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A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce.
Farmers' protests about low milk and lamb prices are gathering momentum, but are their campaigning stunts justified? Sybil Ruscoe talks to an economist who does not think so. Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Yellow-Browed Warbler. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
*Correction - 'Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell' staring John Hurt is on Saturday NOT Sunday. Show more
Stephen Fry talks to John Lydon and Stephen Pinker about language and emotion. Can we really say how we feel? And how great is the gap between words and emotion? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Alexandra Harris and Chris Stewart follow in the footsteps of the writer, Virginia Woolf: 1923 holiday in Andalucía. From 2015. Show more
Test Match Special
The Women's Ashes. England v Australia from Canterbury - Day 1
8 hours
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Commentary on the first day of the Women's Ashes Test from Canterbury with Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell, Isa Guha, Ebony Rainford Brent and Mel Jones. Show more
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Musical satirist Mitch Benn explores his comedy connections to the Beatles, and its illusive ‘fifth’ member. From 2014. Show more
Rob knows what he wants, and Ian opens up. Show more
Front Row
Amanda Levete, Trainwreck, Crystal Moselle, Stephen Kelman
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Arts news with John Wilson, including architect Amanda Levete on her Victoria and Albert project, Amy Schumer's new film Trainwreck and Crystal Moselle on directing Wolfpack. Show more
It is starting to unravel. Naomi disappears to school at the crack of dawn, Ella has decamped to a friend's house, Jack is throwing himself into work and Karen has taken up running. Show more
Tim Whewell investigates the challenges of life post-adoption and asks what changes are being made to improve the current situation. Show more
Peter White speaks to David Poyner about the recent changes to blind archery, Tom Walker meets a blind orchestra conductor, and Red Szell talks about risk taking. Show more
Dr Mark Porter puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test. BMI is used to see if someone is too fat, too thin or just right, but how accurate is it? Show more
Stephen Fry talks to John Lydon and Stephen Pinker about language and emotion. Can we really say how we feel? And how great is the gap between words and emotion? Show more
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The World Tonight
Russian missile parts found at site of MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Dutch investigator vows to find out who fired weapon that brought the plane down.
Back in Maycomb with her family, Jean Louise is both delighted and infuriated by them. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a forensic look at forensic science. They are joined by Rufus Hound, forensic scientist Professor Sue Black and forensic botanist Dr Mark Spencer. Show more
Paul Jackson tells the story behind TV classic Men Behaving Badly, the comedy series that made its cast and writer famous and became indelibly associated with 'lad culture'. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Book of the Week
Romantic Outlaws - The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
Episode 2: Writing Lives
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Charlotte Gordon explores the writing that made Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley famous: Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Shelley's Frankenstein. Show more
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