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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Rev Dr David Bruce.
Farming Today
08/12/23 Food security report; Bluefin tuna; Young farmers at COP28
13 minutes
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A new report from MPs says food security is a public good and should be included in government land use plans for agriculture. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the brambling. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Desert Island Discs
Marina Abramović, performance artist
39 minutes
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Marina Abramović, performance artist, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury that she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Ruth Perry's sister Julia Waters, America Ferrera, 'Stuffed'
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Late head teacher Ruth Perry's sister Prof Julia Waters, actor America Ferrera on playing Gloria in box office hit 'Barbie', Pen Vogle's research for food history book 'Stuffed'. Show more
The Briefing Room
Ukraine: what's the counter-offensive latest?
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
The start of Ukraine’s counter-offensive against occupying Russian forces was hailed as a breakthrough moment of the war. Now six months on, what has happened? Show more
Dogged by mental health issues and struggling to pay his rent and feed William, his son, Hector has a difficult encounter when forced to use the food bank. Stars Jamie Sives. Show more
The debate about how schools should deal with kids who want to change their gender identity and 'socially transition'. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
Empire of Tea
5. Innovation, Espionage and Propaganda
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sathnam Sanghera discovers how the tea industry changed forever when plantations were introduced to India. Show more
The Grundys keep their fingers crossed and Tom comes to a decision. Show more
By Helen Cross. Rose is afraid of what she's started. She can see that Maya is already deeply in love with the night. Show more
Three women share their honest, raw feelings about the taboo subject of regretting motherhood. Show more
What’s the best way to stop woodlice from hiding under my pots? How can I encourage my hibiscus to flower abundantly? Kathy Clugston and panel answer horticultural questions. Show more
Hugh Dennis reports on some of the lives changed by last year's Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields Show more
Last Word
Shane MacGowan, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Lord Darling, Joan Jara
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on singer Shane MacGowan, judge Sandra Day O’Connor, politician Lord Darling and campaigner Joan Jara. Show more
Feedback
Great thinkers, Gangsters, and Love and Money
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Andrea Catherwood talks themes and locations from this year's Reith Lectures with this year's lecturer, Professor Ben Ansell, and commissioning editor Hugh Levinson. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
08/12/2023 Israel sharply steps up its bombardment of entire Gaza Strip
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Aid workers have warned society in the territory is on the verge of collapse
The weekly satirical sketch and stand-up show returns for its final episode this series. Hosts Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by stand-ups Geoff Norcott and Harriet Kemsley. Show more
The fate of one family is sealed as the auction takes place while Lilian drops a shocking bombshell. Show more
Musician Neil Brand and violinist Anna Phoebe join Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye as they add the final five tracks to the current series, including a big singalong finale. Show more
Any Questions?
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Esther McVey MP, Lisa Nandy MP, Richard Tice
47 minutes
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Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from St Matthew's Church in Burnley with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Esther McVey MP, Lisa Nandy MP and Richard Tice. Show more
John Gray on why regular fits of collective insanity are part of what it means to be human. Show more
Exciting and enterprising, bloody and brutal. Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of our national drink and its imperial past. Show more
The World Tonight
US vetoes UN Security Council vote on Gaza
45 minutes
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Also in the programme: could COP28 be poised to make real progress on tackling climate change? And the retired LA police officer who's selling off his celebrity typewriters
Barbara tries to come clean but Silverstream refuses to believe the quiet woman is author ‘John Smith’. Perhaps her next book will change their minds…
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The former president says he'd be a dictator...but only for a day. Show more
Susan Hulme reports as a Home Office Minister faces questions over the government's Rwanda policy. Also, the Archbishop of Canterbury leads a Lords debate on families.
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As the 20th century bleeds into the 21st, Annie Ernaux’s chronicle reaches its final chapter and technology attempts to take charge of memory. Show more
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