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Farming Today
27/07/21 - Shortage on the shelves, Hot Air Balloons and livestock, Small farm diversification
13 minutes
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A leading food processing company has warned of shortages with issues over distribution potentially getting even worse in the autumn. Anna Hill presents. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the tawny pipit. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Positive Thinking
A Solution to Political Short-Termism
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sangita Myska asks whether we need a Future Generations Commissioner to ensure our public institutions think sustainably. Show more
Evolutionary biologist and comedian Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade our wonky human body, with a little help from the animal kingdom. Show more
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
GM crops and human hormones from microbes. Matthew Cobb explores the hopes and fears when commercial products of genetic engineering were launched into the world. Show more
Epiphanies
Sara Collins, Bobby Gillespie, Lisa Dwan
28 minutes
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The intimate moments of creative inspiration are recalled by some of our best known artists in conversation with John Wilson. Show more
As his friends in London struggle with the deprivations of war, Ulysses and his unit join the liberation of Florence. Read by Will Howard. Show more
You and Yours
Call You & Yours: What is it like on holiday in the UK right now?
39 minutes
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What's it like on holiday in the UK right now? If you're on holiday, or have recently returned, tell us what it was like.
Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk and leave your number. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Producer Chantal Herbert weaves together the experiences and emotions of growing up or migrating to the UK as a woman and non-binary person of colour. Show more
Ian demands the truth and Roy makes an impression. Show more
The mystery of Flight 702 continues with Season Two of the hit podcast, starring Kelly Marie Tran, Ben Daniels, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body with a look at one of the body’s most versatile organs: the liver. Show more
Michael Rosen asks Dr Sophie Harrison about the strange and special new language she had to learn to become a doctor, having been an editor at Granta Magazine. Show more
The host of the Brown Girls Do It Too podcast and the author behind Mamma Mia talk about cats, a wrestling princess and grief. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
27/07/2021 A London council has been criticised for allowing hundreds of children to be abused in its homes over decades.
30 minutes
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A London council has been heavily criticised for allowing hundreds of children to be abused in its homes over decades.
Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics and in this episode he explores the state of the British High Street. Show more
It’s crisis point for Adam and Lynda is keen to up the ante Show more
Front Row
David Lan on The Walk, The 2021 Booker Prize longlist, David Livingstone birthplace re-opening
28 minutes
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Samira talks to theatre director David Lan live from Gaziantep about The Walk. We discuss the longlist for the 2021 Booker Prize. Petina Gappah on the David Livingstone Birthplace Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
14 minutes
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Sunil Khilnani on how Jamsetji Tata aimed to transform Indian industry and beat the Raj at its own game: manufacturing. Show more
Twenty years after the UK's worst outbreak of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth, Dave Howard recalls how it affected the Herefordshire hill-farming community where he grew up. Show more
After being postponed last year, the Paralympic Games have been given the go-ahead for 2021. We talk to some of the para athletes, their chef de mission and hear what to expect. Show more
Inside Health
Fewer periods, The link between erectile dysfunction and the heart
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
James explores how contraception can lead to fewer periods, and the link between erectile dysfunction and the heart. Show more
Positive Thinking
A Solution to Political Short-Termism
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sangita Myska asks whether we need a Future Generations Commissioner to ensure our public institutions think sustainably. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
First person convicted under Hong Kong's national security law
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
As his friends in London struggle with the deprivations of war, Ulysses and his unit join the liberation of Florence. Read by Will Howard. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
199. Affleck's at the Door, with Angellica Bell
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
This week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane chat to presenter Angellica Bell. Show more
The 'Bard of Barking' about his career-defining album, 'Talking with the Taxman about Poetry'. With John Wilson. From 2012. Show more
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A year after his return to England, Charles II marries Catherine of Braganza, only to humiliate her by insisting his mistresses continue to play a prominent part in court life. Show more
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