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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham.
Farming Today
Grouse shooting, Nantwich Cheese Show, RABI retirement home
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Should driven grouse shooting be banned? Charlotte Smith hears both sides of the argument from author Mark Avery and Andrew Gilruth of the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the goldeneye. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Food and water are the very essence of life. Is there ever a time when they should be withheld from someone who is not dying? And what if that someone is a child? Show more
Test Match Special
The Ashes. England v Australia. The third Test from Edgbaston - Day 2
8 hours
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Commentary on the second day of the third Test between England and Australia from Edgbaston with Jonathan Agnew, Jim Maxwell, Glenn McGrath, Geoff Boycott and Phil Tufnell. Show more
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The American humourist on questionable childcare in ‘The Understudy’ and one flush not sufficing in ‘Big Boy’. From 2015. Show more
Charlie feels at a loss, and Brian lays it on the line. Show more
Front Row
Semyon Bychkov, Steve Reich, Richard Long, how to set up a museum
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Arts news with John Wilson, including conductor Semyon Bychkov talking about Shostakovich's 7th Symphony and Steve Reich on how his Clapping Music has become an app. Show more
Young Indian revolutionary Dinesh Gupta awaits execution, while his family hope for a chance to appeal. Show more
The Report
Radicals, Rights and Hunting - The Battle for the RSPCA
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Peter Marshall investigates claims that the RSPCA faces a takeover by animal rights radicals, and he finds all is not as it seems. Show more
The race to develop driverless cars is hotting up around the world, and the UK is determined not to be left behind. Peter Day looks at the future of motor vehicles. Show more
Amidst the recent bold claims for earth-like planets in our universe, how confident can we be in discovering earth's twin, plus new properties for graphene the "wonder material" Show more
Steve Punt turns private investigator and examines the curious case of the socialist MP Victor Grayson, who vanished into thin air. Show more
The World Tonight
Cameron criticised for his description of migrants as a "swarm".
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
So far this week more than 3000 people have attempted to get into Channel Tunnel.
Devastated to learn he was the mark in Paul and Igor’s bank robbing plan, Claude has an idea. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Jeremy attempts to understand citizenship, to examine the State and to spell surveillance. With Gordon Kennedy. From 2014. Show more
Fi Glover's three guests share their experiences of being held hostage. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Hannah's Jamaican Chinese father Chick is 65 and he decides to take his Essex family back to the place of his birth. Show more
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