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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Canon Dr Jennifer Smith, Superintendent Minister of Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission Show more
Farming Today
04/06/20 Green recovery after Covid19; blackcurrants; wildflower meadow restoration; antibiotics
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
What future for the environment post coronavirus? Scientists breeding the perfect blackcurrant. Restoring wildife meadows. Antibiotics and US/UK trade talks. Show more
David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the female cuckoo. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Sean Curran presents as Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer clash during prime minister's questions - with reports from the Welsh and Scottish Parliaments too.
Desert Island Discs
Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, former nurse
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne Show more
Woman's Hour
Disabled women in lockdown, Rape in Nigeria, and Troupers
47 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Disabled women and the challenge of lockdown, rape cases causing outrage in Nigeria and Troupers; Mairi MacLean campaigning to give kids from her village somewhere to play. Show more
As the running group try their best to help Yana's family, the day of the big Parkrun approaches. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Black lives in Minnesota
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Stories from Hungary, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia's Sakhalin island, Spain and about the gulf between the lives of black and white people in Minnesota. With Kate Adie. Show more
Michael Armitage is a brilliantly talented Kenyan-born painter whose work is rooted in the culture and social issues of East Africa but who combines this with western influences. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Bummi and LaTisha
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
Carole’s mother Bummi reflects on her younger self and how she struggled to accept Carole’s white boyfriend Freddie. Show more
You and Yours
Cladding Certificates, Post Covid Weddings and Soaring Savings
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The wedding industry prepares to recover from a £2bn hit but how many people will choose to have a 'socially distant' big day and has the lock-down been kind to your savings?
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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 Great Post Office Trial
9. Extremely Aggressive Litigation
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The extraordinary story of a campaign to uncover a massive scandal at the Post Office. Show more
Susan faces the consequences and Ben hits the jackpot. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Rumpole's new pupil, Phillida Trant, causes trouble in a sordid little case of blackmail. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jasmine Hyde and Nigel Anthony. Show more
Ramblings
Joyful Highlights Part 4: Singers & Writers
24 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clare Balding recalls her favourite walks with a colourful variety of writers and singers including Bill Bryson, Toyah Wilcox and the folk duo, Ninebarrow. Show more
Naturalist and broadcaster Gillian Burke makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Cool Earth Show more
Open Book
Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Mariella Frostrup talks to Paul Mendez about his debut novel Rainbow Milk, a portrait of a young black man's sexual awakening and struggles to make a new life in a hostile city. Show more
Antonia Quirke's recommendation for a film to watch while the cinemas are closed is The Garden by Derek Jarman. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Marnie Chesterton discusses what the impact returning to schools will have on the pandemic, and she discovers how we're using the Ordnance Survey during the lockdown. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
04/06/2020 Face coverings to be made compulsory on public transport
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
New rules on face coverings to be brought in mid June
Alice catches up with some old friends and the entire family do a spot of housesitting. Show more
Emma’s mind begins to race and Ed has something to get off his chest. Show more
Front Row
Andrew Patterson, Writing about Race, Mark Damazer Chair of Booker Prize Foundation
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Andrew Patterson on his debut film The Vast of Night. Mark Damazer, new chair of the Booker Foundation. Writing about race. Show more
Kennedy makes a breakthrough investigating the disappearance of Charles Dexter Ward. Stars Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter. Show more
Can virtual courts deliver justice? Joshua speaks to participants of a mock virtual jury trial. Show more
Should the government continue to bolster companies, large and small, when lockdown is finally eased? If so, who? And what are the criteria? Evan Davis and guests discuss. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Marnie Chesterton discusses what the impact returning to schools will have on the pandemic, and she discovers how we're using the Ordnance Survey during the lockdown. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss absolute zero, the theoretical lower limit of temperature. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Memorial in Minneapolis for George Floyd
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Bummi and LaTisha
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
Carole’s mother Bummi reflects on her younger self and how she struggled to accept Carole’s white boyfriend Freddie. Show more
Andrew Maxwell and guests talk flip-flops, marriage and public flogging. With Urzila Carlson and Rehman Akhtar. From 2017. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
In Wendy Moore's account of the WW1 hospital run by the trailblazing doctors, Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson, there are medical breakthroughs. Jessica Raine reads. Show more
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