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Farming Today
17/01/2024 Beavers in Cairngorms, robotic milking parlours
13 minutes
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A number of farmers have demonstrated against beavers being reintroduced into the Cairngorms National Park. Show more
Chris Packham presents the mandarin duck. Show more
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More or Less
Life expectancy, inheritance tax and the NHS vs winter
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter? Tim Harford investigates. Show more
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
Take Vitamin D
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Michael discovers how taking a daily vitamin D supplement could help boost your immune system, while helping your brain to prevent depression and to ward off dementia. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jameela Jamil, Claudia Winkleman, Abortion buffer zones, Female Israel border soldiers
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Claudia Winkleman on the new series of The Traitors. Why did warnings from young female Israeli border soldiers about Hamas’ deadly October 7 attack go unheard? Show more
David Torrance assesses Ramsay MacDonald as the first Labour prime minister in 1924, exploring how he navigates the tensions between radicalism and respectability within the party. Show more
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley
22. Marie Christensen - Murderous Matron
28 minutes
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Human Rights activist Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts joins Lucy Worsley to investigate the 1896 murder of a First Nations child and the ongoing impact of Australia’s Stolen Generations. Show more
You and Yours
Fake Vets; Loan Charge, Car Finance Mis-selling
53 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Alarm bells over the rapid rise of unlicensed and unregulated dog fertility clinics. Plus how millions of drivers could have been mis-sold car finance deals as FCA launches probe. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
In Western Europe radical right parties are winning elections. And younger people are part of these successes. Professor James Tilley goes beyond the headlines to ask why. Show more
Natasha comes to the rescue, and new horizons beckon for Brad. Show more
3/5 A gripping drama which explores the impact of violent offending on young men. Show more
Money Box
Money Box Live: Flooding and Insurance
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Picking up the pieces after a flood and what should you look for when getting insurance? Show more
Inside Health
Bladder, bowels and sex: Learning to live after my mountain accident
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Niall McCann on how he’s learnt to deal with the unexpected – and sometimes inconvenient – ways his spinal cord injury has changed his life. Show more
Laurie Taylor explores the cultural history of a document that has given citizens a licence to travel. Also, the trade in 'golden passports' for wealthy elites. Show more
Understanding the Houthi media strategy. 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
17/01/2024 Two-year-old boy and his father found dead days after social services raised concerns
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
A review is underway into the deaths of Bronson and Kenneth Battersby
Clare's in the middle of a riot at the women's prison. It's categorically not her fault. Meanwhile Joan is convinced there's something strange going on. Starring Sally Phillips. Show more
There’s a sad goodbye in Ambridge, and things go from bad to worse for the Grundys. Show more
Front Row
Daniel Kaluuya, the arts in Wales, shelving big budget films discussion, Jane Jin Kaisen
42 minutes
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Daniel Kaluuya on making his debut as a director with his new film, Kitchen, the arts in Wales, Hollywood shelving films. Show more
Michael Buerk chairs a live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. With Giles Fraser, Mona Siddiqui, Matthew Taylor and Inaya Folarin-Iman. Show more
When It Hits the Fan
Post Office PR, Boeing and the King's new biography
28 minutes
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David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss the aggressive PR strategy that was part of the Post Office scandal, Boeing’s PR crisis, and the King’s new biography. Show more
Understanding the Houthi media strategy. Show more
The World Tonight
MPs back government's "Stop the Boats" legislation
45 minutes
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Calls for universities to rethink how they define plagiarism
The secret far-right meeting that's caused days of protests in Germany
Jamie remembers his mother’s quirks and the dreadful day he learned of her death, not long after his father’s passing. By Allan Radcliffe. Read by Richard Conlon. Show more
We Forced a Bot to Write This Show
5: Porn, Batman, and Downing Street.
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for years
We forced AI to digest massive amounts of media and then write its own versions. We pushed the scripts into the mouths of actors, and the result is, absurdly, joyously hilarious. Show more
Comedian Sarah Keyworth explores her personal journey with gender fluidity and androgyny. From November 2020. Show more
Sean Curran presents as MPs take part in a crunch vote on Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan. Plus: reports on Prime Minister's Questions, Northern Ireland and drug shortages.
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The Great Post Office Trial
15. Breaking Lee Castleton
14 minutes
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A postmaster fights back, and pays the price. Show more
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