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Novelist Richard Owain Roberts shares a story about a friendship. Show more
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Open Country
Beefeater Bend on the Tour de France
24 minutes
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It's stage 12 of the cycling in Tour de France, and Miles Warde is helping the Beefeaters push a shopping trolley up an Alp. One of the funnier tales of the year. Show more
Farming Today
Farming Today This Week 27/08/22: Cost of Food; Grain Trade; Land Use
25 minutes
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From farm to fork: We investigate what's causing food prices to rise. And how sustainable is organic grass-fed meat? Show more
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Writer Deborah Moggach, musician Martyn Ware, broadcaster Samantha Renke, listener Nick Bunker on discovering his adopted family and Jules Buckley shares his Inheritance Tracks. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
The Briefing Room
The staffing crisis in the NHS
29 minutes
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Why doesn't the NHS have enough staff, and what can be done to fix the problem? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Somalia's searing drought
28 minutes
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Villages are deserted and children go hungry. Plus: Dugin's vision of Russia, Ukrainians in Israel, elephants in Thailand and settling into a Greek hamlet. Show more
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Worried about your energy bills spiralling out of control? Money Box is here to help. Show more
Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain’s shortest serving and least successful former prime minister. Show more
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Any Questions?
Murdo Fraser MSP, Angela Haggerty, Anas Sarwar MSP, Dr Philippa Whitford MP
47 minutes
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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Barracks in Stirling with Murdo Fraser MSP, Angela Haggerty, Anas Sarwar MSP and Dr Philippa Whitford MP. Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
Soil is brilliant at capturing carbon dioxide and keeping it out of the atmosphere. But what if we could make it do an even better job? Tom Heap meets the rockdust pioneers. Show more
It's 1978, and a young Roland Gift went by coach from Hull to Leeds Queen Hall to see his favourite band, The Clash. This concert changed the rhythm of Roland’s life. Show more
Woman's Hour
Ukraine sponsorship, Quizzes, Matrilineal communities, Anorexia and sectioning, Public hair loss, Trapezing
57 minutes
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Listener week: One woman's experience of hosting an Ukrainian student. Show more
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Adam Fleming explores the life and career of Boris Johnson with people who’ve known, watched and worked with him. Episode eight focuses on Paterson, Partygate and Pincher. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
27/08/2022 Government says "not long to wait" for extra energy help
15 minutes
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A senior minister insists options for further support will be "top" of next PM's intray
Loose Ends
Judy Collins, Tom Kerridge, Will Hodgkinson, Clare Grogan, Fyfe & Iskra Strings, LOTOS, JP Devlin, Anneka Rice
37 minutes
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Anneka Rice and JP Devlin are joined by Judy Collins, Tom Kerridge, Clare Crogan and Will Hodgkinson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
In 1992, Aqeela Sherrills helped negotiate a truce between the two main gangs in Los Angeles, the Bloods and the Crips. Show more
Norman Foster discusses the key cultural influences and experiences that led him to become one of the world’s most important living architects. Show more
George Leo John Lucas was a civil servant who wrote about his extraordinary life as an openly gay man. Mark Gatiss delves into his diaries from the 1950s and 60s. Show more
Third series of the criminal family saga, based on GF Newman's novel. Jack and Brian are back in prison after a kilo of cocaine was found in Jack's flat. Show more
The Earl of Rosebury, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in a book published in December 1914. Show more
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Amol Rajan and guests discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine might affect energy security around the world. Show more
Russell Davies is in the question master's chair for the classic general knowledge quiz, to discover who will be named Brain of Britain 2022. Show more
Dancing, sport, singing and poetry: all part of the education of Spartan women. By the standards of the ancient world, they had it good. With Professor Edith Hall. Show more
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Neil MacGregor focuses on societies with many gods. The Romans incorporated gods from the places they conquered, while a gathering of gods oversaw life in ancient Mesopotamia. Show more
New Frequencies
Part One: SandGlass and The Ice Demon of Mount Crooked
14 minutes
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A second series showcasing stories by young writers: Part One: SandGlass, by Imogen Deaton and The Ice Demon of Mount Crooked, by Callum McGee. Read by Saffron Coomber. Show more
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