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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity.
Farming Today
25/09/23 Services for young people in rural areas; Lib Dems and farming; Nature writing
11 minutes
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New analysis shows young people in rural areas missing out. Liberal Democrats map out their plans for rural affairs. We talk nature writing with a specialist bookshop owner. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
Tweet of the Day
Peter Cranswick on the Common Scoter
1 minute
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Peter Cranswick of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the common scoter. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds
42 minutes
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Lemn Sissay, Lebogang Mashile and Clare O’Dowd celebrate the power of words at the Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds, with Tom Sutcliffe Show more
Woman's Hour
Tina Sinatra, Meg Winterburn and Willow Grylls on a new TV drama about the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, Dame Christine Lenehan
57 minutes
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Sinatra the Musical has just opened at Birmingham Rep. It’s the first time a production has explored Frank Sinatra’s life off stage and on. Show more
Jenny Kleeman uncovers extraordinary truths that emerge when people take at-home DNA tests. A family must turn detective to find the couple who had IVF at the same time as them. Show more
Historian Zoe Strimpel asks if the clock has run out on reparations for historical injustices and atrocities. Show more
You and Yours
Probate Delays, Bus Regulation and Fresh Food Deserts
53 minutes
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The waiting time for probate in England and Wales has doubled this year, why? After 36 years, Greater Manchester buses are back under council control. So what will change? Show more
The latest weather forecast
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
Uncharted with Hannah Fry
1. The Returning Soldier
14 minutes
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In a few specific years across the 20th century, the proportion of boys born mysteriously spiked. Hannah Fry follows one researcher’s obsessive quest to find out why. Show more
Pip has the rug pulled from under her, and Neil gets his thinking cap on. Show more
Children’s author and poet Michael Rosen reveals his formative creative influences and inspirations. Show more
Russell Davies hosts the prestigious general knowledge quiz with four contenders bidding for the title Brain of Britain 2023 Show more
Abergavenny Food Festival turns 25 years old. Sheila Dillon spends the weekend there to discover what impact the festival has had on the town and surrounding areas. Show more
History's Secret Heroes
6. The Mystery of Garbo
29 minutes
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His codename was Garbo. The identity of one of World War Two’s most successful double agents, a man who diverted the German Army away from the D-Day landings, is finally revealed. Show more
Aleem Maqbool speaks to Richard, a modern day witch, about how his spirituality impacts his every day life. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
The latest shipping forecast
Six O'Clock News
25/09/2023 Police confirm investigation into fresh allegations of sexual offences involving Russell Brand
30 minutes
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He faces accusations of sexual assaults and rape between 2006 and 2013 which he denies
Paul Sinha tests an Ipswich audience on their hometown literary heroes, and gets quizzed in return on famous last words and the rhubarb triangle. Show more
Eddie’s fears escalate, and Stella struggles to find the right words. Show more
Front Row
Philip Barantini on Boiling Point, The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge
43 minutes
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The Archers cast in a radio production of Lark Rise. The new Scottish Galleries open in Edinburgh. Philip Barantini on the television sequel to the one-take film Boiling Point. Show more
Three people who farm land in Spain, Italy and Greece, describe the challenge of this summer's Cerberus heatwave and how it has affected their relationship with the land they work. Show more
Crossing Continents
How a war has changed a Norwegian town
30 minutes
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How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north because of a faraway war. Show more
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has conversations with public figures about their inner lives. Show more
Start the Week
Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Lemn Sissay, Lebogang Mashile and Clare O’Dowd celebrate the power of words at the Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds, with Tom Sutcliffe Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Thousands flee Nagorno Karabakh over ethnic cleansing fears
45 minutes
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Sweden's climate minister on cutting the country's carbon budget and reducing petrol taxes
The UK's podcast habits - who and what are we listening to?
Alison North recalls her time in Berlin in 1994; a rookie agent sent undercover to investigate station chief Brinsley Miles. Read by Nina Sosanya. Show more
Great music can come from great change. These are the origin stories of some of the UK's most vital musical movements. In this episode, Fife's East Neuk... Show more
Fifty years on from the death of one of the 20th century’s greatest poets, WH Auden, Michael Symmons Roberts begins a new three part series by looking at Auden’s political work. Show more
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
When Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who was killed in the First World War, he was determined to find out more about him. Show more
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