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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson captures the changing soundscape of an oak woodland over the four seasons. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Alan Street has spent his life discovering snowdrops. But now people pay hundreds of pounds for a single rare bulb. We follow Alan as he names and propagates his new species. Show more
Farming Today
16/01/21 Farming Today This Week: EU exports, Emergency Sugar Beet Pesticides, Sea Shanties
25 minutes
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How food producers caught up in post-Brexit port chaos are coping with delays, and the furore over farmers being allowed to again use a banned pesticide. Show more
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Joan Bakewell joins Richard and Nikki along with gardener and writer Marc Hamer, Lib Dem peer Jonny Oates and Annie Birney who won a competition to be caretaker of a remote island. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more
Pippa Crerar presents discussion on Boris Johnson before the Liaison Committee, Labour's electoral challenge, Gavin Williamson's record as education secretary, and May elections. Show more
Ireland’s report into mother and baby homes – and the story of a survivor. Show more
Money Box
Getting your credit balance back from your energy supplier
29 minutes
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How to get your energy bill credit back, HMRC's Head of Fraud, the affordability of MOT and car tax in Covid times and the man who asked his insurer a question that cost him £350. Show more
This week Andy's guests are Nish Kumar, Felicity Ward, Lucy Porter and Gavin Webster. Show more
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Any Questions?
Dr Saleyha Ahsan, Kate Green MP, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, Chris Philp MP
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London with Dr Saleyha Ahsan, Kate Green MP, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin and Chris Philp MP. Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
One to One
The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard meets author Debbie Bayne
14 minutes
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The long-standing arts journalist asks what success and failure in the creative industries really mean, and who gets to make that judgement anyway? Show more
It is 1847 and American journalist Grantley Dixon is investigating a murder on board the Star of the Sea of bankrupt landowner, husband and father Lord David Merridith. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour - Healthcare workers on the frontline, Debbie McGee and Naomi Paxton, virginity testing
56 minutes
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A nurse working on the frontline on what it's like to care for Covid patients, Debbie McGee on being a magician's assistant. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
Nick Robinson talks to the former Cabinet Secretary Lord Sedwill in a personal and political interview. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
16/01/2021 Concern over possible vaccine wastage
15 minutes
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Doctors' alarmed at claims some unused doses of vaccines are being thrown away. Uganda's president Museveni declared the winner of election marred by allegations of fraud.
Loose Ends
Tony Robinson, Noel Clarke, Rebeca Omordia, Passenger, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Sara Cox, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Sara Cox are joined by Tony Robinson, Rebeca Omordia and Noel Clarke guests for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Passenger. Show more
With one of the most pressing jobs in Government right now, who is the man responsible for England’s Covid 19 vaccination programme? With Mark Coles. Show more
Film director Oliver Stone talks to Louis Theroux about about surviving Vietnam, using Scarface to kick his drug addiction and who he thinks has been the worst US President. Show more
Archive on 4
I'm Terry Gross and this is Fresh Air
57 minutes
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4 Extra Debut Dolly Alderton turns the tables on Terry Gross, master of the radio interview and host of NPR’s Fresh Air. From 2021. Show more
by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Still in search of gold to rescue the people trapped in Hartley's mine, Pilgrim comes to Ouldmeadow where he helps an old friend make a final river trip. Show more
Lucy Ash asks why we draw. Are some people simply more visual than others? And what do we reveal through our drawings?
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Helen Lewis interviews people offering solutions for our times. In this edition, journalist Paul Vallely argues philanthropy must rediscover its lost tradition of mutual respect. Show more
In the contest of eclectic musical knowledge, Paul Gambaccini welcomes contestants from Cheshire, the Wirral and Gloucestershire, all taking part in the quiz remotely this week. Show more
Roger McGough's guest this week is Perthshire-born poet Kenneth Steven. Show more
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Peter White explores ideas of beauty and deformity, which had a real impact on the lives of people with disabilities. From May 2013. Show more
Whilst some people call her a "difficult woman", Delia's sons have learnt to go along with whatever she wants. Even during a pandemic. Written by Louise Nealon. Show more
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