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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ruth Wilde, National Coordinator of the Inclusive Church Show more
Farming Today
22/11/22 - A shortage of daffodil pickers, pheasant shooting and tidal power in The Wash
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Flower growers in Cornwall are warning that they will have to leave crop to rot in January, because there won't be enough people to pick it. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the turnstone. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Gareth’s search to find out why he has no sperm. Show more
Scotland's ospreys are on their epic autumn journey to their winter fishing grounds in West Africa. Emily Knight follows them as they prepare to cross the Mediterranean Sea Show more
Woman's Hour
Long-term relationships and why they fail, football and politics, Brain of Britain, Susan Seidelman
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Two relationship experts discuss why it's often unremarkable everyday behaviours that help to end a marriage or a long term partnership. Show more
Julia Shaw, whose father's delusions dominated her childhood and inspired her to be a psychologist, hears from families and a charity supporting people with schizophrenia. Show more
The Exploding Library
The Unconsoled, by Kazuo Ishiguro
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Comedian Natasha Hodgson gets entangled in the slippery world of Ishiguro's The Unconsoled, a novel about memory, performance and bafflement. So what's she meant to be doing again? Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How can you shop more sustainably and still save money?
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Call You and Yours: How can you shop more sustainably and still save money? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
At a time of economic, political and global turmoil, Baby boomers compare jobs and lives with Gen Z/Millennials. Show more
Jolene spends some quality time, and who’s making George blush? Show more
Based on true accounts of rarely heard details of newly elected, young, female MPs. Meg, a 26-year-old single mother, has had to get a loan out to cover her election campaign. Show more
Short autobiographical docs, adventures in sound and new forms where producers turn the microphone on themselves. Presented by Josie Long. Show more
New ideas about who owns renewable generation could help us tackle rising energy costs. Tom Heap finds that community energy now comes in many different shapes and sizes. Show more
Is there a future for boarding schools? Writer Nels Abbey examines the psychological, political and societal effect of the system globally and hears from a range of voices. Show more
A Good Read
Shaparak Khorsandi and Anne Hegerty
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Disgrace by JM Coetzee, The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West and Dear Reader by Cathy Rentzenbrink are this week's book choices. Presented by Harriett Gilbert. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
22/11/2022 More rail strikes announced in run-up to Christmas
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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The RMT Union has said its members will hold four 48-hour strikes in December and January
Bill Bailey stars as a stressed-out businessman, whose life is unexpectedly turned upside down by someone he hasn’t seen for 45 years - his imaginary childhood friend, Hennikay. Show more
Tracy looks forward to warming up, and Alistair offers some advice. Show more
Front Row
Matthew Warchus on Matilda, Kapil Seshasayee performs, climate protests in galleries
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Director Matthew Warchus on the film Matilda the Musical, the impact of climate protests in galleries, and the Scottish musician Kapil Seshasayee plays live. Show more
Today
The Today Debate: Channel crossings and the asylum system. Can we fix it?
37 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Mishal Husain discusses Channel crossings and the asylum system, with a panel of guests and in front of an audience in the BBC's Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House, London. Show more
Sight deterioration is something that can drastically change your life, but it is something you can really prepare for? We brought together three people to tackle this question. Show more
All in the Mind
Diagnosing bipolar disorder and the launch of the 2023 All in the Mind Awards
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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The 2023 All in the Mind awards with mental health campaigner Marion Janner and actor Maddie Leslay, Chelsea from The Archers and a 2018 finalist. And bipolar diagnosis. Show more
Gareth’s search to find out why he has no sperm. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Increasing numbers of “economically inactive” people
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Also tonight:
How the exodus of young men to the UK is affecting Albania
and the RMT announces new strikes across the Christmas period
In Dublin, Eileen realises her life is not turning out as she’d imagined. Show more
Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn
The Ugly Present Problem
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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What on earth can I do with this hideous present? Is my sister subject to controlling behaviour? Should this 46-year-old man get botox? Marian and Tara have views. Show more
Sean Curran reports as Dominic Raab's style of management comes under the spotlight.
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Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre
7: 'Chateau Colditz'
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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September 1942: with the tide turning in the War, escape becomes an ever more precarious pursuit, as Samuel West continues the true story of the most infamous prison in history Show more
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