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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The Reverend Lucy Winkett Show more
Farming Today
15/02/21 Carbon credits for farming beef, rural services under the pandemic
11 minutes
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Big firms could pay farmers to capture carbon and improve soil by grazing beef cattle.
How services in rural communities have been affected by the pandemic. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Chris Packham presents the Arabian babbler of a Yemeni Desert. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Patricia Lockwood, Roisin Kiberd and Matthew Syed discuss the immersion of digital living and real life, with Andrew Marr. Show more
Woman's Hour
Losing a friend to suicide, Period pants, The release of Loujain al-Hathloul
42 minutes
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We speak to the sister of Loujain al-Hathloul, the Saudi women's rights activist who has just been released from prison; period pants and why they're still being taxed. Show more
In Ronkę’s Peckham salon, World of Curls, women come and go talking of weaves and braids, journeys past and to come. Created by Yolanda Mercy and Jade Lewis. Show more
Stand-up poet and performer Elvis MacGonagall hasn't had a live audience for a year. Can he find a place to put on a show? Show more
More than 100 million people have received a jab for Covid-19. But, we need more. Economists talk about incentives to get products to markets faster. Could this work for vaccines? Show more
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It's 1979 and the printers dispute at The Times is still going on. Vernon sees his luck change and suddenly finds his life taking a very different path to the one he expected. Show more
You and Yours
Housing, School bears, TikTok marketing
37 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Teddy bears are doing their bit to help out in the pandemic. At a school in County Durham, they've been given to pupils to make life more 'bearable'. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Athar Ahmad revisits the stories of three of his schoolmates who all died in violent and troubling ways. Twenty years later he asks why. Show more
Join Greg Jenner in 16th0century England to meet the bard himself, one of England's greatest writers, William Shakespeare. Show more
By Rex Obano. 1948 - Clement and Gloria pursue their separate lives until their daughter Joy forces them to admit what is most valuable to them. Show more
Three more winners from earlier in the series join Paul Gambaccini for the second semi-final of the wide-ranging music quiz. Show more
The Food Programme
Charles Campion: A Life Through Food.
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The writer Charles Campion, who passed away recently, was an obsessive collector of food stories. With the help of Jay Rayner and Angela Hartnett, Dan Saladino finds out why. Show more
Writer Anna Freeman presents a showcase of stories about the meaning of art in people’s lives. This week, stories of reinvention, repair and remaking old traditions. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Ross Noble, paleontologist Susie Maidment and geologist Chris Jackson to look at the history of rock. 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
15/02/2021 PM urges optimistic but patient approach to pandemic
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Boris Johnson has said plans to move England out of lockdown will be cautious.
David Mitchell hosts. Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney, Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris, and Lucy Porter and Justin Edwards talk with deliberate inaccuracy. Show more
Tony reaches the end of his tether, and Lynda has a cunning plan. Show more
Front Row
Lolita Chakrabarti on her play Hymn, literature about waiting, The Silence of the Lambs 30 years on
29 minutes
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What can literature teach us about waiting? Show more
In Ronkę’s Peckham salon, World of Curls, women come and go talking of weaves and braids, journeys past and to come. Created by Yolanda Mercy and Jade Lewis. Show more
James Naughtie looks at how Joe Biden will deal with Donald Trump's economic legacy. Show more
Michael Blastland examines our collective ignorance and how it affects policy and debate, asking if public argument needs a lot more humility. Show more
Journalist Hugh Muir meets black and minority ethnic police officers to find out whether claims that racism is on the rise within policing in Britain are justified. Show more
Patricia Lockwood, Roisin Kiberd and Matthew Syed discuss the immersion of digital living and real life, with Andrew Marr. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Mynamar coup leader to deal with protests “softly”
45 minutes
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It's 1979 and the printers dispute at The Times is still going on. Vernon sees his luck change and suddenly finds his life taking a very different path to the one he expected. Show more
Loose Ends
Professor Alice Roberts, Josh Widdicombe, Omari McQueen, Dr Jonathan Clements, Sabiyha, Hafdis Huld, Sindhu Vee, Clive Anderson
40 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Sindhu Vee are joined by Professor Alice Roberts, Josh Widdicombe, Dr Jonathan Clements and Omari McQueen for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
As recession bites, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson asks whether lessons can be learned from the UK's last economic crisis and a decade of austerity Show more
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Bill Gates sets out his far-reaching plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Read by William Hope. Show more
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