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Farming Today
04/03/21: Budget support for rural businesses, chicken microbiome, gene editing in developing countries
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
The budget is getting a mixed reception from rural groups, with a welcome for the help offered to many rural businesses but concern that countryside areas may miss out on funding. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Birdgirl Mya Rose Craig on the Black Browed Albatross
1 minute on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Mya Rose Craig aka Birdgirl recalls the excitement of seeing a black browed albatross in Cornwall aged seven, thousands of miles from where it should be. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Coleridge's poem of a grim voyage in which a sailor shoots an albatross and is forced to tell the story of his crime forever. Show more
Woman's Hour
Layla AlAmmar, Anti-Obesity Drugs, Maximalism
43 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Show more
On arrival in Rome, Gudrun's plans are thrown into disarray. Viking epic of love, revenge and faith starring Kate Phillips. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Crises in the Caucasus
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Thousands of opposition supporters are protesting in Georgia, while in Armenia, the embattled prime minister accused the army of attempting a coup Show more
In a warm and hilarious interview, Stephen Mangan offers new insights into one of our finest actors. David Tennant confesses three guilty secrets. Show more
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After visiting former patient Kitty, Jean gets closer to the truth of what happened at St Cecilia’s. Read by Monica Dolan. Show more
You and Yours
Instagram Hack; Disabled Children; Mis-sold Leaseholds
39 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Small companies that rely on the social media site Instagram for business are being targeted by hackers. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Metamorphosis - How Insects Transformed Our World
Cycles of Change
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Erica McAlister on the hoverfly that arguably undergoes the biggest transformation of any animal, and how insect metamorphosis could be a tool to track future climate change. Show more
Ruairi’s suggestion causes controversy and Jim questions himself. Show more
By Nick Warburton. Clare and Richard have inherited a sitting tenant, John Hector, the most truculent man in Yorkshire. John meets his match in a neighbour as obstinate as himself Show more
Ramblings
Reading the Landscape with Mary-Ann Ochota: Pegsdon Hills
24 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Clare Balding learns how to identify the curious features in our landscape in the company of anthropologist and author Mary-Ann Ochota. Show more
Nadiya Hussain makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of IMPACT Foundation. Show more
Elizabeth Day talks to award-winning novelist Mary Lawson, and asks what makes a great fictional character. Show more
Antonia Quirke presents a guide to the universe of The Coen Brothers with help from the siblings themselves. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Blue carbon; inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters
31 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Blue carbon in UNESCO World Heritage Sites; seagrasses on UK coasts; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading Renaissance unopened letters with X rays. Presented by Gaia Vince. 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
04/03/2021 IFS warns Budget will inflict 'considerable pain'
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies has said plans set out in the Budget to deal with the UK's finances can't be delivered without "considerable pain".
Best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes reads selections from her non-fiction writing, in conversation with Tara Flynn. This week's theme - health. Show more
Alice finds herself under pressure and Clarrie is determined. Show more
Front Row
MC Grammar, Bookshop.org, proposed changes at the V&A
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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MC Grammar on his song for World Book Day and getting children to love reading, what role is bookshop.org playing in online book sales, and possible changes at the V&A Museum. Show more
On arrival in Rome, Gudrun's plans are thrown into disarray. Viking epic of love, revenge and faith starring Kate Phillips. Show more
The civil claim brought by Harry Dunn's parents in Virginia, the backlog of jury trials, and an interview with the justice secretary Robert Buckland QC. With Joshua Rozenberg. Show more
The UK government wants to boost the space industry through its £400 million investment in satellite communications firm OneWeb. Is this a moonshot moment? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Blue carbon; inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters
31 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Blue carbon in UNESCO World Heritage Sites; seagrasses on UK coasts; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading Renaissance unopened letters with X rays. Presented by Gaia Vince. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Coleridge's poem of a grim voyage in which a sailor shoots an albatross and is forced to tell the story of his crime forever. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
UN Security Council to discuss Myanmar tomorrow
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
After visiting former patient Kitty, Jean gets closer to the truth of what happened at St Cecilia’s. Read by Monica Dolan. Show more
Comedian Twayna Mayne and books blogger Simon Savidge talk to Harriett about the books they love Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Journalist Robert Penn examines how from ancient times white bread became the preserve of the rich, while brown loaves were eaten by the poor. Show more
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