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Are upland farmers upbeat about new environmental scheme? Plans to reintroduce wildcats. Brexit, Covid and welfare reform, it's been a tough year for pig farmers. Show more
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Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian rainforest. Show more
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Start the Week
Lionel Shriver on life and death decisions
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Lionel Shriver, David Jarrett and Jack Thorne talk about life and death, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Woman's Hour
Dido Harding, Friendship between gay men and straight women, Foreign aid cuts
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Dido Harding was brought in to set up a trest and trace system to help stop the Covid-19 pandemic. This is her first interview since leaving the job. Show more
Grace Dent tells the story of a Leicester secondary school teacher whose life has been radically changed by a year of lockdowns. Show more
Loose Ends
Stephanie Cole, Larry Lamb, Peter Wohlleben, Dawn Walton, Sons of Kemet, Sam Wills, Anneka Rice, Clive Anderson
38 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Clive Anderson and Anneka Rice are joined by Stephanie Cole, Larry Lamb, Peter Wohlleben and Dawn Walton for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
When Asha uses her coding skills to develop an innovative social media platform with her charismatic husband, the brave new world of tech turns out to contain age-old problems. Show more
You and Yours
First Homes Scheme; Weddings; Hospitality Workers
39 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Under a new government scheme that offers first time buyers up to 50% discounts, some experts are warning that demand will exceed supply. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Small Island or Global Britain?
At the Top Table
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Nick Robinson considers our place in the world in the run up to the G7 summit in Cornwall. Today, Nick asks how long we can keep our seat at the world’s leading organisations. Show more
A funny, warmhearted new drama about modern love and families, written by Leanne Allen, starring Claire Rushbrook, Carly Houston and Lucy Fallon. Show more
The Why Factor
Why would anyone devote their life to collecting cuckoo clocks?
12 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Stamps, coins and sea shells - the list of things that humans collect is endless. Why do people do it? Mike Williams talks to an eclectic group of collectors to try and find out. Show more
Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as students from the University of Cumbria take on their professors. From June 2021 Show more
The Food Programme
Tom Kerridge: A Life Through Food
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Chef Tom Kerridge talks pubs, pirate ships and being a 'people person' as he shares his Life Through Food with Sheila Dillon. Show more
Music journalist Jude Rogers speaks to musicians and neuroscientists to discover why music keeps us active, alert and connected as we grow older. Show more
Aleks Krotoski talks to the children of those lost to QAnon conspriacies. Like a twisted Pied Piper story an older generation have been led away leaving their children bereft. 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
07/06/2021 Boris Johnson's joined in criticism of cricket chiefs who suspended an England player for historical racist tweets.
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Boris Johnson has joined in criticism of cricket chiefs who suspended an England player for historical racist and sexist tweets.
Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with Dr. Helen Scales, Dr. Erica McAlister and Felicity Ward. From June 2021. Show more
The situation becomes overwhelming for Jennifer while Harrison makes plans. Show more
Front Row
Florian Zeller on The Father; Jeffrey Boakye; Ita O'Brien
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Florian Zeller on The Father starring Anthony Hopkins; Jeffrey Boakye on A Musical History of Black Britain, and Ita O'Brien, intimacy co-ordinator for film and TV. Show more
Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth focus on the tension between scientific and aesthetic images in the botanical world with the rise of photography and print Show more
Winifred Robinson's been following the ambitious Born in Bradford study since it started in 2007. Over three years 14,000 babies have been followed since birth and into their teens Show more
Where does money's value come from in this increasingly online world? Ben Chu investigates. Show more
Find out what happens when music meets the animal mind, with Geoff Marsh. Show more
Start the Week
Lionel Shriver on life and death decisions
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Lionel Shriver, David Jarrett and Jack Thorne talk about life and death, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
US regulators approves drug which tackles causes of Alzheimers
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When Asha uses her coding skills to develop an innovative social media platform with her charismatic husband, the brave new world of tech turns out to contain age-old problems. Show more
Writer Octavia Bright looks at how Bret Easton Ellis's novel continues to resonate, 30 years after its publication. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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A biography commemorating the early life of the late Duke of Edinburgh. This episode focuses on his grandfather, King George I of Greece, and his father, Andrea, born in 1882. Show more
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