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A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce.
With falling dairy prices, Sybil Ruscoe asks about the role of the quango AHDB Dairy. Also, what will be the impact if online grocery service Amazon Fresh launches in the UK? Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Leach's Storm-Petrel. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Former rugby player Brian Moore outlines his dream festival with a flotilla of boats sailing up and down the Thames. Each boat contains iconic works of art from every genre. Show more
Madeleine Broughton, a school administrator, on her last day. We hear her receiving gifts and tributes, learn her reasons for retiring and why she will never return to the school. Show more
Test Match Special
The Women's Ashes. England v Australia from Canterbury - Day 3
8 hours
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Commentary on the third 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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The American humourist tackles a Thanksgiving family gathering in ‘Leviathan’ plus another instalment from his diary. From 2015. Show more
Fallon feels vulnerable, and Toby is up for a big night. Show more
Front Row
Philippa Gregory, Scottish art, Jordanian cinema, Street art of Stik
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Philippa Gregory discusses her latest novel The Taming of the Queen, there are reviews of Jordanian film Theeb and a Scottish art exhibition in Edinburgh, and Stik talks street art. Show more
Karen is enjoying the attentions of her new lover and decides to invest in her career - with money from Jack, whether he likes it or not. Show more
Jeremy Corbyn is tipped to win the Labour leadership. His detractors blame far left entryism but, as reporter Mobeen Azhar discovers, there is more to Corbyn's rise than that. Show more
Opera is expensive. It receives large public subsidies. Can that be justified, and does it have a future? Peter Day visits top opera houses, a summer festival and pub performers. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Scottish GM ban, Earth's magnetic field, OCD, Birth of a new galaxy
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Science news with Adam Rutherford. Scotland bans GM crops, how to model the Earth's magnetic field, life with OCD, and new research reveals how galaxies are born. Show more
Former rugby player Brian Moore outlines his dream festival with a flotilla of boats sailing up and down the Thames. Each boat contains iconic works of art from every genre. Show more
The World Tonight
Greek parliament votes on bailout agreement.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Tsipras promises harsh spending cuts and tax rises in return for new loans
Jean Louise's world is about to be shattered as the realities of life in 1950s Alabama hit home. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Woman's Hour
Late Night Woman's Hour: Reclaiming the Nerdiverse
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Late-night live conversation with Lauren Laverne, with discussion on women and fandom, fan fiction, science fiction and cosplay. 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 4: Lost Love
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Testing times lie ahead when love and loss loom large for both Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Show more
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