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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
Farming Today
09/05/22 - Pig farmers selling up, spring veg and Dumfries House
11 minutes
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After months of challenges in the wider pork supply chain, we hear from pig farmers selling up in the face of increased costs. Show more
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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the razorbill. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Marwa Al-Sabouni - Rebuilding with hope
42 minutes
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Marwa Al-Sabouni, Jo da Silva and Jessie Childs discuss rebuilding shattered cities, with Helen Lewis. Show more
Woman's Hour
Emeli Sandé, Depp v Heard, Afghanistan
53 minutes
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The musician Emeli Sandé joins Emma in the studio. Show more
Will a woman be elected to the all male Western Isles Council? Catrìona Murray on the Isle of Lewis is going to try. Show more
More global tales from the internet as Alan Dein continues to hear stories from total strangers and old friends - this time from Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Show more
You and Yours
Fuel Banks, Cost of Home Improvement and Rise of Clothes Rentals
53 minutes
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You have heard of food banks but what about fuel banks; the charity keeping lights on and the high street stores that think a rise in everyday clothes rentals is on the way.
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
What Really Happened in the Nineties?
The Maastricht Treaty
14 minutes
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Robert Carlyle takes us back to the 90s with the Maastricht Treaty and the seeds of Brexit. Show more
Jill has a brainwave, and Tracy suffers a crisis of confidence. Show more
If PPE procurement has become a fraught issue for government ministers, perhaps it’s because so many of them hold degrees with the same initials. Show more
The cryptic quiz features the Midlands against Wales, with Kirsty Lang asking the questions. Show more
The Food Programme
Staffordshire Oatcakes – a Potteries tradition going strong
28 minutes
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Leyla Kazim meets bakers of the Staffordshire Oatcake, to see how they are keeping the tradition of this much-loved regional staple going strong. Show more
Horatio Clare travels across Europe following the road to the war in Ukraine with some great writers as his companions. Show more
Beyond Belief
Fierce and Feminine: Kali and Shakti
28 minutes
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Visiting the British Museum to see a brand new sculpture of the fearsome Hindu Goddess Kali, Ernie Rea explores the idea of Shakti, a divine feminine force. 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
09/05/2022 Sir Keir Starmer pledges to step down as Labour leader if he is fined for breaching covid lockdown rules.
30 minutes
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones and Chris McCausland talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
Tracy faces another barrier, and Jim makes his feelings clear. Show more
Front Row
Clio Barnard, Belle and Sebastian, Lisa Allen-Agostini
42 minutes
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Filmmaker Clio Barnard on directing The Essex Serpent, indie pop band Belle and Sebastian play live and Lisa Allen-Agostini on being shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Show more
Over 700 cuckoo clocks may adorn the walls of their Cheshire home, but as Roman and Maz Piekarski contemplate their futures, neither can understand where the time has gone. Show more
Crossing Continents
Mexico: The Yaqui Fight Back
29 minutes
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Resistance and division among Mexico’s indigenous Yaqui people Show more
Jonathan Freedland explores historical parallels of today's shift to renewable energy due to climate change. They include the Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom and the 1952 Great Smog. Show more
Start the Week
Marwa Al-Sabouni - Rebuilding with hope
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Marwa Al-Sabouni, Jo da Silva and Jessie Childs discuss rebuilding shattered cities, with Helen Lewis. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Starmer: If I’m fined, I’ll resign
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Bridget receives an invite to Una and Geoffrey Alconbury's Tarts and Vicars party and plans her outfit. Show more
Word of Mouth
Nathan Filer on the ways we talk about mental health
28 minutes
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Nathan talks with Michael about words we use when talking about mental health. Show more
Nye Thompson's new installation finds unsecured video streams and interprets them with AI. Inspired by this, she explores the role of the artist in our world of mass surveillance. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Jarvis Cocker is making an inventory of his loft, deciding whether to keep or ‘cob’ and comes across his early manifesto for Pulp which begins as a fashion guide. Show more
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