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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill
Farming Today
20/04/22 - Free range egg producers, glasshouses and the National Food Strategy
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
The free range egg industry says unless we see an increase in prices, producers will collapse due to rising costs. Show more
Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the yellowhammer. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Life-changing events come in all shapes and sizes, for Sinéad Browne her turning point is simply a meal. Show more
Is there more than meets the eye when it comes to the similarities between the compound eyeballs of a fly and your own peepers? With Dr Kat Arney. Show more
Woman's Hour
Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D’Arcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Jo Moseley tells Jessica Creighton about the joys of stand up paddleboarding. In 2019 she became the first woman to paddleboard 162 miles coast to coast from Liverpool to Goole. Show more
Jacqueline Shepherd lost her mum at the age of ten. She explores what happens to little girls who lose their mums early, and how it affects the women they become. Show more
Professional dancer Oti Mabuse explores the extraordinary people who have changed the course of dance. Bonnie Langford talks to Oti about her dancing legend - Gwen Verdon. Show more
You and Yours
Student Loans; Social Housing; Flapjacks
53 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
We hear from Kwajo Tweneboa about his campaign for better conditions in social housing. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The Museums That Make Us
The National Museums of Wales, Cardiff
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Today Neil's in Wales where language and song are celebrated in the museum's choice of examples from its Oral archive, ranging from choirs to stories from the Windrush generation. Show more
It’s an emotional day for Oliver and Tracy fears for the future. Show more
By Katie Hims. Katherine Mansfield's last day in Paris, where she is dying of consumption, aged 34, is re-imagined with inspiration from her stories, letters and journals. Show more
Charmaine Cozier takes a look at the costs of bereavement with an expert panel. Show more
Acclaimed Danish feature-maker Rikke Houd captures a day, and a centuries old tradition, on Aedey Island. Show more
Footwear: Laurie Taylor explores the magic and the material reality. Show more
The journalist discusses his new TV show, 'cancel culture' and the limits of free speech. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
20/04/2022 Ukrainian Forces in Mariupol Close to Defeat
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
A Ukrainian commander in Mariupol said forces there were facing their final days. And all Russian and Belorussian tennis players have been banned from this year's Wimbledon.
Stephen Mangan asks his guest Dr Phil Hammond to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more
Alice tries to get to the bottom of recent events and Freddie hatches a plan. Show more
Front Row
Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Marino performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Actor and writer Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Mariño performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture. Show more
Catherine Carr brings together two people whose homes have been flooded multiple times. One left. One stayed. They share their stories and give each other a gift. Show more
One to One
Escapes: Anna Freeman talks to Miranda Allen
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Anna Freeman asks escape artist Miranda Allen why we are fascinated by escapes. Show more
Costing the Earth
The World's Toughest Conservationists
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
It's not easy fighting for nature in the former Soviet states. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from Tajikistan, on the trail of the snow leopard and the people who protect them. Show more
The journalist discusses his new TV show, 'cancel culture' and the limits of free speech. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
French election TV debate
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Emma finds the happiness she has been searching for. The lives of two sisters under wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. Show more
Jenny Eclair's comic monologue stars Victoria Hamilton as an obsessively competitive mother whose highlight of the year is the school quiz. Show more
Jon Holmes remixes the news. This week - a bit like Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter, Boris's letterbox is besieged by owls bearing police FPNs, and we ask 'What Is A Woman?'. Show more
Susan Hulme reports on a fractious Prime Minister's Question Time dominated by partygate.
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Professor Sridhar recalls concerns about children in the early days of the pandemic, as evidence begins to emerge about possible effects of Covid-19. Read by Devi Sridhar. Show more
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