The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Zahid Hussain. Show more
Farmers are being paid less than the cost of production for their beef during lockdown. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the linnet. Linnets gather in large flocks to feed on weed-seeds and the seeds of oilseed rape and flax left behind after harvesting. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Sean Curran reports from Westminster where the Business Secretary says the Government's coronavirus job retention scheme has received hundreds of thousands applications. Show more
Sue MacGregor brings together the women who attended to the young Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey on the day of her coronation. Show more
Woman's Hour
Nigel Slater, Woman's Hour Corona Diaries, 'County lines' drug gangs
44 minutes
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How is the lockdown altering the way Nigel Slater thinks about food? The Woman's Hour Corona Diaries with Elaine and her 91 year old aunt Olive. Show more
The fate of The Druid’s Rest hangs in the balance as Gareth and Diane must decide its future. Stars Emma Sidi and Richard Elis. Show more
Alex Beard explores what it means to teach in a future where new fields of knowledge are emerging rapidly and AI plays a prominent role in education. Show more
Galton and Simpson’s journey from being fired by Hancock, to striking Steptoe gold. Stars Marc Wootton and Barry Castagnola. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
As her bemused community looks on, Alex does her best to stave off the attention of several suitors. Read by Rosalind Sydney. Show more
You and Yours
Care Homes, Flood Insurance and Car Loans
39 minutes
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The care providers worried about being sued if they take patients with covid-19. The people not insured against flooding. Relief for people struggling with car loans. 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.
The early history of cooking and life in Japan told through a 7,000-year-old pot. Neil MacGregor examines a rare example of Jomon pottery and tells the story of a remarkable people Show more
Jim offers support to a friend, and Shula has come through an almighty challenge. Show more
Sir Joseph Olinska (Toby Jones) has been charged with handling stolen gold bullion. Meanwhile Leah and Brian finally meet up again in Parkhurst prison. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT At Home: Episode Four
42 minutes
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Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from home. Show more
Anders suspects that a historical boat tour will be a mistake, but never in the way it turns out. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more
Last Word
Dame Jocelyn Barrow DBE, Keith Critchlow, Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, John Prine
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on artist and geometrist Keith Critchlow, campaigner Dame Jocelyn Barrow, detective Leonard 'Nipper' Read, singer John Prine. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
24/04/2020 High demand for coronavirus testing scheme
30 minutes
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A new coronavirus testing scheme for essential workers sees high demand on its first day; all 5,000 testing kits available were ordered within two minutes of the web-site opening
Angela Barnes hosts series 102, leading a panel of regular News Quiz comics and journalists in rounding up the news stories of the week. Show more
Front Row
Normal People, Víkingur Ólafsson, Seán Hewitt, Theresa Lola
42 minutes
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Sophie Raworth and Naomi Alderman review TV drama Normal People. Plus pianist Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach live from Iceland. Show more
The fate of The Druid’s Rest hangs in the balance as Gareth and Diane must decide its future. Stars Emma Sidi and Richard Elis. Show more
Any Questions?
Lisa Nandy MP, Tom Tugendhat MP, Chris Hopson, Merryn Somerset Webb
47 minutes
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Chris Mason hosts political debate from Broadcasting House, with Lisa Nandy MP, Tom Tugendhat MP, CEO of NHS Providers Chris Hopson and financial journalist Merryn Somerset Webb. Show more
Zia Haider Rahman on the unpalatable trade-off between saving human lives and saving the economy. Show more
A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus
After the Ice Age
57 minutes
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Neil MacGregor of the British Museum with an omnibus edition of 5 more items in his history of humanity, told through the objects it's made. This week, emerging out of the Ice Age Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Transport Secretary reviewing idea of screening passengers arriving at UK airports
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
As her bemused community looks on, Alex does her best to stave off the attention of several suitors. Read by Rosalind Sydney. Show more
Great Lives
Ursula Le Guin nominated by Kate Stables
28 minutes
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Kate Stables aka This Is The Kit picks the American writer Ursula le Guin Show more
Few of us truly appreciate just how much the honey bee has been industrialised – and the simple yet radical invention that made that industrialisation possible. Show more
Mark D'Arcy talks to the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle at the end of a week when Parliament went "virtual"
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
“We had no chance to be together.” The Stasi close in on the tunnellers. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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