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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. Show more
Farming Today
04/10/21 Fertiliser shortage threatens food security, English and Welsh wines
11 minutes
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Warnings that yields of crops from wheat to potatoes may be down next year because of a shortage of fertiliser. Show more
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Brett Westwood presents the bluethroat. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Mary Beard, Andrew Roberts and Ayesha Hazarika discuss the image and public perception of power, with Kirsty Wark Show more
Woman's Hour
Institutional Misogyny, Bullying in Parliament, Women Magicians
58 minutes
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Show more
The pandemic put a stop to live music and festivals. Alex is on a mission to bring them back. Show more
Loose Ends
Kimberley Chambers, Sarah Solemani, Alexandra Burke, Lucy Beaumont, The Specials, Kat Eaton, YolanDa Brown, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
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Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Kimberley Chambers, Sarah Solemani, Alexandra Burke and Lucy Beaumont for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
A love affair between a teenage boy and an older woman is at the heart of this story about the post-WWII generation in Germany grappling with the horrors of the Holocaust. Show more
You and Yours
Recycled Clothes; Frozen Turkeys; Tourism
39 minutes
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What effect are the clothes we donate to charity shops here in the UK having on the environment in countries like Ghana? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
A Home of Our Own
The Square, St Mawes, Cornwall
14 minutes
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Lynsey Hanley explores Britain's broken housing market through the stories of ten very different homes. Today, the story of Hillside Cottage in St Mawes, Cornwall. Show more
Lilian has her eyes on the prize while Josh wants to have his cake and eat it. Show more
Politics and theatre do battle as the National's first Artistic Director, Sir Laurence Olivier, and his lieutenant Kenneth Tynan fight to establish a successful National Theatre. Show more
Russell Davies welcomes the last four competitors bidding for the title Brain of Britain 2021, in the last of this year's heats. Show more
The Food Programme
Oz Clarke: A Life Through Wine
28 minutes
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Jaega Wise talks to Oz Clarke about how he got into wine and his lifelong passion for it, and his thoughts on the future of the industry from natural wine to climate change. Show more
Engineer and author Roma Agrawal explores how the built environment shapes us and what we might ask from the architects and designers who make our cities. Show more
To celebrate the 500th edition of Beyond Belief, Ernie Rea presents a special programme recorded at the Contains Strong Language poetry festival in Coventry. 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
04/10/2021 The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has taken on his critics inside the Conservative party with a defence of higher taxes
30 minutes
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At the Conservative Conference, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has taken on his critics inside the party with a defence of higher taxes
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute. Show more
Brian meets his match and Chelsea throws a spanner in the works. Show more
Front Row
Hilary Mantel, Lianne La Havas, Candice Carty Williams, Kieran Hurley
42 minutes
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Hilary Mantel on staging The Mirror and the Light, Candice Carty Williams' new YA novella, music from Lianne La Havas and Kieran Hurley on adapting Ibsen. Show more
Writer and curator Ekow Eshun traces where whiteness came from and how its power has remained elusive. He finds the answer deep in the origins of modern science. Show more
The sudden US exit from Afghanistan alarmed its allies. Then AUSUK provoked French outrage. Edward Stourton asks: who now safeguards European security? Show more
Peter Curran is back on the road, travelling from Lands’ End to John O’Groats in an electric car. Is the country ready for a future of electric vehicles? Show more
Mary Beard, Andrew Roberts and Ayesha Hazarika discuss the image and public perception of power, with Kirsty Wark Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Senior State Department official quits over Haiti
45 minutes
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A love affair between a teenage boy and an older woman is at the heart of this story about the post-WWII generation in Germany grappling with the horrors of the Holocaust. Show more
A mix of genius and luck propels a young man from the jaws of death to superstar status. What can we learn from the life and times of Shawn Carter? Show more
Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats discuss their 1978 second album 'A Tonic for the Troops'. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more
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Andrew Roberts' new biography of this most maligned sovereign reveals a monarch to admire. Read by Ben Miller. Episode 1: The new King and Queen. Show more
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