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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Jonathan Rea.
Farming Today
17/04/23 New name for national park; rural planning; fishing in Scotland.
11 minutes
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A new name for Brecon Beacons national park: Bannau Brycheiniog National Park or ‘The Bannau’ for short.
Planning dilemmas for farming businesses.
Fishing in Scotland. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Tweet of the Day
Helen Moncrieff on the Northern Wheatear
1 minute
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Helen Moncrieff, Shetland Manager for RSPB Scotland, reveals why she gets so excited when northern wheatears return to Shetland for the breeding season. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Kieran Yates, Natasha Carthew, Christine Whitehead and Alice Brownfield discuss housing and finding a home, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Woman's Hour
Lolita Chakrabarti, Ian Paterson investigations, Therapy speak, Child sexual abuse in Uganda, Girl’s World
56 minutes
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Award-winning playwright and actor Lolita Chakrabarti on her play Hamnet, and further investigations into the deaths of patients of Ian Paterson. Show more
Science Stories
Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
28 minutes
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As a teenager in Scotland in the 1790s, Mary Somerville taught herself maths. Naomi Alderman tells the story of how in the 1830s she became the pioneer of popular science writing. Show more
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley
15. Women's Bodies. Women's Rights
28 minutes
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Lucy Worsley, Professor Rosalind Crone and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika discuss the first four cases and women’s rights over their own bodies. Show more
News and discussion of consumer affairs
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Journalist Amardeep Bassey returns to Birmingham 18 years on to investigate the Lozells and Handsworth riots of 2005. Why did people take to the streets with such force? Show more
There’s panic at Bridge Farm and tension rises for Jim. Show more
Reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson talks to John Wilson about the influences and experiences that inspired his own creativity. Show more
Kirsty Lang puts cryptic questions to teams from the North of England and Scotland in the cult quiz show Show more
Is hacking our biology the only solution left to an unhealthy food system and bad food culture? Show more
The Bear moves west. Russia, according to Catherine the Great, is a European state. But is it really? Misha Glenny on Moscow's expansion into the largest landmass in the world. Show more
It is estimated that 1 in 7 UK couples struggle to conceive but what impact do religious beliefs and cultural practices have on those who can not or choose not to have children. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
17/04/2023 A Russian dissident has been jailed for 25 years
30 minutes
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A 25-year prison term has been handed to a Russian critic of the war in Ukraine
Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Jennifer Saunders, Julian Clary and Lucy Porter to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Show more
Ian tries to offer some advice, and Jazzer makes a new friend. Show more
Front Row
Colin Currie performs live, author Catherine Lacey, the influence of Noel Coward
42 minutes
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Shahidha Bari talks to Catherine Lacey about her new novel, Biography of X, and percussionist Colin Currie on the influence of Steve Reich. Show more
Roddy Russell shares the story of his brother Robert, who has an indeterminate Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and is trapped in the system with no end in sight. Show more
Crossing Continents
Gran Chaco - Paraguay’s vanishing forest
29 minutes
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A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system. Will its impact on the indigenous and Mennonite communities - and the environment - be worth the benefits? Show more
Jolyon Jenkins looks at how the techniques of gaming are increasingly being co-opted to coerce, cajole and control us. Show more
Kieran Yates, Natasha Carthew, Christine Whitehead and Alice Brownfield discuss housing and finding a home, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Sudan rocked by fighting
45 minutes
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It's 1952, and an architect and his wife take a chance on two siblings, recently released from borstal. A story of good intentions and opportunity. Show more
Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David talks to Michael about the dialogue that takes place between him and his patients. Show more
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Woke: The Journey of a Word
1. The Scottsboro Boys
14 minutes
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Matthew Syed traces the evolution of a term that is synonymous with our era of angry debate. He begins with the first ever use of 'woke', found on a folk recording from 1938. Show more
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