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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter Show more
Farming Today
03/05/2023: Carbon footprint of beef production; Lowland peat lands
13 minutes
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The difficulty of growing vegetables without drying out lowland peat lands, which can release carbon into the atmosphere, and raising beef with minimal greenhouse gas release. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows
1 minute
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Presenter Dermot O'Leary remembers driving home to visit his family and seeing soaring swifts and swallows bobbing along in front of his car. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Eight-year-old Hazel listens in as her teachers discuss her. Their words are devastating. Decades later she realises she's spent a lifetime testing herself against what they said. Show more
Abraham has carefully crafted a new life that he uses as a shield to protect himself. But it is all undone in a moment of bad luck. Show more
Woman's Hour
Ellie Wilson, Women-only tower block, Rejection, Women's Hour
57 minutes
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Plans for Britain's first women's-only tower block, coping with rejection, and 100 years since the launch of Women’s Hour on BBC Radio. Show more
Poet Len Pennie explores the student plotters and literary sensations who schemed to get back the ultimate symbol of Scotland - the Stone of Scone. Show more
Investigating founder Paul Waugh, the brilliant successful businessman, who controls everything at Lighthouse. Show more
You and Yours
Care home evictions, Charity shops, PARISH.UK investigation
53 minutes
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Complaints that care homes are using revenge evictions. The massive boom in people buying second hand from charity shops. We investigate a new website called PARISH.UK. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival
8. Uprising
14 minutes
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The Warsaw Ghetto rose up 80 years ago. A remarkable underground archive had chronicled daily existence, but now the last survivors contemplated the final act. Show more
Kirsty is on the spot, and Jolene smells a rat. Show more
Will the truth about Jamie’s murder finally be revealed? The psychological drama concludes. Show more
Ahead of the coronation, Adam Shaw gets exclusive access to the Royal Mint to see how the new commemorative coins are made. Show more
Aphasia, loss of speech and language skills, affects many people after a stroke. Many patients get 12 hours of therapy, but ten times that could make all the difference. Show more
Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the dancefloor, from the electric slide to the tango. Show more
The Media Show
David Olusoga: Bafta-winning historian
28 minutes
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Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga reflects on his career, and comedian Nish Kumar launches a new podcast. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
03/05/2023 Russia accuses Ukraine of Kremlin attack
30 minutes
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President Zelensky has rejected Russian accusations that Ukraine carried out a drone attack on the Kremlin, in what Moscow says was an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin.
Poet, broadcaster and writer Lemn Sissay explores what charity means when it comes to food. Show more
Joy seems to have come up trumps, and Natasha has concerns.
Front Row
Writer Jack Thorne, Derek Jarman’s Blue reimagined, music for the King’s coronation
43 minutes
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Two composers discuss writing music for the King’s coronation, and Jack Thorne on his new play The Motive and the Cue. Show more
The line between being a parent and a friend is becoming increasingly blurred. Will being a friend to my child make parenting easier? Angela Mutanda presents. Show more
Metamorphosis - How Insects Transformed Our World
The Ultimate Upcycler
14 minutes
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Erica McAlister on the innocuous wasp-like black soldier fly, a crown jewel of a fast-growing insect farming industry that's addressing the urgent need to find cheap clean protein. Show more
Scotland plans to tackle litter & recycling rates with a bottle deposit return scheme. But is it the right thing for the rest of the UK? Tom Heap and Sepi Golzari-Munro investigate Show more
The Media Show
David Olusoga: Bafta-winning historian
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga reflects on his career, and comedian Nish Kumar launches a new podcast. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Ukraine rejects claims it carried out Kremlin drone attack
45 minutes
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8 pupils killed in Serbia school shooting.
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New drug slows pace of Alzheimer's by around a third.
While everyone around her is ageing, Pampa still looks like a young woman. Now Queen of Bisnaga, she's troubled by her husband King Hukka becoming increasingly puritanical. Show more
Jamie MacDonald is a Glaswegian stand-up comedian who lives with his blindness, despite those around him losing sight of what’s important in life. Show more
Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. Show more
PMQs and all the news from Parliament.
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In this self-survey, Michael Frayn considers his face. It’s cut on the slant. His nose runs. And runs and runs, longer than any of his plays. Longer even than The Mousetrap. Show more
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