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Farming Today
26/01/21 Livestock Transport, Cheese Exports, Milk Deliveries, Farmed fish feed
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
The Scottish meat industry questions plans to reform livestock transport rules in England. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the firecrest. Show more
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The Life Scientific
Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Giles Yeo talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the powerful influence our genes have on how we put on weight, and why many of us struggle to lose it. Show more
One to One
The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard and actor Ben Hopwood
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Arts journalist Rosie Millard talks to amateur actor Ben Hopwood about ‘living the dream’ on his own terms. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women and Gambling. Interim Mayor of Liverpool Wendy Simon. True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Women and Gambling. Interim Mayor of Liverpool Wendy Simon. Plus How to Solve a Murder - True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine. Show more
7/10. Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. Sir Richard Rich is also searching for a missing manuscript - which accuses him of torturing a heretic. Show more
The US election and the Covid-19 pandemic meant 2020 was a huge year for bad info. The BBC’s disinformation experts track where the big lies came from and the harm they caused. Show more
Maxwell Perkins was the editor who ushered in a generation of literary talent - Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Wolfe and others. Lennie Goodings asks what makes a brilliant editor. Show more
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By Richard Osman, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours - Have you or anyone in your family lost their job in retail?
39 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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More than 180,000 jobs were lost last year. It wasn't just the pandemic, the sector has been under pressure for a long time as our shopping habits changed and retail moved online. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
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
Pip drops a bombshell and Freddie has an admirer. Show more
by Roy Williams. Stephen has been beaten up at school. The assailant is an excluded pupil, and Stephen is a teacher. But is that really why he's here? Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Do individuals perceive time differently? Sciences sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2021. Show more
Literary critic Adam Bradley talks to Michael about pop lyrics, melody and performance, and how they all work together. Show more
Great Lives
Rights activist Cesar Chavez nominated by Cori Crider
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Human rights lawyer Cori Crider tells Mathew Parris why she is inspired by the example of Mexican-American Civil Rights Leader Cesar Chavez. With biographer Miriam Pawel Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
26/01/2021 More than 100,000 UK Covid-19 deaths
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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More than 100,000 people in the UK have died with coronavirus in nearly a year.
Sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar. Amna tries to cover up an unholy mistake from her mother, with her brother as an accomplice. Show more
Shula finds herself in trouble and Tom faces a difficult dilemma. Show more
Front Row
Jenny Eclair, Jon Brown, Costa Book of the Year winner
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Jenny Eclair on her new craftivism documentary, Gaming sitcom Dead Pixels and Costa Book of the Year winner. Show more
7/10. Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. Sir Richard Rich is also searching for a missing manuscript - which accuses him of torturing a heretic. Show more
A year ago this week, the first reported case of Covid-19 was recorded in the UK. Within weeks frontline medics faced their toughest ever test. How do they think they coped? Show more
In Touch
Covid Testing & Vaccinations: What You Need To Know
19 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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The problems with, and solutions to, getting Covid testing and vaccinations if you're visually impaired. Show more
How to get back to exercise after recovering from Covid-19. Online physio to stop falls. And how exercise has changed during the pandemic. Presented by James Gallagher. Show more
The Life Scientific
Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Giles Yeo talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the powerful influence our genes have on how we put on weight, and why many of us struggle to lose it. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
UK covid death toll tops 100,000
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
By Richard Osman, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
175. Influencing Mole Rats, with Tom Allen
52 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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This week on Fortunately, Fi Glover and Jane Garvey chat to comedian Tom Allen. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer
Ep 2 - Childhood
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Esther Safran Foer's parents have outlasted the war. In1945 they adjust to life in a Displaced Person's camp but their future remains uncertain. Sarah Kestelman reads. Show more
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