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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. Show more
Farming minister George Eustice announces new measures to stop the decline of the European sea bass stock. However, not all fishermen welcome the new rules. With Charlotte Smith. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the common crane. Common cranes were extinct in the UK in the 17th century. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Ashley is 15 and refusing the cancer treatment that could save his life. Should the medical team and his mother persuade him? Or should they accept his decision? Show more
Test Match Special
The Ashes: England v Australia. Fourth Test, Trent Bridge - Day 1
8 hours
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Commentary on the first day of the fourth Test between England and Australia from Trent Bridge with Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Phil Tufnell, Michael Vaughan and Glenn McGrath. Show more
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An obsessive quest for fitness in ‘Stepping Out’ and a tale of over-zealous security in ‘The Vigilant Rabbit’. From 2015. Show more
Self-doubting Kate gets a pep talk. Ruth and David get moving. Show more
Front Row
Guy Ritchie, China Mieville, George Cole remembered
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Arts news, including Guy Ritchie on The Man From U.N.C.L.E., fantasy writer China Mieville on his new collection of short stories and the actor George Cole remembered. Show more
Mrs Armitage has consented to an abortion and a sterilisation. A study of 1960s marriage starring Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more
The charity Kids Company and its charismatic founder Camila Batmanghelidjh have endured weeks of negative headlines. Reporter Simon Cox investigates accusations of mismanagement. Show more
California has some of the world's most productive farmland. The state has also endured four years of drought. What happens when water becomes the most valuable commodity of all? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Hiroshima radiation, Anthropocene, Bonobo noises, Physicist Henry Moseley
30 minutes
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Science news with Adam Rutherford, including discussion on the radiation effects after Hiroshima, and whether the first atomic bomb tests started the Anthropocene. Show more
Steve Punt turns investigator, reopening the mysterious case of a woman found dead inside a tree. Show more
The World Tonight
Japan marks 70 years since atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
We discuss modern-day attitudes towards nuclear weapons. Show more
Paul is still resisting writing a new novel and Claude's bank is taking bigger and bigger risks. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Using the Bible, the Monarchy and Audrey Hepburn, Jeremy Hardy looks at self-improvement. With Carla Mendonça. From 2014. Show more
In the first of a double bill, Jarvis Cocker wanders the lava fields of Iceland in search of the unseen forces of night. He meets sheep, enters a volcano and stumbles upon a wake. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Helen Scales explores the impact of shells on agriculture and geology and peeks into the driven world of the collector. Show more
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