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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill
What can we learn from Abraham’s life and death? Friends, family and experts say changes are needed. Show more
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Clare joins brothers Manni and Reuben Coe as they amble to Hive beach on the Dorset Coast. Show more
Farming Today
03/06/23 Farming Today This Week: Trade Deals; Drones; Pharma; Awards
25 minutes
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The first Trade Deals signed since Brexit come into force. The first permit is granted for the use of drones in spraying pesticides. Plus the use of farm products in medicines. Show more
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Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Saturday Live
Eoin Colfer, Jennifer and Robert Beckford, Alan Bateson, Gaz Coombes
57 minutes
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Eoin Colfer, the international bestselling Artemis Fowl author reveals why he’s tackling climate change via a graphic novel and how you write subjects like this for children. Show more
Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny
Michelle de Swarte: Alaska, USA
36 minutes
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Michelle de Swarte attempts to convince Shaun of the wonders of Alaska, a magnificent wilderness full of bears, wolves and bearded men in shackets. Show more
Stories of what Bruce Springsteen's hit means to people around the world, with Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau on the origins of the song. Show more
Dr Jack Brown profiles the two high-profile metro mayors who are rebalancing power in England's great northern cities. Show more
Erdogan's new era in Turkey; plus stories from South Africa's power crisis, China's live-music venues, Germany's shrivelling forests and Tamil-majority northern Sri Lanka. Show more
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Providing the answers, hopefully, are Ian Smith, Alice Fraser, Anushka Asthana, and Andy Hamilton. Show more
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Any Questions?
Baroness Chapman, Harry Cole, Ann Pettifor, Mark Spencer MP
47 minutes
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Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Corn Exchange in Wallingford with Baroness Chapman, Harry Cole, Ann Pettifor and Mark Spencer MP. Show more
Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week. If you are suffering distress or despair, details of help and support are available. BBC Action Line.
The Museums That Make Us
Penrhyn Castle, North Wales
14 minutes
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Neil MacGregor travels to Penrhyn Castle, a glorious faux Norman building with an equally glorious collection of art, but with a dark history now being told. Show more
When a complete stranger asks Daniel for a bed for the night, he has no idea that life for him and his wife will change radically as his time in Africa returns to haunt him. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Witness Protection, Gender Pension Gap, Big Boobs and Dr Edna Adan Ismali
57 minutes
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We hear from a woman who went into witness protection to escape her stalker husband. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
The Peter Kyle One
40 minutes
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Nick Robinson asks the Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, Peter Kyle, what shapes his politics. Show more
Six O'Clock News
03/06/2023 Indian Prime Minister vows to punish those responsible for train crash.
15 minutes
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World leaders have joined Narendra Modi in paying tribute to the 288 people who've died.
Loose Ends
Jon Ronson, Tom Allen, Rakie Ayola, Jayde Adams, Glenn Tilbrook and Beautiful Landing, Rae Morris, Arthur Smith, Emma Freud
43 minutes
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Emma Freud and Arthur Smith are joined by Jon Ronson, Jayde Adams, Tom Allen and Rakie Ayola for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Rae Morris. Show more
Suella Braverman, the home secretary and former attorney general. Show more
Composer Errollyn Wallen reveals her formative influences and experiences. Show more
Matthew Sweet surveys the historical landscape of the Great Outdoors. Show more
Blood Money by Richard Monks. The second drama in the crime series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst and starring Hugo Speer as DCI John Stone. Show more
A new short story specially commissioned for Radio 4 from the writer and comedian Josie Long about a less-than-glamourous summer job. Producer: Ciaran Bermingham Show more
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Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode devote the final episode of the series to the world’s most famous doll, ahead of the release of director Greta Gerwig’s eagerly-awaited Barbie movie. Show more
Kirsty Lang chairs a contest between Scotland and the North of England in the latest heat of the cryptic quiz. Show more
Two 17-year-old boys from Northern Ireland are hitchhiking in the Loire Valley in France when they have a brush with the devil. Show more
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Damian Barr explores facts, truth and lies in fiction. He talks to other writers about the slippery notion of truth in novels. Show more
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