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24/05/2025
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
Easier to pray on a Saturday?
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
Series 1
20. Playtime
What makes great playtime, and why do humans play?
Camino de Santiago with Manni Coe
Clare is on the Camino de Santiago walking with guide and author Manni Coe.
24/05/25 - Farming Today This Week: The EU-UK Summit
Caz Graham looks at what the EU-UK Summit means for food, farming and fishing.
The latest weather reports and forecast
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
LIVE from the Hay Festival!
Ruth Jones, Kevin McCloud, GT Karber, and the Inheritance Tracks of Ivo Graham.
Series 23
Chuckle, Snigger and LOL
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain get serious about the science of laughter
Series 48
Episode 3
Jay Rayner and the answer questions from a hungry audience in Macclesfield.
Caroline Wheeler from The Sunday Times assesses the latest developments at Westminster
Turkey's chance for peace
A 40-year insurgency comes to an end as Kurdish group the PKK announced it will disband.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
'Making Tax Digital' and Bank Charges
The sole traders and landlords facing a major change in how they file their tax returns.
Series 117
6. Big Deals
Andrew Maxwell and Ian Smith host Andy Zaltzman for the topical quiz.
The latest weather forecast
Annabel Denham, Rachael Maskell MP, Neil Shastri-Hurst MP, Matthew Taylor
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire.
Topical discussion posing questions to a of political and media personalities
23/05/2025
Kenton is left surprised.
Dinner with Dylan
Richard Curtis stars in a play about Bobaholics - people addicted to all things Bob Dylan.
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Chronic UTIs, Welsh women’s football, Kathryn Turman, ‘Trad wives'
Allison Gardner MP on her experience of chronic UTIs.
Hundreds of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners exchanged
We speak to the uncle of a Ukrainian man released in a previous exchange.
The Eluned Morgan One
The First Minister of Wales on her vision for a "Red Welsh Way" to the left of Starmer.
Ukraine and Russia each swap more than three hundred prisoners
The second stage of Russia and Ukraine's largest prisoner exchange has been completed
Paloma Faith, Mike Bubbins, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Helen Carr, Euros Childs, Kizzy Crawford
Clive Anderson and guests at the Hay Festival.
Rosemary Coogan
Stephen Smith profiles the UK astronaut Rosemary Coogan.
Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of The Who on his cultural influences
The Braveheart Effect
Susan Morrison takes a cynical swipe at the most successful film about Scotland ever made.
In Pieces
In this sound-rich, tender meditation, Hana Walker Brown examines burnout.
Hip-Hop Homework
Nkem Ifejika owes everything to hip-hop. But how should he share that with his son?
Coffee Crisis: Why are Prices Breaking Records?
Dan Saladino hears from coffee industry insiders about the current spike in global prices.
1. Political Pandering
Politicians love to pander but how can you tell a pander from a ion?
Programme 2 - The South of England vs Wales
The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, chaired by Kirsty Lang. 2/12
25/05/2025
Ocean Vuong
Writer and poet Ocean Vuong talks about his latest novel and its three key influences.
