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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf. Show more
Farming Today
21/12/23 Cuts to agriculture budgets in Scotland and Wales, The Archers' comedy night, Operation turtle dove
13 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 8 months
Charlotte Smith finds out about farmers' reaction to cuts to the rural affairs budgets in Wales and Scotland. Show more
Tweet of the Day
YOLOBirder on the Peregrine Falcon
1 minute on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how a kindly hotel owner took him to see peregrine falcons and got him hooked on watching these magnificent flyers for life. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the career of the Dutch artist celebrated after his death for his paintings of sunflowers and starry nights but selling only one work in his life. Show more
Woman's Hour
Spiking, The pill, Family dynamics at Christmas
57 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Campaigner Sharon Gaffka talks about new provisions to combat drink spiking, and why she wants it to be a criminal offence. Show more
Crossing Continents
Ukraine: Building back better
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Foreign donors have pledged billions to rebuild Ukraine after Russia's invasion. How is it cracking down on corruption, to assure them the money will be well spent? Show more
The philosopher John Gray chooses as his great life the iconic writer of dystopian and speculative fiction, JG Ballard, in conversation with the author's daughter Bea Ballard. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders - Matthew Glover from Veganuary
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
With his wife Jane Land, Matthew Glover created Veganuary a decade ago from their home in York. It now has celebrity endorsements and staff all over the world. Show more
While Sliced Bread takes a break we serve up… Toast. Sean Farrington examines why Toys R Us had to close all of its UK stores in 2018 and hears how it is making a comeback. Show more
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Rhianna Pratchett learns about the deadly Redcap, in her quest to meet mythical creatures and discover what they reveal about us. Show more
Susan offers some encouragement, and Jill’s hackles are raised. Show more
In the finale of Matthew Broughton's art thriller, Jess and Dan face a blistering confrontation. Starring Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin. Show more
Open Country
Music of the Gloucestershire landscape
24 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The countryside of Gloucestershire has proved inspirational for many composers. In this programme Rose Ferraby finds out about the links between landscape and music in the county. Show more
Presenter Ben Fogle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Tree Council. Show more
Janice Hallett on her new book, The Christmas Appeal. Plus literary gems to put under the tree. And Ken Follett on Live and Let Die. Show more
Rewinder
Cher and Other Things to Believe In at Christmas
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Greg James heads into the BBC archives using stories of the week and listener requests to guide the way. This week: Cher, Nativities and messages of forgiveness. Show more
BBC Inside Science
The Science of the South Pole
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season in the Antarctic, plus some whopping fossil finds and how penguins survive on 10000 naps a day. 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
21/12/2023 Gunman kills at least 15 people at university in Prague
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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More than twenty people were wounded in the attack at Charles University
Ken Cheng: I Can School You
2. Cooking Up a Full English
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for years
Comedian Ken Cheng focuses his analytical observations on school subjects. Ken looks into how teaching English should be tailored to serve us better in the long run. Show more
There are surprises galore at the comedy night and Stella refuses to back down. Show more
Front Row
Final Ghosts, Tennant's Macbeth, Next Goal Wins, National Theatre of Wales
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Final episode of Ghosts, Kate Maltby and Boyd Hilton on David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in Macbeth and the Samoan American football film Next Goal Wins plus Welsh theatre funding cuts Show more
The Briefing Room
What’s behind the record homelessness figures?
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Councils have a legal duty to house families and vulnerable people if they lose their homes. A shortage of affordable homes means more are moving into temporary accommodation. Show more
Carolyn is encouraging Dave to build closer relationships with his children but he's caused a lot of damage in the past and it's unclear whether they can forgive - and trust - him. Show more
BBC Inside Science
The Science of the South Pole
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season in the Antarctic, plus some whopping fossil finds and how penguins survive on 10000 naps a day. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the career of the Dutch artist celebrated after his death for his paintings of sunflowers and starry nights but selling only one work in his life. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Fighting in Sudan forces hundreds of thousands to flee
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Also in the programme: a student at a university in Prague has shot dead 14 people; and the story of one survivor of the horrifying 1972 Andes plane crash featured in a new film
On the morning of her wedding, Celine confides in Phoebe. Meanwhile Luke receives an unexpected visitor. Show more
After OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was deposed – then reinstated – by the company’s board in 106 hours of chaos, tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explores the incident’s wider impact. Show more
Tom Bateman continues his series about the French and British mandates in the Middle East in the 1930s, and how they still reverberate today. Show more
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Starborn: How the Stars Made Us and Who We Would Be Without Them by Roberto Trotta
The Sun Worshippers
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 8 months
Roberto Trotta explores the symbolic potency of the sun and moon, and asks what the Scientific Revolution owes to astronomy. Read by Khalid Abdalla. Show more
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