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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley Show more
Farming Today
16/04/20 - Seasonal workers, wild garlic and rural mental health
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
A chartered flight carrying 180 Romanian farm workers is due to land at Stansted today, but is it necessary or wise? Show more
Steve Backshall presents the little tern. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss theories about dinosaur feathers. Which ones had them, what sorts of feathers were they and where were they found on their bodies? Show more
Woman's Hour
Paralympic Hopefuls, Victoria Atkins MP, novelist Ilaria Bernardini, Beauty in Lockdown, Woman’s Hour Corona Diaries.
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
What has happened to the long awaited Domestic Abuse Bill? Victoria Atkins MP, Under Secretary of State and Minister responsible for Safeguarding, joins Jenni. Show more
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
9. The Great Temptation
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 9 months
Maggie tries to push temptation away but then a fateful decision ends up changing everything. Starring Joanna Vanderham. Show more
Crossing Continents
Chile: An Education for All
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education. The system is unfair they say and they want change. Show more
Zoë Comyns catches a glimpse of paintings of girls reading through the centuries and asks what the pose evokes for painters, writers and readers. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Jeanine Cummins' electrifying novel following a mother and son on the run from a Mexican drug cartel. Today: the harsh journey across the desert into el norte... Show more
You and Yours
Spiralling Debt; Season Ticket Refunds; Hairdressing Help
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Lockdown hair for the generation who usually have a regular shampoo and set. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
Neil MacGregor continues his new series retelling humanity's history through the objects it's made. Today that object is also one of the earliest works of art. Show more
Alistair makes an unusual offer, and Tracy wants the big scoop Show more
Arshy has a fight on her hands to resist the change that is happening all around her. Part of a series of stories by Syrian writer Hozan Akko, set in contemporary Damascus. Show more
Ian Marchant meets musicians inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills, including concert pianist Wu Qian, who found it terrifying when she first arrived from China aged 12. Show more
Comedy producer and writer Paul Mayhew-Archer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Cure Parkinson's Trust. Show more
Open Book
Evie Wyld, Louise Doughty on Ghostly Narrators, Polly Samson and Leonard Cohen's Hydra
28 minutes
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Evie Wyld about The Bass Rock, her latest novel about a Scottish island and three different generations of women constrained by insular attitudes Show more
BBC Inside Science
Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Marnie asks environmentalist George Monbiot if there are lessons for dealing with climate breakdown that we can learn from the lockdown. And the proposed carbon neutral coal mine. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
16/04/2020 Covid restrictions remain
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Covid restrictions for at least three more weeks; warning of long-term social distancing
Matt and Bob see how far they can take advantage of Matt's disability - and attempt shoplifting. Stars Lee Ridley. From 2018. Show more
Ed gets a wake-up call, and has Lynda found her voice again? Show more
Front Row
Virus Art, Naomi Alderman, Angela Barnes
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Luke Jerram and Martin Rowson on their depictions of the virus, Angela Barnes on hosting The News Quiz without an audience, and Naomi Alderman on pre-imagining the pandemic. Show more
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss
9. The Great Temptation
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 9 months
Maggie tries to push temptation away but then a fateful decision ends up changing everything. Starring Joanna Vanderham. Show more
The Briefing Room
The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be? David Aaronovitch looks at the early evidence about how we are handling the crisis. Show more
Millions of us are now working from home. But what are the upsides and challenges of working like this? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Marnie asks environmentalist George Monbiot if there are lessons for dealing with climate breakdown that we can learn from the lockdown. And the proposed carbon neutral coal mine. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss theories about dinosaur feathers. Which ones had them, what sorts of feathers were they and where were they found on their bodies? Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
UK nationwide lockdown to last at least another three weeks
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Jeanine Cummins' electrifying novel following a mother and son on the run from a Mexican drug cartel. Today: the harsh journey across the desert into el norte... Show more
Comedy corona-cast as Jon Holmes, Jake Yapp, Salma Shah and Natt Tapley drop in on isolated home-bound guests.
An intimate portrait of a folk musician from the north east of England, whose powerful voice and stage presence belies his gentle manner. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell
4. Food but Fast
14 minutes
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The history of eating out looks at the rise of the fast food era. Read by Lesley Sharp. Show more
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