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One to One
Escapes: Anna Freeman talks to Miranda Allen
14 minutes
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Anna Freeman asks escape artist Miranda Allen why we are fascinated by escapes. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Helen Mark visits the Wash, a vast bay in East Anglia, where the interests of fishing and conservation are finely balanced. Show more
Farming Today
23/04/22 Farming Today This Week: Egg prices, growing in glasshouses, tree disease and a tribute
25 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Free-range egg producers are calling for retailers to add 40p to the price of a dozen eggs, to help combat the rising costs they are facing. Show more
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Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Singer and podcaster Will Young, former England rugby hooker Steve Thompson, Harriet Atkinson and Bridget McKenzie, who met via social media, and actor and director Paul Hunter. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Sebastian Payne of the Financial Times discusses partygate, government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, the PM's trip to India and tackling sewage in rivers and seas. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Escaping Rising Waters in Bangladesh
28 minutes
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Environmental destruction in Bangladesh, restored ties to Jews who left Morocco, plus rough justice in Iraq, tales from an Irish traveller and Latvia's Russian-speaking population. Show more
Money Box
Ukrainian refugees struggling to open UK bank accounts
28 minutes
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Some Ukrainian refugees are now getting a warm welcome from their British hosts and the local school - but not from their local banks. Show more
Series 108 of the topical quiz where Andy Zaltzman grabs the week’s headlines and hurls them at four of the nation’s best comedians and journalists. Show more
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Any Questions?
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, Dame Meg Hillier MP, Adrian Ramsay, Richard Thomson MP
47 minutes
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Anita Anand presents political debate from Sheringham in Norfolk, with Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, Dame Meg Hillier MP, Adrian Ramsay and Richard Thomson MP. Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
39 Ways to Save the Planet
Phenomenal Photosynthesis
14 minutes
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Some food crops convert just one percent of the sun's energy into edible food. If we can improve photosynthesis we can grow more food on less land. Tom Heap investigates. Show more
David Tennant makes his first ever venture into playing the tyrannical Scottish King. 2023 will be the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare's First Folio. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Francis Fricker, baby loss, female con artists, the metaverse and online safety bill, women and boxing
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez announced the death of their baby boy at birth. They were expecting twins. We discuss baby loss and losing a twin. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
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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Six O'Clock News
23/04/2022 Ukrainian port city of Odessa hit by Russian missiles
15 minutes
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The Ukrainian port city of Odessa has been struck by several Russian missiles. Officials say a baby is among those who have died.
Loose Ends
Charlie Higson, Sian Clifford, Jenny Sealey, Ore Oduba, Kathryn Joseph, Alex Cameron, Anneka Rice, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Anneka Rice are joined by Charlie Higson, Jenny Sealey, Sian Clifford and Ore Oduba for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Playwright, screenwriter and creator of the hit TV sitcom Derry Girls, about five school friends in 1990s Northern Ireland - getting up to all sorts.
Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby talks to John Wilson about her cultural influences and creative process. Show more
Maureen Lipman celebrates the radical career of Barbra Streisand. How did a kooky girl from Brooklyn become a record-breaking singer, actor, director and producer on her own terms? Show more
The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel 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
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
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
Scotland take on Wales in the fiendish cryptic quiz, chaired by Kirsty Lang. Show more
The Language Exchange
Daljit Nagra and Erica McAlister
28 minutes
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The Language Exchange is a place where poets and scientists meet to share language and ideas and create new work. This week Daljit Nagra meets Erica McAlister Show more
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Letter from Ukraine
A Tale of Rooster Tosha and the War
14 minutes
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Acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov reflects on roosters, refugees, Genghis Khan and national identity in the final letter in his series of personal reflections on the war. Show more
By Vesna Goldsworthy. Every year, on one day in June, mayflies live, dance, mate and die above the Tisa River in Serbia. A couple go to witness this blooming. Show more
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