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Farming Today
13/07/23 - Rising food prices, Global food security, Agriculture no-show
13 minutes
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A major food and drink organisation has warned that food prices could rise by more than ten percent, owing to worker shortages caused by a combination of Brexit and Covid-19. Show more
Chris Packham presents the great bustard. Show more
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Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents look back at three separate moments in the history of the birth of the Union and how they resonate today. Show more
We use our hands to soothe and comfort, reassure and relax – but also to distract and deceive. A massage therapist and a pickpocket reflect on their hands and the sense of touch Show more
Woman's Hour
150 years of female GPs. Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Lucy D’Orsi. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg.
58 minutes
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150 years of female GPs. Lucy D’Orsi, Chief Constable of the British Transport Police. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg. Talking to your daughter about beauty treatments. Show more
Chances are you’ve come across a person in hi-vis at least once today. It’s become an omnipresent feature of British culture. Steph McGovern explores its history and role today. Show more
How visual effects changed the movies. Oscar winner Paul Franklin enters the digital realm. In 1982, TRON and Star Trek 2 offered very different visions of the coming revolution. Show more
It's no longer safe being friends with Pinkie. And Pinkie knows it. Even Cubitt is trying to desert him. Prewitt has made contact with a lawyer to try to sort his marriage to Rose Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours - How have you coped with a big setback or disappointment in your life?
39 minutes
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How have you coped with a big setback or disappointment in your life?
Email us - youandyours@bbc.co.uk and leave a phone number so we can contact you. Show more
TMS CRICKET: England v Pakistan. Commentary on the Third ODI from Edgbaston with Aatif Nawaz, Alison Mitchell, Ebony Rainford-Brent. Ian Bell and Carlos Brathwaite. Show more
Inside Health
Increase in childhood viruses and can you be too fit?
28 minutes
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Why is there an increase in childhood viruses? Plus, can you be too fit? Show more
Jonathan Freedland and a team of historians and BBC correspondents look back at three separate moments in the history of the birth of the Union and how they resonate today. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Aid budget stays at 0.5% of national income
45 minutes
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It's no longer safe being friends with Pinkie. And Pinkie knows it. Even Cubitt is trying to desert him. Prewitt has made contact with a lawyer to try to sort his marriage to Rose Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
197. No Eating in School Uniform, with Adele Roberts
51 minutes
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This week on the podcast, Fi and Jane chat to Adele Roberts, host of BBC Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast. Show more
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report from Westminster as rebel Conservatives try to block cuts to the UK's foreign aid budget.
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Books can be bound with the strangest things. Including human skin. Not to mention written in blood. And possibly the most cryptic manuscript of all - The Voynich Manuscript. Show more
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