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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Rev Carolyn Skinner. Show more
Farming Today
12/06/24 - Cereals 2024, the arable event
14 minutes
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Anna Hill reports from Cereals 2024 about how scientists are developing new crop varieties for regenerative farmers. Show more
The Today hustings in key seat of Wells and Mendip Hills, plus election news & interviews
More or Less
Leaflets, taxes, oil workers and classrooms
28 minutes
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We look at bad graphs, tax promises, oil rig extrapolations, and pupil populations. Show more
The search takes us deep into Scorpion's gang and the men arrested and imprisoned for people smuggling and then things take an unexpected turn as we find and confront his brother. Show more
Woman's Hour
Paloma Faith, Leader interview: Rhun Ap Iorwerth, Parents with learning difficulties
57 minutes
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The singer Paloma Faith on her myth-busting new memoir. Show more
Prof Michael Sandel asks if extracting the voices of dead musicians, digitally de-aging living actors, or relying on algorithms to find a future husband or wife is creepy or cool. Show more
All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield
Episode Three
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
By Orlando Whitfield. Inigo joins Modern Collections as his star continues to rise. Read by Hugh Skinner. Show more
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You and Yours
Missed Savings, Fake Facebook Accounts, Disabled EV Charge Points
53 minutes
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More than £366 billion of UK savings are stuck in 13 million low interest accounts, meaning people are missing out on increasing their savings. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
How do manifestos get written and who are they actually for? Show more
Emma has some surprising news, and Josh has concerns for a friend. Show more
Carly bit a police officer, but that's not why D.I. Matthews and D.S. Armitage want to talk to her. Roy Williams' contemporary crime drama with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun. Show more
The Law Show
Traumatised jurors, prenups and Japanese knotweed
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: juries in traumatic trials, prenups and the law concerning Japanese knotweed. Show more
The Artificial Human
Why can’t Ai drive me home yet?
29 minutes
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Driverless cars have been promised for decades, so why can't AI drive us home yet? Aleks and Kevin investigate. Show more
The Media Show
The PM and D-Day: how the row unfolded
57 minutes
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ITV's Paul Brand discusses interviewing the PM on his return from Normandy. Show more
PM
Blinken: 'Stop haggling and let the ceasefire start'
1 hour
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US Secretary of State visits Doha for crucial talks as Hamas is urged to back President Biden's peace deal. Meanwhile the Greens launch their election manifesto.
Six O'Clock News
12/06/2024 Shapps warns of Labour 'supermajority'
30 minutes
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The defence secretary has suggested Labour could win a "supermajority" at the election.
Who says heavy can’t be funny? A look at 'unladylike' sports and those who do them, fully unpacking muscularity vs femininity. Show more
Plans take shape for Harrison, and Stella is in panic mode. Show more
Groundbreaking 1930s US theatre including an all-Black production of Macbeth, live music from singer-songwriter BEKA, and an all-women multi-arts festival. Show more
Moral Maze
Democracy - is our system morally superior?
57 minutes
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As the election approaches, can we still claim that our democracy is morally superior to the alternatives? A special edition of the Moral Maze, recorded at the Hay Festival. Show more
Being Roman with Mary Beard
12. The Wolf of Via Vesuvio
28 minutes
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150 receipts, carbonised in the ruins of Pompeii, reveal the economic life of the city- and the profitable life of the local moneylender Show more
How the legacy of the Bengal famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today. Show more
The World Tonight
Sunak and Starmer face more questions just over three weeks from election day
45 minutes
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As Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer face another grilling, we speak to undecided voters Show more
The Photographer by Max Porter
Episode Three: The Bundle
14 minutes
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A life in five photographs. 3/5 "This is a black and white photograph. A sandy stretch of ground, pockmarked with ditches, small craters, chunks of brick and rubble everywhere." Show more
Bunk Bed
Series 9
Patrick Marber, Peter Curran and Jane Horrocks grapple in the dark with life's woes and wonders
14 minutes
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Patrick Marber, Peter Curran, and Jane Horrocks remember the sniggering and suggestive noises after lights out when they were younger. Jane relives a traumatic charity auction. Show more
Comedian Chloe Petts explores the history of the loo from ancient Roman latrines to the culture wars of today. Show more
The Bottom Line
The Decisions That Made Me A Leader
The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: Lastminute.com's Martha Lane Fox
46 minutes
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Evan Davis sits down with the British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant, Martha Lane Fox. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield
Episode Three
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for 5 months
By Orlando Whitfield. Inigo joins Modern Collections as his star continues to rise. Read by Hugh Skinner. Show more
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