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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Susanna Gunner. Show more
Farming Today
22/04/21 - Building in AONBs, a dry and cold April, worm farms and fishing safety
13 minutes
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England’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are under threat from ‘reckless development’ according to the charity, CPRE, which is calling on the Government to halt it. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the reed warbler. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why France supported the USA in its revolutionary war against Britain and how that related to the French Revolution a few years later. Show more
Woman's Hour
Diver Christine Grosart on 'Ghost Fishing'; Katya Adler discusses Annalena Baerbock; Teenage drinking research; Foetal medicine
43 minutes
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Diver Christine Grosart explains 'Ghost Fishing'; Katya Adler discusses Annalena Baerbock - a potential successor to Angela Merkel; teenage drinking research; foetal medicine. Show more
As Rose becomes acquainted with life in the Moran household, she learns some unsettling truths her new husband. Read by Lloyd Hutchinson. Show more
Crossing Continents
Kenya's Unhappy Doctors and Nurses
29 minutes
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Kenyans are angry at the death of a young doctor who had said he lacked enough protection from Covid. Critics say his story reveals a malaise in the country’s health sector. Show more
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Tiffy visits the hospice where Leon works to organise a crochet workshop, and also in the hope of clapping eyes on her elusive flatmate. Show more
You and Yours
Green Energy Tariffs, Grow your own Mushrooms, Digital Exclusion
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
We look at the popularity of home grown mushroom kits and a new way to compare green energy tariffs. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
There's a lot of carbon locked up in the peatlands of Britain and Ireland. Can we keep it there and even return drained bogs to life, sucking more carbon dioxide from the air? Show more
Rex may have found the answer to his prayers while Tracy tries to make a good impression. Show more
With her husband held hostage, bus controller Marilyn must engineer traffic chaos to save his life. Conclusion of two-part thriller set in a network control centre. Show more
We hear from a largely unheard community of women who gut the fish and go to sea. Show more
Baroness Floella Benjamin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the children's charity Barnardo's. Show more
Open Book
Chris Power; Online Dating in Fiction; Postcard from Delhi
28 minutes
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Elizabeth Day talks to Chris Power about his thriller A Lonely Man, explores the fiction of online dating with Beth O'Leary and Okechukwu Nzelu and, has a postcard from Delhi. Show more
Film-maker Mark Jenkin sends his latest audio diary, and father and daughter artists Andrew and Eden Kötting describe how their unique collaboration works. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths
29 minutes
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A huge surge in Covid-19 in India has led to talk of a "double mutant Indian" variant. Inside Science investigates. Also climate change resistant coffee and clothes moths. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
22/04/2021 US pledges 50% carbon emissions cut at climate summit
30 minutes
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President Biden: Urgent action is needed on "existential crisis" posed by climate change
More of the world-renowned storyteller’s home recordings. Featuring: Travels With Patsy and a final diary selection. From 2021. Show more
Chris is confronted with the ugly truth while Jazzer is offered some career advice Show more
Front Row
Rose Matafeo, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Ninebarrow
28 minutes
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Rose Matafeo on her TV rom-com Starstruck about a surprise encounter with a famous film star; composer Isobel Waller-Bridge; folk duo Ninebarrow. Show more
Kennedy discovers what happens to the dead people in Innsmouth. Stars Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter. Show more
As Angela Merkel prepares to bow out as German Chancellor, could her successor be from the Greens? Show more
Grace Dent follows Cornwall Airport Newquay over the tough pandemic winter - but as winter turns to spring, there's some good news for the airport staff and local businesses. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A huge surge in Covid-19 in India has led to talk of a "double mutant Indian" variant. Inside Science investigates. Also climate change resistant coffee and clothes moths. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why France supported the USA in its revolutionary war against Britain and how that related to the French Revolution a few years later. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
President Biden hosts virtual climate summit
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
Tiffy visits the hospice where Leon works to organise a crochet workshop, and also in the hope of clapping eyes on her elusive flatmate. Show more
Joe Lycett tests Andy Parsons, Vanessa Feltz and Tom Parry on how well they know their nearest and dearest. From 2016. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
The Great Post Office Trial
4. Navigating the Matrix
16 minutes
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The extraordinary story of a decade-long battle with the Post Office, fought by its own sub-postmasters. Today, the campaign finds some important allies in Westminster. Show more
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