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Farming Today
18/01/24 Government is too slow on its environmental ambitions, says OEP report; LAMMA Show, waxwings
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The Government is doing too little, too slowly, to meet its own environmental ambitions and statutory commitments, according to a report published today. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the globally widespread but secretive black stork. Show more
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti in 1912 has shaped ideas about her and about life in ancient Egypt and the royal city of Amarna. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jodie Comer, Olivia Attwood, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
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The Killing Eve star plays a mum battling to survive a flooded Britain in a new film. Show more
Crossing Continents
Bulgaria: the people smugglers
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Migration is a global political issue. We’ve heard many stories of hardship told by migrants, but almost nothing from those who enable their journeys: the people smugglers. Show more
Great Lives
Actor Niamh Cusack on the life of poet Mary Oliver
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Actor Niamh Cusack chooses the Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Mary Oliver as her Great Life. With Baroness Helena Kennedy. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders - Ramona Hazan from Ramona's
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Ramona Hazan, the founder of Ramona's, talks about the gap she found for high quality houmous and falafels in supermarkets. Show more
Why did the package holiday brand for young people, Club 18-30, disappear? Sean Farrington examines its fortunes with help from expert guests. Show more
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The Kids Are Alt Right?
The Marketplace of Politics
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In Western Europe radical right parties are winning elections. And younger people are part of these successes. Professor James Tilley goes beyond the headlines to ask why. Show more
There’s a sad goodbye in Ambridge, and things go from bad to worse for the Grundys. Show more
A woman caller wakens a college professor just before dawn. He is to evacuate all the neighbours in his block after which it is going to be destroyed by a missile. Show more
Long time climbing friends Andrew Cotter and Iain Cameron take producer Miles Warde across four Munros near Glenshee. Accompanying them is Mabel the dog. Show more
Broadcaster Mark Durden-Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Charlie Waller Trust. Show more
Pulitzer Prize-wining author Hisham Matar talks to Chris Power about his novel My Friends. Show more
Why did the Ottomans support Germany in the First World War, and what are the consequences today? Show more
Is Iceland entering a new volcanic era? Plus, the largest ocean DNA study, and an old dinosaur fossil that may not be what it seems. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
18/01/2024 UK Statistics Authority rebukes Rishi Sunak over asylum backlog claims
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The Prime Minister said the backlog of cases had been cleared when thousands remained
Comedian Ellie Taylor has some opinions she'd like to get off her chest. In this episode she looks at the environment and wonders whether the planet really is worth saving. Show more
Eddie has a shocking idea, and Fallon makes an unexpected friend. Show more
Front Row
Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne on The Holdovers and reivews of The Vulnerables and The Artful Dodger
42 minutes
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Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne on The Holdovers plus new television series The Artful Dodger and new novel The Vulnerables reviewed. Show more
The Briefing Room
Why is local government in such trouble?
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Bankruptcy, debt, cuts to services - why some councils are struggling Show more
The Bottom Line
Bringing your 'whole self' to work
40 minutes
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Does sharing your personal politics, beliefs and vulnerabilities create a happier, more inclusive workplace, or is it a recipe for conflict? Evan Davis and guests discuss. Show more
Is Iceland entering a new volcanic era? Plus, the largest ocean DNA study, and an old dinosaur fossil that may not be what it seems. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the discovery of the bust of Nefertiti in 1912 has shaped ideas about her and about life in ancient Egypt and the royal city of Amarna. Show more
The World Tonight
Fighting intensifies in southern Gaza
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective Show more
After losing both parents, Jamie is desperate to locate a cottage where the small family spent a rare holiday. By Allan Radcliffe. Read by Richard Conlon. Show more
The Today Podcast
Does Starmer need Scotland to win the general election?
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With Nick in Glasgow this week we turn our attention to the role Scotland will play in deciding the general election. Show more
MPs vote to outlaw the Islamist group, Hizb ut-Tahrir.
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Facing pressure, the Post Office finds ways to defend itself. Show more
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