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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. Show more
Farming Today
30/08/22 - Sea lice, harvest robot, farming in peat, bovine TB
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
A new framework to control sea lice in wild salmon; farming in peatland; harvest robots; TB in cattle. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Across the Red Line
Is having a public profile rewarding?
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Journalist Vicky Ward and journalist turned therapist Lucy Cavendish debate - and are then invited to explore each other's perspective. With Anne McElvoy and Louisa Weinstein. Show more
How does it feel to reach the age your mum was when she died? Women and trade unions. Show more
What IS that smell!? From minging molecules to the sweetest scents, Rutherford and Fry investigate the science of pongs. Show more
Nabihah Iqbal explores the variety of notes and scales used to make music across the globe. She examines why our ears hear some music as ‘in tune’ and other music as ‘out of tune’. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How are strikes and industrial action affecting you?
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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How are strikes and industrial action affecting you? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Gus Casely-Hayford tells the story of how the fisherman sweater became a fashion statement, and of the people working to keep the tradition alive. Show more
Oliver extends the hand of friendship. Is Tracy ready to admit the truth? Show more
Fiona, determined to host Ukrainian refugees and frustrated by the system, decides to take the law into her own hands. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body. Show more
Mary-Ann Ochota meets the people who are bringing sounds of the past to life through the technology of the present. Show more
Great Lives
Rosalind Franklin picked by Kate Bingham, former head of the UK government's vaccine taskforce
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Dame Kate Bingham picks Rosalind Franklin, who contributed to our understanding of viruses, coal and DNA. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
30/08/2022 Ukraine Says Fighting Intense Near Kherson
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Ukraine says there is intense fighting in Kherson as its counter-offensive continues
After encouragement from Morris, a cat moves in to the house. Everyone loves the newcomer, save for Louisa, who doesn’t want distractions from her work. Stars Angus Deayton. Show more
Three’s not a crowd for Ben, and Jazzer has an idea. Show more
Front Row
Best-selling book charts, author Ann Cleeves and Composer James B.Wilson on the last night of the Proms
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Front Row investigates what gets a book onto the best-seller lists, crime novelist Ann Cleeves on her tenth Vera novel and composer James B Wilson and the last night of the Proms. Show more
The incredible story of the only survivor of one of the worst atrocities in the early stages of the war in Ukraine. Show more
We'll be finding out whether blind women footballers can match the winning ways of their sighted counterparts, and we talk to a blind teenager about his journey into opera. Show more
Leading virologist Professor John Oxford charts the story of the 1918-19 flu pandemic which killed more than 220,000 people in the UK and over 50 million people worldwide. Show more
Across the Red Line
Is having a public profile rewarding?
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Journalist Vicky Ward and journalist turned therapist Lucy Cavendish debate - and are then invited to explore each other's perspective. With Anne McElvoy and Louisa Weinstein. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Mikhail Gorbachev dies
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set during the Troubles. Today: an unexpected meeting with Michael's wife. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
243. 200lbs of Shingle and Burnt Sausage Barbecues, with Ricky Ross
59 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Fi and Jane are back for a brand new series of Fortunately. They kick things off with singer and broadcaster Ricky Ross. Show more
James Runcie is joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford to consider the tricky business of starting a story and maintaining momentum. Show more
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Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power - and the decision to publish The Satanic Verses. Show more
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