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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker. Show more
Farming Today
01/04/2024 Teenager and shepherd team up in a farming partnership that spans the generations.
12 minutes
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The teenager who's started farming with a 79-year-old shepherd, raising rare breeds and Long Horn Cattle. Show more
Weather reports and forecasts for farmers
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
The war between science and religion
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter explore where science and religion meet, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
XO Bikes founder Stef Jones tells Rachel Burden why he left advertising and began helping ex-offenders become bike mechanics. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women in Country Music - Extended Version
56 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
From Beyoncé to Shania Twain, women are making country cool again. Show more
A town on the North Wales coast, turns out to be like Salford by the sea. But there's conflict between the residents underneath the roofs, and the gulls on top. Show more
In the aftermath of her father’s death, with questions about the afterlife, Catherine Coldstream was drawn to Catholicism. She converted and at 27 entered a Carmelite community. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
You and Yours
The Cost of Living, Weddings and Downsizing
53 minutes
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We speak to a couple who tell us the difficulties they have been facing whilst trying to get the most for their money in a smaller property. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
A judge must decide if baby Z’s death was caused by his parents, but expert witnesses submitting evidence in the case don’t agree with each other. Whose expertise should we accept? Show more
Tension mounts at the Easter egg race, and Lilian is forced to play nicely. Show more
The discovery of a letter hidden in 1897 by an orphaned Sunderland choirboy inspires a community to reach back through history. Based on a true story, written by Jay Sykes. Show more
Gerard Hoffnung might have been best-known as a cartoonist, but Harry Enfield tells Matthew Parris it's Hoffnung's comic timing and delivery that impressed him most. Show more
History's Secret Heroes
11. The Extraordinary Cook Sisters
29 minutes
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How did Ida and Louise Cook, two opera-loving sisters from England, help dozens of Jewish people escape Nazi Germany? Show more
In this special live episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Hannah Templeton and comedian David O’Doherty in eighteenth-century Europe to learn all about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
Six O'Clock News
01/04/2024 Palestinian medics say dozens of bodies recovered from ruins of Gaza's biggest hospital
30 minutes
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Israeli troops have withdrawn from a two-week raid of al-Shifa hospital
In this week's case Alfie turns bounty hunter and goes on the hunt for a wanted man (an infamous bike thief). Show more
Jolene bares her soul, and Justin has a bone to pick. Show more
As the National Gallery nears its 200th birthday Samira Ahmed explores the collection with its director, Gabriele Finaldi, and visits the conservation and framing studios. Show more
BBC journalist Victoria Uwonkunda goes back to Rwanda for the first time after fleeing the genocide in 1994, to find out how the country, and its people, are healing. Show more
We take a look at the unregulated world of home gut microbiome testing. Plus, Claudia Hammond reflects on the life of Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman. Show more
Start the Week
The war between science and religion
42 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Michael Taylor, Nick Spencer and Frances Flinter explore where science and religion meet, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more
XO Bikes founder Stef Jones tells Rachel Burden why he left advertising and began helping ex-offenders become bike mechanics. Show more
The World Tonight
How could Iran respond to Syria strike?
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Iran blames Israel for strike on its consulate in Damascus. Show more
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1: 'She felt mischievous, joyful, capable of anything.'
14 minutes
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The final novel by Gabriel García Márquez. A happily married woman travels to the island where her mother is buried and embarks on an erotic adventure. Read by Maggie Service. Show more
Archive on 4
The Trickster: A Thistle up the Backside of Society
57 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
An audio essay on the role of the trickster in society. Is he or she there to keep us on our toes, make us think differently and keep culture moving forwards? Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
In the aftermath of her father’s death, with questions about the afterlife, Catherine Coldstream was drawn to Catholicism. She converted and at 27 entered a Carmelite community. Show more
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