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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Chaplain at Lampeter and Carmarthen.
Farming Today
08/02/23 TB vaccine trials; Government reshuffle; Rewetting peatlands
13 minutes
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Defra pilot starts on-farm trials of Bovine TB vaccination. Re-organisation of government departments. Rewetting peatlands and making products from bulrushes. Show more
Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
More or Less
The IMF and the UK economy, NHS staff shortages and British v English
28 minutes
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How much should we trust the IMF’s forecasts for the UK and what are the realities of the economic challenges ahead? Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Put Your Phone Down
15 minutes
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Put your phone down! How creating 'no phone zones' in your day can enhance your brain power, improve your social life, reduce aches and pains and do wonders for your mental health. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jessie Buckley, Jennie Agg, Nazir Afzal, Zoe Billingham, Martine Oborne, Anne Atkins
57 minutes
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In a film adaptation of Miriam Toews book, Women Talking, Jessie Buckley plays a woman living in a isolated religious community. Show more
Shamima Begum begins a new life with ISIS and quickly realises, what was supposed to be a paradise, is more like a prison. At 15 she has to marry an ISIS fighter. Show more
While driving to Sandwich to get Mrs Gosling back, Vera and Ginny call on Lytton Scratchy and Dora Barrington. They have heard that she epitomises Modern Womanhood. Show more
You and Yours
Mental Illness & Insurance; Proposal Companies; Pub Closures; Bogus Travel Agents
53 minutes
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Are insurers unfairly discriminating against people with mental illness? The warning signs behind a major holiday fraud; The booming business in arranging marriage proposals. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Why do we have national debt, how much do we owe, and should we worry about it? Show more
Susan may be a bit quick to judge, and Kate feels she is making a difference. Show more
London’s most haunted house prepares to give up its secrets in Sami Ibrahim’s ghost story about sweet revenge. Show more
Money Box
Money Box Live: The Art of a Complaint
29 minutes
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If you need to complain, how should you do it? Callers and experts share their top tips. Show more
Inside Health
What soaring food prices are doing to our health
28 minutes
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The cost of everything is soaring but what toll is that taking on our health? At the Pantry in Coventry we meet Danielle and Ellie finding sustainable ways to feed their families. Show more
Matthew Syed studies young brilliant minds to understand whether we really reach our peak when we’re young. Show more
As a star presenter departs, the CEO reveals his strategy for the news channel. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
08/02/2023 President Zelensky visits Britain for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year
30 minutes
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Ukraine's President Zelensky has used a visit to the UK to make an emotional plea for fighter jets.
When Roger, once more, falls asleep in front of the TV, Joanna says they’re ‘in a rut’, so he plans a day of surprises. But there are rather more ‘surprises’ than he anticipated. Show more
Adam has an important Dad duty, and Stella thinks fast to deal with interference. Show more
Front Row
The Reytons, film-maker Saim Sadiq, The Beekeeper of Aleppo
42 minutes
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The Reytons on making a number 1 album, film-maker Saim Sadiq on his film Joyland, and Nesrin Alferaai and Matthew Spangler on adapting The Beekeeper of Aleppo for the stage. Show more
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Giles Fraser, Ash Sarkar, Melanie Phillips and Ella Whelan. #moralmaze Show more
Farrah Jarral explains why she believes we need to put care at the centre of our society. Show more
Pay Freezes
From the Winter of Discontent to the Crash
28 minutes
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With labour shortages and the cost of living back as big issues for the first time in years, Phil Tinline traces the ups and downs of the politics of pay in Britain, 1979-2008. Show more
As a star presenter departs, the CEO reveals his strategy for the news channel. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Zelensky in surprise visit to the UK
45 minutes
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Erdogan defends Turkish government response to earthquake.
And the secret letters written by Mary Queen of Scots.
The British Ambassador Sir D’Arcy Osborne looks back on his role in the Rome Escape Line. Delia come to the aid of Father Hugh. Show more
Travel through the bad gateway in this modern ghost story as Tom Neenan discovers what horrors lurk in our apps and gadgets. This episode is a podcast - with an unwanted guest. Show more
Jon Holmes's multi-award-winning The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs. This week: SAS Rogue Gas Fitters, and Liz Truss is in her Happy Valley. Show more
President Zelensky's visit.
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Joan Didion observes a WWII veterans reunion in Las Vegas and considers the famous photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's 'subject'. Show more
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