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Farming Today
13/07/23 - Rising food prices, Global food security, Agriculture no-show
13 minutes
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A major food and drink organisation has warned that food prices could rise by more than ten percent, owing to worker shortages caused by a combination of Brexit and Covid-19. Show more
Chris Packham presents the great bustard. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents look back at three separate moments in the history of the birth of the Union and how they resonate today. Show more
We use our hands to soothe and comfort, reassure and relax – but also to distract and deceive. A massage therapist and a pickpocket reflect on their hands and the sense of touch Show more
Woman's Hour
150 years of female GPs. Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Lucy D’Orsi. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg.
58 minutes
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150 years of female GPs. Lucy D’Orsi, Chief Constable of the British Transport Police. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg. Talking to your daughter about beauty treatments. Show more
Chances are you’ve come across a person in hi-vis at least once today. It’s become an omnipresent feature of British culture. Steph McGovern explores its history and role today. Show more
How visual effects changed the movies. Oscar winner Paul Franklin enters the digital realm. In 1982, TRON and Star Trek 2 offered very different visions of the coming revolution. Show more
It's no longer safe being friends with Pinkie. And Pinkie knows it. Even Cubitt is trying to desert him. Prewitt has made contact with a lawyer to try to sort his marriage to Rose Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours - How have you coped with a big setback or disappointment in your life?
39 minutes
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How have you coped with a big setback or disappointment in your life?
Email us - youandyours@bbc.co.uk and leave a phone number so we can contact you. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Meeting The Gods (1200 - 1400 AD)
Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
14 minutes
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Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects. Today - an icon celebrating the restoration of holy images at the end a period of religious iconoclasm. Show more
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Tragi-comic drama based on accounts of the life and career of Andrea Dunbar, the schoolgirl playwright from Bradford whose Rita, Sue and Bob Too took 1980s Britain by storm. Show more
From rally car driving to the healing power of climbing - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about sport, exercise and competition. Show more
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. Today, they discover the truth about an organ long dismissed as useless: the appendix. Show more
Michael Rosen hears why our language is messy from linguist Arika Okrent. Why do we say 'I climbed' not 'I clomb'? Why is there a 'p' in 'receipt'? Why is 'of' spelled with a 'f'? Show more
The comedian and author discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
13/07/2021Face masks stay in Scotland
30 minutes
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Nicola Sturgeon has said the mandatory use of face masks will remain in place when Covid restrictions are eased in Scotland next week.
Once more on his uppers, Ed finds himself having to choose between a project with Jaz Milvain, or with Maggie. Show more
The nerves set in for Ben and there’s an emergency dash for Ed. Show more
Front Row
Nowhere Special, Art and ecology with George Monbiot and Ruth Maclennan, "Mid-list" novelist Chris Paling
29 minutes
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Uberto Pasolini on directing new movie, Nowhere Special; George Monbiot and artist Ruth Maclennan on their eco arts projects; and we ask can novelists make a living now? Show more
The Northern Bank Job
Episode Two: Killing Time
15 minutes
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It was the biggest bank heist in British and Irish criminal history. Belfast writer Glenn Patterson has unfinished business with the 2004 Northern Bank robbery Show more
The inside story of a cyber extortion attack by Russian hackers that plunged a group of UK schools into a crisis. Will they pay the multi-million pound ransom, or lose their data? Show more
In Touch
Tactile paving at train stations; Braille and assistive technology
19 minutes
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Network Rail have installed tactile paving across some of their platforms over the last 12 months - but are they acting quickly enough? Show more
Inside Health
Increase in childhood viruses and can you be too fit?
28 minutes
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Why is there an increase in childhood viruses? Plus, can you be too fit? Show more
Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents look back at three separate moments in the history of the birth of the Union and how they resonate today. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Aid budget stays at 0.5% of national income
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
It's no longer safe being friends with Pinkie. And Pinkie knows it. Even Cubitt is trying to desert him. Prewitt has made contact with a lawyer to try to sort his marriage to Rose Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
197. No Eating in School Uniform, with Adele Roberts
51 minutes
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This week on the podcast, Fi and Jane chat to Adele Roberts, host of BBC Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast. Show more
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report from Westminster as rebel Conservatives try to block cuts to the UK's foreign aid budget.
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Books can be bound with the strangest things. Including human skin. Not to mention written in blood. And possibly the most cryptic manuscript of all - The Voynich Manuscript. Show more
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