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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. Show more
Farming Today
16/09/21 Inquiry into labour crisis in food chain, potato harvesting, integrating trees into farming
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
MPs launch an inquiry into how labour and trade issues are affecting the food supply chain. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the aquatic warbler. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the extraordinary variety of the animals that dominated life on land before the dinosaurs and why crocodiles should never be called 'living fossils'. Show more
Woman's Hour
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Alison Goldsworthy; Linda Edwards; Ministerial reshuffle
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The woman who revolutionised the treatment of sickle cell disease. Show more
Crossing Continents
Libya's Unfinished Revolution
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Libya’s endured a decade of bloodshed and division since the fall of Col Gaddafi – and freedom of speech has disappeared. What do Libyans think now about their Revolution? Show more
From the nomads of the vast steppe, to the glamour and adulation of the stage. Kate Molleson unravels the story of Mongolia's remarkable rise to being an opera superpower. Show more
Mary’s adventure continues as she goes on a date with Pat, an actor appearing in a play at the theatre. Show more
You and Yours
UK holidays 2022, Adapting rented homes, Independent Shops
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Are independent shops bouncing back?
Adapting rented homes for people with disabilities.
Why people are planning to stay in the UK instead of taking a holiday abroad. 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
Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)
Australian Bark Shield
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Neil MacGregor is looking at Europe's engagement with the rest of the world during the 18th century. Today, a bark shield brought from Australia by Captain Cook. Show more
Alice drops a bombshell, and Ian has a drastic solution. Show more
Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room. Carrie never knows what emergency she's going to face. Show more
Ramblings
The Turquoise Sea and White Sands of Ardnamurchan
24 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Clare explores a remote and beautiful stretch of coastline between Portuairk and Sanna Bay on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
The British Paralympic Association
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the British Paralympic Association. Show more
Elizabeth Day talks to Colson Whitehead in a special feature length interview about his much anticipated new novel Harlem Shuffle. Show more
The Film Programme
Emma Thomas: How Batman Began
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Emma Thomas: How Batman Began. Producer Emma Thomas reveals the conversation she had with partner Christopher Nolan that led to the making of Batman Begins. With Antonia Quirke. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Perseverance rover drills on Mars and stores the samples; space tourism as Inspiration 4 goes into orbit; Australian fire debris and Pacific algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
16/09/2021 France criticises AUKUS pact as 'stab in the back'
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The US and UK are to give Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.
Dr Phil's Bedside Manner
Worcestershire Royal Hospital
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for years
Dr Phil Hammond hears stories of staff and patients at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital. Does humour help us cope? From 2021. Show more
Emma has something to get off her chest and Kenton declares war. Show more
Front Row
Peaceophobia, Help Review, Georgina Harding, Kurt Elling
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Co-director of Peaceophobia, Eve Manning. Sam Delaney reviews Help. Georgina Harding on her BBC National Short Story award nominated story, Night Train. Kurt Elling. Show more
Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents. Show more
The Briefing Room
Vaccine Passports and Booster Jabs
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
England, Wales and Northern Ireland won’t have vaccine passports just yet. Next month Scotland will. But Covid booster jabs are coming across the UK. Do we need them? Show more
Silicon Valley loves science fiction about bold men and gleaming rockets: what's the alternative? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Perseverance rover drills on Mars and stores the samples; space tourism as Inspiration 4 goes into orbit; Australian fire debris and Pacific algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the extraordinary variety of the animals that dominated life on land before the dinosaurs and why crocodiles should never be called 'living fossils'. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Nuclear security pact signed between US UK and Australia
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Mary’s adventure continues as she goes on a date with Pat, an actor appearing in a play at the theatre. Show more
Frank Hovis reveals how he met his wife and Calum Gilhooley makes a meal out of buying a coffee. With Moray Hunter. From 2017. Show more
Susan Hulme and the team report as Boris Johnson unveils a new security pact with the US and Australia.
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Professor Francesca Stavrakopolou reads her surprising and often controversial examination of God, in all his bodily, uncensored, scandalous forms. Show more
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BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.
