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Farming Today
30/08/23 Border controls; new tech for growing potatoes; tractor driving during harvest
13 minutes
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The UK government announces it will be bringing in new border controls for imported goods from the EU from 31st October 2023. Plus, new technology for growing and storing potatoes. Show more
Chris Packham presents the South American toco tucan. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
More or Less
HS2 and electric cars, UK vs China emissions & massive maths errors
28 minutes
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Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2? Show more
Two GP practice managers, one retired and the other recently appointed, meet for the first time to discuss what surgery life was like in the past, compared to how it is now. Show more
Woman's Hour
Scottish rape survivors, Writer Natasha Walter, New research on the Y chromosome and male infertility
42 minutes
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New research on the Y chromosome and the implications in relation to male infertility. Writer Natasha Walter on her deeply personal memoir about her mother's suicide. Show more
Historian Catherine Merridale saw the creation of Memorial in 1989 and its work recovering the Soviet past of the Gulag. Now Putin's Russia aims to silence it and memory itself. Show more
A month in the life of three people with diagnosed mental health conditions who reflect on what it is like to inhabit and manage their minds. Today, Faris, who lives with PTSD. Show more
You and Yours
BT Digital Voice, Minimalist Travel, Nights Out
53 minutes
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As BT rolls out Digital Voice once again, more complaints roll in. The minimalist bag that's changing the way we travel.
Are you having more nights in than out lately? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
For a few weeks each year, Australian magpies seem to launch random attacks on passers-by. But perhaps we’re only seeing one side of the story. Blair Braverman investigates. Show more
Brad knocks heads together, and Oliver tries to do the right thing. Show more
RemCo chair Judith Clapham is an honourable woman at the rotten heart of the City. Jonathan Maitland's play about the world of Remuneration Committees and executive pay. Show more
Money Box
Surviving to Thriving? The High Street
28 minutes
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High street businesses have a double challenge – coping with their own rising costs and keeping hard-pressed customers spending. We hear how Barnsley’s sellers are adapting. Show more
Political Animals
Mole-Rat Queens and Genital Power
28 minutes
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Lucy Cooke looks at ways female animals wield authority - showing that, from repressive mole-rat queens to deceptive duck vaginas, power can mean more than just physical strength. Show more
Laurie Taylor explores the unstoppable rise of the lower middle class. Show more
The Media Show
Is AI now coming for your private data?
28 minutes
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We look at the fallout from a row about privacy at video conference service Zoom. 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
30/08/2023 Government announces full enquiry into murders of babies by nurse Lucy Letby
30 minutes
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The judge-led enquiry will be able to compel witnesses to give evidence
Stand-Up Specials
Lucy Porter: Back in the Family Way
28 minutes
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Lucy Porter returns with a new show about family life. After a year of quarantining, home-schooling and zoom quizzes, Lucy examines how the pandemic has affected our relationships. Show more
Will Jazzer and Tracy make it down the aisle? And Lynda makes a surprising confession. Show more
Composer John Lunn and saxophonist Jess Gillam travel from Finland to Ecuador as they help add the next five tracks. And guitarist Johnny Marr celebrates the classic tremolo effect Show more
AntiSocial
Can white people be victims of racism?
54 minutes
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The argument about prejudice, power, and the disputed idea of “reverse racism”. Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Put Your Phone Down
15 minutes
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Put your phone down! How creating 'no phone zones' in your day can enhance your brain power, improve your social life, reduce aches and pains and do wonders for your mental health. Show more
Catrin finally confronts Lighthouse's leader as the organisation ends up in court. The showdown results in a crowded interview on a busy London street. Show more
The Media Show
Is AI now coming for your private data?
28 minutes
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We look at the fallout from a row about privacy at video conference service Zoom. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Wave of drone attacks hits several Russian regions
45 minutes
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Analysing the evolving use of drones in the Russia-Ukraine war
The proposed closure of railway ticket offices in England
Should we be rethinking how we define cancer?
Dawn Shoot, At a Potato Digging, For the Commander of the ‘Eliza’, The Diviner and Turkeys Observed. Show more
Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson write and star in a new comedy, playing a pair of online influencers whose image is not always as harmonious as it seems. Show more
Comedian Sarah Keyworth explores their personal journey with gender fluidity and androgyny. Show more
Mark Watson scrutinises the seasons of nature and life. With music by Flo and Joan and special guest Jen Brister. From 2020. Show more
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Mark Ellison, the best carpenter in New York, spills the beans about the city’s most beautiful homes, the most rarefied and challenging projects, and the most demanding of clients. Show more
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