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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Bishop David Walker Show more
Farming Today
12/04/21 The 'Brains of Brexit' Shanker Singham, pubs re-opening, greening landfill
11 minutes
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100 days since the end of the Brexit transition period - how has it done so far? Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
John Aitchison presents the skylark. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Serhii Plokhy, Patricia Lewis and Sarah Rainsford discuss nuclear arms diplomacy and the Cuban Missile Crisis with Amol Rajan. Show more
Woman's Hour
Amanda Owen & Clare Eglin on women feeling the cold, Clare Balding on Rachael Blackmore, Pippa Wicks & teacher Andria Zafirakou
42 minutes
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Shepherdess Amanda Owen and Clare Eglin talk about why women tend to feel colder than men; Clare Balding on champion jockey Rachael Blackmore; Pippa Wicks and Andria Zafirakou. Show more
Mushrooms in the City from Italo Calvino's Marcovaldo, dramatised by Toby Jones and starring Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. Show more
When sea shanties suddenly blew up on social media, a shanty band from Bristol found themselves heading for the big time. Show more
Loose Ends
Dr Michael Mosley, Yasmeen Khan, Tez Ilyas, Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi, Emma Freud, Clive Anderson
36 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Michael Mosley, Yasmeen Khan and Tez Ilyas for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Desperate for some space, Sameer is on the way to Uganda to look up an old family friend.
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You and Yours
"The Laundry Guy"; Footstock; Electric Car Subscriptions
39 minutes
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"The Laundry Guy" Patric Richardson tells us how we can take better care of our clothes. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The Northern Bank Job
Episode Six: The Mastermind
14 minutes
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It was the biggest bank heist in British and Irish criminal history. Belfast writer Glenn Patterson has unfinished business with the 2004 Northern Bank robbery. Show more
What if doping were allowed in athletics? How much faster could we go? And at what cost? By the award-winning James Fritz and Becky Ripley. Show more
Mike Williams asks : Why do we perceive time differently at different times and in different circumstances?
Tom Sutcliffe welcomes the Midlands and South of England teams to the latest contest of the cryptic quiz series. Show more
The Food Programme
The Urban Growing Revolution
30 minutes
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Leyla Kazim explores stories of food being grown in cities: from individuals re-purposing outdoor spaces during lockdown, to the urban farms driving our future food security. Show more
Art critic Alastair Sooke tells the story of the most valuable collection of modern western art outside Europe and the US and how it comes to be in a museum basement in Iran. Show more
Ernie Rea and a multi-faith panel discuss the spiritual life of Prince Philip. 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
12/04/2021 Shoppers take advantage of major re-opening
30 minutes
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Busy day on many high streets, while pubs and restaurants re-open outdoors in England
Julian Clary hosts a special episode of Just a Minute joined by guests Jo Brand, Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks and Shappi Khorsandi. Show more
Jazzer’s out to impress while christening plans leave Alice ragged.
Front Row
Too Close, Rachel Whiteread, Chloe Zhao, Rosa Rankin Gee
29 minutes
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New drama Too Close reviewed, Chloe Zhao, director of Nomadland, Rachel Whiteread discusses her new exhibition, Internal Objects and Rosa Rankin Gee on her new novel, Dreamland. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Will mystery podcasters Heawood and Kennedy be divided - could Kennedy could be a killer? Stars Barnaby Kay and Jana Carpenter. Show more
At the Human Library, where books are people and reading is a conversation, James Peak and Sharmistha Michaels read Wheelchair User, Satanist and Child of Alcoholic Parents. Show more
Can Denmark's mink industry rise again? Show more
Some 10,000 years ago our ancestors began to till the soil, producing the energy surpluses needed to feed the first cities and civilisations. Show more
Serhii Plokhy, Patricia Lewis and Sarah Rainsford discuss nuclear arms diplomacy and the Cuban Missile Crisis with Amol Rajan. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Attack on Iranian nuclear facility at Natanz
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Desperate for some space, Sameer is on the way to Uganda to look up an old family friend.
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Michael Rosen and historian Judith Flanders talk about how we categorise things, using alphabetical order and more. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
Ep 1 - In Which Life Begins for Our Heroine
14 minutes
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Paula Byrne's joyous and illuminating new biography of one of the twentieth century's wittiest novelists. Hattie Morahan reads. Show more
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