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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley Show more
Farming Today
25/08/21 - Pop-up campsites in Wales, Ragwort and horses, University lecturer turns farmer
13 minutes
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There is a call for the increasing amount of pop-up campsites in Wales to be registered to monitor the increasing pressure on rural areas. Anna Hill presents. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the world's most numerous bird: red-billed quelea. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Clarke Peters concludes his series uncovering the surprising history of black music in Europe, from the late 1970s through to the present day. Show more
Jessica Barker argues that we should rediscover overlooked sculptures of women. Show more
Woman's Hour
Listener Week: Sahraa Karimi escape from Kabul, Extinction Rebellion, Doughnut Economics, Early SEN diagnosis, Circo Rum Ba Ba
58 minutes
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Listener Week: Climate Anxiety, protesting and economic sustainability with Kate Raworth, early Years SEN diagnosis, and circus theatre company Circo Rum Ba Ba. Show more
Ian Hislop tells the story of four great Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of England, looking for traces of their legacy today. In today’s final programme in the series he reaches Wessex. Show more
With no invites to the BBC's office party, Alex and Ben try to prove they can throw a party too. With Liam Williams. From 2017. Show more
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3/10. In the Glen Conach library Gibb receives a visit from Miss Jessamine Milne, who clearly means to use him for her own ends. Read by Mark Bonnar. Show more
You and Yours
Pet travel, Water bills, UK fashion start-ups
39 minutes
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The cost of taking your pet on holiday to the EU has gone up from £60 to £250. It's all to do with new rules post-Brexit. And why does the cost of a water bill vary so much? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Soil is brilliant at capturing carbon dioxide and keeping it out of the atmosphere. But what if we could make it do an even better job? Tom Heap meets the rockdust pioneers. Show more
Chris tries to save the day, and Shula is left disappointed. Show more
A few days after Stella's 18th birthday, there's a knock on the door and her life changes forever. Drama inspired by interviews with former inmates of UK detention centres. Show more
In a new four-part series Felicity Hannah meets households, businesses & local councils to ask who are the financial winners and losers of the pandemic? Show more
Having documented more than four years as a 'prison wife' in a blog, Josie Bevan now confronts the failings of the prison system. Show more
An insight into the gruelling work of public service interpreters in the UK, a job where every word matters, revealed through the story of Isaac, a Glasgow-based Urdu interpreter. Show more
The Media Show
The Great British Nostalgia Trip
28 minutes
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Why are there so many reboots on TV? Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
25/08/2021 The foreign secretary says the UK is using "every hour" it has left to get people out of Kabul
30 minutes
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The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, says the UK is using "every hour" it has left to maximise the number of people flown out of Kabul.
Comedian Ken Cheng on school days, growing up on the internet and being a nerd before it was cool. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. Show more
Ben attempts to do the right thing, and a new face makes an impression at Home Farm. Show more
Front Row
The Rolling Stones in conversation with John Wilson
30 minutes
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John Wilson talks to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood about life in The Rolling Stones, their early interest in the blues and their return to the stage. Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Charan Singh: A Common Cause
14 minutes
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Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the lawyer turned politician Charan Singh, who championed the cause of India's farmers Show more
Francisco Carrasco and Shakur Shidane share their migration stories, their decisions about whether or not to return to Chile and Somalia respectively, and exchange a gift. Show more
Jessica Barker argues that we should rediscover overlooked sculptures of women. Show more
Anna is branded a terf – a byword for transphobia. She rejects the label and goes in search of solutions to some of the thorny issues around trans inclusion. Show more
The Media Show
The Great British Nostalgia Trip
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Why are there so many reboots on TV? Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Blinken: no deadline to help people leave Afghanistan
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
3/10. In the Glen Conach library Gibb receives a visit from Miss Jessamine Milne, who clearly means to use him for her own ends. Read by Mark Bonnar. Show more
Helen Lewis introduces some iconic figures from history and looks at the influence of their less well-known life partners. Show more
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Corinne Bailey Rae talks about her album, 'The Sea', released in 2010, and plays tracks from it live. With John Wilson. From 2012. Show more
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Sarfraz Manzoor's personal exploration of a divided Britain and his hope for bridging the differences between Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, he reflects on anti-Islamic hostility. Show more
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