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A reflection and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Dr Emma Whittick, Chaplain at the University of Wales Trinity St David, in Lampeter and Carmarthen.
Farming Today
23/05/2023 Wine regulations; Agricultural universities; Brazilian beef production
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The difference between British wine and English wine could be about to change. Agricultural universities join forces to try to ensure their research has more relevance to farmers. Show more
Chris Packham presents the moorhen. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Susan reports as MPs try to get to the bottom of the home secretary's speeding fine.
The Life Scientific
Andre Geim on levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The Nobel Prize-winning physicist tells Jim Al-Khalili about his journey from the Soviet Union to Western Europe and a Nobel Prize in Physics - plus some amphibian levitation. Show more
One to One
Crying: Keith Brymer-Jones and Craig Mealing
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Keith Brymer-Jones talks to Craig Mealing about crying. Show more
Woman's Hour
Adoption, Protesting Indian Wrestlers, Naoise Dolan
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Families of adopted teenagers are at 'crisis point' according to a new report Show more
AI technologies have been developing faster than anyone expected. How worried should we be? Show more
Great music is born from societal and political change. These are the origin stories of some of the UK's most vital musical movements. In this episode, Sheffield's Warp Records. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Is working from home here to stay?
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Today we're asking - is working from home here to stay? You can call us from 11 am on Tuesday May 22nd on 03700 100 444. Or email youandyours@bbc.co.uk. Please leave a number. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Might Shakespeare help resolve some challenging contemporary issues? Major public figures in conversation with Emma Smith. Today, writer Will Self on toxic masculinity and Hamlet. Show more
Helen fears the worst and Susan is on a mission. Show more
Zalie Burrow's drama tells the inspiring but sometimes harrowing story of a mum's quest to find the right treatment for her son's obsessive compulsive disorder. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits, this week coming to you from Brixton, South London. Show more
Costing the Earth
Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home Show more
Do rape trials need to be reformed? How the Law Commission of England and Wales, and a Scottish government bill, aim to do so. And: contrasting the two Johnny Depp v Amber Heard trials Show more
Novelist Jake Arnott nominates John Gay, the eighteenth century satirist and writer of The Beggar's Opera. With Ian Hislop and Dr Rebecca Bullard of Trinity College, Oxford. 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
23/05/2023 Police in Wales examining footage taken minutes before a fatal crash
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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South Wales Police are looking at a video showing a police van following an electric bike
Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch returns for a new series of her stand up show. This week, Olga and her digital assistant ALGO (Tia Kofi) over-analyse the concept of fun! Show more
Alice is determined to mark an occasion, and Tracy has reservations. Show more
Front Row
Sparks, EM Forster adaptations, nature mystery writer Bob Gilbert
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Sparks on their new album The Girl is Crying in Her Latte, EM Forster adaptations on radio and nature mystery writer Bob Gilbert. Show more
Sex attacks in hospitals: File on 4 hears from victims and investigates whether enough is being done to keep patients and staff safe. Show more
We are continuing the discussion about whether the modern world is easier or more difficult for visually impaired people, but this time looking at people's attitudes and service. Show more
All in the Mind
Supporting a son with schizophrenia
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The latest All in the Mind Awards finalist: a mother who's helping her adult son to make music again - in spite of the voices he hears because of his schizophrenia. Show more
The Life Scientific
Andre Geim on levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist tells Jim Al-Khalili about his journey from the Soviet Union to Western Europe and a Nobel Prize in Physics - plus some amphibian levitation. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Police refer themselves to watchdog after Cardiff crash deaths
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective Show more
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
7. The Death of Caesar
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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The first shooting day for Knightshade: The Lathe of Firefall has arrived. An incandescent Wren Lane lights up the set. As for the rest, well that's all OKB. Show more
Stephen Mangan asks his guest David Quantick to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoíse Mac Sweeney
The Illusion of Christendom
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Even as The Crusades loom large in history, Naoise Mac Sweeney asks just how unified the Christian past of the west was. Read by Nina Sosanya. Show more
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