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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Anna Drew. Show more
Farming Today
Drought in Queensland, Australia, Dairy prices, Sheepdog training
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Drought in Queensland, Australia where farmers have had four failed wet seasons. BBC weather forecaster Peter Gibbs tells Charlotte Smith about wider changing weather patterns. Show more
Kate Humble presents the stone curlew. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the last day of term after a dramatic few weeks in British politics. Show more
Kirsty Young interviews entrepreneur Levi Roots, whose business success began following an appearance on Dragon's Den in 2007. Show more
Test Match Special
England v Pakistan: Second Test, Old Trafford - Day 1
8 hours, 20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Commentary on the first day of the second Test between England and Pakistan from Old Trafford, with Jonathan Agnew, Alison Mitchell, Henry Blofeld, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott. Show more
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Test Match Special
England v Pakistan: Second Test, Old Trafford - Day 1
8 hours, 20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWCommentary on the first day of the second Test between England and Pakistan from Old Trafford, with Jonathan Agnew, Alison Mitchell, Henry Blofeld, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott. Show more
Theresa May's first cabinet meeting, an investigation into the Winter Olympics doping scandal, and the new England manager makes his satirical debut. Show more
Anna needs more information, and Jill voices her concern. Show more
Front Row
Mark Rylance on The BFG, Pixie Lott, Alpesh Chauhan
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Mark Rylance discusses playing The BFG, Pixie Lott on moving from pop star to stage actor in Breakfast at Tiffany's, and 26-year-old conductor Alpesh Chauhan on his Saturday Prom. Show more
Bella has some happy news, but it is not so happy for Bill. Are their lunches in danger of being ditched? Show more
Any Questions?
Hazel Blears, Richard Burgon MP, Anna Soubry MP, Peter Hitchens
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Ritula Shah presents political debate and discussion from the Central United Reformed Church in Derby, with Hazel Blears, Richard Burgon MP, Anna Soubry MP and Peter Hitchens. Show more
Via steak and kidney pie and a spot of Morris dancing, AL Kennedy reflects on Englishness...at a time, she writes, "when Englishness is struggling to decide what it can be". Show more
Bridget Kendall presents an oral history series tracing decisive moments of the early Cold War.
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The World Tonight
Munich police: shootings are 'terror attack'
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Police in Germany say several people have been killed and wounded in a gun attack on a shopping centre in Munich. Show more
Murdo is beginning to feel trapped at Uncle John and Aunt Maureen’s house in Alabama. Read by Finn den Hertog. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Francesca Simon, Lloyd Langford and Harriett Gilbert debate Madeleine L'Engle, Richard Brautigan and Georges Simenon. From 2016. Show more
Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster and looks back at a month of momentous political events. Show more
The Listening Project
Lloyd and Yvonne - Old-School Ways
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover hears a retired primary school head and a long-serving district nurse lament the bureaucracy and e-correspondence that has replaced the personal touch. Show more
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Voices of the First World War
Kut: Sand, Mud, Mirage
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Survivors of the First World War recall the siege of Kut-Al-Amara, which began in late 1915, drawing on the sound archives of the Imperial War Museums and the BBC. With Dan Snow. Show more
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