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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Dr Ed Kessler, director of the Woolf Institute. Show more
Farming Today
Oil Seed Rape and the Flea Beetle, Beef hide products, Agricultural skills training
14 minutes
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Charlotte Smith hears how chemical pesticides are failing to protect oil seed rape from the hungry Flea Beetle. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Kathy Hinde on the Common Crane
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Kathy Hinde, an audio-visual artist, recalls an early morning spectacle of dancing common cranes. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Danielle de Niese, opera singer, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more
Woman's Hour
M.I.A., Sex and dementia, Sarah Moss
58 minutes
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M.I.A.'s new film, UKIP's party conference, sex and dementia, a special cookery book, and Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Show more
The miners return to work and Christine and Andrew venture to London. Starring Richard Fleeshman and Julian Lewis Jones. Show more
Shirley Williams follows the footsteps taken by her mother Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth to the graveside of her uncle Edward in the foothills of the Italian Alps. Show more
Another chance to hear this episode from 2018. When neighbours fall out over a hedge is it really a police matter? Alfie recounts a case of neighbour dispute he had to deal with. Show more
A History of Ideas
Historian Justin Champion on William Whiston's Comet Theory
11 minutes
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Historian Justin Champion on William Whiston, the spiritual father of the Philae lander and someone for whom science was designed to fulfil Christian ideas not dispel them. Show more
You and Yours
Facebook, Renewable heating incentive, Subsidence
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Is Facebook REALLY the way young people campaign for change?
Why a green heating scheme failed in Northern Ireland.
How the warm summer is hitting home insurance policies. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell. Show more
The New Age of Capitalism
Trillion Dollar Companies
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Should we be worried about the size and power of tech giants like Amazon and Apple? Show more
Emma finds herself impressed and Clarrie fears the worst Show more
By Robert Rigby. When Rory is mugged, he decides he will no longer be the victim. With no friends to talk to and a family that cannot talk to each other, Rory is bent on revenge. Show more
Chairman Peter Gibbs and his horticultural panel are in Brockenhurst. Chris Beardshaw, Christine Walkden and Pippa Greenwood answer the gardening queries. Show more
Nell Stevens' shortlisted story in which art and activism unite. Things aren’t quite what they seem. Read by Tuppence Middleton. Show more
Last Word
Denis Norden, Diane Leather, Johnny Kingdom, Fenella Fielding
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrea Catherwood tells the life stories of broadcaster Denis Norden, athlete Diane Leather, wildlife expert Johnny Kingdom, and femme fatale Fenella Fielding. Show more
More or Less
How many schoolchildren are carers? Counting shareholder income, Museum visitors vs football fans
26 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford examines statistics about child carers, the death toll after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, shareholder income, football, museums and dangerous sports. Show more
The Listening Project
Emily and Karen - One Last Conversation
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jamie's mother and girlfriend share their memories of the young man they loved, who died in his sleep. Fi Glover presents. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
21/09/2018 May admits Brexit "impasse"
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
PM challenges EU leaders to come up with an alternative to her plan. Labour warns of an increased danger of no-deal Brexit. NHS wins legal battle with two drug companies.
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by guest host Fred MacAulay. Show more
Freddie contemplates his future, and there is a breakthrough for Alistair. Show more
Front Row
Cary Fukanaga, Royal Opera House CEO, Nureyev Documentary
30 minutes
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Cary Fukanaga talks about his latest Netflix series, Maniac, starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, and Royal Opera House CEO Alex Beard discusses the building's £50M refurbishment Show more
The miners return to work and Christine and Andrew venture to London. Starring Richard Fleeshman and Julian Lewis Jones. Show more
Any Questions?
Simon Heffer, George Freeman MP, Shakira Martin, Emily Thornberry MP
47 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Stoller Hall in Manchester with Simon Heffer, George Freeman, Shakira Martin and Emily Thornberry MP. Show more
Val McDermid argues that crime fiction is not really about murder at all. 'We shift people out of their comfort zones,' she writes, 'but not because we kill people.' Show more
4 Extra Debut. What if there was never a 'truth' era before 'post-truth'? Phil Tinline mines a century of disinformation tricks. From 2018. Show more
The World Tonight
Theresa May tells EU leaders to treat Britain with respect
45 minutes
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PM accuses European Union of rejecting Chequers without offering an alternative Show more
Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award. In Dog in a Hole by Amy Sackville, she takes him to look at the Goya pictures in the Prado. And so? Show more
Great Lives
Episode 8: Mark Carwardine on Douglas Adams
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
4 Extra Debut. Zoologist Mark Carwardine chooses his friend and travelling companion, author Douglas Adams. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
Helen Castor and guests discuss what we know about coming out in Victorian Britain. How the 'gig' economy existed 200 years ago. And we mark an intellectual revolution on Tyneside. Show more
The Listening Project
Lena and Finola - Sad but Never Angry
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
A mother and daughter remember their son and brother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and who took his own life. Fi Glover presents. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
In this final talk, philosopher Simon Blackburn offers a timely long view of the notion of truth. Show more
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