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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Very Rev'd Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean of St Davids Cathedral
Farming Today
No-deal Brexit and Northern Ireland, No-deal Brexit and UK vets, Wolves and rewilding
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Republic of Ireland has issued advice on how it will handle farming and a no-deal Brexit. Anna Hill gets the reaction of Ivor Ferguson from the Ulster Farmers' Union. Show more
Kane Brides of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on why the humble coot means so much to him. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Big data pioneer Richard Peto combined evidence of huge clinical trials from cancer to heart disease and showed that taking seriously the causes of the big killers saves lives. Show more
One to One
Life in prison: Alan Rusbridger talks to CJ Burge
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Alan Rusbridger talks to CJ Burge, a young Londoner, about the effect that incarceration in two different countries had on her mind. Show more
Woman's Hour
Mary Quant, No-deal Brexit, Wild Rose
48 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Celebrating the iconic designs of Mary Quant. What might be the impact on women of a no-deal Brexit? Nicole Taylor on her film, Wild Rose. Alys Conran's new novel, Dignity. Show more
Meeting a Belfast shipyard worker gives further cause to doubt the official account of why Titanic sank. Stars Colin Stinton. Show more
A century on, historian Dr Zareer Masani reappraises the events and context of the Amritsar massacre in which hundreds of Indian civilians were gunned down by British troops. Show more
In the run up to National Poetry day Gyles Brandreth seeks scientific and artistic approbation for his belief in the wisdom and pleasure to be had from learning poetry by heart. Show more
By Kamila Shamsie. Parvaiz sets out to carry on the work his father would have done had he lived. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Sanjeev Bhaskar. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by stress at work?
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
New research suggests nearly two-fifths of UK businesses have seen an increase in people going off with stress over the past year. 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.
The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s
1976: Borrowing into the future
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Peter Jay, former economics editor of both the Times and the BBC, explores the legacy of the financial crisis in 1976 that led Britain to borrow billions from the IMF. Show more
Reality bites for Freddie and there's tension at Bridge Farm Show more
The true story of how a South Korean movie star and her estranged director husband were kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il, brought to the DPRK and forced to revive the film industry. Show more
Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in the Kentish North Downs. Show more
The wolf has returned to every mainland European country. Tom Heap visits Holland which is preparing for them to settle and potentially breed. Show more
Music writer John Doran ventures into the strange world of Richard D James who has invented and curated a truly unique and inimitable sound. Show more
Great Lives
Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Journalist Helen Lewis nominates Catherine de Medici. With historian Estelle Paranque and Matthew Parris. From 2019. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
09/04/2019 May in Paris and Berlin for Brexit talks
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Prime Minister asks the French and German leaders for a further delay to Brexit
Poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen reads from his hilarious, rather naughty, schoolboy diaries. With Rufus Hound. From 2016. Show more
Lily reveals all about recent events and Kate looks to the future. Show more
Front Row
Useful Art, Embodying Ruskin, National Theatre for Northern Ireland? Unicorn Store
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Can useful art remake museums and galleries fit for the 21st century? Embodying Ruskin, a National Theatre for Northern Ireland? Brie Larson's new film Unicorn Store reviewed. Show more
Meeting a Belfast shipyard worker gives further cause to doubt the official account of why Titanic sank. Stars Colin Stinton. Show more
Will Hutton considers the ironies and tensions central to modern monopolies, tracing the history of monopolies and public attitudes towards them. Show more
A week-long summer school teaching architecture to blind people. Apple products tell websites people are using screen reading software. Show more
One radio producer, one randomly generated postcode and an unheard story unfolding in a corner of Britain we wouldn’t otherwise know about. Show more
The Life Scientific
Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Big data pioneer Richard Peto combined evidence of huge clinical trials from cancer to heart disease and showed that taking seriously the causes of the big killers saves lives. Show more
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
By Kamila Shamsie. Parvaiz sets out to carry on the work his father would have done had he lived. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Sanjeev Bhaskar. Show more
Fred MacAulay presents comedy recorded live in Glasgow: Gareth Waugh, Ninia Benjamin, Justin Moorhouse, Gary Little. From 2019. Show more
Susan Hulme with the latest news from Westminster, where MPs backed a motion authorising the prime minister to seek a Brexit delay until 30th June. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley
2. Island Spring
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
Jim Crumley’s captivating picture of Scotland’s wilderness in spring taking in Colonsay and Shetland’s wonders. From 2019. Show more
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