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Farming Today
24/07/20 A vaccine for bovine TB - field trials begin. Wildflower meadows for pollinators.
13 minutes
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Government scientists to start farm trials of a vaccination for bovine TB, they say it's a major milestone.
Farmers replanting wildflower meadows say pollinators are thriving. Show more
Steve Backshall presents the house martin. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Annie Nightingale, broadcaster and DJ, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would want to take to if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Mary Trump: TikTok and parents; Social mobility and the creative industries
45 minutes
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Mary Trump on the book she has written about her famous uncle. Show more
Test Match Special. England v West Indies. Commentary on the 3rd Test from Old Trafford with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Michael Vaughan and Carlos Brathwaite. Show more
Front Row
Mira Nair on A Suitable Boy, Taylor Swift's album Folklore, the film How to Build a Girl, Alberta Whittle and Theatre News
42 minutes
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Director Mira Nair talks about A Suitable Boy, her new six part television adaptation of Vikram Seth's vast novel, and the BBC's first historical drama without any white characters. Show more
By Katherine Jakeways. In the aftermath of Hannah’s 40th birthday party, Hannah and Mark assess the carnage, huddled together in the family treehouse. Show more
Any Questions?
Dame Margaret Beckett MP, James Cleverly MP, Peter Hitchens, Dr Linda Yueh
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London with Dame Margaret Beckett MP, James Cleverly MP, Peter Hitchens and Dr Linda Yueh. Show more
Rebecca Stott tells the remarkable story of 536 AD - the year the sun 'disappeared' and the devastating pandemic that followed. Show more
Christine Finn explores the appeal of recorded natural sound and how it has been manipulated by musicians since the first live broadcast of birdsong in 1924. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
US consulate in Chinese city of Chengdu ordered to close
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Adunni may finally be able to be free. Show more
Comedian Sarah Keyworth and author Lissa Evans talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert, including the best-seller Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Show more
At the beginning of the Cold War, musical inventor Leon Theremin managed to bug the US embassy in Moscow. His device is a predecessor of a technology that surrounds us every day. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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When Rob Lawrie volunteered at the Calais Jungle he didn't think it would lead to smuggling charges: worse follows when he finds out that the man he tried to help has deceived him. Show more
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