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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya Show more
Farming Today
24/10/22 - River Wye pollution, sugar beet campaign and UK seed and nut production
11 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Leach's Storm-Petrel. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
George Saunders, Helen Rappaport and Anna Bogutskaya discuss zombie workers, exiles and monsters, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Woman's Hour
Artist and conservationist Sophie Green, Deepfake porn, British gymnastics
57 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
We look at how deepfake technology is being used to create hardcore pornography of women without their consent. Show more
Mana Azaris was 14 when her parents told her of the plan to travel thousands of miles at the hands of smugglers to reach relatives in the UK. She reveals what's happened since. Show more
Evan Davis looks at the UK's defence industry to find out how it's responding to the war in Ukraine. Are ethical investors beginning to change their minds about the sector? Show more
You and Yours
Crowdfunding energy bills, Broadband woes, TV subscription cancellations
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
We talk to people who are turning to crowdfunding to cover their bills. Also, what TV subscriptions are you losing? And why some people just can't get their broadband to work. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Martha Kearney and Dharshini David go back to basics to examine how the UK government can raise enough money to weather the current economic crisis. Show more
News, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
It’s an important day for Alice, and Chelsea is paying a visit. Show more
Neil MacGregor, the chair of this year's Booker prize jury, discusses the way fiction writers have responded to the extraordinary events in which they have been working. Show more
Russell Davies welcomes the first batch of semi-finalists hoping to be named Brain of Britain 2022 Show more
As rising temperatures supercharge the UK wine industry, Jaega Wise finds out what this means for winegrowing at home and abroad, and the mixed blessing climate change presents. Show more
Lynne Anderson is the winner of this year's 'Journey of a Lifetime' travel award. Lynne used to be a Mormon missionary and now returns to Salt Lake City to lay some ghosts to rest Show more
Aleks Krotoski explores whether disinhibition, often associated with toxic online behaviours such as trolling, may also be of benefit in our digital world. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
24/10/2022 - Rishi Sunak elected as Conservative leader.
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Rishi Sunak will become the UK's third prime minister in as many months.
Copper turned stand up Alfie Moore, takes us through the ten-week journey of training a new recruit, preparing them to be a bobby on a beat. Show more
It’s nearly a year since Ambridge lost Bert Fry. Leonard adds some colour at Brookfield. Show more
Taylor Swift's Midnights and Arctic Monkeys' The Car reviewed, horror in art and film discussed, and May Sumbwanyambe on her new play, Enough of Him. Show more
Emily Knight explores the tangled history, and the uncertain future, of zoos. Show more
Analysis
Can Effective Altruism really change the world?
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
If you want to do good in the world, should you be a doctor or an aid worker? Or should you make a billion or two in any way you can, and give it to good causes? Show more
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca, which despite domestication survives in some of the world’s harshest mountainous areas Show more
George Saunders, Helen Rappaport and Anna Bogutskaya discuss zombie workers, exiles and monsters, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Rishi Sunak will be new Prime Minister
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Get comfortable, unwind and discover the power of your breath. Learn how, just by slowing your breathing, you can help usher in sleep. With Dr Michael Mosley. Show more
The haunting intensifies as Liz and Bill feel a sinister presence in the house, but is it real, or is it in their heads? And Danny meets our star witness - the real-life Liz. Show more
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
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The Climate Book created by Greta Thunberg
Book of the Week: Ep 1 - How Climate Works
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
Selections from experts on the climate crisis. Greta Thunberg is first up, followed by science journalist Peter Brannen and writer Elizabeth Kolbert. Kyle Soller and Kelly Burke read. Show more
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