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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. Show more
English dairy farm profits are forecast to almost double this financial year and incomes on other livestock farms are also set to increase substantially. With Anna Hill. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Chris Packham presents the grey heron. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Spying and Surveillance: The Snowden Files
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Anne McElvoy discusses surveillance and spying with Luke Harding, Sir David Omand, Annette Dittert and Alain de Botton. Show more
Rapper Angel Haze. Why are political parties failing to attract and retain women? Plus how a portrait of the Wyndham Sisters inspired a historian to tell their story. Show more
Anna's War by Lizzie Nunnery
1. We're Watching You
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
4 Extra Debut. Anna tries to save frail people abandoned in Chechnya. True life drama about journalist Anna Politkovskaya. With Anastasia Hill. Show more
4 Extra Debut. David Goldblatt discovers how one snowless Yorkshire city turned out Olympic skiers. Why? From 2014. Show more
Can cookery writer Damien win an award? Actor Anthony auditions for Hay Fever. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2014. Show more
You and Yours
Design a high street; Superfast broadband; Car-sharing clubs; Tube refunds; Drive-in cinemas
56 minutes
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How to design a high street from scratch, and claims public money is being wasted on superfast broadband for places that would have got it anyway from commercial firms. Show more
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National and international news. Listeners can share their views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato.
A Brief History of Mathematics
Episode 1: Newton and Leibniz
15 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science: Newton, Leibniz and calculus. Show more
Can Tony keep his temper? Meanwhile Tom makes unwise assumptions. Show more
This second drama continues to follow homeless couple Tony and Roz and their families. Inspired by true stories taken from the homeless people of Manchester. Show more
Russell Davies chairs the latest heat of the general knowledge quiz, from Media City studios in Salford. The name of which chemical element derives from the Greek word for 'lazy'? Show more
The UK loves ready meals, we are the biggest consumers of them in Europe. Sheila Dillon explains how the horsemeat scandal led to a shift from cheaper frozen to more premium brands. Show more
Alexander McCall Smith, writer of the popular Number One Ladies Detective Agency and 44 Scotland Street novels, chooses his favourite prose, poetry and music. Show more
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of the Ahmadi community within Islam. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Henning Wehn, Graeme Garden, Jeremy Hardy and Victoria Coren Mitchell talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as the British, beetles, the clergy and novels. Show more
Clarrie fears the future, and Helen is adamant. Show more
Front Row
Angela Lansbury, Richard Deacon, Philip Seymour Hoffman
30 minutes
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Arts news. Mark Lawson talks to Angela Lansbury, who is about to star in Blithe Spirit in the West End. And director Anton Corbijn pays tribute to the actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Show more
Anna's War by Lizzie Nunnery
1. We're Watching You
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
4 Extra Debut. Anna tries to save frail people abandoned in Chechnya. True life drama about journalist Anna Politkovskaya. With Anastasia Hill. Show more
Seymour has been to prison many times over many years. He thrives when he is inside, but as he ends his current sentence, he is determined to stay out for good. Will he do it? Show more
Jeremy Cliffe encounters the ideas and personalities behind a new 'anarcho-populism'. Show more
The earth is mostly covered by seawater, yet most of the world's oceans are ungoverned. Monty Don asks who is responsible for the life in the sea. Show more
Start the Week
Spying and Surveillance: The Snowden Files
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Anne McElvoy discusses surveillance and spying with Luke Harding, Sir David Omand, Annette Dittert and Alain de Botton. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Ritula Shah. Michael Gove says he wants state schools to become as good as private schools. Show more
When Father Flynn dies, a young boy and his family visit the old man's sisters. However, once there, they hear an insightful story about the priest's younger days. Show more
It is a word that can start a war, incarcerate the innocent and bring a city to a standstill. Michael Rosen charts the changing meaning and power of the word 'terrorist'. Show more
The environment secretary faces some direct questions over the flooding crisis. Sean Curran covers the exchanges and reports on the rest of the day in the Commons and the Lords. Show more
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Sally Magnusson reads the moving account of her mother's struggle with dementia: early tell-tale signs emerge. From 2014. Show more
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