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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
Farming Today
09/12/21 - Fishing accidents, Scottish farm payments, flytipping
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
It’s been the worst year in a decade for deaths in the fishing industry, could Covid be to blame? Show more
Tweet of the Day
John McPherson on the Hooded Crow
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Wildlife photographer John McPherson recalls, for Tweet of the Day, watching hooded crows working intelligently to obtain food caught by an otter on the Isle of Mull. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the upheaval in China in 1919 after humiliation in the Versailles Treaty and the sharing of ideas that led to the foundation of the Communist Party. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jazz pianist Zoe Rahman, Allegra Stratton's resignation, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Germany's abortion law
54 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Award-winning jazz pianist Zoe Rahman joins Emma. Show more
Crossing Continents
Poland’s Fractured Borderlands
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided about how to deal with an unfolding humanitarian disaster. Show more
The Exploding Library
Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Comedian Daliso Chaponda unravels the myriad personas of Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night. If we're always playing a version of ourselves, how do we know who we truly are? Show more
Trevor is asked to speak on behalf of the black dockworkers who are facing a colour bar operated by their own union. A visit to his uncle provides surprising inspiration. Show more
We talk to retail guru Mary Portas about the state of UK high streets, 10 years after she spearheaded a government project to regenerate some of them Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The technology gives us the tools to police online. But when they’re this consequential, are the people in charge over their heads? Show more
Eddie gets his own back and Natasha has the wrong end of the stick. Show more
Secrets and lies are revealed as Sarah and Paul’s lives grow ever closer. Show more
Open Country
Wizards and steam trains on the West Highland Line
24 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A journey along the West Highland Line with musician Ingrid Henderson, through mountains, glens and lochs rich with stories of both Bonnie Prince Charlie and Harry Potter. Show more
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal
The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields 2021
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The Rev Dr Sam Wells, Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal on behalf of the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with homeless people. Show more
Bookclub
Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to bestselling writer Rachel Joyce about her novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Show more
Why medical students are advised that if you hear hoofbeats behind you, don't expect a zebra. In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores Bayesian reasoning. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
T-Cells in vaccinated people may be holding the fort, or at least fighting serious illness, against the latest SARS CoV2 variant. Also, how the briefest of sleeps aids creativity. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
09/12/2021 Labour has accused Boris Johnson of lying to his own standards adviser and taking the British public for fools.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Labour has accused Boris Johnson of lying to his own standards adviser and taking the British public for fools.
Unexpectedly reunited, the family of four go down memory lane - good and bad. Starring Alison Steadman. From 2020. Show more
Tom is thrown into a panic and Natasha can’t get a word in edgeways. Show more
Front Row
Cat Power performs live. Amanda Gorman poetry, Sex And The City follow up and Drive My Car reviewed
43 minutes
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Cat Power on new album Covers. Hadley Freeman, Jade Cuttle and Tim Robey review Amanda Gorman poetry, film C'mon C'mon and the sequel to Sex and the City, And Just Like That... Show more
The Briefing Room
Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Four months after their takeover, the Taliban are facing all kinds of problems, internally and externally. Both the Taliban and the west face a dilemma about what to do next. Show more
Julia Galef tells Helen Lewis how ‘motivated cognition’ blocks clear thinking, why that matters for our politics and personal lives alike - and what can be done to escape it. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
T-Cells in vaccinated people may be holding the fort, or at least fighting serious illness, against the latest SARS CoV2 variant. Also, how the briefest of sleeps aids creativity. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the upheaval in China in 1919 after humiliation in the Versailles Treaty and the sharing of ideas that led to the foundation of the Communist Party. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Conservatives fined by Electoral Commission over No 10 flat refurb
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Kathy is in danger. Novelisation of the classic academy award-winning horror read by Owen Teale. Show more
Susan Hulme reports on the latest developments in the Downing Street party saga.
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
An imaginative exploration of how to embrace life’s dark seasons and emerge into the light. Help comes from Northern Lights in the Arctic, wild swimming in Whitstable. Show more
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