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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Janet Fife, retired vicar and one of the first women to be ordained. Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Eat Beetroot
14 minutes
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Michael discovers why Olympic athletes love beetroot and reveals why this humble veg can have big benefits for your heart, your muscles, and your brain. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Helen Mark visits a field on the edge of Bath, used as the burial ground for a 19th-century workhouse. She hears how people are now commemorating those who were buried anonymously. Show more
Farming Today
Delays to import checks, global vegetable oil shortage and farmers fighting pollution
25 minutes
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Import checks on goods coming into the UK from the EU will no longer be introduced this year. Show more
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Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Dragons' Den and Strictly star Sara Davies, performer Jonny Cotsen, sibling podcaster Catherine Carr, athlete and gardener Tayshan Hayden-Smith, Gary Wilmot's Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Pippa Crerar of the Daily Mirror analyses the latest developments from Westminster. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Tackling the Cocaine Trade in Honduras
28 minutes
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The drugs trade in Honduras, foreign fighters in Ukraine and what ethnic Russians think of the war, climate change in Sao Tome & Principe, and what to wear for a French election. Show more
Money Box
Government changes guidance on energy bill support payment
25 minutes
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Government guidance to give some people a £150 council tax rebate in April to help with record energy bills has been changed. Show more
Andy Hamilton is amongst Andy Zaltzman's guests for another episode of News Quizzing Show more
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Any Questions?
Dr Stephen Farry MP, John Finucane MP, Claire Hanna MP, Mike Nesbitt, Edwin Poots
57 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Jordanstown, County Antrim, with Dr Stephen Farry MP, John Finucane MP, Claire Hanna MP, Mike Nesbitt and Edwin Poots. Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
The planet's fridges run on gases that are hundreds of times worse for the planet than carbon dioxide. Tom Heap meets the detectives tracking down those gases and destroying them. Show more
The multi-award-winning author reads extracts from a selection of her own writing and even sings, accompanied in concert at the Barbican centre by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Show more
Woman's Hour
TV presenter Julia Bradbury, Dame Margaret Beckett, Aunties, Porn in Parliament, BMX champion Bethany Shriever, Jude Rogers
57 minutes
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The TV presenter Julia Bradbury on life after her breast cancer diagnosis. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
They’re promoted as a greener and cheaper alternative to gas boilers, but are air source heat pumps suitable for every home? We take the temperature to help a listener decide. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
30/04/2022 Conservative MP announces resignation for watching pornography in the Commons
15 minutes
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The Devon MP tells the BBC he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons, the first time by accident.
Loose Ends
Alison Steadman, Ardal O'Hanlon, Cherrelle Skeete, Holly Walsh, Kurt Vile, Honeyglaze, Scottee, Clive Anderson
39 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Scottee are joined by Alison Steadman, Ardal O'Hanlon, Cherrelle Skeete and Holly Walsh for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
The British artist whose collaborative work of sound, images and sculpture won the top award at international art festival, Venice Biennale, 2022. Show more
Nigerian-born poet and playwright Inua Ellams discusses the cultural turning points of his life with John Wilson. Show more
Former BBC Moscow Correspondent Tim Whewell examines how the tumult in Russia in the 1990s forged much of the system we see today Show more
The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel. Show more
Jon Holmes's The Skewer remixes the news into a satirical soundtrack This week - The Terrors of the Earth, Tom Cruise v Alan Titchmarsh, and a questionable pint of Starmerpramen. Show more
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Alex and Jeremy achieved high status in life. But one has given it up, the other is still pursuing it. They meet to share experiences, exchange gifts and explain their choices. Show more
The cryptic quiz of connections and lateral thinking, with Kirsty Lang. Show more
The Language Exchange
Anthony Anaxagorou & Maggie Aderin-Pocock
28 minutes
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The Language Exchange is a place where poets and scientists meet to share language & ideas and create new work. This week Anthony Anaxagorou meets Maggie Aderin-Pocock. Show more
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In 1936, a US socialite and her Chinese-American guide captured a giant panda cub and took it to New York. It was the first time the animal had been seen outside China. Show more
In the Alpujarras, Anya visits a house where Gerald Brenan sometimes stayed, and where he was once visited by Virginia Woolf. Show more
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