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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
Farming Today
12/04/22 - Queues at Dover, Lump Sum Exit Scheme, new entrants to farming
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Delays to meat exports because of queues at Dover could affect long-term trade with the EU. Show more
Kate Humble presents the black grouse. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Sangita Myska asks whether monogamy is the best way to have a relationship over the course of a lifetime. Show more
Millions of people were sent to labour camps in the Soviet Union during Stalin's rule. Many died of disease, starvation or exhaustion. Hear one man's story of life in the Gulag. Show more
Woman's Hour
Actor Anya Taylor-Joy, Rosie Duffield MP, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Celia Paul and Gwen John
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sixty-two million households watched Anya Taylor-Joy play chess prodigy Beth Harmon in the Netflix mini-series The Queen’s Gambit. Show more
Bare-chested photo ops and the invasion of Georgia - what Vladimir Putin did as prime minister. Then he returns to the presidency vowing to save Russia from the west. Show more
Share the unique perspectives of Lilliana, Deborah and Lisa as they go about their work cleaning and maintaining some of the nation’s cultural buildings and collections. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Is the travel chaos affecting your holiday plans?
53 minutes
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Call You and Yours: Is the travel chaos affecting your holiday plans this Easter? Official figures show holiday bookings are up, but problems persist at airports and ports. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The Museums That Make Us
Bristol's M Shed museum
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
With Bristol at the centre of debate about colonial history and statues that recall it, Neil discovers that it isn't the image of a Slave Trader that the museum puts centre stage. Show more
David receives a surprising offer and Tracy is intrigued. Show more
Lucy Gannon’s two part drama about the arrival of a delightful single woman who deceives a village community into believing she has moved there to get her life back on track. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
The government has just announced its energy strategy. Tom Heap looks at the detail, with a panel of commentators. Show more
Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English according to whether she's at home, school or with friends. Show more
Great Lives
Tom Hopkinson, editor of Picture Post
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Picture Post was the biggest magazine in Britain. In 1950, editor Tom Hopkinson fell out with the proprietor, Edward Hulton, over the content of a story about the Korean War. 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
12/04/2022 PM receives lockdown party fine
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Boris Johnson is fined for attending a lockdown party in breach of his own rules.
Vicky’s dad Joe ambushes Donna with an impromptu date night, in Vicky’s kitchen. Starring Philip Glenister. From 2020. Show more
Jill gets in the driving seat and Ben expresses his emotions. Show more
Front Row
Photographer Edward Burtynsky; Turner Prize shortlist; Novelist Patrick McCabe; Staying well on stage discussion
42 minutes
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Edward Burtynsky on landscape photography; Turner Prize shortlist 2022; Patrick McCabe on his new novel, Poguemahone; and a discussion on wellbeing support in the theatre industry. Show more
The torment of the parents of children killed by criminals who still should have been locked up. Show more
We delve into the work of three visually impaired wellness practitioners, who have made a careers in reiki, yoga and sound healing. Show more
Fungi: The New Frontier
The biggest show on Earth
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Tim Hayward gets vertigo thinking about the fungal worlds under our feet and how little we understand - then finds out how critical fungi could be to the future of life on Earth. Show more
Sangita Myska asks whether monogamy is the best way to have a relationship over the course of a lifetime. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
PM and Chancellor facing calls to resign
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
2021's Booker Prize-winning novel charting the crash and burn of a South African family, told over four decades and four funerals. Today: more questions over Astrid's confession... Show more
Over the course of this mini series, Jayde is going to be asking what ‘feeling at home’ really means; why we leave home; and why some of us, at least, feel the draw to go back. Show more
Following a much-publicised split, legendary Norwegian dance music icons Lars and Ulrik have reunited on the airwaves. A brand new sitcom by Will Hislop and Barney Fishwick. Show more
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By 1870, Louis Le Prince is working hard on the invention of his camera and hoping to apply for a patent, when opportunity beckons from across the Atlantic. Show more
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