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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith. Show more
Farming Today
19/10/21 Calls for unused poultry visas to be reallocated to red meat, labour shortage for apple harvest
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
A third of temporary visas for turkey workers is still unallocated, we hear calls for them to be reallocated to the red meat sector. Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Ortolan Bunting. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Tim Spector and personalised diets for long term health
33 minutes
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Professor Tim Spector of Kings College London talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the need for personalised diverse diets and how by looking after your gut, it will look after you. Show more
One to One
Faces of Fame: Janet Ellis and Sophie Ellis Bextor
14 minutes
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How did having a famous mum prepare Sophie for fame, and how does she talk to her own children about celebrity? Show more
Woman's Hour
Dame Eileen Atkins; Equal pay; Harassment in Parliament; Composer Charlotte Bray
56 minutes
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Dame Eileen Atkins - the journey from being Tottenham's answer to Shirley Temple to hugely respected actor for stage, screen and TV. Show more
In this essential guide to COP26, Douglas Alexander asks what hope there is of success and considers what the transition to net zero could mean for Glaswegians, and all of us. Show more
The End of the World Has Already Happened
3: Cue The Sinister Music
28 minutes
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Philosopher Timothy Morton finds places of hope as we come to terms with the climate crisis. Show more
Set in 1960s Harlem, a sizzling new novel from the author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. Today: with riots and protests, things are hotting up in Harlem... Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How has the pandemic changed your attitude to work?
39 minutes
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How has the pandemic changed your attitude to work? Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk and leave your phone number. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
Tom Heap asks if valuing and applying the knowledge of indigenous people groups more could help fight climate change. Show more
Ruth welcomes an outsider and Ian is lost for words. Show more
Final season of award winning Zola dramas: Money, starring Glenda Jackson. Concluding drama set in the depths of rural France where families fight over ownership of land. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Chhavi Sachdev celebrates the five winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize, smart people with simple but ambitious solutions to some of the planet's biggest problems. Show more
Katy Long concludes her history of 100 years of refugee politics, as she examines how refugee crises end. Show more
The choices encompass old Hollywood and the relationships between mothers, daughters and granddaughters. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
19/10/2021 Government unveils net zero emissions strategy
30 minutes
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The government has set out its strategy to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
A third series of Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda's funny, informative and thought provoking Rose D'Or nominated series in which he explores divisive global issues. Show more
There are first day nerves at Berrow and Shula has reservations. Show more
Front Row
BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award winners
43 minutes
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We announce the winners of BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award 2021. Show more
Philippe Sands explores the legacy of the Nuremberg Trials, 75 years after the judgement and asks what it's meant for international criminal law and the institutions that followed. Show more
We host a debate about social care services for blind and partially sighted people. Show more
The Inside Health insiders' guide to gene silencing therapies, could they change medicine? Show more
The Life Scientific
Tim Spector and personalised diets for long term health
33 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Professor Tim Spector of Kings College London talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the need for personalised diverse diets and how by looking after your gut, it will look after you. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Net Zero strategy is unveiled
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Set in 1960s Harlem, a sizzling new novel from the author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys. Today: with riots and protests, things are hotting up in Harlem... Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
207. Soup Making and Self-Pleasure, with Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani
50 minutes
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This week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane chat to Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani, hosts of Brown Girls Do It Too. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
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Booker-winning author Bernardine Evaristo remembers some of the houses and homes that would nurture her on her journey, and inspire a life-long love affair with London. Show more
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