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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
Farming Today
21/01/20 Post-Brexit ban on chlorine-washed chicken, Welsh agriculture bill, ropeless lobster pots, fodder beet
13 minutes
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The EU has had to defend its current ban on importing chlorine-washed chicken in the courts, and why the UK could find it even harder to keep those bans in place post-Brexit. Show more
Kim Durbin recalls an encounter with a blackbird for Tweet of the Day. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
The Touch Test. Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch. She invites the audience to take part by completing an online questionnaire. Show more
Woman's Hour
Modest Fashion, Behind the Unemployment Figures, the Art of Listening
47 minutes
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New unemployment figures are released today. We look behind the numbers and ask what sorts of jobs women are losing. Show more
In Jackie’s last week at work, a man takes an overdose waiting for the court verdict of his son’s murder. Starring Meera Syal. Show more
Adam Buxton uncovers the strange tale of the world’s weirdest scat singer, Shooby Taylor – The Human Horn. With the help of Louis Theroux, Joe Cornish and Irwin Chusid. Show more
Susan Aldworth is working on a new kinetic art work, tapping into the experiences of people living with epilepsy. We follow her progress from idea to installation to opening night. Show more
George tells us about his learned friend who seems in denial about the impending Second World War. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How has computer crime affected you?
39 minutes
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How has computer crime affected you? 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.
Emily Grossman on James Hansen, the climate scientist and activist whose testimony to Congress in 1988 shifted public perception of global warming. Show more
Philip makes a controversial suggestion and Natasha's efforts take their toll. Show more
By Mike Walker. In September 1938 Eric and Eileen travel to Morocco for his health. In Marrakech Eric imagines a meeting with Georges Kopp. With Joseph Millson and Lyndsey Marshal Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Northampton. Show more
Tom and Iszi explore historical connections behind today’s issues. As the first electric commercial aircraft takes flight, they look at aviation since the 11th century. Show more
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright talk to Professor Dawn Archer about her work in evaluating deception: is it possible to tell when someone might be lying and what are the clues? Show more
Great Lives
Andi Oliver on Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
28 minutes
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The Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison of Beloved, Sula and Song of Solomon, nominated by chef and broadcaster Andi Oliver. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
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Six O'Clock News
21/01/2020 Trump impeachment trial begins
30 minutes
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President Trump's impeachment trial begins with legal arguments over whether witnesses can be called.
Suspicions are raised about the source of a lurgy outbreak in Lenzie. Stars Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary. From 2018. Show more
Helen offers some tough love and Jolene starts to have second thoughts. Show more
Front Row
Terry Gilliam, Samantha Strauss, Risk in art: Jeremy Deller, Picasso and Paper exhibition
28 minutes
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Terry Gilliam on The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Samantha Strauss, Risk in art: Jeremy Deller, Picasso and Paper exhibition Show more
In Jackie’s last week at work, a man takes an overdose waiting for the court verdict of his son’s murder. Starring Meera Syal. Show more
The Yorkshire village of Fishlake was hit by devastating floods last year, but what happens to those families affected when the water recedes? Show more
Peter White hears about efforts to increase the numbers of buses with talking technology. And the app that tries to help people with macular degeneration to keep reading. Show more
Remote and Rural Healthcare Special - how Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna off the north west coast of Scotland took inspiration from indigenous Alaskan tribes to reorganise healthcare Show more
The Touch Test. Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch. She invites the audience to take part by completing an online questionnaire. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Donald Trump's impeachment trial is under way in the US Senate
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
George tells us about his learned friend who seems in denial about the impending Second World War. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Shazia Mirza, Dr David Robert Grimes and Prof Karen Douglas to look at conspiracy theories. Is fiction easier to believe than fact? Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
70 years on from George Orwell's death, documentary-maker Phil Tinline takes five words that resonate through his work and tests out what light they can shed on our problems today. Show more
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