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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf Show more
Farming Today
07/10/22 Farm Payments, Net Zero spuds, Seed Potato exports
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
The government is being urged to bring back direct payments to save small farms in England. And a project to reduce the potato's carbon footprint. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Brian Briggs on the Manx Shearwater
2 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Former Stornoway band member Brian Briggs with his own story of the Manx shearwater, known as the 'devil bird'. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Dr Waheed Arian, radiologist and charity founder, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sheila Atim, Péju Alatise, Amanda Wakeley, Emma Norton
57 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Awarding-winning actor Sheila Atim in the new film The Woman King. Show more
Net Zero: A Very British Problem
Future Proofing
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The carbon savings we've made so far have been the easy ones. Comedian and environmental economist Matt Winning looks at the changes we need to make in Britain to reach net zero. Show more
Richard Herring’s comedy about family. Starring Alison Steadman, Phil Davies and Richard Herring. Ian recuperates with the help of nostalgic children’s television theme tunes. Show more
Archive on 4
Kate Bush: The Power of Strange Things
57 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Like many teenagers, music critic Ann Powers was ‘saved’ by Kate Bush's musical embrace of the wild and wonderful. Ann pays tribute now, at the moment of Kate's renewed fame. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton.
The Boy in the Woods
5. The Clamour for Justice
26 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Rikki's murder is making headlines across the UK and even further afield and everyone seems to have a view on which way the court case will go. They all want to see justice done. Show more
Is it really time to call time at the Bull? One young person needs to talk. Show more
Alternative reality drama. Extended Life Syndrome (ELS) is a rare genetic condition that makes some people live twice as long. But would you want it? Now think again. Would you? Show more
Neil MacGregor on beliefs that have been outlawed because they have been perceived as a threat to the state, including Christians in 17th-century Japan and the Huguenots in France. Show more
Peter Gibbs and the panel answer horticultural questions from an audience in Great Torrington, Devon. Show more
From her home on a hill, an elderly woman watches the hurling pitch where her great-nephew trains with his teammates. Written by Bernie McGill. Show more
Last Word
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 'Ma' Smith MBE, Mike Burrows, Loretta Lynn
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Matthew Bannister on Muslim scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, voluntary worker 'Ma' Smith MBE, cycle designer Mike Burrows and singer Loretta Lynn. Show more
More or Less
Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
We debunk a claim from a survey that a third of British teenagers have been prescribed antidepressants 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
07/10/2022 Nobel for campaigners in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Human rights groups in Ukraine and Russia and jailed Belarusian activist win prestigious Peace Prize. Trade Minister, Conor Burns, sacked over a complaint of "serious misconduct."
Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news. Joining him this week are panellists including Susie McCabe, Glenn Moore, Athena Kugblenu and Katy Balls. Show more
Pip offers some personal advice. And has the peace been shattered for Helen? Show more
Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye with the opening episode of the most recent series with studio guests - songwriter and lyricist Richard Stilgoe and harpist Alina Bzhezhinska. Show more
Any Questions?
Kate Andrews, Steve Baker MP, Anneliese Dodds MP, Mick Whelan
47 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Jonny Dymond presents political debate and discussion from West Peckham Village Hall in Kent with Kate Andrews, Steve Baker MP, Anneliese Dodds MP and Mick Whelan. Show more
Howard Jacobson takes on the proponents of the horse-and-sparrow theory of economics, extolling the concept of sufficiency. Show more
In this special omnibus edition you can join Winifred Robinson as she investigates what happened to six-year-old Rikki Neave, who went missing from his Peterborough home in 1994. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
President Zelensky talks to BBC
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Stories from Ukraine
How to Fall in Love with George Michael (Part 2)
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Having found herself in love with someone who looks nothing like George Michael, Olesia must take drastic action to avoid becoming a social pariah. Written by Natalka Sniadanko Show more
Father Karras is increasingly convinced a 12-year old girl is being possessed and needs an exorcist. Stars Robert Glenister, Alexandra Mathie and Lydia Wilson. Show more
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Oliver Bullough traces Britain's role in the growth of 'offshore' money laundering. In this final episode, Oliver asks why attempts to stop this have failed, and what might work. Show more
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