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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
Farming Today
11/05/2022 – free range eggs, the interim EFRA chair, Horseshoe bats and asparagus
13 minutes
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The UK’s largest food retailers have been invited to meet with egg farmers at an emergency summit in a bid to find ways to resolve the sector’s cost of production crisis. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Cyrus Todiwala on the Ring-Necked Parakeet
1 minute
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London chef and restaurant owner Cyrus Todiwala recalls a once familiar sound to him in India, now heard near his London home, the ring-necked parakeet. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
All the news from the State Opening of Parliament with Sean Curran.
It’s 1988 and Steve Ellis is at work when a letter arrives from his mum. Its contents are about to break a 37-year silence and send Steve on a painstaking quest lasting decades. Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Take a Nap
15 minutes
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Michael embraces the joys of an afternoon nap. It’s not a lazy snooze, it’s a brain booster! Here’s how napping can help your heart, improve your mood and enhance your memory. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jules Montague on diagnosis, Abortion in the US, A scratch and sniff T-shirt, Disabled children in Ukraine
58 minutes
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Author and former consultant neurologist Jules Montague looks at how diagnoses can be influenced by many external factors. 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
You and Yours
Pension problems, Landlords forced to rent shops, record store bags
53 minutes
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Concerns over one of the UK's biggest pension administrators, high streets blighted by empty shops could be given a new lease of life, and a new book celebrates record store bags. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
What Really Happened in the Nineties?
8. Race Relations
15 minutes
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Institutional racism, far right victories at the ballot box and racially motivated attacks: why Britannia wasn't cool for everybody in the 90s. Show more
Jazzer hatches a plan and tensions mount at the cricket practice. Show more
Can Frank and Sarah smooth it over with a Manchester crime family so they can ride off into the sunset? Or will it end in tragedy? Show more
Seb Choudhury chats to a panel of experts about working, and not working, with Long Covid. Show more
All in the Mind
Treating refugee mental health; Improving personal growth; Dreamachine
28 minutes
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Claudia Hammond on the role psychologists play in supporting the mental health of displaced Ukrainians. She also pays a visit to the Dreamachine, a new project on visual perception. Show more
Laurie Taylor explores the history and present of employees behaving badly. How has it changed over the years? Also, bullying and violence amongst elite chefs. Show more
As Channel 4 approaches its 40th birthday, it faces one of the most pivotal moments in its history. Ros Atkins speaks to Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon. 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
11/05/2022 PM Threatens to Override Northern Ireland Protocol
30 minutes
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Boris Johnson has threatened to override elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol. And the government has been warned millions could fall into poverty unless action is taken.
Stephen Mangan asks his guest Lucy Porter to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more
Shula finds herself in an unexpected situation, and Chelsea makes a surprising admission. Show more
Front Row
The directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once
42 minutes
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Directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Singer Camille O'Sullivan performs live. And do artists need to personally 'make' their art? Show more
Generation Change
From Reclaim the Streets to the Sarah Everard Vigil
43 minutes
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Samira Ahmed brings together activists from two different generations, united in the same aim. To end violence against women. Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Take a Nap
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Michael embraces the joys of an afternoon nap. It’s not a lazy snooze, it’s a brain booster! Here’s how napping can help your heart, improve your mood and enhance your memory. Show more
Tom Heap checks out how his bank account and his pension can do more in the fight to keep the planet green. Show more
As Channel 4 approaches its 40th birthday, it faces one of the most pivotal moments in its history. Ros Atkins speaks to Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Cost of living: Tory MP under pressure to apologise
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Bridget begins her new job and receives an invite to a party at Mark Darcy's new house. Show more
Jenny Eclair's comic monologue. Tracie Bennett stars as Betty, who has retired, moved and been widowed within a space of a few months but hasn't given up hope of a new life. Show more
Jon Holmes remixes the news in the award-winning The Skewer. This week, Starmer's Survival, Black Rod enters, Doctor Who vs The Racists, Ambient Spaghetti and Things Go Backwards. Show more
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
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After a period of rehearsing in Jarvis’s grandparents' front room, Pulp play their first concert at school during lunchtime, wearing homemade costumes. Show more
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