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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with environmentalist and theologian Martin Palmer. Show more
Farming Today
10/11/21 - Food labelling, earthworm abundance and COP26 sustainable farming pledge
13 minutes
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Can the UK ensure ‘minimum’ standards are upheld on imported food through better labelling? Show more
Tweet of the Day
Brian Briggs and the Chaffinch Song
2 minutes
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Former Stornoway band member Brian Briggs with a story of how the chaffinch song was the first he recognised. 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.
Life Changing
The metal detectorist, the tip-off and the 30-year quest
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Metal detecting has been a lifelong hobby for Reg Mead. He says it’s a bit like fishing, you’re always waiting for the big one - and Reg waited a very long time. Show more
Come inside the heads of boxing trainer Peter Stanley and his protégé Simon Corcoran as he makes his professional debut at the legendary York Hall. Recorded in binaural stereo. Show more
Woman's Hour
Barbara Taylor Bradford; Police conduct; Knitting Banxy; Astronaut Nicole Stott
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford on her new prequel to A Woman of Substance. Show more
In the third of a special Radio 4 series, Maria Margaronis reports from Northern Evia, Greece where vast areas of forest, olive groves and homes burned in a week-long inferno. Show more
Malcolm needs some help. Sue has a spot of time on her hands. Winchester beckons. Starring Julia McKenzie and Gus Brown. From 2017. Show more
Richard is sure it’s only a matter of time before people discover what he has been hiding in his parent’s old caravan. Written by Jan Carson. Show more
You and Yours
BP Pulse says sorry and Irish Passport delays
39 minutes
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BP Pulse apologises to listeners who've had problems charging electric vehicles on their public network and why there's a delay in getting an Irish passport. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
Hokusai's The Great Wave
14 minutes
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Neil MacGregor is exploring mass production and mass consumption in the 19th century. Today he is in Japan - with Hokusai's famous print, The Great Wave. Show more
Oliver’s kindness knows no bounds, and Lillian takes a bow. Show more
Detective series Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst with Hugo Speer as DCI Stone. In Disclosure by Richard Monks, a fire at a school leads Stone to uncover dark truths. Show more
From kitchen table or garden shed to commercial success, how do independent inventors turn their ideas into reality? Get in touch with your stories e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk Show more
All in the Mind
Does working in the office boost well-being?
28 minutes
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How much does working from home - rather than going into the office - affect our productivity, creativity and well-being? Claudia Hammond looks at the latest psychological research. Show more
Matthew Syed examines what happens when we’re rendered speechless, and how we can find words when we need them most. Show more
Broadcasters shift more shows out of London, as Amazon and Netflix move in. 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
10/11/2021 PM faces renewed questions on Tory sleaze claims
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Boris Johnson insists MPs who don't follow parliamentary rules should be investigated
Adam Riches and a cast of some of Sweden’s finest comedians star in Danny Robins’ comedy about an Englishman abroad. Recorded on location in Sweden. Show more
It’s full steam ahead for the Grundys, and Oliver finds himself on a pedestal. Show more
Front Row
Art in Shetland, Timothy Ogene, Sharon Heal and Paul McCartney
42 minutes
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Jen Stout reports on the ancient and modern arts in Shetland, Timothy Ogene discusses his novel Seesaw, Sharon Heal on the pressures facing museums, Paul McCartney on You Tell Me. Show more
Life Changing
The metal detectorist, the tip-off and the 30-year quest
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Metal detecting has been a lifelong hobby for Reg Mead. He says it’s a bit like fishing, you’re always waiting for the big one - and Reg waited a very long time. Show more
Descendants
James Cleverly MP and Deadria Farmer-Paellmann
29 minutes
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James Cleverly, a British government minister, and Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, an American activist and lawyer, are connected through the same tribe in Sierra Leone. Show more
Costing the Earth
COP26: A Turning of the Tide?
28 minutes
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World leaders have offered up a suite of promises at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Tom Heap asks how many of them will make a real dent in our greenhouse gas emissions? Show more
Broadcasters shift more shows out of London, as Amazon and Netflix move in. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
China-US climate deal
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Bess continues the story of her relationship with Boy, as they take a trip to Brighton together, in this abridged version of Careless by Kirsty Capes. Show more
The bell rings in Boo and Ray’s local, and they have fifteen minutes to drink up. A series of four comic plays written by and starring John Kearns and Tim Key. Show more
Your new news fix. Jon Holmes's The Skewer returns to twist itself into current affairs.
Witness History
Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in
14 minutes
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In February 1960 four young black men asked to be served at a 'whites-only' lunch counter in North Carolina. In this edition of Witness, one of them, Franklin McCain, remembers. Show more
News from the House of Lords with Sean Curran.
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner
3. The Handshake
14 minutes
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Rebecca Donner's story of the woman at the heart of the German resistance to the Nazis continues. Mildred and Arvid Harnack take audacious steps to defy Hitler. Kelly Burke reads. Show more
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