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A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Very Rev Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean of St Davids Cathedral
The German state of Bavaria announces it will double its organic land production by 2025. We ask what would happen to food supplies if large parts of the EU did the same. Show more
Ruth Cromie of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the eider duck. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black music in Europe, from the Jazz Age to the 1950s. Show more
How do you discover a new chemical element? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From April 2019. Show more
Singer Louise Redknapp, tampon tax and women's charities, Sara Collins' debut novel, and children and food allergies. Show more
With McBride feared murdered, Emma and Danny realise their investigation may be putting their lives at risk. Stars Jasmine Hyde. Show more
The Listening Project
Isabelle and Sue - I Want Three Alpacas
4 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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A 12-year-old girl talks to her counsellor and friend about how she sees her future panning out - from becoming an air traffic controller to keeping alpacas. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Rachel hears voices. She became a 'revolving door' patient. She wants things to change. Show more
Matt and Bob do a runner from a meal, knock down a thief and become heroes. This can’t go well. Stars Lee Ridley. From 2019. Show more
by Kamila Shamsie. Aneeka wasn't able to join Parvaiz in Turkey. And now it's too late. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Lisa Zahra and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Show more
You and Yours
Action Fraud, Baking School, Copycat Websites
40 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Victims of fraud say reporting agency Action Fraud is letting them down. Plus the rise of bakeries offering master-classes in home bread-making. 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.
Author and broadcaster Michael S Malone tells the story of the Apple II personal computer, an invention which helped to revolutionise the way we work and play. Show more
Lily reveals all about recent events and Kate looks to the future. 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
Money Box
The future of saving into a pension at work
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Are you saving into a pension at work? Has this happened automatically via 'auto-enrolment'? But if you're self-employed do you save into a pension? Paul Lewis presents. Show more
Andrew Pontzen, reader in cosmology at UCL, looks at iron's sometimes ambivalent history and how, beyond war and peace, the element has shaped human biology and culture. Show more
CEO Society and time management. Laurie Taylor asks why charismatic leaders have assumed such significance in our era and explores the downside of productivity. Show more
How Julie Etchingham and Alison Phillips reached the top. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
10/04/2019 Theresa May at EU Brexit summit
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mrs May is at an EU summit in Brussels to make her case for a further delay to Brexit.
Alok's famous former school friend returns to Lenzie for a visit. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. From 2017. Show more
Jim has some harsh words and Leonard has a confession to make. Show more
Front Row
Composer Gavin Bryars, Isabella Hammad, Opera singers sing pop
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Gavin Bryars on a new 12-hour performance of his 1971 classic piece Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet; can opera singers sing pop, and vice versa?; debut novelist Isabella Hammad Show more
With McBride feared murdered, Emma and Danny realise their investigation may be putting their lives at risk. Stars Jasmine Hyde. Show more
Presenters Leo Johnson and Timandra Harkness discover what impact technology will have on expanding - or contracting - opportunities for different sections of society in future. Show more
Candida Moss considers the questions surrounding Judas’ motives and what they say about the demonisation of others and the complexity of betrayal. 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
Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black music in Europe, from the Jazz Age to the 1950s. Show more
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
by Kamila Shamsie. Aneeka wasn't able to join Parvaiz in Turkey. And now it's too late. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Lisa Zahra and Sanjeev Bhaskar. Show more
From under the covers, Patrick Marber and Peter Curran discuss the etiquette of Farmers and hair transplants. From 2019. Show more
Comedian Kieran Hodgson as 'Ralph Lewis' introduces us to the music of Wagner. With Harry Enfield and Colin Hoult. From 2017. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley
3. An Island Pilgrimage
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Jim Crumley’s captivating picture of Scotland’s wilderness in spring on the fertile small island of Lismore. From 2019. Show more
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