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Prayer for the Day
Ice cream vans on cloudy days
2 minutes
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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley. Show more
Farming Today
28/05/2024: National Parks and International Seed Banks
14 minutes
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An environmentalist says the UKs National Parks are becoming ‘dead zones’, a leading figure in the institution defends them. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Being Roman with Mary Beard
10. A Bag of Snails and a Glass of Wine
28 minutes
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Join Mary Beard for a Roman bar crawl through the streets of Pompeii. With all but the wealthiest urban Romans unable to cook at home it was the bars where life really went on. Show more
All in the Mind
Grief, summer seasonal affective disorder, and anxiety in older people
28 minutes
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We look at how keeping objects from deceased loved ones can help with grief, we hear from a listener with summer seasonal affective disorder and talk about anxiety in older people. Show more
Woman's Hour
Ruth Jones, Women and renting, Couples who disagree about having children
58 minutes
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Three young women talk about how the increasingly difficult challenges of the rental market has affected their lives, plans and sense of stability. Show more
Jeffrey Boakye and Anna Phoebe launch a brand new series, along with composer Neil Brand and jazz singer Natalie Duncan. Show more
In darkness, 18,000 men in parachutes and gliders take flight across the Channel to Normandy. Paddy O’Connell hears from those who were there how the beginning of D-Day unfolded. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Call You & Yours. Are you spending more money locally, and on what? Shopping closer to home is a legacy of the pandemic. Have your shopping habits changed? Show more
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World at One
Conservatives promise a 'Triple Lock Plus' for pensioners
45 minutes
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We examine the Conservative party's pledge for pensioners, and hear from Rishi Sunak's constituents in North Yorkshire. Plus, the latest from Rafah.
Ittai Gradel starts buying from a mysterious seller with a seemingly endless supply of ancient, precious gemstones at bargain prices. But soon his suspicions start to grow. Show more
There’s a crisis at Casey Meats, and Lilian treads carefully. Show more
By Helen Cross. An explosion of 'warlike dimensions' silences the town of Scunthorpe. Real-life stories and drama combine to mark 50 years since the Nypro disaster. Show more
Evaporating answers, mysterious music and disappearing dialects - Josie Long presents short documentaries about things in danger of becoming lost. Show more
Garden Utopias: Laurie Taylor peers behind the privet hedge to discover the dreams which inspired suburban greenery. Also, the promise of allotments and guerrilla gardening. Show more
Michael Sheen explores the strange art of acting, from Stanislavski to today. Show more
When It Hits the Fan
General Election PR strategy and the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
28 minutes
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David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss the parties' PR strategies for the general election, as well as how PR has been put on the stand at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Show more
PM introduces its General Election Tombola, picking some of the constituencies it will visit during the campaign. Also, cloud measuring and the latest on the Trump trial.
Six O'Clock News
28/05/2024 Israeli forces advance into heart of Rafah in southern Gaza
30 minutes
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Many displaced Palestinians are still sheltering in Rafah from the conflict
Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood shares her cat obsession and presenter Clara Amfo reveals her love of trainers. From 2020. Show more
Jakob has bad news to impart, and Lynda launches her latest scheme. Show more
Front Row
Bernard Butler, Kafka, Benedict Cumberbatch
42 minutes
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Benedict Cumberbatch on his Netflix series Eric, Bernard Butler plays a song from his new solo album, and new Kafka exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Show more
File on 4
Detained and Restrained: Britain's Vulnerable Kids
43 minutes
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The most senior family court judge has described the growing use of a court order that detains vulnerable children and restricts their freedom as his single most worrying issue. Show more
In Touch
Accessibility of Ticketmaster and Sonos Speakers
19 minutes
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Often a boon to accessibility, technology can also involve barriers. We discuss accessibility problems encountered by blind users of Ticketmaster and Sonos speakers Show more
The Law Show
Protest, Lasting power of attorney and the Green belt
28 minutes
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Your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK. This week: protest law, building on greenbelt, and needing a "lasting power of attorney". Show more
The Bottom Line
The Decisions That Made Me A Leader
The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: The Depop Story
45 minutes
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Evan Davis sits down with Simon Beckerman, the founder of the pre-loved fashion platform Depop. Show more
The World Tonight
Diane Abbott has Labour whip restored
45 minutes
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The UK's first black female MP has been allowed back into the Parliamentary Labour party after race row probe, but will she stand in the election? Show more
Long Island by Colm Toibin
2: 'I'm going to Ireland.'
14 minutes
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In the next episode in the long-awaited sequel to Brooklyn, Eilis feels herself pulled back to Ireland, when her mother-in-law's plans to adopt Tony's baby slowly emerge... Show more
We return to Fred’s story about confronting terrifying creatures in the Alaskan wilderness. And Danny visits a town famous for America’s most notorious alleged Bigfoot sighting. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
In darkness, 18,000 men in parachutes and gliders take flight across the Channel to Normandy. Paddy O’Connell hears from those who were there how the beginning of D-Day unfolded. Show more
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