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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
Fishing companies protest outside Parliament because of post-Brexit export troubles, plus an increase in dog attacks on sheep Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Arctic specialist the king eider duck. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Cath Noakes on making buildings Covid-safe
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens. Show more
One to One
The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard with opera singer Patrick Egersborg
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Arts journalist Rosie Millard asks Norwegian opera singer Patrick Egersborg about dealing with success and failure Show more
Woman's Hour
Ballerinas & Babies, Working From Home Safely, Delayed Smear Tests
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Show more
2/10. Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. The Queen’s stolen manuscript falls into the hands of a printer who is then killed in his workshop. Show more
Science Stories
The Day The Earth Stopped Standing Still
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Nicolaus Copernicus' great book was published as he lay dying in 1543. It would fundamentally shift philosophy, science and theology, and redraw our picture of the Universe. Show more
Charley Pride is one of the very few African Americans to have achieved success in country music. Music journalist Jacqueline Springer travels to Dallas to meet him. Show more
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Sybil is happy enough with her new job and her love life until an old adversary turns up to spoil both. Ell Potter reads this funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours - who do you miss these days?
39 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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We'd like to know - who do you miss these days? We're limited when it comes to who we spend time with, face to face. So tell us - who do you miss these days? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Bodies
Episode 2: The skull cup and the shape-shifters - The body in prehistory
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Professor Alice Roberts continues her narrative history series about the human body - a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age Show more
Kirsty lashes out and Brookfield fear someone is out to get them. Show more
If it wasn't the KGB who sprung double agent George Blake from Wormwood Scrubs, who was it? Barnaby Kay tells this incredible true story. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more
What is the point of mosquitoes? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2021. Show more
Alex speaks 15 languages fluently. Does he have a special gift or could we all do this? Plus, what does 'to Donald Duck' mean in Hungarian? Show more
Actor Caroline Catz chooses composer Delia Derbyshire - best known for her work at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. From 2021. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
19/01/2021 Another 1,610 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test, the highest daily figure yet
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Another 1,610 people have died within 28 days of a positive Covid test.
The government's announced a new regulator - to stop dangerous materials being used in building work.
Sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar. Amna fails to get out of visiting her cousin and having her relative poverty rubbed in her face. Show more
Pip vows revenge and Shula struggles with a terrible dilemma. Show more
Front Row
Patricia Highsmith centenary, Caroline Shaw, Baby Done comedy reviewed
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Patricia Highsmith's biographer Richard Bradford on her centenary, Musician Caroline Shaw talks about her new album, and New comedy Baby Done reviewed. Show more
2/10. Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. The Queen’s stolen manuscript falls into the hands of a printer who is then killed in his workshop. Show more
File on 4 explores the little understood issue of female-perpetrated child sexual abuse, and the shame, stigma and stereotyping that prevents victims achieving closure and justice. Show more
In Touch reporters Fern Lulham and Emma Tracey guide us through some of the apps and tech that make their lives easier. Show more
Inside Health
Oximetry at home, Rapid lateral flow tests for Covid
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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James Gallagher asks whether encouraging people to measure their oxygen levels at home with a pulse oximeter could save lives. Show more
The Life Scientific
Cath Noakes on making buildings Covid-safe
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Last full day of the Trump presidency
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Sybil is happy enough with her new job and her love life until an old adversary turns up to spoil both. Ell Potter reads this funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
174. Tapestry Drying Racks, with Fearne Cotton
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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This week on Fortunately, Fi Glover and Jane Garvey are joined by broadcaster Fearne Cotton. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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James Rebanks remembers his childhood on the family farm, and how the pressure to produce more came to bear on his father. Read by Bryan Dick. Abridged by Siân Preece. Show more
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