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A short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill.
Farming Today
Sugar Beet Farmer Responds to the Sugar Levy, Growing Veg on Martian Soil, Sprouting Seeds for Chickens
13 minutes
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Not such sweet news for sugar beet farmers as George Osborne taxes sugary soft drinks. Lincolnshire farmer Andrew Worth says he may have to come out of growing the crop. Show more
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early years of Europe's oldest psychiatric hospital, which opened as St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate and soon became known as Bedlam. Show more
Woman's Hour
Exercise fads, Syrian refugees, Sophie Sabbage, Marian Clayden
45 minutes
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From aerobics to candlelit cycling, how can you negotiate exercise fads to find a form of fitness training which will work for you? With Jenni Murray. Show more
Charlotte’s excited to see George again and take things further, but his mother’s determined to keep them apart. Stars Ben Lamb. Show more
Refugees keep trying to cross into Macedonia even though the border is now closed. Plus stories from the Basque country, Kenya, Florida and Ethiopia. Show more
Setting the Past Free
Episode 1: Part I, Mark Lawson explores the retellings of one of the most controversial stories to emerge from the Holocaust
30 minutes
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Mark Lawson explores how the story of Rudolf Kastner, one of the most controversial figures to emerge from the Holocaust, has been retold outside Israel. Show more
Marking five years since the start of the conflict, Lyse Doucet talks to those whose lives have been changed by events in Syria. Show more
You and Yours
Palliative care, Used rings, Older apprentices
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Consumer affairs programme, including a look at a pioneering new scheme which helps communities to care for dying people at home. Show more
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News presented by Martha Kearney, including changes to disability benefits, expansion of academy schools in England and the death of TV magician Paul Daniels. Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Krishna Menon: Sombre Porcupine
14 minutes
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Professor Sunil Khinani looks at the life of Krishna Menon, the abrasive Indian diplomat and statesman who invented the concept of non-alignment. Show more
Helen is vulnerable and out of the loop. Shula and Dr Locke talk families. Show more
Newly-elected Prime Minister Julian Quark (Toby Jones) is in a political pickle: every time he tells a lie a body part disappears. Surreal and delightful comedy by Tom Wainwright. Show more
Clare Balding joins a group of women in Oxfordshire, who meet each year to remember their friend Catherine, who died of breast cancer. Show more
Author David Mitchell presents an appeal on behalf of the charity KIDS. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning Spanish novelist Javier Marias, whose latest book, Thus Bad Begins, is an intimate portrait of a marriage. Show more
Director Ben Wheatley discusses his adaptation of JG Ballard's dystopian satire High-Rise and why he is terrified of the 70s. Antonia Quirke presents. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Recovering lost memories, Storks eat junk food, Oldest pine fossil, Spring flowering
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
New research shows that lost memories can be recovered in mice. Tracey Logan discusses any implications for people with Alzheimer's. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
17/03/2016 IFS says wage growth to slow
30 minutes
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies says the figures set out by the Chancellor in his budget will lead to lower wages and living standards. Show more
The stay-at-home Dad must stand in for his busy wife making a talk at their daughter’s school. Stars Hal Cruttenden. From 2014. Show more
Rob is thinking about the future. Will Helen reach out to a friend? Show more
Front Row
The Painkiller, Follow the Money, Maylis de Kerangal, The Gloaming
30 minutes
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Arts news, including the Painkiller, starring Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon, Danish crime drama Follow the Money and author Maylis de Kerangal on her novel Mend the Living. Show more
Charlotte’s excited to see George again and take things further, but his mother’s determined to keep them apart. Stars Ben Lamb. Show more
Legal magazine programme presented by Joshua Rozenberg. Featuring the law and 'legal highs', and Joshua talks to the chief coroner for England and Wales about the inquest system. Show more
What goes on between a senior executive and his or her coach? BT Group's CEO, Gavin Patterson, joins Evan Davis and guests to discuss why top bosses employ coaches or mentors. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Recovering lost memories, Storks eat junk food, Oldest pine fossil, Spring flowering
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
New research shows that lost memories can be recovered in mice. Tracey Logan discusses any implications for people with Alzheimer's. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the early years of Europe's oldest psychiatric hospital, which opened as St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate and soon became known as Bedlam. Show more
The World Tonight
Referendum Views from Twinned Towns
45 minutes
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Ritula Shah in Freiburg and Carolyn Quinn in Guildford Show more
Matthew's trip to the West Country has not gone according to plan. Back in Barnet, his wife is expecting him home. Show more
Overblown, melodramatic modern life. With Daniel Rigby, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd, Henry Paker and Jessica Ransom. From 2016. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster where the Budget remains the focus in the both the Commons and the Lords, with arguments over education and controversial welfare changes. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The author reveals his interest in cave paintings and what they reveal. Posthumous essays written by the creator of Wallander following his diagnosis of cancer. From March 2016. Show more
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