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Farming Today
01/11/21 Support for pig farmers, Social media campaign to buy British, COP26
11 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
AHDB helping farmers who need to cull pigs because of lack of butchers. Two pig farmers launch a campaign to back British produce. Farming at COP26. Show more
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Writer Paul Evans reflects on the dark habits of the merlin after seeing its name on a grimy, suspicious-looking van in a car park. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Ai Weiwei, Lea Ypi and Kirill Gerstein discuss creative, political and personal freedom with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Woman's Hour
Lily Cole, Hasina Safi, Youmna Mouhamad
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Lily Cole on climate change and Hasina Safi who used to be Women's Minister in Afghanistan Show more
Bally, a fisherman on the West Coast of Scotland, navigates a year of Brexit, Covid, an environmental crisis and a broken down boat. Show more
Loose Ends
Mike D’Abo, Eleanor Tomlinson, Laura Harling, Bishi, Julia Biel, Scottee, Clive Anderson
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Mike D’Abo, Jayde Adams, Eleanor Tomlinson and Laura Harling for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Bishi. Show more
By Keith Stuart. Laura makes a significant breakthrough in her search for more about Elsa. Show more
You and Yours
Smart Motorways, Healthy Vouchers, Vet Shortages
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Protesters in London will carry coffins from the Houses of Parliament to the Department for Transport. The coffins represent people who've been killed on the new smart motorways. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails from the University of East Anglia - material that fuelled climate change sceptics? Gordon Corera investigates this cyber cold case Show more
Kenton braces himself for disappointment and Lilian puts her plan into action. Show more
Frances Byrnes' docu-drama weaves the voices of Sheffield's tree campaigners into a dark contemporary fairytale. Narrated by Robert Glenister. Show more
Russell Davies is in the chair for the general knowledge contest, with the last four of this year's semi-finalists challenging for a place in the Final Show more
The Food Programme
Veg Invention: The stories of new kinds of fruit and vegetables
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Where do new varieties of fruit and veg come from? Who invents them? Why do we need them? Show more
Laura Barton's Notes on Music
Laura Barton's Words
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A triptych of audio essays on the enduring qualities, appeal and intent of pop music. Today, pop music's relationship with language. Show more
Aleks Krotoski asks whether we can exert more awareness and control over what grabs our attention and explores the pros and cons of focus and unfocus. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
01/11/2021 - The UN conference aimed at preventing the most damaging effects of climate change has formally opened in Glasgow
30 minutes
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The UN conference aimed at preventing the most damaging effects of climate change has formally opened in Glasgow
John Lloyd and Holly Walsh welcome impressionist Jon Culshaw, comedian Rosie Jones and writer Elisabeth Robinson. From 2021. Show more
Harrison faces a dilemma and Toby is running out of options. Show more
Front Row
Armando Iannucci, Booker shortlisted author Maggie Shipstead, Paul McCartney on Penny Lane
42 minutes
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Armando Iannucci talks about his new mock-heroic epic poem Pandemonium, Paul McCartney remembers writing Penny Lane and the final Booker Prize book group with Maggie Shipstead. Show more
A Summer of Fire and Flood
The Ahr Valley Flood
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
One terrifying night in July, the waters of the River Ahr rose with little warning, engulfing all in its path. Show more
With labour shortages for HGV drivers, care home and restaurant staff, is power shifting from employers to workers? What will that mean for the economy, asks Philip Coggan. Show more
The late Colin Powell, once tipped as the first Afro-American president, poured his energy into education and specifically a Harlem college he co-founded - the poor man's Harvard. Show more
Ai Weiwei, Lea Ypi and Kirill Gerstein discuss creative, political and personal freedom with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Crucial COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
By Keith Stuart. Laura makes a significant breakthrough in her search for more about Elsa. Show more
R&B music has changed from the soundtrack of love, to a journal of pain. Through this music, George looks at the breakdown of the African American family since the 1970s. Show more
All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme. Show more
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows by Ai Weiwei
1. Growing up in Little Siberia.
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Superstar artist, and human rights activist, Ai Weiwei, begins his memoir by recounting his early years with his exiled father in a remote region of China. Benedict Wong reads. Show more
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