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A short reflection and prayer with Jonathan Rea. Show more
Farming Today
Crops for biofuel, lifting sugar beet, the Scottish Rural Parliament and traditional herring fishing.
14 minutes
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Biofuel produced from crops like oil seed rape and wheat is going to be phased out in favour of fuel from waste instead. So what does that mean for farmers? Show more
Tweet of the Day
Melissa Harrison on the Stonechat
1 minute
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The clacking call of the stonechat punctuates nature writer Melissa Harrison's memories of cagoule-clad walks on Dartmoor with her family. Show more
Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
Poet Don Paterson meets composer Thomas Adès. Show more
Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?
14/11/2018
14 minutes
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We are living in a state of polorised, political anger, where even the people who win power are ‘sore winners’. Oliver Burkeman asks if anger is the new normal for the future, or Show more
Woman's Hour
Phyllis Logan on Patricia Highsmith, Improving women's healthcare, Child carers
53 minutes
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Improving women's healthcare, Phyllis Logan on playing Patricia Highsmith, the lives of child carers, and Dorothy Wordsworth and Scafell Pike. Show more
Skye's getting stressed about leaving Dexter with Jak when she goes on her school trip. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more
Two 13-year-old friends talk about the pressures of social media. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Do universities have enough diversity of political opinion? Matthew Flinders investigates. Show more
A heart-warming tale of two lives linked by events in Glasgow 90 years ago. Co-stars Geoffrey Palmer. From 2016. Show more
A History of Ideas
Neuro-psychologist Paul Broks on Morality and the Brain
13 minutes
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Paul Broks applies Neuroscience to see if certain moral attitudes are hard wired into the way we think. Show more
You and Yours
Care home top-up fees, Diamond fraud, Home blood tests
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why the Ombudsman is upholding so many complaints about care home top-up fees.
The fraud involving the sale of ugly and worthless diamonds. Doctor worries over home blood tests. Show more
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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
Martha Kearney and Andrew Dilnot explore government spending. Show more
Emotions run high on Peggy's birthday and Neil is not impressed Show more
Black teen Tonio finds solace on the basketball court, but he soon becomes threatened by a gang. A white beat cop tries to help him stay safe in a crime-riddled DC neighbourhood. Show more
Universal credit was meant to simplify the benefits system. Instead it has been plagued by controversy, especially over delays in paying claimants. What is your experience of it? Show more
All in the Mind
Emotionally unstable personality disorder, Agreeableness and money, Emodiversity
28 minutes
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Claudia talks to Jo, Susan and Chanelle about their experience of group therapy at a personality disorder clinic in South London. Psychotherapist, Merryn Jones talks treatment Show more
Architecture, housing and health. Laurie Taylor explores a neglected aspect of well-being. Show more
The Media Show
Global perspectives on the news business
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Special edition of the show recorded at News Xchange 2018. Show more
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Alice's mum has a new boyfriend, but Bob doesn't like him. Stars Steve Speirs and Elis James. From November 2018. Show more
Helen gives out the wrong signals and Lynda offers a solution Show more
Front Row
Arts Education in schools - a Front Row debate from Leicester
44 minutes
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With a panel of guests, Stig Abell chairs a debate on the current state of arts education in schools, in front of an audience at a secondary school in Leicester. Show more
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox, Shiv Malik and Tim Stanley. Show more
David Baddiel tries to understand global trade. Show more
What impact is the rise of the wet wipe having on our sewerage system, our waterways and our wildlife? Tom Heap investigates. Show more
Poet Don Paterson meets composer Thomas Adès. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Theresa May secures cabinet backing for draft Brexit deal
45 minutes
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BBC is told 9 senior government ministers spoke against agreement. Show more
Adrian and Bianca find themselves at odds with each other. A trip to Leicester has unexpected consequences. Show more
Bittersweet comedy drama about a community mental health nurse. Starring Paul Whitehouse. Show more
The story of a modern miracle, as witnessed by a blind man. Lenny Henry’s comic monologue with twists-in-the-tale. From 2016. Show more
Susan Hulme reports on all the news from the day's sitting at Westminster, as Brexit prompts sharp exchanges in both Houses ahead of a crunch Cabinet meeting. Show more
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Patricia Clavin explores the practical approach to peace taken after the 1918 armistice at the end of the First World War. Show more
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