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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
Can you feed a local community with no farm, no tractor, and only renting land for livestock? Anna Hill meets the Suffolk couple trying to do just that. Show more
David Attenborough presents the great tit. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Kirsty Wark and guests recall the 1990s decade-long libel case between restaurant chain McDonald’s and two Greenpeace campaigners. Show more
Woman's Hour
Diane Morgan, Clinic Investigation, Divorce
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Show more
From seismic strike action to era-defining political change: Kavita Puri hears the stories of British South Asian life in the noughties. 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
What’s fake, what’s real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine. BBC disinformation reporter Marianna Spring speaks to people caught up in the battle for the truth. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
In Leeds, Neil discovers how the museum is engaging with its youngest visitors by taking objects and exhibits out to schools, rather than relying on the 'school visit'. Show more
Ruairi makes a shocking confession and there are celebrations at Brookfield. Show more
As news of the arrest breaks, Lucy makes progress with the code and a new lead outside of Belfast is discovered. Show more
Neil MacGregor focuses on perpetual fire in the Temple of Vesta in Rome, the Parsi fire temple in Gujarat, India, and the Flame of the Nation under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Show more
The Rev Sharon Grenham-Thompson is a priest who is intimately acquainted with grief after tragically losing her son. She reflects on what Good Friday means to those grieving today. Show more
A series of personal reflections on the theme of hospitality, inspired by an aspect of Jesus' ministry and Passion. Show more
Ghost Writer by Tom Vowler. A writer goes to Lucca to complete the unfinished novel of a dead author. He considers two failed marriages: one in the novel, the other his own. Show more
Last Word
Jordan Mooney (pictured), Jack Higgins, Robert Ashe, David McKee
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
John Wilson on punk icon Jordan Mooney, thriller writer Jack Higgins, aid worker Robert Ashe and author and illustrator David McKee. Show more
Roger Bolton asks Ukrainecast’s producer Jonathan Aspinwall what his podcast offers listeners in addition to BBC news programmes. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
15/04/2022 Russia hits weapons factory in Kyiv
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Plant makes the type of missiles which Ukraine claims sank Russian flagship Moskva. UK government insists its plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda will save tax-payers money.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Show more
Letter from Ukraine
I always thought I was born after the war, not before
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov contemplates the next stage of the war and the place of this war alongside previous conflicts. Show more
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore Christianity on screen, from faith films to nunsploitation. Show more
Any Questions?
Daisy Cooper MP, Gillian Keegan MP, Inaya Folarin Iman, David Lammy MP
47 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Lambeth Town Hall with Daisy Cooper MP, Gillian Keegan MP, Inaya Folarin Iman and David Lammy MP. Show more
Zoe Strimpel asks the seemingly simple question 'what is a woman', but finds no simple answer as she explores the question through a brief history of feminist thought. Show more
Responses to demographic change in cities from Bristol to Leicester is the subject of the third week of Neil MacGregor's series celebrating the role of Museums all over Britain. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Ukraine sinks Russian warship, the Moskva
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
The final episode of 2021's Booker Prize-winning novel charting the crash and burn of the white South African Swart family through four funerals. Will Salome finally get her house? Show more
Great Lives
Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Picture Post was the biggest magazine in Britain. In 1950, editor Tom Hopkinson fell out with the proprietor, Edward Hulton, over the content of a story about the Korean War. Show more
More capers and chaos from Suggs, as he crafts another love letter and takes us on a trip around London's Docklands. Show more
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In 1890 the inventor Louis Le Prince is confident that his new motion picture camera is close to completion, but financial matters send him to France and the end of his dreams. Show more
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