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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams
Farming Today
Tackling Flea Beetles, Energy Beet, Leeks Shortage, Wool Industry
14 minutes
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Farmers and scientists come up with a new way of combating flea beetle infestation of oilseed rape, without the use of chemicals Show more
Tweet of the Day
Amy Liptrot on the Greylag Goose
2 minutes
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Orcadian writer Amy Liptrot reflects on the greylag goose on Orkney, where seemingly no car journey can be completed without seeing a field of geese, in this Tweet of the Day. Show more
Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme; including Thought for the Day
The writer Joanne Harris meets the composer Howard Goodall. Show more
Woman's Hour
Pauline McLynn, Breast cancer and older mothers, Salome Zurabishvili, Melissa Cole
53 minutes
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Breast cancer and older mothers, Pauline McLynn on playing the Demon in Dr Faustus, the significance of Salome Zurabishvili, and Georgia's first elected woman president. Show more
Gudrun is forced to choose between her daughter, or the end of a bloody feud that could engulf Iceland. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more
The Listening Project
Jovana and Ashleigh – Women in engineering
4 minutes
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A lecturer in engineering and her former student talk about being women in engineering and the need to raise awareness and break stereotypes. Fi Glover presents. Show more
What are the new bonds of belonging that are affecting our political debate today? Douglas Alexander explores the durability of local ties and national identities. Show more
A job interview for Tim, and encountering an anaconda in his quest to hear life stories of the great British public. From 2016. Show more
1874: News of Thatcher's feud with Cutler over Darwin's views has reached town. Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow. Show more
You and Yours
How Young People Give, Meals on Wheels and Who is a Carer?
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Are charities missing out because they don't know how to reach young people? Plus why it takes so long for family members to realise that they have become carers.
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague.
Psychologist Professor Daniel Freeman continues his exploration of delusions. In this programme he meets a man who experienced delusions due to being in an intensive care unit. Show more
Elizabeth makes a surprising decision and Christine remains adamant. Show more
By Rob Drummond. Freya and Michael have been on a gap year. Now, during a stopover in the Far East, they have been arrested. What started out as a holiday has become a nightmare. Show more
The tip of the iceberg - the hidden costs and charges of pension, investments and savings schemes. Show more
All in the Mind
Citizens UK and Mental Health, Robin Ince, Film Cuts and Attention
28 minutes
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Claudia Hammond on how citizens from Tyne and Wear came together to negotiate with political, business and public sector decision-makers to tackle mental health in the community. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Au pairing and domestic labour
28 minutes
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Laurie Taylor explores the sociology of housework and the lived experience of au pairing. With Ann Oakley and Rosie Cox. Show more
The programme asks if we have a racist media culture. Show more
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
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Lynda La Plante tells Victoria Coren Mitchell about life and cars she has known, from a Mini Cooper to a Mercedes. From 2018. Show more
There's a visitor at Lower Loxley and Tom makes a breakthrough. Show more
Front Row
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Aquaman, Mike Bartlett
29 minutes
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Aquaman reviewed, Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett on his new play Snowflake. Show more
Gudrun is forced to choose between her daughter, or the end of a bloody feud that could engulf Iceland. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more
Young people on the Wales/England border discuss the implications of Britain's departure from the EU. How do prospects differ either side of the UK border? Show more
Is anything in the Universe infinite? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2018. Show more
Science Stories
Eddington's Eclipse and Einstein's Celebrity
28 minutes
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Philip Ball tells the story of how Arthur Eddington's eclipse observations confirmed general relativity in 1919. and how he brought scientists together after World War One. Show more
The writer Joanne Harris meets the composer Howard Goodall. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Backbenchers fail to remove Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party
59 minutes
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Prime Minister wins confidence vote by 200 - 117 Show more
Fast-paced, one-man sketch comedy show from YouTube star, Damien Slash. From the surreal to the satirical. From 2018. Show more
Lenny Henry's Rogues Gallery
The Rogues Gallery at Christmas
14 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Lenny Henry stars as a migrant of restricted height, whose work in a care home is rocked by another man’s arrival. From 2016. Show more
Susan Hulme reports on another tumultuous day at Westminster as Theresa May survives a challenge to her leadership but faces demands from MPs for a vote on her Brexit agreement. Show more
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Handel’s music triumphs at the King’s coronation but his operatic fortunes take a turn for the worse. Read by the author. Show more
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