Looking at agricultural and environmental issues.
Looking at agricultural and environmental issues.
Down Your Way
Sheila Hancock in Workington
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Actress Sheila Hancock returns to Workington, Cumbria, to see how the town has coped with social and economic change. From November 1988. Show more
Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry at UCL, picks five elements that enhance our lives. Today it's aluminium, once fashionable as cutlery but now used in cans, bicycles and tinsel Show more
Andrea Sella, Professor of Chemistry at UCL, celebrates five elements that enhance our lives. Today he admires how strontium gives us red fireworks and reveals our ancestors' past. Show more
The Truth About...
Episode 17: Carbs
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
Dr Xand van Tulleken investigates whether claims about negative effects of carbohydrates on health are true and explores healthier ways to consume them. Show more
Living World
Essex Geese
22 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Brett Westwood relives programmes from the Living World archives. In this episode from 2005 Peter France is in Essex with ecologist Graeme Underwood and the RSPB's Chris Tyas. Show more
Dei Tomos a'i westeion yn trafod natur a bywyd gwyllt. Nature and wildlife discussion with Dei Tomos and guests.
Lincolnshire Farming
05/10/2014
30 minutes
Farming community news, issues and prices. Also the five-day weather forecast.
Down Your Way
Wally K Daly in Grangetown
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Playwright Wally K Daly visits his old home of Grangetown near Middlesbrough and recalls the voices of his childhood. From November 1990. Show more
God's Own Countryfile
Sarah Walker sits in (10/04/2019)
2 hours
Sarah Walker sits in to celebrate rural life in North Yorkshire.
The Jack Jay Show
Gary Standley sits in
3 hours
Gary sits in for our weekly look at life around the Norfolk coast.
Tweet of the Week
Carry Akroyd's Tweet of the Week, Pt 1
19 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
Painter, printmaker and "bird noticer" Carry Ackroyd is this week's guest curator. Show more
Chris Packham, Liz Bonnin and Steve Backshall explore our oceans and its wildlife, to find out how marine life is coping in the face of increasing environmental pressure. Show more
Jack looks set to get stomachs rumbling with this evening's show!
The Jack Jay Show
On the trail of Black Shuck
3 hours
This week, Jack hears about one of Norfolk's best known local legends.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside from BBC Radio 4.
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside from BBC Radio 4.
Tweet of the Week
Tom Bailey's Tweet of the Week, Pt 2
16 minutesFirst broadcast:
Available for over a year
Theatre maker Tom Bailey returns to host his second edition of Tweet of the Week. Show more
A journey across the animal kingdoms of BBC One's Dynasties, set to a chillout soundtrack by the host of Radio 1's Chillest Show, Phil Taggart.