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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Catherine De Souza, Senior Leader of City Church in Cardiff. Show more
Farming Today
15/12/21 - Seasonal workers, Shropshire by-election, vegan cheese alternative
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
UK farmers are planning to grow less fruit and veg, because of a lack of labour. Will more visas be made available for next year? Show more
Tweet of the Day
John MacPherson on the Herring Gull
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Wildlife photographer John MacPherson recalls a childhood memory of his mother and a herring gull for Tweet of the Day. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Fi Glover presents a DEC Afghanistan Crisis Appeal. Show more
Stuart Russell considers the future of work in a world where most of our jobs might be carried out by artificial intelligence. If so, what are we going to do? Show more
Woman's Hour
Quaranteens, New police strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, Jess Duckworth
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
What's the impact of missing out on traditional teen experiences because of Covid? Show more
Rutherford and Fry on Living with AI
AI in the Economy
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Science sleuths Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry unwrap some of the biggest ideas presented by AI expert Stuart Russell in this year's BBC Reith Lectures. Show more
From pesky rodents to Jane Austen. The irrepressible Maureen Lipman with her comic monologues from the Radio Theatre. From 2019. Show more
During Christmas week, Furlong makes an surprising discovery whilst out delivering coal. Read by Don Wycherley. Show more
You and Yours
Home Surveillance, Vintage Make Up, Access to Cash
39 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The growing trend for collecting vintage make up. How old is your oldest piece of make up? Let us know - youandyours@bbc.co.uk. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Biella Coleman discovers how oft demonised hackers created the security industry. Show more
Tom gets a load off his mind and Mia has a bright idea. Show more
By Rex Obano. Gloria is forced to confront her true feelings for her friend Mabel when she announces she is to be married. Show more
Felicity Hannah looks at the financial world of NFTs, non-fungible tokens. Along with experts and users, they discuss what they are, their value and how to trade them. Show more
All in the Mind
The power of expectation, Buildings and neurodiversity, Music therapy for Parkinson's
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The power of expectation and how our reality can be changed by our beliefs, new guidelines on buildings and neurodiversity and musical therapy for symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Show more
Matthew Syed steps into the reedbeds of a pioneering and controversial Dutch nature reserve to reveal our conceptions, and misconceptions of the wild. Show more
The Channel 4 News presenter on politicians, impartiality and a flight with Idi Amin. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
15/12/2021 The UK has reported a record daily total of new coronavirus cases
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
The UK has reported a record daily total of new coronavirus cases. The woman who murdered 16-month-old Star Hobson has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.
Fi Glover presents a DEC Afghanistan Crisis Appeal. Show more
Comedian Mark Steel heads off to Whitby with its Dracula origin story, chip shops and past predilection for hunting whales. Show more
Will begins to smell a rat while Harrison saves the day. Show more
Front Row
Postcard from Scarborough, Derek Jarman Protest!, Benjamin Cleary
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Derek Jarman Protest!, a major retrospective of the artist's work, opens at the Manchester Art Gallery this week and Benjamin Cleary talks about his new film Swan Song. Show more
Moral Maze
Do we get the politicians we deserve?
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Michael Buerk chairs a debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. With panellists: Mona Siddiqui, Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor and Anne McElvoy. Show more
Settled outside Dublin, Heaney ploughs a furrow that will lead to his longest, most audacious poem yet. Read by Adrian Dunbar. Written by R F Foster. Abridged by Anna Magnusson. Show more
Giving voice to the trials and triumphs of young farmers. Farmer's son Col Gordon considers some of the possible changes to come within farming. Show more
The Channel 4 News presenter on politicians, impartiality and a flight with Idi Amin. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Highest number of daily UK infections since pandemic began
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
During Christmas week, Furlong makes an surprising discovery whilst out delivering coal. Read by Don Wycherley. Show more
Ruby is joined by neuroscientist Ash Ranpura and Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten to talk honestly and swap experience, with insight and humour, about being happy and being human. Show more
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a disturbing, satirical, current affairs concept album. This week - The Man Who Wasn't There, The Succession of Boris, and The Matrix: Restrictions Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
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Settled outside Dublin, Heaney ploughs a furrow that will lead to his longest, most audacious poem yet. Read by Adrian Dunbar. Written by R F Foster. Abridged by Anna Magnusson. Show more
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