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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
Farming Today
12/05/22 - seasonal worker exploitation, environmental watchdog report, fish foodbank and Balmoral show
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for years
We hear about the exploitation of seasonal workers on UK farms. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the reed warbler. 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 most celebrated poets of 8th-century China, Li Bai and Du Fu, and their influence from the Tang Era to the present day. Show more
Woman's Hour
Michelle Kholos Brooks, Monica McWilliams, Mandy Garner, Cecilia Floren, Sophie Willan
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Inspired by true events, H*tler’s Tasters is a new play on Broadway that explores the experiences of young women forced to eat Hitler’s food to check if it was poisoned. Show more
Crossing Continents
Cambodia: Returning the Gods
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Cambodian government is demanding the return of its gods – stolen statues – from western museums and collectors. Show more
Novelist Max Porter has for many years been in love with model villages - and sets out to explore whether they were the initial spur for him to take up writing fiction. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders - A special investigation: Courier Fraud
53 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why courier fraud that's been around for nearly three decades is making a comeback despite big publicity campaigns to raise awareness of the crime. Show more
Sliced Bread Presents
Personalised Vitamin Plans
25 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Greg checks out the online vitamin suppliers who claim to provide a set of personalised vitamins matched to you and your body's needs. Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
What Really Happened in the Nineties?
9. The Iraq War
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Robert Carlyle returns to a Washington think tank in 1997 whose members sowed the seeds for the Iraq War. Show more
Shula finds herself in an unexpected situation, and Chelsea makes a surprising admission. Show more
Playwright and screenwriter Peter Flannery has rewritten his multi-award-winning and highly acclaimed television series for BBC Radio 4. Show more
Ramblings
Mousehole to Lamorna with Jane Johnson and Abdel Bakrim
24 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clare Balding walks a section of the South West Coastal Path from Mousehole to Lamorna. Show more
Film-maker Hassan Akkad presents the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Safe Passage. Show more
Open Book
About A Son; Book Banning; The Water Statues
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
David Whitehouse talks to Elizabeth Day about his creative nonfiction account of the killing of 20-year-old Morgan Hehir, inspired by the diaries of his bereaved father. Show more
How Silicon Valley capitalism is as much about storytelling as the bottom line. Show more
A remarkable first image of the supermassive black hole at the middle of the Milky Way, around which we orbit. Also, as the upgraded LHC gets into gear, we muse on past successes. 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
12/05/2022 The number of fines for breaking covid rules in Downing Street and Whitehall has now topped a-hundred.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Metropolitan Police has handed out another fifty fixed penalty notices for breaches of Covid restrictions in Downing Street and other Government buildings.
Paul Sinha and his live audience compile the questions for a perfect pub quiz.
Fallon puts her foot in it, and Freddie may have bitten off more than he can chew. Show more
Front Row
Oklahoma! on stage and Conversations with Friends on TV reviewed; The Bob Dylan Centre; The Florence Nightingale Museum reopens
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Oklahoma! on stage and Conversations with Friends on TV reviewed; the Bob Dylan archive; the Florence Nightingale Museum reopens. Show more
The Briefing Room
What impact will the Northern Ireland election have?
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Sinn Fein won the most votes in the Northern Ireland election. What will be the impact of that victory on Stormont politics, the protocol and the union? Show more
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
A remarkable first image of the supermassive black hole at the middle of the Milky Way, around which we orbit. Also, as the upgraded LHC gets into gear, we muse on past successes. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most celebrated poets of 8th-century China, Li Bai and Du Fu, and their influence from the Tang Era to the present day. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Finnish President and PM say country should join NATO
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Bridget plans a dinner party and receives troubling news about her mother. Show more
Tim Vincent, Mick Ferry and Russell Kane are joined by author Matt Coyne and comedian Johnny Vegas to discuss bonding with their children. Last in the series. Show more
All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
Pulp get over the embarrassment of the disastrous school concert and record four tracks in an idiosyncratic suburban studio. John Peel comes to town. Show more
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