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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. Show more
Farming Today
09/01/23 UK hops, farm machinery, highland cattle
11 minutes
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Hop growers are warning that unless something changes many won’t be able to continue. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Grey Plover. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Kenan Malik, Francesca Sobande and Don Paterson discuss upbringing and identity politics with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Woman's Hour
Impact of Eleanor Williams case, miracle baby, women in early animation, teachers' strike
58 minutes
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Impact of the Eleanor Williams case on how rape is reported, handled by the police and whether women are believed. Show more
Imagine a small wooden city - cold, fortressed, but prone to fire. Misha Glenny on the early days of Moscow before the empire. Show more
Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body. Show more
You and Yours
Cost of Living 2023, Online Sales Countdowns, Petrol Prices
53 minutes
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How will the cost of living crisis evolve in 2023? A new report predicts it will get worse before it gets better. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Naturebang
Screaming Marmots and the Sound of Fear
14 minutes
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Becky Ripley and Emily Knight tune in to the sounds that frighten us the most, and investigate their evolutionary origins. Show more
Kate is feeling apprehensive, and Jazzer needs a personal favour. Show more
Actor Whoopi Goldberg reveals the most important influences and experiences that shaped her own creativity. Show more
Paul Gambaccini hosts a new series of the eclectic music quiz, with contestants this week from Glasgow, south Wales and Essex. Show more
The Food Programme
Shellfish: A Very British Image Crisis
29 minutes
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Clams and cockles. Delicacies across the world, but largely dodged in the UK. Meet a fisherman, a chef, a scientist and a food anthropologist trying to change your mind and diet. Show more
Acclaimed poet Warsan Shire explores a thriving world of Somali poetry. What's it like living in a culture dominated by poetry? Is the Somali diaspora reshaping ancient tradition? Show more
Jonathan Edwards still holds the triple jump world record 27 years after he flew to victory in 1995. His success, he says, was driven by the Christian faith he held at the time. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
09/01/2023 Strikes in the health service to go ahead after talks between ministers and unions stall
30 minutes
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Health unions say talks with the government about pay have done nothing to persuade them to call off a series of strikes
Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Alan Davies and Holly Walsh to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Show more
Joy volunteers her skills, and Pat offers advice. Show more
Front Row
The Light in the Hall, The Shipping Forecast photographs, Nell Zink
42 minutes
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Director Andy Newbery on The Light in the Hall, photographer Mark Power on The Shipping Forecast, and Nell Zink on her new novel Avalon. Show more
After multiple allegations of sexually abusing young boys, two men - who taught at some of Britain's most elite schools - disappeared. Journalist Alex Renton picks up the trail. Show more
Crossing Continents
South Korea - a room with a view
30 minutes
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How Seoul's housing crisis is contributing to a population problem. Show more
Winifred Robinson's been following the ambitious Born in Bradford study since it started in 2007. Over three years 14,000 babies have been followed since birth and into their teens Show more
Kenan Malik, Francesca Sobande and Don Paterson discuss upbringing and identity politics with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Unions and government discuss industrial action
45 minutes
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Also tonight:
Condemnation after violent storming of Brazil's Congress building.
And the first space launch of its kind from British soil.
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
6: 'Now let's get started!'
14 minutes
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Having agreed to become the unlikely presenter of 1960s show Supper at Six, the indefatigable Elizabeth Zott intends to bring science into daytime TV cookery. Show more
Axel Kacoutié discovers a new sense of self in the cosmologies, concepts and realities of queer and indigenous folks. Show more
Susan Hulme reports as MPs grill the Health Secretary about winter pressures in the NHS.
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Pete Brown’s history of how working men’s clubs were a vehicle for social mobility and self-improvement, run as cooperatives for working people by working people. Show more
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