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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger. Show more
Farming Today
27/01/2022 Report calls for more government support for farmers with carbon capture; food labelling; Clydesdale horses
13 minutes
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A report says the Government’s plans for using tree planting and soil to capture carbon are at risk of failure. Show more
Helen Moncrieff, Shetland Manager for RSPB Scotland, explains why she has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the novels and life of one of the most remarkable writers of the last century, whose Claudine series was first published under her husband's name. Show more
Woman's Hour
Opera arias reinvented, Holocaust survivor Rachel Levy
56 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The all female string quartet who are reimagining the songs of tragic operatic heroines. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Russia's Troops: Not Really a Threat to Ukraine?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Russian views on Ukraine, Afghanistan's returning refugees, plus Turkey's maritime ambitions, the pronunciation of Swedish names, and a lesson from Kenyan farmers on how to live. Show more
The late painter Lucian Freud once referred to himself as the passenger who knows where he wants to go and his printmaker as the driver who knows how to get him to his destination. Show more
Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923. Today: Peter Walsh remembers the dreadful parting with Clarissa at Bourton. Show more
You and Yours
Home expert Sarah Beeny on the return of lino; MCE insurance
39 minutes
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Home expert Sarah Beeny on why lino flooring is making a comeback.
Sam Fenwick reports on thousands of hospitality businesses at breaking point because of pandemic debts. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
1922: The Birth of Now
Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night
14 minutes
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Drums in the Night, first produced in 1922, introduced a new idea to theatre - alienation - that you should not identify with the characters onstage. It's important in drama now. Show more
Alistair comes to the rescue, and Kenton has a game plan. Show more
Inspired by a true story of how a Bradford Bangladeshi women's group became loyal Bradford City football supporters, but then Covid happens. Show more
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Hoda Ali makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Orchid Project Show more
Open Book
Free Love, Richard Beard on Time, Bookshops as Social Spaces
28 minutes
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Elizabeth Day talks to Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love and pioneering booksellers from Cairo and London. Show more
The media fills our minds with vivid images of rare events from plane crashes to terrorist attacks., so how can stop the news from distorting our understanding of the world. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance
36 minutes
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Promising results suggest two blood markers could rate the risk of developing Long Covid, plus reports of how Antibiotic Microbial Resistance is already a serious global killer. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
27/01/2022 Boris Johnson has denied authorising the evacuation of animals from Kabul last year
30 minutes
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Boris Johnson has denied authorising the evacuation of animals from Kabul last year, at the expense of Afghans who worked for British forces.
The team make an audio tour hoping to bring visitors flocking, but can't agree on who’ll star in it. Stars Tom Bell. From 2018. Show more
Will calm be restored at Brookfield? And there’s a proud moment for Jill. Show more
Front Row
Romola Garai, Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers & Francis Bacon: Man and Beast reviewed
42 minutes
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The actress Romola Garai on choosing horror for her directorial debut in the film Amulet. Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers and Francis Bacon: Man and Beast reviewed. Show more
The Briefing Room
How do we learn to live with Covid?
29 minutes
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Plan B Covid restrictions in England have ended and the government says we must learn to live with Covid. But what does that actually mean and how sustainable is that position? Show more
The year 1978 was to be a landmark year both for Jeremy Thorpe, former leader of the Liberal Party, and the struggle for gay rights in the UK. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance
36 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Promising results suggest two blood markers could rate the risk of developing Long Covid, plus reports of how Antibiotic Microbial Resistance is already a serious global killer. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the novels and life of one of the most remarkable writers of the last century, whose Claudine series was first published under her husband's name. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Ukraine and US presidents discuss Russian threat
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923. Today: Peter Walsh remembers the dreadful parting with Clarissa at Bourton. Show more
Sketches exhumed from the Nether Regions of Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall’s mental sarcophagus. Scream in terror. Then listen to the show. Then scream in terror again Show more
News from Westminster with Sean Curran.
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Nylon clothes have been, at times, both liberating and exploitative for women around the world. Why? Show more
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