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Heralded as ‘a new kind of Hamlet’, The Good Wife star is the first woman of colour to play the troubled prince in a major production on a British stage. With Mark Coles. Show more
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Mark Tully considers the enduring effects that being chosen last can have on us and asks whether the negative aspects of competition might out-way the positive.
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Brett Westwood follows the route trodden by the camel from being a revered subject of Arabic eulogies to being reviled by Europeans now being ridden by robot jockeys. From 2016 Show more
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Sunday
Ben Fogle; Halal Student Finance; Day of the Scientist
44 minutes
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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM)
3 minutes
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Lord Alf Dubs makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM). Show more
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A service for World Mental Health Day, with counsellor and psychotherapist Major Richard Gaudion and the International Staff Songsters of the Salvation Army. Show more
David Goodhart discusses why integration is "one of the slipperiest concepts in the political lexicon". Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Yellow-Browed Warbler. Show more
Paddy O'Connell talks to truckers about pay and supply problems. With the news review political journalists Ayesha Hazarika and Christopher Hope and retail expert Kate Hardcastle. Show more
Brian meets his match and Ben is desperate to impress. Show more
Desert Island Discs
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
38 minutes
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Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano, shares the eight discs, book and luxury item she would want with her if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Get Some Houseplants
14 minutes
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Michael discovers houseplants can make a big difference - a bit of greenery can improve your mood, fight fatigue, and amazingly, boost your brain power and your air quality. Show more
Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4’s longest running panel show, Just a Minute. Show more
The Food Programme
Best Food Producer of the Year: Meet the Finalists
29 minutes
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From pasties made by ex-offenders, a local nose-to-tail butchery and a community cooperative farm – Sheila Dillon and Angela Hartnett visit 2021’s Best Food Producer finalists. Show more
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Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.
Fi Glover presents three conversations on lorry drivers, drug addiction and the decriminalisation of drugs, and prejudice against British Chinese people as a result of Covid. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT at Home: Cuddly Conifers and Creamy Miscanthus
42 minutes
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Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more
Folk singer Sam Lee on the legacy of Joni Mitchell's environmental anthem Big Yellow Taxi. Show more
First part of the radical reworking of Emile Zola's celebrated mining novel, Germinal. Show more
Open Book
Jonathan Franzen, Amitav Ghosh, Nina Mingya Powles
28 minutes
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Jonathan Franzen talks to Elizabeth Day about his novel Crossroads, set in the 1970s, it's the first part of a trilogy about the Hildebrandt family. Show more
Poet Paul Farley examines the connection between poets and birds. Producer: Geoff Bird Show more
File on 4
Pandora Papers: From Bribery to the British High Street
37 minutes
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Using leaked offshore documents, Felicity Hannah follows a trail of money tainted by bribery and corruption to see how it ended up in property investments on the UK’s high streets. Show more
Heralded as ‘a new kind of Hamlet’, The Good Wife star is the first woman of colour to play the troubled prince in a major production on a British stage. With Mark Coles. Show more
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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Six O'Clock News
10/10/2021 Frustration at government response to energy crisis
15 minutes
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Businesses voice concerns at lack of government solution to tackle rising energy prices
Sheila McClennon chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more
Jazzer lends a helping hand and Alan has a plan. Show more
Stephen Mangan asks his guest Olivia Williams to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more
Miss Bessemer Saves the Train
'Can I Tempt You With a Fondant Fancy, Miss Bessemer...?'
14 minutes
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Penelope Keith is Miss Bessemer in Roy Apps’ serial inspired by a true story. As the men in suits start to play dirty, Miss Bessemer discovers that pride goes before a fall. Show more
A look back at our origins, plus the usual mix of numerical nous and statistical savvy. Show more
Last Word
Antony Hewish (pictured), Roger Michell, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Jane Powell
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on astronomer Antony Hewish, director Roger Michell, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, actor Jane Powell. Show more
Money Box
Small businesses 'overlooked' in energy crisis
30 minutes
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Have small businesses been overlooked in the energy crisis? Students denied access to healthcare. Can they claim for going private? And contactless payment limit increases to £100. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM)
3 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Lord Alf Dubs makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The No Accommodation Network (NACCOM). 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
Carolyn Quinn's guests are the former Cabinet minister Mark Harper, Labour peer Jenny Chapman and documentary maker Michael Cockerell - plus political journalist Jack Blanchard. Show more
How do guide dogs know where they're going? It's not like their handler whispers in their ear and asks to go to the pharmacy, maybe the toothpaste aisle. So how does it work? Show more
Mark Tully considers the enduring effects that being chosen last can have on us and asks whether the negative aspects of competition might out-way the positive.
Show more
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Afghanistan: Laurie Taylor hears about the lives of Afghan migrants in Britain today. Also, what role did corruption play in the return of the Taliban? Show more
Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary’s Church in Warwick Show more
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