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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Sister Geraldine Smyth OP.
Farming Today
17/01/23 Northern Ireland border posts, Drone sprayer, Liquid Fertiliser
13 minutes
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UK government takes over the building of control posts at ports in Northern Ireland.
First licence to spray agricultural chemicals using a drone. Imports of liquid fertiliser. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the displaying raggiana bird-of-paradise from Papua New Guinea. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Pam Shaw on the research battle against motor neurone disease
29 minutes
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Professor Dame Pamela Shaw tells Jim Al-Khalili how new drug trials and fresh investment could mark a turning point for research into motor neurone disease. Show more
One to One
Grief: Ramita Navai and Richard Osman
14 minutes
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Foreign Affairs journalist Ramita Navai talks to author Richard Osman about losing their fathers. Show more
Woman's Hour
Elizabeth McGovern, Pat Cullen, David Carrick, The Wife of Bath
58 minutes
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The Downton Abbey actor on her new stage role as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Show more
Our sleuths set out to investigate the mysterious power of magnets, with the help of wizard-physicist Dr Felix Flicker and materials scientist Dr Anna Ploszajski. Show more
Advertisers would love to find a "buy button" in our brains, which when pressed would make us buy their stuff. A new breed of "neuromarketers" are offering just that. Does it work? Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: What's your experience of taking on a rescue dog?
53 minutes
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Call You and Yours: What's your experience of taking on a rescue dog? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Journalist Ian Wylie travels to five small towns that rarely make the national news to meet the local reporters still passionate about telling the stories of their communities. Show more
Is Brad about to seize the day? Tony has a surprising plan. Show more
Hal attends the Conservative Party conference where, as a wide-eyed young man, his awakening is more than just a political one. Show more
Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about moments when language evades us. Show more
A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand
Series 2: Can I Change?
S2. Ep 7 - Changing in a crisis
28 minutes
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The twins meet a social worker helping families to make positive and sometimes urgent changes in their lives. Show more
Bob Stanley from Saint Etienne talks band names, from the (subjectively) rubbish to the brilliant, along with some of the best origin stories. Show more
Great Lives
Comedian Chris McCausland on Kurt Cobain
28 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Comedian, actor and writer Chris McCausland chooses Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain. With Matthew Parris. From 2023. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
17/01/2023 Gender row between Holyrood and Westminster deepens
30 minutes
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Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has accused the Westminster government of not having "an iota of good faith" in a bitter constitutional row about gender.
Ghosts from Phil's past catch up with him, when he discovers Parbold is hosting the World Pinball Championships. Show more
Justin is a master salesman, and Chelsea offers encouragement. Show more
Front Row
Poet Anthony Joseph, new novels about witches and the fall in female film-makers
42 minutes
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Poet Anthony Joseph on winning the TS Eliot prize for poetry, and the rise of 'witch lit'. Show more
How did two people die at a concert at London's Brixton O2 Academy in January? File on 4 hears from witnesses who saw the tragic events unfold. Show more
For obvious reasons, audiobooks are very popular with visually impaired people. Guests Jackie Brown and Dave Williams join Peter to discuss their personal choices. Show more
Inside Health
Maggot therapy for difficult wounds
28 minutes
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From egg to patient: the maggots used to clean up difficult wounds. Can we get over our disgust of maggots in order to use them to help in the fight against antibiotic resistance? Show more
The Life Scientific
Pam Shaw on the research battle against motor neurone disease
29 minutes
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Professor Dame Pamela Shaw tells Jim Al-Khalili how new drug trials and fresh investment could mark a turning point for research into motor neurone disease. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Wagner mercenary soldier flees to Norway
45 minutes
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Government aiming to pass law banning conversion therapy
China's population falls for first time in 60 years.
In England, the Lord Chancellor puts Nayler in charge of the hunt for the regicides. In America, not everyone is pleased to see Ned and Will. Show more
Small Talk Championship. Comedy sketches with Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd, Freya Parker and Henry Paker. From 2019. Show more
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
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On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe by Caroline Dodds Pennock
Indigenous Lives in Europe
14 minutes
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How indigenous people made space for themselves in Europe and shifted perspectives through trade, marriage and legal wranglings.
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