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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett. Show more

Today the science of farming - from the beginnings to the latest challenges. Show more

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Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South American pampas. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Clare Jackson, Benedicte Paviot and Fintan O’Toole explore how turbulence and rebellion have shaped Britain and Ireland with Andrew Marr. Show more

How do you feel about equality in 2021? Your chance to have your say. Lines open at 8.00am. On social media it’s @BBCwomanshour or you can email via our website. Show more

As lockdown descends on the city of Bristol, shops shut, traffic stops; the streets fall silent. But one man is on a mission to bring music - and joy - back into our lives. Show more

Clive Anderson and Arthur Smith are joined by Miriam Margolyes, Stevie Van Zandt and Dino Fetscher an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Billy Bragg. Show more

Set in 1960s Harlem, the award-winning author of The Underground Railroad spins a sizzling tale of heists, hoods and shakedowns. Today: plans for an audacious robbery are afoot. Show more

People are ordering turkeys for Christmas far earlier than usual. But will anyone who wants one really struggle to get a turkey this year? Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

Lynsey Hanley looks at overcrowding in UK homes, telling the story of 30-year-old Dorine, who lives in a two-bed flat in Crawley with her husband, three children and two sisters. Show more

Jazzer lends a helping hand and Alan has a plan. Show more

Concluding part of the reworking of Zola's classic novel Germinal. Starring Glenda Jackson and Richard Fleeshman Show more

The first four semi-finalists of the 2021 season join Russell Davies in London, to compete for a place in the Final. Show more

From pasties made by ex-offenders, a local nose-to-tail butchery and a community cooperative farm – Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett visit 2021’s Best Food Producer finalists. Show more

Engineer and author Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us and what we might ask from the architects and designers who make our cities. Show more

We all cheat, some of us in family games of monopoly others on their taxes. Aleks asks if the digital era has made that easier, with less consequence and therefore more tempting? Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

The Government has brokered a deal to ensure supplies of carbon dioxide to food producers, in the run up to Christmas.

Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute. Show more

Brian faces a hurdle at work and Alistair attempts to make a difference. Show more

Joan Collins discusses her memoir My Unapologetic Diaries, Tales of the City author and activist Armistead Maupin on leaving California for Clapham, and
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Writer and curator Ekow Eshun discovers how whiteness as a knowledge system and power structure is still being replicated today. Show more

As voice cloning technology gets more sophisticated, how might it affect society and politics? 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

Clare Jackson, Benedicte Paviot and Fintan O’Toole explore how turbulence and rebellion have shaped Britain and Ireland with Andrew Marr. Show more

Flooding in China hits dozens of coal mines

Set in 1960s Harlem, the award-winning author of The Underground Railroad spins a sizzling tale of heists, hoods and shakedowns. Today: plans for an audacious robbery are afoot. Show more

Once upon a time, the general public pinned all their issues on the entertainment industry. Society stalked celebs, and music moved millions. Where did this obsession start? Show more

South Africa’s ex-President believes he’s being poisoned. But by whom? And why? When police arrive to arrest him, his supporters warn the country is on the brink of an explosion. Show more

Sean Curran reports on what peers make of the new national insurance levy for health and social care.

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According to a stranger who came to her family’s house in Tottenham, Dame Eileen Atkins was destined for stardom. With WW2 as a backdrop, she became Madam Yandie’s star pupil. Show more

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