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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Rev Dr David Bruce.
Farming Today
05/12/23 COP28 and agriculture; Vertical farming; Migrant worker wages; Farmers snowed under.
13 minutes
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Farming and food at COP28 and how vertical farming pioneers claim their systems could help reduce emissions. Show more
Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines welcomes the often maligned bullfinch into his garden to dine on his fruit tree buds. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Sean Curran reports on a highly unusual government defeat in the Commons over the infected blood scandal.
The Life Scientific
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on the choreography of metals
29 minutes
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Professor Sir Harry Bhadeshia tells Jim Al-Khalili about his career in metallurgy and creating the super steel that forms the high-endurance rail tracks in the Channel Tunnel. Show more
One to One
Nathan Filer talks to Justin Hancock
14 minutes
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Nathan Filer wants to know how to talk to his children about pornography, and in a frank discussion, consults Justin Hancock, a sex and relationships educator. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women's Football, Head of Ofcom, The politics of Christmas presents
58 minutes
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Baroness Sue Campbell, director of women's football @FA discusses changes in the game Show more
Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward take a cold hard look at the psychology of the seven deadly sins. And today's hot topic is lust. How best can we live alongside our drives and desires? Show more
Natalie tells the powerful story of a mother's love, and her fury at the wrong that is done to her daughter. Demeter seeks justice for Persephone. Show more
Call You & Yours: How are you getting on with your smart meter? Call us on 03700 100 444 Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
From fuelling the industrial revolution to the mid-morning break, how tea became essential in the workplace. Show more
Justin goes too far, and Clarrie reaches the end of her tether. Show more
Gloria, now a successful head teacher, decides the time has come to challenge the system she is part of. The resulting publicity brings unexpected consequences. By Rex Obano. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Doctor, Doctor
President of the Royal College of GPs, Dame Clare Gerada
28 minutes
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Dr Phil Hammond brings his unique perspective as a doctor, investigative journalist and comedian to a podcast from the front line of UK medicine. This week - Dame Clare Gerada. Show more
As the individual costs of the EU’s Green Deal are becoming clearer, why many voters across Europe are now backing parties that oppose green policies. Show more
Great Lives
Mohammad Mossadegh, PM of Iran ousted in a coup
28 minutes
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Walter Murch picks Mohammad Mossadegh, prime minister of Iran. Murch became fascinated by his life while working on the film Jarhead. 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
05/12/2023 Home Secretary signs new treaty with Rwanda
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
It's an attempt to revive plans to send some asylum seekers to the country
Kristoffer Hughes puts forward the autopsy, movie reviewer Ali Plumb champions escapism and historian Professor Olivette Otele talks about Henrietta Lacks and her 'immortal cells'. Show more
Lilian faces the music, and Eddie waves the white flag. Show more
Front Row
Shane Meadows on the British film industry, Children’s books round-up, the Turner Prize
42 minutes
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The founders of OneWorld Publishers on their Booker Prize hat trick and Bex Lindsay with a round-up of outstanding children’s books. Show more
File on 4
Whistling in the Wind: The NHS doctors sacked after raising concerns
38 minutes
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How NHS whistleblowers are punished for raising concerns about bad practice and bad practitioners in the NHS. Show more
Look UK are a charity that support young visually impaired people and they run a mentoring programme. Some of the current mentees and mentors tell us more about its benefits. Show more
All in the Mind
Rowing the Atlantic in the name of science, psychologists tackling poverty, and the scent of fear makes us more observant.
28 minutes
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The highs and lows of rowing the Atlantic, psychologists tackling poverty, and how the scent of fear helps us be more observant. Claudia Hammond discusses with Peter Olusoga. Show more
The Life Scientific
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on the choreography of metals
29 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Professor Sir Harry Bhadeshia tells Jim Al-Khalili about his career in metallurgy and creating the super steel that forms the high-endurance rail tracks in the Channel Tunnel. Show more
The World Tonight
New asylum treaty between UK and Rwanda
45 minutes
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Questions for Boris Johnson ahead of his evidence to the Covid inquiry
Encountering the world's largest iceberg, three times the size of New York City
Sweden's gang violence
Mrs Featherstone-Hogg hosts a meeting of Silverstream worthies determined to root out the troublesome author in their midst.
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Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn
The Good Cup of Tea Problem
29 minutes
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Do you have a question for Marian and Tara - large or small? Contact them by email on marianandtara@bbc.co.uk Show more
The Defence Secretary says he'll move 'heaven and earth' to secure the release of British hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
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Annie Ernaux's account of life in France in the decades after the end of the Second World War. Show more
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