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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity.
Farming Today
28/09/2023 State of Nature report; Nature writing in Wales
13 minutes
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The State of Nature report says farming needs to change to help reverse decline in UK's nature. Nature writing in Wales. Show more
David Attenborough presents the greylag goose. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
In Our Time
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
50 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the book that popularised the idea the Treaty of Versailles was disastrous, supporting the argument of Germany in the 1930s and feeding appeasement. Show more
Woman's Hour
Marina Abramovic, GB News, Dehenna Davison MP, Taylor Swift Symposium
58 minutes
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Godmother of performance art Marina Abramovic, Outgoing Conservative MP Dehenna Davison, Dr Jennifer Beckett on Swiftposium Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh
28 minutes
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Tens of thousands of Armenians are fleeing the disputed region in the wake of Azerbaijan's military offensive last week. Karabakh Armenians share their fears for the future. Show more
Veteran British film director Ken Loach nominates the 17th-century radical pamphleteer and leader of the Diggers, Gerrard Winstanley. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders: Tom Gozney from Gozney
53 minutes
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We meet the man whose invention helped bring woodfired pizza to countless restaurants, bars and gardens across the UK and, increasingly, around the world. Show more
Greg Foot investigates the effect of vapes on both people's health and the environment. Are they the best thing since Sliced Bread or marketing BS? Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
Uncharted with Hannah Fry
4. This Train Has Been Delayed
13 minutes
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It’s 2016 and Singapore’s metro system is misbehaving wildly. The rail engineers and company officials are flummoxed. Can data save the day? Show more
It’s an emotional day for Will, and the end of an era for Emma. Show more
By Catherine Dyson. Autofiction about a writer who tries to reconstruct her grandfather's flight from Ukraine in the 1930s. It's an impossible task. Starring Nigel Planer. Show more
Ramblings
Into Portpatrick on the Rhins of Galloway
24 minutes
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Clare joins two friends on the coastal path between Knockinaam Lodge and Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway. Show more
Jaiden, a beneficiary, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Honeypot Children's Charity. Show more
Open Book
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, plus Judith Kerr's centenary with Nicolette Jones and Oliver Jeffers
28 minutes
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Johny Pitts talks to the author behind Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, about her new book for children. Plus Nicolette Jones and Oliver Jeffers discuss Judith Kerr. Show more
Zakia Sewell explores the ideas of identity, aesthetics and social conditioning that lie within 'taste'. Show more
BBC Inside Science
The state of nature in the UK
28 minutes
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A report published this week by 60 conservation and research organisations has found that nature in the UK is in freefall. Victoria Gill finds out more. 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
28/09/2023 BBC issues new impartiality rules for presenters
30 minutes
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The guidance comes six months after Gary Lineker was suspended for social media comments
The comedian Sophie Duker shares her teenage diaries with Rufus Hounds, and talks about writing raunchy Harry Potter fan fiction, having a dad who lives abroad, and homework. Show more
Jazzer is shocked by a controversial suggestion, and Chelsea gathers the troops. Show more
Front Row
Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
42 minutes
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Front Row remembers Michael Gambon, and Tom Sutcliffe and guests review some of the week's cultural highlights, including Ken Loach's new film, The Old Oak. Show more
The Briefing Room
What a murder in Canada tells us about India's place in the world
28 minutes
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When a Canadian Sikh was murdered in British Colombia in June, few predicted the diplomatic bust-up that ensued. What does all this say about India's relationship with the west? Show more
Companies are desperate to get staff back in more often, but some face an uphill challenge. Evan Davis and guests discuss the rise of hybrid working, and how to get it right. Show more
BBC Inside Science
The state of nature in the UK
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
A report published this week by 60 conservation and research organisations has found that nature in the UK is in freefall. Victoria Gill finds out more. Show more
In Our Time
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
50 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the book that popularised the idea the Treaty of Versailles was disastrous, supporting the argument of Germany in the 1930s and feeding appeasement. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Nagorno-Karabakh declares end to independence struggle
45 minutes
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3 dead in Rotterdam shooting
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Alison’s tale nears its shocking climax as she remembers Berlin in 1994 and an illicit plan to catch an ex-Stasi murderer. Read by Nina Sosanya. Show more
Comedy. Tim Key broadcasts live from the birth of Lord and Megan’s first child. Unfortunately Lord can’t be there as he’s stuck in an escape room. With Tom Basden and Katy Wix. Show more
Miles Jupp and guests with whimsical sketches from a professional life coach to roast dinners. With Vicki Pepperdine. From 2022. Show more
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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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