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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Show more
Farming Today
14/06/23 Antibiotic use in pigs; Dual purpose sheep; Estate livestock and conservation
13 minutes
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Antibiotic use in pigs reduced by three quarters over past eight years. New variety of Welsh sheep good for lamb meat and wool. Managing conservation and livestock on estate. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Penny Anderson on the Spotted Flycatcher
1 minute
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Ecologist Penny Anderson had to stop pointing work on her house when a pair of Spotted flycatchers moved into the gap in the wall and built a nest. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Susan Hulme reports as MPs question ministers over rising mortgage costs.
More or Less
Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?
28 minutes
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Is the weight of electric vehicles a risk to infrastructure? Show more
Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King. Today: a tour of Jaywick Sands with Maria Revell. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jo Tongue, Universal Basic Income, Sian Norris, Childhood Obesity
57 minutes
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Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Show more
Venetia La Manna discovers how fast furniture infiltrated our homes, the reasons we turn to it, and what solutions could shift our cultural mindset. Show more
Bernie Bluestein, Seymour Nussenbaum and George Dramis are part of a secret army unit with one job: to put on a show for an audience who wants to kill them. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
You and Yours
Rent Controls, Shopping Habits, HRT Shortages
53 minutes
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Could rent controls stop tenants being priced out of the market? Has the way you shop for groceries changed? Why demand for HRT is still outstripping supply. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
Close Encounters
JJ Chalmers & Sir Archibald McIndoe
14 minutes
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Former Marine and now TV presenter JJ Chalmers joins Martha Kearney to make his selection of a favourite picture from the National Portrait Gallery. Show more
Freddie takes the bull by the horns and Helen’s situation becomes more desperate. Show more
Sham enjoys a bit of matchmaking but it gets complicated when her best mate asks for help to find someone. Stars Shobna Gulati. Show more
Money Box
Money Box Live: How to protect your data
29 minutes
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How can you prevent your personal information getting into the wrong hands, and what can you do if it does happen? Show more
All in the Mind
The perfection trap: do you feel 'good enough'?
28 minutes
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How much does striving to be perfect - at work or on the sports field - put our mental health at risk? And how persistence and painting pots helped to save a life. Show more
Conspiracies: The Secret Knowledge
Machine Guns on Street Corners
28 minutes
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Historian Phil Tinline explores the role of conspiracy, and conspiracy theory, in British politics, starting with the rumours of plots that swirled around Labour PM Harold Wilson. Show more
The Black Mirror creator reflects on satire, free speech and why AI can’t replace him. 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
14/06/2023 A video has emerged of the man believed to have been behind yesterday's killings in Nottingham
30 minutes
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The BBC has seen footage that appears to show him trying to climb into a hostel
If you were given the chance, what would you banish to Room 101? Mark Steel tells Paul Merton his choices include tinned custard and his former self. Show more
Stella finds herself at a crossroads and Vince puts an offer on the table. Show more
Front Row
The Burrell Collection, Accordion Quartet, Women's Prize Winner Barbara Kingsolver, Folk Film Gathering
42 minutes
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The Burrell Collection, shortlisted for Museum of the Year. Live accordion quartet. Winner of the Women's Prize. The Folk Film Gathering focuses on Ukraine. Show more
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Melanie Phillips, Mona Siddiqui, Tim Stanley and Ash Sarkar. Show more
Bad Blood: The Story of Eugenics
Birth Controlled
30 minutes
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From compulsory sterilisation to contraception, eugenicists in 20th-century America were on a mission to control who got to have children - and who didn't. Show more
The Black Mirror creator reflects on satire, free speech and why AI can’t replace him. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
North Koreans said to be starving to death
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective Show more
Eleanor Catton’s environmental thriller continues with Mira left shaken after an encounter with a mysterious American on the Darvish farm. Read by Kerry Fox. Show more
Featuring stand-up recorded at Up The Creek Comedy Club in Greenwich, comedian Twayna Mayne explores colourism as part of an exploration of her Black British Identity. Show more
John takes the whole family to the historic city of York for a short break and has a puppy problem. From August 2019. Show more
Susan Hulme reports on reaction to the Nottingham attacks.
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Marianna in Conspiracyland
3. Trestle Tables for Truth
15 minutes
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Where does all the anger come from? Show more
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