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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Bob Fyffe, general secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
Farming Today
Mobile phone masts, insect feed, elephant grass as fuel, record wheat yield
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Very tall masts will be needed for 4G mobile coverage in rural areas. Laws covering what can be fed to farm animals could be relaxed to allow insect protein to be used in feed. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the sand martin. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster, as peers request an urgent response from the Government on the position of Gibraltar in the Brexit discussions. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 139: Daniel Dennett on the evolution of the human brain
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work. Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett talks to Jim about the evolution of the human brain. Show more
Half of England's pregnant teens gone. Vanished. Not taken, just not falling pregnant. Michael Blastland presents a real-life Whodunnit. He asks, 'Did Mark Zuckerberg do it?'. Show more
A space for spiritual reflection with a bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by Andrew Graystone. Show more
Woman's Hour
Teenagers, Unforgettable texts, Alys Fowler
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Professor Tanya Byron talks about teenagers. We start a new series called The Text I'll Never Forget. And the gardener, Alys Fowler, on Birmingham canals and new relationships. Show more
DCI Alma Blair's romantic dinner for two rudely interrupted with news of a body by the bidet. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh. Show more
Mary-Ann Ochota asks why scientists have managed to send probes to interstellar space but have not yet managed to reach the earth's mantle, which lies just a few miles beneath us. Show more
Documentary. Lucie Skeaping tells the story of post-diary Samuel Pepys through the music he commissioned, some of it played for the first time in 300 years. Show more
Tim Harford introduces inventions, ideas and innovations that have helped to create the modern economic world. A cautionary tale of an impactful invention. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How do you make ends meet if you are disabled?
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Consumer phone-in. A new study suggests being disabled makes you twice as likely to face food poverty. How do you make ends meet if you are disabled? Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs presented by Martha Kearney. Show more
Helen Arney and Dr Kat Arney explore the Victorian legacy: why did beards explode under Queen Victoria? From 2017. Show more
Justin aims to please, and Peggy speaks her mind. Show more
Jim returns from China in triumph and is rewarded by being promoted to makeshift vice chancellor. But a rather shady educational company wants to do a deal with the university. Show more
Jay Rayner and his panel visit Bermondsey in London. Joining him are Dr Annie Gray, Sophie Wright, Andi Oliver and Itamar Srulovich. Show more
The British fishing industry sharply declined during out membership of the European Union. Will Brexit bring a revival? Tom Heap investigates. Show more
The Business of Music with Matt Everitt
Episode 2: The Stream Age
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
In the final part of the series, journalist and broadcaster Matt Everitt talks to industry insiders about the decisions that have transformed the record industry. Show more
Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp chooses the 19th century architect-designer, Edward William Godwin. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
04/04/2017 Nearly 60 killed in suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Nearly sixty people -- many of them children -- have been killed in a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in Syria.
Tony, Bill, Andree and Sid head to Swansea in search of Harry Secombe. Stars Kevin McNally. From April 2017. Show more
David's plan backfires, and Adam is left in the lurch. Show more
Front Row
Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Author Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, Batman to Broadchurch - the challenge of casting on screen, Magnus Mills on his new novel The Forensic Records Society. Show more
DCI Alma Blair's romantic dinner for two rudely interrupted with news of a body by the bidet. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh. Show more
Documentary. Ellie Cawthorne investigates the multimillion pound online trade in fake essays and dissertations, hearing from cheating students and the people who write them. Show more
In Touch
Acting CEO of Guide Dogs interview and the future of Pingo the guide dog
20 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Peter White puts questions to Steve Vaid, the acting CEO of the charity Guide Dogs. Plus, why Pingo, a guide dog from Slovenia, is facing a demand to be returned to the country. Show more
As part of Radio 4's Cold War season, Document unearths new evidence from key moments in the 1940s and 1950s. Here, Gordon Corera re-examines the CIA's attempt to subvert Albania. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 139: Daniel Dennett on the evolution of the human brain
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work. Philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett talks to Jim about the evolution of the human brain. Show more
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. On the programme are a White Helmet rescuer and a chemical weapons inspector. Show more
Rumours about the re-emergence of the serpent spread and Cora has an unexpected encounter with a villager. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more
Bridget discusses how adverts ruined her sex life and why twitter is a sexist's natural habitat. With Fred MacAulay. From 2015. Show more
Paddy O'Connell and Bob the dog are in Stroud, where locals are fiercely proud of their independent retail tradition. From 2016. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster as peers debate the fate of EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit. Show more
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Berger reflects how paintings depict time and how we value the landscape around us. Read by Simon McBurney and Harriet Walter. Show more
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