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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the former moderator of the Church of Scotland's General Assembly, the Very Rev John Chalmers.
Farming Today
Microbeads harming marine life, woodcock decline and fruit packaging
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
There are renewed calls for a ban on the use of plastic microbeads, which harm marine life. The microscopic beads are used in many cosmetics and toothpastes. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address of 1863, one of the most influential statements of national purpose. Show more
Woman's Hour
Kate Beckinsale, Facebook, Catholic priests and marriage, Baroness Scotland
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Love and Friendship, Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook Europe VP, Baroness Patricia Scotland, secretary-general of the Commonwealth, and being married to a Catholic priest. Show more
DeDe accompanies Mary Ann to her surgery while Jake makes a big decision. Stars Laurel Lefkow and Fox Fisher. From May 2016. Show more
Correspondents around the world tell stories and examine news developments in their region. In this programme they're from Afghanistan, Turkey, Japan, Australia and Switzerland. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life. With artist Jo Gelbard. From 2016. Show more
The Bishop of Liverpool tells conscientious objectors that they should leave the country if they refuse to fight, and the Wilsons prepare to leave Devonshire. Show more
Macmillan, the British Red Cross, NSPCC and Oxfam are found to have broken the fundraising code of practice in relation to the call centre GoGen. Plus what help for bad gardeners? Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Historian Helen Castor examines how political gestures from England's radical middle have redefined the world's history. Show more
Fallon and Kirsty get their heads together, and Jazzer digs his heels in. Show more
The Headline Ballads
Episode 1: The Island, the Sea, the Volunteer and the Refugee
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
As the refugee crisis in Greece subsides, poet Louise Wallwein responds to what she has seen and heard over the past year working as a volunteer on Kos. Show more
Clare Balding goes on a training walk with four women about to embark on completing the 82-mile Essex Way in just three days while raising money for a local charity. Show more
Ian McEwan presents an appeal on behalf of SolarAid. Show more
Open Book
Kit de Waal, Researching novels, Counter-factual fiction.
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal about her novel My Name Is Leon. Show more
The Film Programme
Whit Stillman and Jane Austen
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Radio 4's weekly look at the world of film, presented by Francine Stock. Whit Stillman on why he adapted Jane Austen's posthumously published novella Lady Susan. Show more
BBC Inside Science
GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
GM in agriculture makes many people concerned. Adam poses many of the questions about the topic Show more
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Six O'Clock News
26/05/2016 Net migration to UK reaches second highest level
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Focus of EU referendum campaign shifts to immigration
Paul Sinha looks at the forgotten women of history – from warriors to activists whose stories weren’t told at school. From 2016. Show more
Lilian and Jennifer go shopping, and Jolene has to think on her feet. Show more
Front Row
Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
With guitarist Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer, Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet reviewed and the first UK solo show of American artist Walter De Maria. Show more
DeDe accompanies Mary Ann to her surgery while Jake makes a big decision. Stars Laurel Lefkow and Fox Fisher. From May 2016. Show more
Northern Ireland-related terrorism now represents a “substantial” threat to Great Britain, according to MI5. David Aaronovitch asks who are the New IRA? Show more
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BBC Inside Science
GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
GM in agriculture makes many people concerned. Adam poses many of the questions about the topic Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address of 1863, one of the most influential statements of national purpose. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Trump 'clinches Republican nomination'
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Donald Trump claims he has enough delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination. Plus the family of Jules Bianchi sue Formula One, and are UK special forces in Libya? Show more
Harry and Leon are on their way to a big drug deal, hoping it will be one of their last. But their usual contact is in jail, and things do not feel quite right. Show more
Journalist and comedy writer David Quantick has met and interviewed hundreds of people – what were his first impressions, how have they changed and does it all matter? Show more
Susan Hulme reports as MPs raise concerns over a plan to cut pension benefits to help save Tata Steel's UK operations, and there is a clash over the state of the economy. Show more
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Writer Aarathi Prasad tracks down the fish doctors in Secunderabad, who claim to treat asthma by the most unlikely of methods. Show more
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