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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with environmentalist and theologian Martin Palmer. Show more
Farming Today
11/11/21 - Chair of the new TAC, blue carbon and organic no till
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
The Chair of the new Trade and Agriculture Commission tell Charlotte Smith the group is toothless but not meaningless. Show more
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounters with giant petrels in Antarctica. 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.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering brother and sister who, between them, discovered Uranus, comets, double stars and infrared light at the end of the 18th century. Show more
Woman's Hour
Noor Inayat Khan: secret agent; BBC & Stonewall; Female MPs, Parliamentary standards & second jobs; Tim Stanley
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Special Operations Executive is a branch of military intelligence that specialised in espionage & sabotage behind enemy lines, & during WWII hundreds of women acted as agents. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Cup of Tea with the Taliban Neighbours
26 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In the three months since taking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have murdered opponents, yet have not committed the mass atrocities many predicted. So have they really changed? Show more
Rowan Williams considers what the life and work of the great Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky can tell us about Russia today. Show more
On yet another weekend visit to her mother’s caravan, Anna considers how she might get herself out of this rut. Written by Jan Carson. Show more
You and Yours
CMA Powers, New Railway and Disabled Pay Gap
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Consumer watchdog demands new powers to crack down on law breakers and 60 years on a defunct railway line in Devon re-opens. 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)
Sudanese slit drum
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Neil MacGregor is looking at global power and economy in the 19th Century. Today he is with a drum from Sudan that Kitchener acquired for Queen Victoria. Show more
It’s full steam ahead for the Grundys, and Oliver finds himself on a pedestal. Show more
A gripping drama which asks the question: are all victims good and all offenders evil? Show more
There's rainforest, right here in the UK. Lush, green and thick with life! Once vast, now remaining only in tiny pockets. Can it be saved?
Helen Mark gets lost in the undergrowth. Show more
Journalist Jackie Ashley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Carers Worldwide. Show more
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde is set in three different times and three different countries - and each storyline considers the fate of bees, and beekeepers. Show more
Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate toxic animals. From 2021. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How propane might prevent air conditioning and refrigeration becoming an even bigger burden as our planet warms. Also, covid antiviral pills, and how we forgot to breathe properly. 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
11/11/2021 Record number of 999 calls in England
30 minutes
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NHS leaders have warned that the strain England's health service is facing is unsustainable. One think tank said the NHS was on its knees
Richard Herring’s returning comedy about an extended modern family. Starring Alison Steadman and Richard Herring. From 2020. Show more
The walls close in on Kirsty, and Natasha makes her presence felt. Show more
Front Row
Tori Amos performs, The Courtauld Gallery reopening and Dopesick series reviewed, Heidi Stephens live blogs
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Tori Amos performs, Waldemar Januszczak and Subhadra Das review The Courtauld Gallery reopening and series Dopesick, Heidi Stephens live blogs. Show more
Tracking down the social media trolls; how to be an effective advocate; and meeting a lawyer behind bars. Show more
How can companies create a level playing field for applicants and employees from lower socio-economic backgrounds? Evan Davis and guests discuss. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How propane might prevent air conditioning and refrigeration becoming an even bigger burden as our planet warms. Also, covid antiviral pills, and how we forgot to breathe properly. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering brother and sister who, between them, discovered Uranus, comets, double stars and infrared light at the end of the 18th century. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Escalating row over Belarus migrants
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Bess recalls the early months of her relationship with 19-year-old Boy - her social worker and foster family are concerned but Bess is falling for him. Show more
Semi-improvised comedy show by Marc Wootton with Hammed Animashaun, Rosie Cavaliero, Monica Dolan, Katherine Parkinson and Catherine Tate, about couples on weekly date nights. Show more
Laura Barton sorts through myth and misdirection to tell the story of Karen Dalton, the folk world's answer to Billie Holiday. Show more
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner
4. A Catastrophic Error
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Rebecca Donner's account of the woman at the heart of German resistance to Hitler continues as Stalin's spymasters put Mildred Harnack & husband Arvid in peril. Kelly Burke reads. Show more
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