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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley, chair of the Wales Synod of the Methodist Church. Show more
Farming Today
Fishing for votes, British Sugar, licenses for Game Bird shoots
13 minutes
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There is going to be an independent inquiry into licensing game bird shoots in Scotland following a report into the disappearance of satellite-tagged eagles. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
David Lindo, the Urban Birder, tells the story of the beginnings of his passion for birds with a story about seeing a kestrel in north London. Show more
News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Inventing the Self: Fact and Fiction
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr discusses truth, lies and the self with Robert Lepage, Rebecca Stott, Miranda Doyle, Andrew O'Hagan. Show more
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by Canon Stephen Shipley. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women voters in Glasgow: What's on their mind? The Bill Cosby trial. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Women in Glasgow share what's on their mind ahead of voting in Thursday's general election. Plus our final interview with a party leader, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon. Show more
Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. Show more
A woman soul-searches whether she can and should go to court to testify against the entertainer Rolf Harris. Grace Dent presents another untold story from 21st century Britain. Show more
Ed Byrne, Milton Jones, Hannah Gadsby and Natalie Haynes join Gyles Brandreth in a word-obsessed comedy panel game. From 2014. Show more
On this day in 1917, the second daylight Gotha air raid targeted Sheerness, while in Folkestone, the police station is still dealing with the fallout of the first. Show more
You and Yours
How has fundraising changed your life?
45 minutes
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Consumer phone-in. We're talking about how fundraising has changed your life. Whether you've worked to raise funds or perhaps benefited. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Pip has her nose to the grindstone, and Lilian sounds a warning. Show more
By Sarah Wooley. Tennessee Williams finds himself fighting for his reputation and his sanity when Bette Davis is cast in his play, The Night of the Iguana. Show more
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from the University of Derby take on their professors. From 2017. Show more
From Confederacy of Dunces to Absolute Beginners and On The Road, Dan Saladino explores cult novels to find out how Jack Kerouac, Colin MacInnes and John Kenney Toole used food. Show more
Dr Cathy FitzGerald’s lessons in creative writing with help from a ghostly array of great writers: criticism. From 2017. Show more
Ernie Rea presents a programme from the Hay Literary Festival on the religion of Jane Austen. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
05/06/2017 Terror attacker identities revealed
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
One of the three knifemen who killed seven people in London on Saturday night has been named as Khuram Butt, a former transport for London worker.
Nicholas Parsons returns for his 50th year and the 78th series of the iconic panel show. His guests this episode are Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Graham Norton and Stephen Fry. Show more
Justin hears it straight from the horses mouth, and Freddie is fed up with his lot. Show more
Front Row
Michael Sheen, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's favourite novel and review of television series Ackley Bridge
30 minutes
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Michael Sheen on his new film and his career, school TV drama Ackley Bridge, Robert Plant, Led Zep vocalist, sings the praises of his favourite novel, and its author, Kent Nerburn. Show more
Anna sends you her secret recordings, in this phone-based thriller. Show more
Tim Samuels invites a disruptor and a disruptee to discuss a current topic. We're living in a tech-driven era where nothing is sacrosanct. Disruption has no respect for death. Show more
Are we more racist, sexist and homophobic than we realize? David Edmonds investigates what is called implicit bias. Show more
Most parts of our bodies - lungs, hearts, faces - can all be replaced by transplant. The world's first full head transplant is mooted for 2018. Or is it a body transplant? Show more
Start the Week
Inventing the Self: Fact and Fiction
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Cultural discussion programme. Andrew Marr discusses truth, lies and the self with Robert Lepage, Rebecca Stott, Miranda Doyle, Andrew O'Hagan. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
London Bridge attacker 'was known to authorities'
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
As a vigil is held for the dead and injured, police name two of the three men behind Saturday's terrorist attack in London. Show more
In Arundhati Roy's novel, Aftab finds a place to belong in the House of Dreams. Read by Indira Varma. Show more
What is slang, where does it come from, and which subjects attract the most slang words? Michael Rosen and Laura Wright thrash it out with lexicographer of slang Jonathon Green. Show more
Academic Corin Throsby returns to her homeland of Australia, to explode the myth that it is an artistic backwater, revealing instead a vibrant and diverse cultural landscape. Show more
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Joanna Moorhead tells the remarkable life story of her father's cousin, surrealist artist and writer Leonora Carrington. Show more
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