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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Farming Today
24/06/25 Potatoes, Champing, Countryside Alliance
12 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 5 months
A warning of potato shortages this winter after a year of constant rain puts growers off. Show more
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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Martin Wikelski, Kapka Kassabova and Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas discuss the communication and rhythms of the animal world, with Tom Sutcliffe Show more
Oliver Burkeman's Inconvenient Truth
The Fulfilment Fallacy
14 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Oliver Burkeman dives into the spiritual and psychological implications of our obsession with convenience, making us more impatient and less tolerant of discomfort. Show more
Woman's Hour
Helen Heckety, Taylor Swift’s UK tour, Football and domestic abuse
57 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Novelist Helen Heckety on living with a disability that is not visually obvious. Show more
Robin Ince explores how great science communicators past and present have helped woo us towards ideas of the universe’s destiny Show more
The story of the most unlikely coalition in history as the USA and Britain join forces with communist Russia to combat Nazi Germany. Read by Nigel Anthony. Show more
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You and Yours
Car Insurance, Independent Cinemas and Mortgage Arrears
53 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Over the past five years, average mortgage payments have risen from more than six hundred pounds a month to over a thousand pounds – which is double the average wage growth. Show more
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World at One
IFS: Parties "ducking" spending choices
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 5 months
The IFS think tank has accused Labour and the Conservatives of engaging in a 'conspiracy of silence' on tax and spending plans after the election.
In a new investigation, Dan and Lucy inherit a box of evidence about a chemical secret. A witness says he saw deformed cows and warned a toxic chemical had entered the food chain. Show more
Recent events begin to take their toll on Chris, and the Grundys debate their next move. Show more
Danny and Alok’s stag and hen party business is still causing chaos in Lenzie, and the Local Traders are on the warpath. Written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald McLeary. Show more
The next story in a new series set in what might seem like an everyday Essex village, but is anything but. Today: in 'The Rook', the chess tutor finds herself under suspicion... Show more
A special edition from Hay Festival. Guests Doon Mackichan and Bruce Robinson choose good reads. Show more
The Failure of the Future
The Economic Dreamland
28 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Johny Pitts looks back at visions of failed utopias to see if we might build a brighter future from past projections. He examines the bubble economy of ‘80s Japan. Show more
At the last general election, three of the four seats with the lowest turnouts were in Hull. Alex Forsyth meets people who stay at home on election day to find out why. Show more
Jay Rayner and panel with a postbag edition of The Kitchen Cabinet. The questions include the best recipes for preserved lemons and the benefits of using a pestle and mortar. Show more
We'll look at the latest in the ongoing debate over Physician Associates. Also, the PM tombola has its last spin.
Six O'Clock News
24/06/2024 Two main parties accused of "conspiracy of silence" on how to address economy
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 6 months
The IFS thinktank said the next government would face "painful" financial decisions
Mark Steel is back in town. First stop, Margate. Show more
There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Harrison, and Lily receives a surprising offer. Show more
Front Row
Kyoto, Nathaniel Rateliff, Midsummer Day poetry
42 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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A play inspired by the 1997 UN climate conference, live Americana from Nathaniel Rateliff, and poems that celebrate and evoke midsummer. Show more
The Briefing Room
What's the Biden ceasefire plan and will it work?
29 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
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David Aaronovitch and guests examine Joe Biden's ceasefire deal and ask whether - despite some positive noises from both sides - Israel and Hamas are interested in making it work. Show more
We conduct a little experiment to find out how - and why - Taylor Swift fans are making the ground shake in her seismic Eras tour. Show more
Martin Wikelski, Kapka Kassabova and Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas discuss the communication and rhythms of the animal world, with Tom Sutcliffe Show more
Just a fortnight after Billy Stevenson found treasure in July 1969 the Troubles erupted and headlines of the gold rush were replaced by ones of violence and terror. Show more
The World Tonight
Macron warns of a French ‘civil war’
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for 6 months
Emmanuel Macron says that the policies of his far-right and hard-left rivals risk pushing France towards a civil war, as France heads to an election in less than a week's time. Show more
Warm and witty fiction by Sara Sheridan and read by Elaine C Smith. A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the long-dead poet Robert Burns. Show more
Framed for murder, Jake and Maya are on the run. But their past is about to catch up with them. Show more
Singer-songwriter Kitty Perrin analyses the career of Dr Feelgood. With the help of music professionals, she looks at the reasons why some bands split while others continue. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
The story of the most unlikely coalition in history as the USA and Britain join forces with communist Russia to combat Nazi Germany. Read by Nigel Anthony. Show more
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