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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dabinderjit Singh
Farming Today
22/04/24 Public perception of commercial forestry, the state of UK woodlands, feral pigs in Scotland.
12 minutes
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Foresters warn the public's dislike of commercial forestry is hampering efforts to grow more timber. Show more
Weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Ben Power, Amanda Levete and Simon Kuper discuss the power of the city, including London and Paris, with Adam Rutherford. Show more
Corinne Hutton used her experience to help people adjust to life after losing a limb. She lost her hands and legs below the knee to sepsis and founded charity Finding Your Feet. Show more
Woman's Hour
Peres Jepchirchir, Rhianon Bragg and stalking, Nitazenes, Tortured poets
57 minutes
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We hear from Peres Jepchirchir about breaking the women’s-only marathon world record time. Show more
How to Invent a Country travels east to tell the story of China - although some may dispute this and say the Middle Kingdom is at the very centre of the world. Show more
Knife by Salman Rushdie
1. Reflections after an attempted murder
14 minutes
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The internationally renowned author Salman Rushdie's deeply personal account of enduring a violent attack that also shook the literary world and beyond. Art Malik is the reader. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
You and Yours
Amazon Fresh, Goodwill Scams, Holiday Lets
53 minutes
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Amazon stepped offline and in to food retail in Seattle back in 2018. They came to London a few years after, but has it made the impact many thought they would? Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
Max Cotton tries to complete a year of total food self-sufficiency on his tiny farm in Somerset. He wants to test to destruction our ideas of eating seasonally and locally. Show more
Denise doesn’t know where to turn, and Ed’s feeling nervous. Show more
Writer Ray Connolly spent six months in hospital fighting Covid-19. This is the story of how he survived. Starring Philip Jackson and Alison Steadman. Show more
Writer Katherine Rundell chooses fellow children's author E Nesbit. With Matthew Parris. Show more
History's Secret Heroes
14. The Unbreakable Navajo Code
29 minutes
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A group of Native American soldiers use their language to devise a secret code for the Allies. Can the Navajo code help win one of the fiercest battles of the war? Show more
Journalist, and former Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow, remembers Portugal's 1974 revolution, which he covered as a young man. Show more
Hope, optimism and new beginnings: stories of what Johnny Nash's 1972 hit means to people around the world. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
22/04/2024 Rwanda Bill ping pong
30 minutes
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Rishi Sunak says the stand-off over his Rwanda bill will be settled tonight.
Knife Crime is a societal woe that gets a lot of coverage in the media, but how do the police actually work on getting knives off the streets? Show more
Alice fears she has gone too far, and Henry learns a trick or two. Show more
Front Row
Designer Sir Kenneth Grange, Taylor Swift's new album, Venice Art Biennale
43 minutes
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Taylor Swift new album The Tortured Poets Department reviewed. Also a review of the huge international art show, the Venice Biennale. Sir Kenneth Grange on his life as a designer. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Do we need a new model of cosmology?
32 minutes
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This week, scientists met to discuss whether we need to change the model that explains the Big Bang and the evolution of the cosmos. Show more
Ben Power, Amanda Levete and Simon Kuper discuss the power of the city, including London and Paris, with Adam Rutherford. Show more
Corinne Hutton used her experience to help people adjust to life after losing a limb. She lost her hands and legs below the knee to sepsis and founded charity Finding Your Feet. Show more
The World Tonight
Government and Lords continue show down over Rwanda bill
45 minutes
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Parliamentary ping pong turns into late night stand-off over the Safety of Rwanda bill. Show more
When Dylan and his mum find a notebook, they use it to chronicle their experiences of life after The End.
By Manon Steffan Ros, read by Gwïon Morris Jones and Rhian Blythe. Show more
Things begin to get very real when Alex jets off with Jake and his unit on a secret training trip. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Knife by Salman Rushdie
1. Reflections after an attempted murder
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for 7 months
The internationally renowned author Salman Rushdie's deeply personal account of enduring a violent attack that also shook the literary world and beyond. Art Malik is the reader. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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