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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill
Farming Today
08/06/23 Insect declines and food security, combine challenge, quick-cook gene edited potatoes
13 minutes
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Why declining insect populations are a risk to UK food security. Show more
Tweet of the Day
David Rothenberg on the Brown Thrasher
1 minute
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Professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology David Rothenberg discusses the brown thrasher. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written. With Edith Hall, Nick Lowe and Fiona Macintosh. Show more
Woman's Hour
Louise Redknapp, Insomnia, Lindsey Burrow, Ukraine dam
56 minutes
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Lindsey Burrow on caring for husband Rob since his motor neurone disease diagnosis, Louise Redknapp joins the cast of Grease, In Search of Sleep, impact of breach of Kakhovka dam. Show more
Crossing Continents
Ukraine: the men who don’t want to fight
31 minutes
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Thousands of Ukrainian men are dodging the draft – and risking their lives in the process. Some face either a swim across a fast-moving river or a trek over snow-covered mountains. Show more
The two writers talk about their favourite books, including Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, with Harriett Gilbert. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders: Shiza Shahid & Amir Tehrani from Our Place
53 minutes
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With its domed lid, bright colours and promise of replacing eight pans with one, the Always Pan has become a cult sensation on social media. We meet its inventors to find out why. Show more
Greg Foot investigates whether the fabrics used in outdoor clothing that 'wick away' sweat and regulate your temperature are the best thing since sliced bread - or marketing BS. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Close Encounters
Dame Katherine Grainger and Mercedes Gleitze
14 minutes
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Martha Kearney invites ten leading figures of today to the newly refurbished National Portrait Gallery to champion a favourite picture from the Gallery's star-studded collection. Show more
Tom reaches the end of his tether, and Susan has a brainwave. Show more
Grace Monroe goes undercover as a live-in nanny at the home of Ben Curtis whose wife Lydia has been missing for a year. Show more
Two friends who met during the pandemic take Clare for a walk along the Thames Path from Reading in Berkshire to Henley on Thames in Oxfordshire Show more
Catriona Balfe makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of World Child Cancer. Show more
James Naughtie and a group of readers chat to Mary Lawson about her novel Crow Lake Show more
From sidekick to lesbian icon. Anita hears how 80s animation She Ra has been reimagined for the 21st century. With guests Damian Barr and Meff. Show more
For World Ocean Day, we investigate how the planet’s seas could provide opportunities for us to enjoy a cleaner, brighter, more sustainable future. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
08/06/2023 Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling flood evacuees
30 minutes
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Kyiv says people stranded by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam have come under fire
Imogen launches a disastrous cooking class at the community centre, Tony dreams of becoming an author and Gideon sees opportunities when he is befriended by a football hooligan. Show more
Brian has the rug pulled from under him, and Freddie is feeling restless. Show more
Front Row
Film Chevalier and new TV drama Significant Other reviewed
42 minutes
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The cultural phenomenon of game streaming and new film Chevalier and TV drama Significant Other reviewed. Plus Christine and the Queens on his Queer Icon. Show more
The Law Show
How well is the Parole Board protecting the public?
28 minutes
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Is the Parole Board getting it right with prisoner releases? Also: spouses deliberately abandoned overseas without their passports, and how AI could change the delivery of justice. Show more
Food price inflation is near record highs, but are prices higher than they need to be? Evan Davis and guests examine the claim that customers are being ripped off. Show more
For World Ocean Day, we investigate how the planet’s seas could provide opportunities for us to enjoy a cleaner, brighter, more sustainable future. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests on Sophocles' tragedy, sometimes called the best play ever written. With Edith Hall, Nick Lowe and Fiona Macintosh. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Sunak and Biden announce new partnership
45 minutes
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US and UK leaders agree to a deal called the Atlantic declaration Show more
Lesley's story ends with revolution in China and an agonising decision from Arthur. But what will be the impact of her revelations to Willie? Show more
Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen talks to Rylan about the origins of man, being camp and gender stereotypes. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World by Helen Czerski
Episode 4: Into the Deep Ocean
14 minutes
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Helen Czerski's book on how the ocean works takes us into its depths, introducing us to geological wonders and exploring how its inhabitants see in the dark. Lyndsey Marshal reads. Show more
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