction looks set to have severe consequences Show more
Front Row
James Graham, Nottingham's Rock City celebrates 40 years, Liam Bailey, Phoebe Boswell
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Geeta Pendse presents from Nottingham, with local lad James Graham on his new covid rom-com, live music from Liam Bailey and artist Phoebe Boswell on breathing in lockdown. Show more
Helen is confronted by the notorious Valerie Peluso. Part nine of the conspiracy thriller starring Romola Garai and Jonathan Forbes. Show more
Scotland has cancelled its National 5 school exams next year - should the rest of the UK follow? David Aaronovitch asks how can governments ensure assessments are fair? Show more
The pandemic is killing jobs but also creating new opportunities for freelancers. But is the shake-up in the labour market leading to a world of temps and zero hour contracts? Show more
BBC Inside Science
COVID reinfections, Susannah Cahalan questions psychiatry and sense of smell and COVID
34 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Getting reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, author Susannah Cahalan discusses David Rosenhan's famous 1973 psychiatric 'pseudo-patient' experiment and how COVID affects your sense of smell Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of the Empress who upended the European order while strengthening Austria through reforms, alliances and strategic marriages. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Test and Trace: worst weekly performance since it began
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Davy thinks back to how, in their younger days, he and Joe managed to ingratiate themselves with Jessica’s friends. Show more
Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times.
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed
What Does It Sound Like? Language
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 10 months
Barrister Hashi Mohamed reads his account of social mobility in modern Britain using his own experience to explore questions of race, class, education and language. Show more
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