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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett. Show more
Farming Today
Young people in rural areas: outpriced and overlooked; bee foraging research, funeral barrow
13 minutes
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Young people in rural areas feel outpriced and overlooked - and it's having an impact on their mental health. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the red-headed woodpecker found in North America. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and fall of the largest republic in Europe, which for centuries elected its kings to rule alongside parliament and avoided religious wars. Show more
Woman's Hour
Singer, Sophie Ellis-Bextor; Breast reconstruction delays; Urban hermits; Predatory marriage;
58 minutes
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor - seven albums, five children, a podcast, 'Live Kitchen Discos' and now a memoir... Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Drug dealing, murder and gentrification: the persisting contrasts of Marseille
28 minutes
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The southern French city of Marseille has been renovated, gentrified and its port filled with museums and galleries. Yet drug dealing and gangster-related violence persist. 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
The new novel from the Pulitzer-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, set in 60s Harlem. Today: Ray is up for membership of the prestigious Dumas Club... Show more
You and Yours
Shell Energy Boss, Marillion Insurance, BT Fibre Broadband
39 minutes
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When you're owed money by your energy supplier, and they go bust. The band Marillion and it's new way of getting insurance. More complaints about getting cut off by BT. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
A Home of Our Own
St Thomas' Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
14 minutes
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Lynsey Hanley tells the cautionary tale of Howard and Margaret, who are leaseholders of a handsome Georgian style property in central Newcastle. Show more
Russ finds himself in an uncomfortable position and Lilian has a brainwave Show more
Tumbleweed, cicadas and gambling with custard creams. A lone drifter wanders onto the forecourt, followed by a gang of leather clad miscreants. The stakes are very high indeed. Show more
In this five-part series specially written for Radio 4, Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie. Show more
Open Country
How to build and paint a bird nest
24 minutes
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Susan Ogilvy strides out across Somerset with Deon Warner looking for abandoned birds nests to paint Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM)
3 minutes
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Lord Alf Dubs makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM). Show more
Open Book
Jonathan Franzen, Amitav Ghosh, Nina Mingya Powles
28 minutes
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Jonathan Franzen talks to Elizabeth Day about his novel Crossroads, set in the 1970s, it's the first part of a trilogy about the Hildebrandt family. Show more
Please explain the weirdness of water? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate what makes water such an unusual liquid. From 2021. Show more
Marnie Chesterton hears of a simple test for the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, UK scientists are using robots to map radiation at Chernobyl; Merlin Sheldrake on fungi. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
14/10/2021 Doctors leaders in England have reacted angrily to plans to encourage them to hold more face to face appointments
30 minutes
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Doctors leaders in England have reacted angrily to plans to encourage them to hold more face to face appointments
Jeff needs cheering up. Andy finds him a project. Cue unleashing of the forces of darkness. Stars Philip Jackson. From 2020. Show more
An opportunity presents itself at Berrow Farm and Chelsea makes an impression Show more
Front Row
The RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture, Succession, John Le Carré’s final novel, The London Film Festival
43 minutes
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The RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture, Succession drama, John Le Carré’s final novel, The London Film Festival Show more
The Briefing Room
Social Care - What's Changing?
29 minutes
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It's been a thorny issue for decades. So what do the government's new proposals mean for social care and will they fix the problem? Show more
White-collar staff have spent 18 months working from home - so is our workforce ready to go back to the office? Or is hybrid working the solution? Show more
Marnie Chesterton hears of a simple test for the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, UK scientists are using robots to map radiation at Chernobyl; Merlin Sheldrake on fungi. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and fall of the largest republic in Europe, which for centuries elected its kings to rule alongside parliament and avoided religious wars. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Beirut: demonstration, then deaths
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
The new novel from the Pulitzer-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, set in 60s Harlem. Today: Ray is up for membership of the prestigious Dumas Club... Show more
Why can we no longer just laugh? Kate Copstick and special guests form a comic offensive on the rise and rise of taboos in comedy. NB: Not for the easily offended. Show more
When South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, falls ill from a suspected poisoning, he flies to Moscow for treatment. Is he using the Russians, or are they using him? Show more
Susan Hulme reports on what the Government is doing to help the pig farm industry and there's criticism of the cap on social care costs.
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Eileen Atkins gets her first parts at the RSC in Stratford on Avon. When one of the plays transfers to London, she has an extraordinary encounter with Hollywood star, Gene Kelly. Show more
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