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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard Show more
Farming Today
06/08/21 Sheep shearing record, crop diseases with global warming, Welsh sheep farming
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
New research suggests British crops will face more tropical diseases with climate change. And a new world record in sheep shearing. Show more
Tweet of the Day
David Rothenberg on the Brown Thrasher
1 minute
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Professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology David Rothenberg discusses the brown thrasher. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Nazir Afzal, lawyer, shares the eight discs, book and luxury item he would want him if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards and Niki Adams, Judith Heumann
58 minutes
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Music from Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards & Niki Adams and Judith Heumann. Show more
Test Match Special
England v India - 1st Test from Trent Bridge
8 hours, 14 minutes
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TEST MATCH SPECIAL: England v India. Commentary on the First Test from Trent Bridge with Jonathan Agnew, Isa Guha, Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook and Phil Tufnell. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
06/08/2021 Team GB wins two more gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics
30 minutes
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Kate French won the modern pentathlon. Earlier, Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald came first in the cycle relay.
Henry Tobin is Britain's shortest serving and least popular post war Prime Minister. So what next? Stars Miles Jupp. Show more
Front Row
Sir Tom Stoppard, Ryan Bancroft, Museum of The Year, Nick Laird
41 minutes
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Sir Tom Stoppard on Leopoldstadt, Proms conductor Ryan Bancroft, Museum of the Year - Derry/Londonderry CCA, novelist Nick Laird on grief Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Iqbal: Death for Falcons
14 minutes
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Sunil Khilnani tells the story of the poet and philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal. Show more
Any Questions?
Iain Dale, Karen Hester, Gillian Keegan MP, Clive Lewis MP
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from The Players Theatre, Lowestoft with a panel including Iain Dale, Karen Hester, Gillian Keegan MP and Clive Lewis MP. Show more
Howard Jacobson unwraps some sensational new research on....present wrapping. Show more
American satirist Joe Queenan presents a new history of lust, from Helen and Paris to Bill and Monica via Rasputin, Edwina Currie and John Major. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
UN Security Council holds emergency Afghanistan meeting
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Despite a great loss, the friends gather in Florence to celebrate a momentous occasion.
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Michael Booth picks Hans Christian Andersen with a little help from Michael Rosen, author of many children's books, including We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Show more
Conspiracies: The Secret Knowledge
Narrative Graphs
28 minutes
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Documentary-maker Phil Tinline continues his series exploring how conspiracy theories and fictions work as stories, and what they claim to tell us about how power works. Show more
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The town of Meaux is home to the famous Brie and its honourable brotherhood of ‘grand compagnons’. But Paris is not far off – along with a very fine steak and the finishing line. Show more
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