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A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.
Farming Today
The ethics of editing animal genes, a new study on bovine TB and a new rural chaplain for farmers in the south east
13 minutes
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The ethics of editing animal genes and the governance of how this is applied within the agricultural industry; and can a mathematical model help us understand bovine TB? Show more
David Attenborough presents the purple sandpiper. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Joyce DiDonato, opera singer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more
Emily Blunt and Paula Hawkins on Girl on a Train. Jenni Murray speaks to Guerrilla Girls Frida Kahlo, HM inspector of probation Glenys Stacey, and Joan Smith discusses Amanda Knox. Show more
Feelings are running high at Ascot as the Forsytes gather to watch the family horse in its debut race. Starring Jessica Raine. Show more
Bridgitte Tetteh investigates the increasing pressures on women from African and Caribbean communities to pursue a curvy physique and the toll it is having on their health. Show more
Australian-born comic Deborah tries to find her real father, but can her birth mother remember who he is? From May 2015. Show more
On this day in 1916, the papers carried complaints about British men marrying German women, and in Folkestone, it's a day of secrets and unexpected joy. Show more
You and Yours
Business rates, End of the line for Nike golf equipment, Getting back the credit from energy firms
45 minutes
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Peter White looks at new business rate values. What could they mean for failing high streets in England and Wales? And why are Nike and Adidas pulling out of making golf clubs? Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
A History of the Infinite
Where does this leave us?
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Adrian Moore explores the idea of infinity through history: contemplating the infinite and our place in the universe. From 2016. Show more
Toby is caught out, and Ed takes offence. Show more
By Sarah Buckley. Schoolgirl Chloe has been in trouble in the past. She still likes to party but now she talks to God and has a radical plan for her future. Show more
Eric Robson and his panel of experts are at the University of Bath. Matt Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw answer the horticultural questions from the audience. Show more
Clare Dwyer Hogg reads her new original short story. After stealing a button as a child, Montreal knew that this overwhelming feeling of joy was something he could never ignore. Show more
Last Word
Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on Israeli president Shimon Peres, zookeeper Nathalie Evans, golfer Arnold Palmer, permaculturist Bill Millison. Show more
Roger Bolton discusses neutrality in war reporting and considers concerns that news reports about The Great British Bake Off and The Archers are just shameless plugs. Show more
The Listening Project
Jean and Joff - I Didn't Want You to Be from a Broken Home
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a mother and son about his childhood and the relief when, 30 years on, she discovers he has only happy memories. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
30/09/2016 European space probe Rosetta crash-lands after 12 years in space
30 minutes
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The Rosetta probe ends its historic mission by crashing into the comet it's been studying
Susan Calman, Frankie Boyle, Baron Finkelstein and Angela Barnes join Miles Jupp for the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more
Rob asks for a favour, and there is an argument in The Bull. Show more
Front Row
David Greig, Van Gogh Paintings, Westworld, Medieval Embroidery, David Bintley and Sally Beamish
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
David Greig on Aeschylus, Van Gogh's stolen paintings, TV sci-fi Westworld, the V&A's medieval embroidery, David Bintley and Sally Beamish on the Birmingham Royal Ballet's Tempest. Show more
Feelings are running high at Ascot as the Forsytes gather to watch the family horse in its debut race. Starring Jessica Raine. Show more
Any Questions?
Kate Andrews, John Harris, Angela Rayner MP, Nadhim Zahawi MP
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Newcastle-under-Lyme College in Staffordshire with Kate Andrews, John Harris, Angela Rayner MP and Nadhim Zahawi MP. Show more
John Gray argues that the 'safe space' policy of some universities not only threatens a fundamental liberal value but represents a demand to be sheltered from human reality. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 63: 26-30 September 1916
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for years
In the week, in 1916, when Lloyd George declared 'there is no end of the war in sight', in Folkestone, it is a week of parting and small miracles. Show more
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The World Tonight
Russian Claim US Supporting Nusra 'Absurd'
45 minutes
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The US rejects Russia's claim that Washington is tacitly supporting Syrian Islamists. Plus senator Leila de Lima, critic of President Duterte, on his latest political outburst. Show more
Fearing that her supervision of Anna is only contributing to her failing health, Nurse Wright tries to uncover the real reason behind the girl's alleged fasting. Show more
Woman's Hour
Late Night Woman's Hour: Public Space
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Late-night conversation presented by Lauren Laverne. Where does private space for women end and public space begin? Show more
Chef Cyrus Todiwala chooses Dadabhai Naoroji who in 1892 became Britain's first Asian MP. With Matthew Parris. From 2016. Show more
The Listening Project
Julie and Catherine – Running As Therapy
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between fellow runners about the emotional strength their passion gives them, and the self-esteem it has helped them build. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Samuel Brightmon, age 18, was shot dead in the street. Nobody came out of their houses to see what was going on. Samuel's death was counted. It just didn't count for much. Show more
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