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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity.
Farming Today
30/09/2022: Scottish Rural Visas, English Vineyard, Flea Beetles and Pesticide Legislation
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for years
The Scottish Government wants to create rural visas to allow remote communities to attract people from abroad to work. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Val Thompson on the pink-footed goose
2 minutes
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Val Thompson talks about the comfort of seeing pink-footed geese in Norfolk, prompting happy memories of her late husband. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Desert Island Discs
Jay Blades, presenter and furniture restorer
36 minutes
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Jay Blades, presenter and furniture restorer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Mel Shilling, Meera Narandan, Ella Saltmarshe, Lina Prestwood, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Nadia Gilani
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Is it ever okay to take time off work after a break up? We speak to relationship expert Mel Schilling and blogger Meera Narandan. Show more
The carbon savings we've made so far have been the easy ones. Comedian and environmental economist Matt Winning looks at the changes we need to make in Britain to reach net zero. Show more
Richard Herring’s comedy about family. Starring Alison Steadman, Phil Davies and Richard Herring. A chaotic Snell family Zoom leads to Ken making a noble offer, to much hilarity. Show more
Ken Hollings, in the company of director Paul Verhoeven and many of his key collaborators, explores the American futures depicted in Robocop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Ben Wright.
The Scramble for Rare Earths
5. The Great New Game
14 minutes
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Misha Glenny explores the world of rare earth metals. In the final episode he hears how Russia's interest in Ukraine might be partially motivated by its huge mineral deposits. Show more
Chelsea faces the music, and Eddie pushes his luck. Show more
Alternative reality drama. Extended Life Syndrome (ELS) is a rare genetic condition that makes some people live twice as long. But would you want it? Now think again. Would you? Show more
Neil MacGregor considers the attempts of post-revolutionary France and the USSR to exist without religion - and asks if one set of shared beliefs needs to be replaced by another. Show more
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more
A powerful and poetic new story for radio from the highly acclaimed novelist behind the 2021 breakthrough debut, little scratch. Read by the author. Show more
Last Word
Dame Hilary Mantel, John McVicar, Joyce Reynolds, Paul Sartin
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on author Dame Hilary Mantel, ex-offender John McVicar, classicist Joyce Reynolds and musician Paul Sartin. Show more
More or Less
Mini-budget, TV audience for the Queen’s funeral and 0.5 on the Richter scale
28 minutes
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Did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen’s funeral and how worried should we be about the steep falls in the pound? Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
30/09/2022 President Putin has been condemned for an illegal land grab -- after annexing parts of Ukraine.
30 minutes
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President Putin has been condemned for an illegal land grab -- after annexing parts of Ukraine.
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. This week he's in Liverpool and is joined by Eleanor Tiernan, Adam Rowe, Stephen Bailey and Sonia Sodha. Show more
Will Jill smell a rat? And Alan seeks divine inspiration. Show more
Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones are getting under the skin of method acting to find out what it is and how it changed the face of American cinema. Show more
Any Questions?
Stephen Flynn MP, Dame Arlene Foster, Ranil Jayawardena MP, James Murray MP
47 minutes
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Jonny Dymond presents political debate and discussion from Ringwood School in Hampshire with Dame Arlene Foster, Stephen Flynn MP, Ranil Jayawardena MP and James Murray MP. Show more
Bernardine Evaristo argues that the comment this week by Labour MP Rupa Huq about Kwasi Kwarteng being only 'superficially' black was a 'silly throwaway one, not a racist attack'. Show more
The story of the journalist Rajkumar Keswani, who foretold the world's worst industrial accident in the Indian city of Bhopal in 1984. Unfortunately, nobody believed him. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Russia annexes 4 Ukrainian regions
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
The new novel by the Women’s Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships. Read by Susannah Fielding. Ep 10 of 10 - Perseus uses the head of Medusa to deadly effect Show more
A priest is called in when a 12-year-old girl appears to be possessed by an overwhelming demonic force. William Peter Blatty's horror classic. Show more
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The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison
The Captain's Apprentice Is Revisited
14 minutes
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The story of Ralph Vaughan Williams and English folk song concludes. The composer revisits The Captain's Apprentice after disaster strikes the Norfolk coast. Poppy Miller reads Show more
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