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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Zahid Hussain. Show more
Farming Today
21/07/21 - Badger cull in Northern Ireland, Crop diversification, Water Meadows
13 minutes
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A badger cull could be introduced into Northern Ireland to help stop the spread of Bovine TB. Plus crop diversification, water meadows and a very hot start to harvest. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Frank Gardner on the Three-Wattled Bellbird
1 minute
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
High in the cloud forest of Costa Rica, Frank Gardner recalls for Tweet of the Day, a bird he has heard but never seen, the three-wattled bell bird. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
How a song written for a bank commercial has become a poignant reminder of our youthful hopes and dreams. Show more
Leon Bosch reflects on the power of classical music to transform lives, beginning with his own. Show more
Woman's Hour
Amy Winehouse remembered; Women's cricket; Botox and fillers; Violence against women strategy
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Ten years on from her death, Amy Winehouse's closest friends and family tell her story. Show more
Andrea Catherwood crosses the Irish Sea and goes back home to Northern Ireland to ask what unionism means now and explore some of the challenges it faces. Show more
TV veterans Peter Fincham and Jon Plowman talk to Jennifer Saunders about the making of Absolutely Fabulous. From 2020. Show more
After years of silence during the war, the temple bells of Kyoto ring out to welcome the New Year. Sakiko and Tsugami remain locked in their lonely, intense, relationship. Show more
You and Yours
Vaccination Certificates, Marriage or Mortgage, Back to Warrington
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The young couples having to choose between paying for a wedding or a house. We hear from listeners having difficulties accessing vaccination certificates. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Is there really a gene that makes some people more violent than others? And should some criminals get a lesser sentence because of what’s in their DNA? Dr Kat Arney investigates. Show more
Alan has a brainwave and Kirsty does some digging. Show more
It's August 2019. Kashmir is under curfew and communications blackout. And half-widow Zameera (Mita Rahman) is forced to make a terrible choice. Drama by Avin Shah. Show more
Sun, sea and PCR tests? Adam Shaw and guests discuss the rules and costs of travel this summer. E-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk with your travel rights, insurance and money questions. 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
Ray and Vi Donovan’s son, Christopher, was murdered 20 years ago. They met the boys who killed him to ask why. Matthew Syed considers ideas that underpin restorative justice. Show more
How a global group of news outlets teamed up to expose a phone hacking tool 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
21/07/2021 UK government wants changes to the post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The UK government has said the UK and the EU "cannot go on as we are" with the current arrangement, but the EU has insisted there'll be no renegotiation of the treaty.
The comedian and quizzer focuses on the world outside the UK from France, to Mercury to the most popular Brazilian. From 2020. Show more
Helen makes a breakthrough and Chris faces a race against time. Show more
Front Row
Jon Batiste, Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt
28 minutes
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American musician Jon Batiste on his new album We Are; Louisa Buck considers the five galleries shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year; The Humboldt Forum in Berlin opens Show more
The Northern Bank Job
Episode Eight: See No Evil
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
Combative, provocative and engaging live debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Melanie Phillips, Mona Siddiqui, Tim Stanley and Matthew Taylor. #moralmaze Show more
Leon Bosch reflects on the power of classical music to transform lives, beginning with his own. 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 a global group of news outlets teamed up to expose a phone hacking tool Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
NHS workers in England to get 3% pay rise
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
After years of silence during the war, the temple bells of Kyoto ring out to welcome the New Year. Sakiko and Tsugami remain locked in their lonely, intense, relationship. Show more
In this final episode Heidi turns to face her worries. Show more
Jon Holmes's multi-award winning The Skewer twists itself into - and remixes - the news. This week, Suicide Squad Freedom Day and Deadpool reads a CBeebies bedtime story. Show more
Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster as the PM is questioned over the dreaded ping.
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Vaxxers by Professor Sarah Gilbert and Dr Catherine Green
Ep 3 - Producing the first precious doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
14 minutes
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Prof Sarah Gilbert & Dr Catherine Green's account of making the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. Today, tense times as the first few doses are produced in March 2020. Debra Baker reads. Show more
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