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Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day, with the Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more
Farming Today
Farmers struggling to recruite migrant workers, New NFUS President, Wild boar in Forest of Dean
13 minutes
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UK farmers struggling to recruit migrant workers are offering improved accommodation - plush caravans and BBQs. Linsey Smith meets Lincolnshire farmers upping their offer. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the nuthatch. Show more
Susan Hulme reports as the Government says both Houses of Parliament will get a vote on the final Brexit deal before it is put to the European Parliament. Show more
Midweek
Levison Wood; Kimberley Chambers; John de St Jorre; Annie Siddons.
43 minutes
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Explorer and writer Levison Wood; author Kimberley Chambers; journalist and writer John de St Jorre and performer and playwright Annie Siddons join Libby Purves. Show more
Daily Service
Faith along Whitehall: from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square
15 minutes
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The Daily Service explores faith in the workplace with a week of services from people of different occupations around the country. Show more
Woman's Hour
Actress Cherry Jones; Professor Alexis Jay, the chair of the inquiry into child sexual abuse
54 minutes
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Cherry Jones on her role as Amanda in the Glass Menagerie. Could some women with breast cancer avoid chemotherapy? Prof Alexis Jay on the progress of her report into child abuse. Show more
A reprogrammed robot goes awol on a space station, with potentially lethal consequences. Stars Hermione Norris. Show more
The Listening Project
Gordon and Claire - The Kindness of Strangers
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between a father and daughter about their loss through suicide and the support and understanding that's helped them. Show more
Alan Dein visits Morecambe Bay to investigate the aftermath of the 2004 cockle picking disaster. How did the community cope when 23 Chinese workers lost their lives in the bay? Show more
Simon asks why bricks and mortar are deemed a safe investment, and who really owns land we buy? With Kevin Cahill. From May 2014. Show more
As the UK prepares to begin leaving the EU, what are the key deals to be done? Chris Morris hears from people who have made their lives across the channel. Show more
You and Yours
Local butchers, Rogue builder, Prank phone calls
45 minutes
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We investigate a builder who left a family's home in such a state they can no longer live in it. Plus why the number of local butchers is increasing for the first time in decades. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy: 1971 – Soviet spying in Britain. From 2017. Show more
Anisha worries for her reputation, and is Josh pulling a fast one? Show more
By Daf James. Docu-drama. Daf and his partner Hywel want to adopt. But when his mum dies, Daf wonders if he has what it takes to become a parent. Show more
Financial phone-in. Could a machine give better financial advice than a human? Show more
Inside Health
Over-the-counter prescriptions, Virtual reality in rehabilitation, Sore throats and antibiotics
28 minutes
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Mark Porter reports on GPs prescribing over-the-counter items, how virtual reality is being used in neuro-rehabilitation, and on detecting sore throats that need antibiotics. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Vertical Cities - India's property boom
28 minutes
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Sociological discussion programme. Laurie Taylor explores the increasing segregation of cities by height. Also, India's property boom. Show more
The Media Show
David Beckham and reputation management, Curbing abuse on Twitter, The Guardian
30 minutes
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What David Beckham's coverage this week tells us about PR, papers and reputation management. Brexit, May and Trump - how is the Guardian doing? And how to curb abuse on Twitter. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
08/02/2017 Labour accuses government of striking a "sweetheart deal" with Tory council to avoid a big rise in council tax
30 minutes
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The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says a deal was agreed with Surrey council so it would drop plans for a referendum to approve a 15% rise in council tax to pay for social care
Strained relationships. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London. By Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. From 2017. Show more
Jennifer wants to put an end to the rumours, and Fallon thinks outside the box. Show more
Front Row
Vanessa Bell exhibition, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Alan Simpson remembered, The poetry of Anna Akhmatova
30 minutes
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Author Ben Fountain and actor Joe Alwyn on Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, comedy writer Alan Simpson remembered, the work of Vanessa Bell, Viv Groskop on poet Anna Akhmatova. Show more
A reprogrammed robot goes awol on a space station, with potentially lethal consequences. Stars Hermione Norris. Show more
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Melanie Phillips, Giles Fraser, Anne McElvoy and Claire Fox. Show more
John Osborne tells a story of waiting for a bill in a cafe and describes how it made him think about being ignored. Show more
Wildfires burn an area the size of India every year and their impact is rapidly increasing. Tom Heap asks if there is a solution to the epidemic of fire. Show more
Midweek
Levison Wood; Kimberley Chambers; John de St Jorre; Annie Siddons.
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Explorer and writer Levison Wood; author Kimberley Chambers; journalist and writer John de St Jorre and performer and playwright Annie Siddons join Libby Purves. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
MPs vote to trigger Brexit - Labour's Clive Lewis resigns
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Theresa May gets Brexit bill through without a single amendment being passed. Show more
Mentors lay down the ground rules as Karl and Genevieve slowly adjust to life as protégés in rehabilitation. Read by Bryan Dick. Show more
The comic poet retreats from the studio to the kitchen as he tackles the ancient art of cookery. With Tom Basden. From 2015. Show more
Kayvan Novak imagines the answerphone messages of the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Fictitious improvised comedy. From 2017. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the Bill empowering the Government to begin Brexit clears the Commons. Show more
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Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition. The young Xiaolu has a new home in Wenling, where she is reunited with her parents. Show more
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