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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Brahmacharini Shripriya Chaitanya. Show more
Farming Today
27/10/2022 Livestock farms polluting local rivers, a new Defra secretary, chia seeds
13 minutes
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Dairy farmers are taking a calculated business risk not to invest to stop pollution because the chances of being fined are so tiny, according to an Environment Agency report. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the rock dove. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Britain's greatest war poets, who published only 5 poems in his short life yet whose works became seen as a warning of the futility of wars. Show more
Woman's Hour
Rogue refuges update, Una Marson, Agony aunts, Iran
57 minutes
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How can rogue landlords who exploit survivors of domestic abuse be stopped? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Brazil votes on the Amazon's future
28 minutes
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Gold mining ravages indigenous lands and forests; Taiwanese identity; food prices climb in Zambia; Sweden's self-image; reparations to African-Americans in an Illinois suburb. Show more
Neil Brand unearths the story of Hammer Horror's modernist soundtracks and the leading avant-garde composers who scored them, and explains the nuts and bolts of scary music. Show more
You and Yours
When criminals steal my house why can't I have it back?
53 minutes
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Shari Vahl investigates the extent of house theft in the UK, where properties are sold on without their owners knowledge and looks at their battle to get their houses back. Show more
Amit and Charlotte lose themselves in the immersive world of virtual reality and the metaverse to find out where this innovative technology is heading. 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
Jazzer has the winning touch, and has Lilian discovered her scary side? Show more
Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz
The Timbermoor Imp (Part 1)
44 minutes
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A Hallowe'en adventure for the immortal mediator. Pilgrim donates an impossibly valuable artwork to Timbermoor museum, to keep it open and maintaining a particular shabby exhibit. Show more
A Viking village and scything festivals – just a couple of the ideas to regenerate The Plock community parkland near the Skye bridge on the North West coast of Scotland. Show more
Arts presenter John Wilson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Willow Foundation. Show more
Sarah Hall, Dorthe Nors, Fiona Mozley and Mya-Rose Craig share their literary response to the natural world; from capturing setting in fiction to memoirs inspired by landscape. Show more
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate
31 minutes
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New recordings of turtle voices shed light on the origins of vocal communication, an insider's retrospective on the pandemic and a long-fingered primate with an impolite habit. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
27/10/2022 - Rishi Sunak cancels COP27 visit.
30 minutes
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Labour has accused Rishi Sunak of not caring very much about climate change, after Downing Street said the Prime Minister would not be attending the COP 27 Climate Conference.
Alexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his imaginary sandwich bar. Show more
Mia has a cunning idea, and Lilian makes a discovery. Show more
Front Row
Tammy Faye musical, Paul Newman's memoir, Daniel Arsham, Simon Armitage
43 minutes
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The new musical from Elton John, plus Paul Newman's memoir, reviewed; Simon Armitage's poem marking the BBC centenary; plus Daniel Arsham's Yorkshire Sculpture Park exhibition Show more
The Law Show
Secrecy in the Court of Protection?
29 minutes
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Why are some court hearings kept secret from one of the parties? Is most of the UK's chicken being bred illegally? And reviewing indefinite 'imprisonment for public protection'. Show more
As contractors to the NHS, GPs are not only clinicians but owners of small businesses. How do the economics work? And could this model be one of the reasons for GP shortages? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Turtle Voices, a Pandemic Retrospective and a Nose-Picking Primate
31 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
New recordings of turtle voices shed light on the origins of vocal communication, an insider's retrospective on the pandemic and a long-fingered primate with an impolite habit. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Britain's greatest war poets, who published only 5 poems in his short life yet whose works became seen as a warning of the futility of wars. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
UN: COP 26 pledges were not enough
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Sleep Well - with Michael Mosley
Sleep Well - Ep 4: Warm up to cool down
14 minutes
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Sit back, relax, and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. How warming up, and then cooling down, can help you drift off and get better rest. Show more
Delivering food during a pandemic turned ordinary people into saviours, then a zombie apocalypse dropped. Not all heroes wear capes - but most of them carry puncture repair kits. Show more
Susan Hulme reports as MPs continue to ask questions about the reappointment of Suella Braverman as home secretary.
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The Climate Book created by Greta Thunberg
Book of the Week: Ep 4 - Action Taken
14 minutes
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Greta Thunberg, scientist Kevin Anderson and writer Amitav Ghosh reflect on actions taken so far to limit climate change. Read by Greta Thunberg, David Hounslow and Vincent Ebrahim Show more
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