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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sadia Azmat, Stand-up comedian and writer Show more
Farming Today
08/04/22 - Farming in Ukraine, global food supply, milk prices and leaving farming
13 minutes
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Charlotte Smith speaks to a farmer in Ukraine about how the season is progressing as the war continues. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Kirsty Wark reunites survivors and key figures involved in the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Nearly 230,000 people died, making it one of the deadliest disasters in modern history. Show more
Woman's Hour
Saffron Hocking, French presidential elections, Midwives, Afghan girls and SMS education, Author Jendella Benson
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Actor Saffron Hocking joins us to discuss her storyline centred on domestic violence in the new season of the acclaimed Top Boy series. Show more
Kavita Puri hears stories from British South Asians about life in the early noughties: how technology brought the Indian subcontinent closer and how a new play led to a backlash. Show more
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick. Show more
Do governments value the arts? Conductor Ben Gernon asks why artists and politicians make for strange bedfellows and explores the fireworks when these two worlds meet. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
We use our hands to soothe and comfort, reassure and relax – but also to distract and deceive. A massage therapist and a pickpocket reflect on their hands and the sense of touch Show more
There’s a new face at Grey Gables and Alice smells a rat. Show more
A killer has returned. A young man is missing. But do the police have the right suspect? Show more
Neil MacGregor begins his series on the role and expression of shared beliefs in communities around the world with the Lion Man, an ivory sculpture which is about 40,000 years old. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT from the Archive: 75th Celebration
42 minutes
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Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more
When dragged along by her friend Grace to try speed-dating, Caitlin struggles to keep herself open to finding love. Show more
Last Word
Derek Mack (pictured), June Brown, Doris Derby, Dave Sales
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on rocket engineer Derek Mack, actor June Brown, civil rights campaigner Doris Derby and fisherman Dave Sales. Show more
A member of the BBC’s Executive board Rhodri Talfan Davies explains what the Corporation’s Annual Plan will mean for listeners, and Simon Mayo talks about leaving the BBC. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
There has been international condemnation after dozens of people died in an apparent Russian missile attack on a railway station, packed with families trying to flee the fighting.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Show more
Letter from Ukraine
About the war and 'dead' books
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. This week he considers meter-readings and the reading of Ukrainian literature. Show more
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode jump on board to explore the role of trains on our screens. Show more
Any Questions?
Minette Batters, David TC Davies MP, Liz Saville Roberts MP, Jo Stevens MP
47 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from St Mary's Church in Ross-on-Wye with a panel which includes President of the National Farmers' Union Minette Batters. Show more
A Point of View
A View From Russia: All I Have To Say
9 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The everyday repression of life in Russia, as experienced by an anonymous dissident playwright. The essay is translated and read by Sasha Dugdale. Show more
In the second week of Neil MacGregor's new series, he visits museums striving to bring modern relevance to their powerful histories rooted in the 18th and 19th century. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
At least 50 dead at Kramatorsk railway station
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
2021's Booker Prize-winner charting the crash and burn of a white South African family through four funerals. Today: after Pa's death, the thorny issue of the promise returns... Show more
Actor Brian Cox chooses the director of film and stage, Lindsay Anderson. Show more
The story of how France is trying to heal the wounds left by the Algerian War of Independence. Show more
It is 40 years since the end of the Falklands War. Hear two very different perspectives on the conflict from an Argentine veteran and a British veteran. Show more
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Harry Parker reads his new book. Today, he meets Andrew, who tells the story of his amputation and rehabilitation through pole dancing and how he became a champion in pole sports. Show more
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