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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The Rt Revd Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Bishop of Croydon. Show more
Farming Today
30/03/23 Hunting; new trade deal on horizon; government’s “green day”; food waste.
13 minutes
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An investigation has been launched as a hunt is accused of leaving a live fox tied in a bag underground. Vegetable crops which would have been wasted are distributed by a charity. Show more
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde is inspired by the behaviour of house martins on telegraph wires to create a musical sculpture. Show more
Join Nick Robinson and Martha Kearney as a new blood test could spare some bowel cancer patients the need to undergo chemotherapy. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Virginia Woolf's highly influential essay about women and literature: "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Show more
Woman's Hour
Rape Case Court Delays, Going Viral, Love and Money
57 minutes
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New figures show there is a record high in the number of rape and sexual offences waiting to be heard in the Crown Courts. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Mississippi: After the Tornado
28 minutes
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Residents reveal how they survived a deadly tornado which hit towns on the Mississippi Delta - home to some of America's poorest communities. Show more
Hugh Schofield tells the story of the forgotten jazz pioneer from the British Caribbean. Show more
Gap Finders features a pioneer of the circular economy Neil Sanderson whose company, Ramco, has made a fortune out of recycling or reselling unwanted business equipment.
Is sourdough made with fewer additives and therefore better for our health? And is the cheaper sourdough we buy in the supermarket as good as that made by an artisan baker? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
As the cost of rent continues to rise across the UK, Kirsty Lang looks for solutions. The fourth in a series of five programmes exploring some radical alternatives. Show more
Will is reminded of some painful history, and there’s life in the old dogs yet, Freddie. Show more
The mystery of Flight 702 continues with season two of the hit podcast, starring Kelly Marie Tran, Ben Daniels, Colin Morgan, Rob Benedict and Patti LuPone. Show more
Clare walks with residents of a retirement village in Great Alne, Warwickshire. Show more
Film director Gurinder Chadha makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Amref Health Africa UK Show more
Chris Power discusses the last novel from the late Spanish writer Javier Marías. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Ed Byrne to discuss the materials that we couldn’t live without. Show more
How does the government’s latest plan to reduce emissions stack up against the science? Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
30/03/2023 Man found guilty of murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel
30 minutes
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Thomas Cashman shot the girl after chasing a convicted drug dealer into a house.
This instalment from the Sedaris files closes the series with the essay Sweet Land of Liberty and an extract from his diaries. Show more
Jim grills David for some key information, and why is Brian being so mysterious? Show more
Front Row
Ria Zmitrowicz on The Power, The ENO’s The Dead City and God’s Creatures reviewed
42 minutes
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Tom Sutcliffe and guests review a new production of Korngold’s opera The Dead City and God’s Creatures, which stars Paul Mescal. Show more
The Law Show
The Legacy of the Good Friday Agreement
29 minutes
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Twenty-five years after the peace deal in Northern Ireland, Joshua Rozenberg is in Belfast to ask what legacy it has had and what the chances are for reconciliation. Show more
Highland businesses have a massive headache - plenty of customers but no staff due to a rent crisis sweeping across the region. A radical solution is needed but what’s the answer? Show more
How does the government’s latest plan to reduce emissions stack up against the science? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Virginia Woolf's highly influential essay about women and literature: "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Man found guilty of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel
45 minutes
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Russia arrests American journalist, Evan Gershkovich.
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Allegations of bullying at every fire and rescue service in England.
As Archie remembers the bitter end of his love affair, his online correspondence with credence takes a dark turn. Read by Cal MacAninch and Reuben Joseph. Show more
Comedian Ken Cheng on school days, growing up on the internet and being a nerd before it was cool. With Rufus Hound. From 2021. Show more
All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
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Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell
Episode 4 - Darwin, Huxley and scientific humanism.
14 minutes
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Sarah Bakewell turns to Darwin's ground-breaking work on evolution and how TH Huxley came to inaugurate the scientific humanist. Emma Fielding is the reader. Show more
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