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Spiritual reflection for St Andrew's Day with The Rev Muriel Pearson of Cranhill Parish Church, Glasgow Show more
Farming Today
30/11/20 Plans for a future without farm subsidies. Landscapes damaged as walkers leave footpaths.
11 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
As farm subsidies are phased out, Defra Minister George Eustice outlines how the Government will pay farmers in future. Environmental schemes will be at the fore. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
David Attenborough presents the dipper. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Human ingenuity and shared inheritance
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Susana Carvalho discuss whether ingenuity is unique to homo sapiens. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women and underpaid state pensions, Women's emotional labour at Christmas, Female footballers and dementia
53 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Who are the women who are receiving underpaid state pensions? Parenting during the pandemic. Show more
An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer. Join Andrew and Karin taking 1000 photos of graffiti over the course of a year. Show more
Nigel Demaline was shocked to be told by doctors that his wife was dying of covid - he has vowed to stop others suffering in the same way and has joined trials to find a vaccine. Show more
How to Vaccinate the World
The Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford reports on what we know and don't know about the Oxford/Astra Zeneca Covid 19 vaccine with a panel of experts. Show more
Amy, a neglected motherless child in 1920s London meets Robert, a wealthy American boy. It's an encounter she will never forget. Show more
You and Yours
Arcadia, Cladding Repossessions, Lockdown Drinking, Green Homes Grant
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why some people stuck in flats with cladding are now at risk of repossession.
The low and alcohol free alternatives to drinking.
The Green Homes Grant gets extended. 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.
Another chance to hear Neil MacGregor's global history told through objects from the British Museum. This week he is with the great rulers of the world over 2000 years ago. Show more
By Katherine Chandler. Something strange about a drowned soldier’s uniform catches Frances’ eye Show more
Imagine a place without mobile phones or radio waves. It does exist, in West Virginia, home to the biggest telescope on the planet. Take a visit with us. Spooky isn't it? Show more
Quote... Unquote
Anna Ptaszynski, Steven Isserlis, Sophie Duker
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 9 months
Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with TV host Anna Ptaszynski, cellist Steven Isserlis and comic Sophie Duker. From 2020. Show more
Sheila Dillon, Dan Saladino, Jaega Wise and Leyla Kazim discuss their stand-out food and drink titles of the year Show more
Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces. This episode - the Sherborne Missal. Show more
Ernie Rea explores the place and nature of faith in today's world. 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
30/11/2020 Welsh pubs to be banned from selling alcohol
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
An alcohol ban and a 6pm pub curfew are among tougher coronavirus restrictions in Wales from Friday.
Radio 4's ‘antidote to panel games’ sees the late Tim Brooke-Taylor in his final recording of the programme alongside Rachel Parris, Tony Hawks and Marcus Brigstocke. Show more
Tony makes an emotional discovery and David finds himself backed into a corner Show more
Front Row
Henry Blake on County Lines; museums and galleries post Covid; re-reading Jane Austen's Emma
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Henry Blake on new film, County Lines, inspired by young people at an East London pupil referral unit; what now for the UK's museums and galleries? re-reading Jane Austen's Emma. Show more
An ex-offender gradually changes his life through his friendship with a photographer. Join Andrew and Karin taking 1000 photos of graffiti over the course of a year. Show more
Could our food supplies be at risk from a worldwide decline in pollinating insects? Attention has focused on honey bees, but they're not the pollinators we should be worrying about Show more
Crossing Continents
Sicily's Prisoner Fishermen
28 minutes
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Eighteen fishermen from Sicily are in jail in Benghazi accused of fishing in Libya's waters. Show more
Misha Glenny explores the history of Norway, which only became fully independent in 1905. Show more
Start the Week
Human ingenuity and shared inheritance
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Simon Baron-Cohen, Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Susana Carvalho discuss whether ingenuity is unique to homo sapiens. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Government in last minute push before Tiers vote
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Amy, a neglected motherless child in 1920s London meets Robert, a wealthy American boy. It's an encounter she will never forget. Show more
Loose Ends
Juliet Gilkes Romero, Kevin Le Gendre, Richard Herring, Welly O’Brien, Mica Paris, This is The Kit, YolanDa Brown
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Juliet Gilkes Romero, Kevin Le Gendre, Welly O’Brien and Richard Herring for with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
David Abulafia’s history of our relationship with the oceans begins with early seafarers the Polynesians of the Pacific.
Read by Colin McFarlane
Abridged by Laurence Wareing Show more
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