The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
Spiritual reflection to start the day with Linden Bicket, teacher of literature and religion at Edinburgh University's School of Divinity.
Farming Today
25/03/22 - NI badger cull, shellfish deaths and lamb imports
13 minutes
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There is to be a badger cull in Northern Ireland as part of measures to control TB in cattle. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Peter Cranswick on the Common Scoter
1 minute
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Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the common scoter. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Alan Cumming, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Separate duvets, Asma Khan, South Asian women in Regency England
58 minutes
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What impact can sleeping arrangements have on your relationship? Show more
In the third part of this series BBC Reporter, Sue Mitchell and aid worker, Rob Lawrie, are on the trail of the UK based smugglers and investigating the illegal profits they make. Show more
Bob gets a job as a bingo caller, and Gruff and Alice want to get Carys baptised. Stars Elis James. From 2017. Show more
While out with her clearly black friend Felise, Irene bumps into Clare’s husband, John Bellew. His reaction is shock and realisation. On a snowy night, Felise holds a party. Show more
You and Yours
Travel vaccination rules, British fish tastes, Property market
39 minutes
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Travel vaccination rules for going abroad. Making unpopular fish more appealing to British taste buds. If you'd like to move house, is now a good time or should you wait to buy? Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton.
Past Forward: A Century of Sound
Louie Hooper sings Lord Rendall
14 minutes
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Greg Jenner hears a 1942 recording of Lord Rendall by Somerset folk singer Louie Hooper, and with his guests, he explores the idea of musical ownership today. Show more
There’s devastation at the vicarage and Lily makes a surprising confession Show more
Renowned crime writer Val McDermid’s queer tale of avoiding love on the rebound and the power of family memory, with songs from Barbara Dickson as you’ve never heard her before. Show more
Helen Lewis introduces some iconic figures from history and looks at the influence of their less well-known life partners. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Gardeners' Question Time: Exbury Gardens
42 minutes
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Kathy Clugston and the team are in Exbury, Hampshire. Show more
Dorothy de la Rue has become a Grande Dame of Romantic Fiction. But does this sharp-tongued southern empress have a soft heart and a secret to share? Show more
Last Word
Bruce Page, Dottie Frazier, Josephine Veasey (pictured), Maynard Davies
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on journalist Bruce Page, diver Dottie Frazier, singer Josephine Veasey and bacon curer Maynard Davies. Show more
The BBC World Service’s Disinformation Editor Rebecca Skippage discusses sifting through the lies and conspiracy theories that are flooding the airwaves and social media. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
Moscow says it's changing its strategy in Ukraine, to focus on two Russian-backed separatist areas
30 minutes
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Moscow says the focus of its campaign in Ukraine will now be on the Donbas region, including Russian-backed separatist areas
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of the adjustments and displacements of war. Show more
Cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson and pianist Joe Stilgoe join Cerys and Jeffrey to add the final five tracks to the playlist in this series. Show more
Any Questions?
Stella Creasy MP, Alexander Downer, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Baroness Neville-Jones
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate from Wyvern School in Ashford with a panel including Stella Creasy MP, Alexander Downer, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Baroness Neville-Jones. Show more
Adam Gopnik seeks enlightenment for our time in Tolstoy's War and Peace, finding parallels in Tolstoy's thinking for today's war in Ukraine. Show more
Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Moscow to refocus aim on the Donbas
45 minutes
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Military analysts say it may imply Russian war strategy hasn't worked
While out with her clearly black friend Felise, Irene bumps into Clare’s husband, John Bellew. His reaction is shock and realisation. On a snowy night, Felise holds a party. Show more
The discussion takes us from 60s America with Tom Wolfe to 80s Ireland with Clare Keegan via Regency England with Georgette Heyer. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped The Past by Richard Cohen
Bad History - truth versus patriotism
14 minutes
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Cover-ups through history, oral history, history on television, and what should a historian ideally be? Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.
