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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Carolyn Skinner. Show more
Farming Today
10/08/22 - Combine harvester fires, soil science, pea harvest
13 minutes
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In the current hot dry weather, fires in farm machinery are happening at the rate of two a day. Caz Graham talks to a farmer who saw his combine harvester go up in flames. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents a seabird with a worldwide distribution, the brown noddy. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Matthew Syed explores how deception can give athletes the upperhand with British table tennis icon John Hilton. Show more
Jonathan Evershed argues that we should re-imagine how we think of the Irish Sea. Show more
Woman's Hour
Tennis icon Serena Williams, Recruiting women to the armed forces, Afghan women radio, Stem cell donors, Women and bodybuilding
58 minutes
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Tennis icon Serena Williams has suggested she's moving on from tennis to spend more time with her family. Show more
Sarah Ping examines what it means to be young and Chinese in Britain today, reflecting on the British Chinese identity and how it is resisting stereotypes and fighting racism. Show more
We hear why Princess Leia brought women to sci-fi and how Carrie Fisher fought the studio before taking ownership of the role. With guests Maddie Moate and Dr Rebecca Harrison. Show more
You and Yours
Luxury car sales, Energy bills debt, Restaurants worried
53 minutes
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We examine why supercar sales are booming despite the cost of living crisis. And there are warnings that households are already running up huge debt on energy bills. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem Talking in Bed. Show more
Chelsea feels fiercely protective. Natasha suffers a set back. Show more
Julie Hesmondhalgh stars in a comedy drama about an academy trust in Salford. Show more
Two women compare coping with two cost of living crises, 30 years apart. Moet is facing challenges today while Carry had to cope with the 1991 recession. Show more
Inside Health
A good death with friends and family
28 minutes
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James Gallagher explores how friends and family are being trained to administer medications, to ease loved ones' symptoms at the end of life. Show more
Matthew Syed explores how deception can give athletes the upperhand with British table tennis icon John Hilton. Show more
The Media Show
Covering strikes: Whatever happened to the Industrial Correspondents?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How well does today's news media report on industrial disputes? 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
10/08/2022 Mounting Calls for Cost of Living Help
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The Government comes under increasing pressure to help people with the cost of living
Anneka Rice draws on her own life to bring insight into some tricky areas of life. In the last episode of the series, she’s talking about Alzheimer’s. Show more
Natasha senses an opportunity, and who’s offering Adil a friendly ear? Show more
Front Row
Immy Humes and Aindrea Emelife, Charlotte Higgins and David Greig, Stefan Golaszewski
42 minutes
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Charlotte Higgins and David Greig on views of Roman Britain today, Immy Humes and Aindrea Emelife on women in photography, Stefan Golaszewski on upcoming BBC One drama Marriage. Show more
Sally Tilt and Dr Kerensa Hocken, two forensic psychologists working in prisons, interview people who have committed offences to understand their lives and the causes of crime. Show more
Jonathan Evershed argues that we should re-imagine how we think of the Irish Sea. Show more
Kimberley Wilson and Dr Xand van Tulleken continue their journey around the human body. Show more
The Media Show
Covering strikes: Whatever happened to the Industrial Correspondents?
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How well does today's news media report on industrial disputes? Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
New warning from UK's energy regulator
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
An unsettling visit to the vicarage strengthens Tom's feelings towards Alice. The mural reveals strange figures that appear to be based on real people. Read by Will Howard. Show more
Misguided Meditations
Episode 1 - Fluffy Bunny Island
14 minutes
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A delightfully surreal mini-story in the form of a guided meditation led by our narrator, Mina Anwar. In this episode, Captain Snugglebottom asks some seriously awkward questions. Show more
Welcome to the Neighbourhood with Jayde Adams
Thanyia Moore
15 minutes
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Jayde Adams is joined by Thanyia Moore and they dissect a long-time crime in Beckenham, the tale of a hungry family in Cleethorpes and a gangster cat terrorising North London. Show more
With nowhere to go and nothing to do for 12 months, comedian Alex Edelman has had a lot of time to waste. And waste it he has! Although it hasn't been all bad... Show more
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In 1942, Roald sets off for Washington as an assistant air attaché, his writing career begins, and he marries American actress Patricia Neale. Show more
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