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Farming Today
20/07/21 - Free farming advice, A meadow nature reserve, Wild verges
13 minutes
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A new government fund is available to help farmers access advice about moving into the new ELMS scheme. Sybil Ruscoe asks Farming Minister Victoria Prentis whether it's enough. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the long distant migrant Arctic warbler. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Susan Hulme reports on how vaccine passports will be needed for nightclub entry from the autumn
Positive Thinking
Is Thinking About Divorce the Secret to a Happy Marriage?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sangita Myska talks to Harvard law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, who believes pre-marriage mediation is the key to a lasting relationship. Show more
Evolutionary biologist and comedian Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade our wonky human body, with a little help from the animal kingdom. In this episode - our skin! Show more
Woman's Hour
Typewriters; Canadian residential schools; Isy Suttie; Stealthing
57 minutes
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Typewriters; Canadian residential schools; Isy Suttie; Stealthing Show more
50 years ago, as scientists attempted the first experiments in genetic engineering, other researchers sounded the alarm. Matthew Cobb talks to the founders of the GM age. Show more
Oscar-winner Paul Franklin tells how visual effects changed and how they changed cinema. Of dinosaurs, Bullet Time and Gollum - the fusion of man and digits. Show more
Arrangements for the bullfight get underway. But finding enough money to hire and transport the bulls, rent the stadium and publicise the event is becoming an increasing problem. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How is self-isolation affecting you?
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How is self-isolation affecting you? Call us - 03700 100 444 (standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply). Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
A disease passed from parent to child: Dr Kat Arney talks to Alice Wexler, whose family revealed the secrets of the Huntington’s gene, & Dr Sarah Tabrizi, who’s looking for a cure. Show more
There’s a shock for Brian and Helen faces a tough opponent. Show more
August 2019. India has revoked Kashmir's special status and the region is now under communications blackout. Zameera and her son Javed are caught up in events. By Avin Shah. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits that might change the way we think about food, cooking and eating. Show more
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken take a journey around the human body and put the nipples under a microscope. Show more
How does one go about inventing a language? David J. Peterson, who made up the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for fantasy series Game of Thrones, joins Michael to discuss. Show more
The two acting greats choose a biography of Sylvia Pankhurst and a fictional biography of a real life cat. 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
20/07/2021 Public urged to follow the NHS Covid app and isolate when alerted.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Prime Minister says people must follow the NHS Covid app and isolate when alerted.
Simon Evans presents a new series of comedy lectures on economics and in this first episode he focuses on the super rich. Show more
Alan has a brainwave and Kirsty does some digging. Show more
Front Row
Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte on his film Night of the Kings, Best Pick podcast, Tirtzah Bassel Canon in Drag
29 minutes
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Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte's film Night of the Kings, Artist Tirtzah Bassel's Canon in Drag reimagines art history without the patriachy, Best Picks podcast on Oscar winners Show more
The Northern Bank Job
Episode Seven: Burning Embers
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
Scotland has the highest number of drug deaths in Europe. Dani Garavelli follows activist Peter Krykant as he attempts to challenge half a century of drug policy in the UK. Show more
In Touch
Photo ID At Polling Stations; Network Rail On Tactile Paving
19 minutes
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The RNIB estimates that around 40,000 blind and partially sighted people will be excluded from voting if the introduction of photographic voter ID passes in the Elections Bill. Show more
Inside Health
When to take your child to A&E, ear wax and happiness
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
When should you take your child to A&E? James Gallagher busts the common myths around fever. Show more
Positive Thinking
Is Thinking About Divorce the Secret to a Happy Marriage?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sangita Myska talks to Harvard law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen, who believes pre-marriage mediation is the key to a lasting relationship. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Number 10 insists “pinged” people should quarantine
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Arrangements for the bullfight get underway. But finding enough money to hire and transport the bulls, rent the stadium and publicise the event is becoming an increasing problem. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
198. Thorn Birds and Scouse Diasporas, with Winifred Robinson
54 minutes
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This week on Fortunately, Fi and Jane are joined by Radio 4 Presenter Winifred Robinson. Show more
Sean Curran reports on MPs concerns about state sponsored cyber attacks by China and the Commons votes on new laws on immigration.
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Vaxxers by Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr Catherine Green
Ep 2 - Designing the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine
14 minutes
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Prof Sarah Gilbert & Dr Catherine Green respond swiftly to the news from Wuhan and the design of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine begins. Read by Samantha Bond and the Debra Baker. Show more
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