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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill
Farming Today
21/04/22 - Tree health, glasshouses, egg prices, fishing and conservation
13 minutes
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Home-grown trees could become even more important to the country’s tree-planting target, as the government introduces new rules on sourcing trees. Show more
Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the swallow. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, ideas and works of the Frenchwoman who wrote The Declaration of the Rights of Woman in 1791 during the French Revolution Show more
Woman's Hour
Bonnie Langford celebrates 50 years of performing, Frances Fricker, Divorce - a male perspective, Lipoedema treatment
56 minutes
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From Bonnie Butler in Gone With The Wind aged 7 to her current role as Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes, Bonnie Langford celebrates 50 years on stage. Show more
Crossing Continents
Myanmar: fighting the might of the junta
29 minutes
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Fighting to restore democracy in Myanmar. Show more
Jennifer Lucy Allan presents a lyrical eulogy to foghorns, those melancholy disappearing giants of our coastal landscape and soundscape. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders - A special investigation: Instagram Fraud
53 minutes
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Gap Finders - A special investigation: Instagram Fraud. We examine how fraudsters are operating on one of the world's biggest social media platforms. Show more
For some, a £100 wagyu steak is the best money can buy. But can we taste that difference in supermarket burgers that sell for less than £3.50 a pair? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The Museums That Make Us
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
14 minutes
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After visiting National Museums in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, Neil chooses Oxford to represent an English identity, and finds a message of inclusion. Show more
Alice tries to get to the bottom of recent events and Freddie hatches a plan. Show more
Brian Cox returns as Inspector James McLevy in a new two-part adventure by David Ashton. In disgrace, McLevy flees Leith for San Francisco – and Jean, rashly, goes with him. Show more
Helen Mark visits the Wash, a vast bay in East Anglia, where the interests of fishing and conservation are finely balanced. Show more
Broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Freedland makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Orchid, the charity for male cancers Show more
Open Book
Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writers
28 minutes
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Elizabeth Day talks to Douglas Stuart about his new book, Young Mungo. And we explore the creative inspiration behind many interwar British writers. Show more
Epiphanies
Sara Collins, Bobby Gillespie, Lisa Dwan
28 minutes
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The intimate moments of creative inspiration are recalled by some of our best known artists in conversation with John Wilson. Show more
Victoria Gill and guests ask why does scientific communication matters in society and how it might be done better, with Sam Illingworth, Berry Billingsley and Ozmala Ismail. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
21/04/2022 Boris Johnson is to face a Parliamentary committee inquiry into claims that he misled the House of Commons
30 minutes
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Boris Johnson is to face a Parliamentary committee inquiry into claims that he misled the House of Commons after MPs approved the move this afternoon.
Quizzer and comedian Paul Sinha and his audience join together to compile a perfect pub quiz, this week on the theme of literature. Show more
Lynda comes to the rescue in more ways than one, and there’s an awkward encounter for Jolene. Show more
Front Row
Atlantis and The Young Pretender reviewed, Martin Green, Venice Biennale
42 minutes
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Ukrainian film Atlantis and a novel about a regency child star, The Young Pretender by Michael Arditti, reviewed. Martin Green on brass bands. News of the Venice Biennale. Show more
A plan to stop small boat crossings in the English Channel by sending asylum seekers to Rwanda have been unveiled by the home secretary, Priti Patel. But will it work? Show more
Life-changing events come in all shapes and sizes, for Sinéad Browne her turning point is simply a meal. Show more
Victoria Gill and guests ask why does scientific communication matters in society and how it might be done better, with Sam Illingworth, Berry Billingsley and Ozmala Ismail. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, ideas and works of the Frenchwoman who wrote The Declaration of the Rights of Woman in 1791 during the French Revolution Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Commons Privileges Committee to investigate Partygate
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
The Floral Hall dance ends in panic as another air raid strikes. Two sisters living in wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. Show more
Tim Vincent, Mick Ferry and Russell Kane return to discuss their children's futures and parenting from the past with their guests, comedians Sanjeev Kohli and Emmanuel Sonubi. Show more
All the news from Westminster with Sean Curran where MPs vote on a motion to refer Boris Johnson to the Privileges Committee.
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In her insider's history of the pandemic, Professor Devi Sridhar remembers the scientific community's push to find a Covid-19 vaccine. Read by the author. Show more
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