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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with environmentalist and theologian Martin Palmer. Show more
Farming Today
12/11/21 - Native seaweed research, milk prices and the history of ploughing matches
13 minutes
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Feeding red seaweed to cattle has already been shown to reduce methane emissions - can native UK seaweed also work? Show more
Tweet of the Day
Jennifer Border on the Whinchat
2 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jennifer Border of the British Trust for Ornithology recalls how following the song of a whinchat resulted in a broken road sign and a cracked car bumper. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Joanne Harris, writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Mary Robinson, Rose Tremain, Daddy Issues
57 minutes
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Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, explains why the climate challenge is so emotional. Show more
Activist and satirist Heydon Prowse unpacks the green repackaging of the food and drink industry. Show more
In space no one can hear you squabble. Saucer - a comedy about six people just trying to make it in the world... except they're not on the world. Show more
Vidas is supposed to be helping Frankie with his caravan but his grandfather’s tool belt has disappeared. Written by Jan Carson. Show more
You and Yours
Clarks Strike; Cyber Detective Kids; WhatsApp Scam
39 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Staff at shoemakers Clarks continue their strike that started in October. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (1780 - 1914 AD)
Suffragette-defaced penny
14 minutes
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Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things arrives in the 20th century. Today he chooses a British penny coin defaced by suffragettes with the words "Votes for women". Show more
The walls close in on Kirsty, and Natasha makes her presence felt. Show more
The disappearance of Evie Bennett. The sink hole that swallowed a house. The mysterious man in the hare mask. DI Ward searches for clues in Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller. Show more
Kirsty Logan explores the modern quest to capture a ghost in a machine, and how we went from wanting to catch the spirit of the dead, to creating ghosts of ourselves. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT from the Archives: Winter Special
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Kathy Clugston has a look through the GQT archive for this special winter edition of the show. Show more
From Fact to Fiction
What do you think about the planet, mum?
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for years
Irn Bru and Barack Obama: a mum writes to her daughter about her unexpected adventures as a COP26 delegate. By Travis Alabanza. Show more
Last Word
Sir Archie Lamb (pictured), John Boyden, Ida Nudel, Abolhassan Banisadr
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on diplomat Sir Archie Lamb, record producer John Boyden, 'refusenik' Ida Nudel, Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr. Show more
As COP26 comes to a conclusion, listeners put their questions to the BBC’s outgoing Science Editor David Shukman. 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
12/11/2021 Climate summit is in overtime.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Negotiators press ahead past the formal end of Cop26 to try to reach a deal.
Steve Punt and Gareth Gwynn present the week via topical stand-up and sketches in front of a remote audience. Show more
Angela Frazer-Wicks tells her extraordinary story of being a mother. Show more
Pianist Joe Stilgoe adds five more tracks to the playlist with the help of DJ and presenter Sonny Ji, and voice coaches Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher. Show more
Any Questions?
Kate Forbes MSP, Lord Forsyth, Barry Gardiner MP, Gillian Mackay MSP
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from the Seaboard Centre in Balintore with Kate Forbes MSP, Lord Forsyth, Barry Gardiner MP and Gillian Mackay MSP. Show more
Zoe Strimpel reflects on the 'paralysis of ambivalence' in relation to motherhood. Show more
A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus
Mass Production, Mass Persuasion (AD 1780-1914)
1 hour
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Neil MacGregor presents an omnibus edition of his global history told through objects. This week - the transformation from agricultural to industrial economies. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
COP talks to overrun until Saturday
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
Bess is 15. She's pregnant and she's asked her friend Eshal for help. Together they decide to take matters into their own hands, with disastrous results. Show more
Ghost stories, how to be a woman in your middle years as well as an African American woman in your twenties. Show more
James Peak reports from the 2021 Wilderness Festival, featuring Marcel Lucont, Robin Clyfan, Idler Magazine, Letters Live, The Cabaret Fatale, Jordan Stephens and Amanda Abbingdon. Show more
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The true story of Mildred Harnack, the woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler continues as the Gestapo close in on Mildred and her husband, Arvid. Kelly Burke reads. Show more
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