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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Bishop of Manchester David Walker. Show more
Bodies
Episode 3: Slaughterhouse Anatomy - The body in ancient Egypt
14 minutes
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Professor Alice Roberts continues her narrative history series about the human body - a time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Singer Sam Lee has paired folk songs with some of English Heritage's greatest sites, connecting us to past lives in these historic landscapes whilst we could not visit. Show more
Farming Today
Farming Today This Week 17/04/21 - 100 Days of Brexit, breeding calmer cows and a new market for wool
25 minutes
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Charlotte Smith hears from food and farming businesses that export to the EU about how they're coping with the new rules since the end of the Brexit Transition Period. Show more
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News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
Broadcaster and adventurer Ben Fogle, wheelchair basketball player and presenter Ade Adepitan, forager Liz Knight and listener Christina Longden. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
This weekend, we discuss Shirley Williams and her political significance, Lobbygate, and the Duke of Edinburgh, the Monarchy and politics. Presented by the Times' Iain Martin. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Taliban show of force in Afghanistan
28 minutes
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Fighters eye their chances at power after US pullout; jitters in Ukraine; maritime face-offs near the Philippines; race and pain in Minneapolis; Greta Thunberg's global status Show more
Calls grow for a government inquiry into contracting and freelancing, concerns over the support banks are giving vulnerable customers and GPs to prescribe debt intervention. Show more
Andy Zaltzman is back for a new series of news quizzing with guests this week, Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Daliso Chaponda and Lucy Porter. Show more
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Any Questions?
Andrew RT Davies, Jane Dodds, Vaughan Gething, Delyth Jewell
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from BBC Wales Central Square in Cardiff with Andrew RT Davies, Jane Dodds, Vaughan Gething and Delyth Jewell. Show more
Martha Kearney hosts live coverage of the procession and service at St George’s Chapel Windsor, with commentators Clare Balding, Eleanor Oldroyd, Clive Myrie and Allan Little. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Maureen Lipman; Women feeling the Cold; Singer Imelda May.
46 minutes
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Dame Maureen Lipman talks about the recent loss of her partner of 13 years, Guido Castro; Women on feeling cold Singer songwriter, Imelda May. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
Nick Robinson with a personal and political interview with LibDem MP Alistair Carmichael. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
17/04/2021 Royal Family attend Duke of Edinburgh's funeral
15 minutes
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Royal Family attend Duke of Edinburgh's funeral in an intimate service at Windsor Castle
Loose Ends
Emma Kennedy, Kate Humble, Errollyn Wallen, Katy Wix, Billie Marten, Evans McRae, Athena Kugblenu, Clive Anderson
37 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Athena Kugblenu are joined by Emma Kennedy, Kate Humble, Errollyn Wallen and Katy Wix for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. He's facing calls to resign over the policing of a republican funeral that has sparked violent disorder and protests. 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
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Eat Some Bacteria
14 minutes
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How making fermented foods part of your daily diet could help weight loss, reduce inflammation and even improve your mental health. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Music critic Ann Powers reflects on a career defining night she spent with musician Prince in his Hollywood mansion. From 2021. Show more
As Shajar, the sultan’s chief wife, plots her son Madu's succession to the throne, Gregor is determined to discover what it is she has taken from the Hafiz. Show more
Dramatised by Sean Grundy, Warhol captures New York high society from 1976 to 1987. Based on The Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
Kirsty Wark brings together some of those who fought to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a catastrophic blowout in 2010. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe welcomes the Midlands and South of England teams to the latest contest of the cryptic quiz series. Show more
Inspired by the rock-climbing adventures of the all-female Pinnacle Club, poet Helen Mort imagines what mountains might remember of the women who climb them. Show more
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Continuing the Swipe Right series of love stories, We'd Need To Manage It by Naoise Dolan is set at a Dublin house party where old friends reconnect. It's read by Evanna Lynch. Show more
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