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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter Show more
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
Michaela Strachan presents the barred 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 revelatory collection of Biblical texts and other documents dating from around 250 BC to AD 68, which were first rediscovered in a cave in 1946 Show more
Woman's Hour
Maternal mental health, Ellie Goldstein, Kneelers, Black Ops, Power List
57 minutes
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Perinatal mental illness, Ellie Goldstein on Vogue cover, Kneeler making, Black Ops, Power List. Show more
Crossing Continents
Kenya's Free Money Experiment
29 minutes
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Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash. Show more
Kofi Annan became the seventh secretary-general of the UN in 1997 after a turbulent time for the organisation. Kofi's been chosen by 'child of the UN', biologist Gillian Burke. Show more
Former British windsurfing champion John Hibbard set up a business making inflatable paddleboards after spotting a gap in the market. Show more
From the team that brings you Sliced Bread. Sean Farrington investigates the big ideas which promised so much to consumers but ended up toast. This week - the Sinclair C5. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival
9. Krysia'
14 minutes
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With the ghetto utterly destroyed in May 1943, historian Emanuel Ringelblum went into hiding but continued to write the history of its people. Would he perish too? Show more
Joy seems to have come up trumps, and Natasha has concerns.
Forbidden love, forbidden music - a love story around the Ukrainian national instrument, the bandura. By Sarah Woods, with songs by Boff Whalley, and a cast of Ukrainian performers Show more
Open Country
Rhondda valley: a landscape of change
24 minutes
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Helen Mark explores the landscape of the south Wales coalfield. She visits a disused railway tunnel in the Rhondda valley which campaigners hope to re-open as a unique cycle track. Show more
Wellness guru Liz Earle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Health Partners. Show more
Johny Pitts talks to Stephen Buoro about his debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa. Plus Debbie Hicks from The Reading Agency discusses their new initiative. Show more
Anita learns about the origins and reimaginings of the tale of the Little Mermaid, with author Louise O’Neil and literary Professor Sarah Peverley. Show more
Imagine yourself in 2030, the year in which Britain achieved its goal to protect 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature. What does it look like and how did we manage it? 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
04/05/2023 US denies masterminding Kremlin drone attack
30 minutes
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Washington has dismissed an accusation from Russia that it was responsible for yesterday's drone attack on the Kremlin.
Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore returns for another series where the audience are sworn in as police officers to face real life policing dilemmas. Show more
Lynda faces an unexpected hurdle, and Jill finds herself entertained. Show more
Front Row
Playwright Jonathan Harvey on A Thong for Europe, Tom Hanks’s new novel reviewed
42 minutes
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Jonathan Harvey discusses his play A Thong for Europe, and critics Max Liu and Leila Latif review Tom Hanks’s novel and Harka, a film about Tunisia. Show more
The Briefing Room
Ukraine: Is it all about to change?
28 minutes
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Recent movements by Ukraine and Russia's military forces suggest that the long awaited spring offensive could start any day. David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the implications. Show more
Fallout: Living in the Shadow of the Bomb
Episode 5: Reverberations
28 minutes
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An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952. Show more
Imagine yourself in 2030, the year in which Britain achieved its goal to protect 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature. What does it look like and how did we manage it? Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revelatory collection of Biblical texts and other documents dating from around 250 BC to AD 68, which were first rediscovered in a cave in 1946 Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
US court finds Proud Boys guilty of sedition
45 minutes
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And Ed Sheeran wins his case in plagiarism trial in the US; Napoli secures its first Serie football league title in 30 years Show more
After the death of King Hukka, Pampa Kampana has married his brother Bukka and has three daughters by her Portuguese lover. Could Bisnaga one day have a woman as ruler? Show more
Coverage of the 2023 local elections in England.
