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Best of Today

Listen to selected highlights from the Today programme.

Radio 4,74 episodes

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Best of Today: What should children learn?
How should we rethink England's curriculum and assessment?
11 Oct 2024,39 mins
Today Listener Series: Young people and politics
Today listeners look at an issue that matters to them
19 Sep 2024,9 mins
Today Listener Series: NHS Forensic Psychology centre in Liverpool
Today gets access to the only NHS unit of its kind
18 Sep 2024,13 mins
Today Listener Series: Is university worth it?
Today listeners look at an issue that matters to them
17 Sep 2024,17 mins
Today Listener Series: Where's my bus?
Today listeners look at an issue that matters to them
16 Sep 2024,16 mins
Today Listener Series: The disappearing children
Today listeners look at an issue that matters to them
16 Sep 2024,12 mins
Garry Richardson's 50 years at the BBC
Garry Richardson has finished his last sports bulletin on Radio 4's Today programme.
09 Sep 2024,7 mins
Dr Clare Bailey Mosley: We want to honour Michael’s work
Dr Clare Bailey Mosley talks to Today about her late husband’s life and legacy.
12 Jul 2024,15 mins
I have terminal cancer but 'I'm as happy as ever’
Simon Boas, whose newspaper essays about death went viral, speaks to Emma Barnett.
04 Jul 2024,9 mins
The Today Debate: Is justice delayed, justice denied?
Mishal Husain looks at the impact of court delays in the Today Debate.
13 Feb 2024,36 mins
Theresa May: 'During PMQs my blood sugar went up'
The former Prime Minister tells R4 Today about her experience living with type 1 diabetes
23 Jan 2024,12 mins
Dame Emma Walmsley Guest Edits Today
In the last of our Christmas series Dame Emma Walmsley guest edits Today
01 Jan 2024,74 mins
Professor Jason Arday Guest Edits Today
Professor Jason Arday is our latest Christmas guest editor
30 Dec 2023,53 mins
Andrew Malkinson Guest Edits Today
Andrew Malkinson, victim of a major miscarriage of justice, guest edits Today
29 Dec 2023,49 mins
Ellie Goulding Guest Edits Today
Singer and UN environment ambassador Ellie Goulding guest edits the Today programme
28 Dec 2023,46 mins
James May Guest Edits Today
Grand Tour and former Top Gear presenter James May guest edits the Today programme
27 Dec 2023,44 mins
Hanif Kureishi Guest Edits Today
The writer Hanif Kureishi is the second of our Christmas guest editors this year.
26 Dec 2023,65 mins
Dr Nicola Fox Guest Edits Today
Dr Nicola Fox, Head of Science for NASA, is our first Christmas guest editor this year.
23 Dec 2023,39 mins
'To see my mum again is an incredible thing'
The daughter of one of the hostages freed by Hamas says her mother is 'very sharp'
24 Oct 2023,23 mins
Emma Raducanu on her return to tennis
The star tells Today about her much anticipated return to competitive action
20 Oct 2023,11 mins
Michael Caine: I'm retiring from film
Sir Michael Caine talks to Martha Kearney about what he says will be his last film
14 Oct 2023,16 mins
The Today Debate: Drug deaths in Scotland - is decriminalisation the answer?
Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests in Glasgow.
27 Sep 2023,36 mins
Martha's Rule: Challenging culture will make our hospitals safer
Merope Mills' daughter Martha died after failures by doctors to spot her sepsis
04 Sep 2023,29 mins
'Life's Not Always a Beach' Guest Edit
With reporting from Tenby, West Wales. What's it like when the tourists go home?
03 Sep 2023,35 mins
Sajid Javid: What can be done to help prevent suicide?
The former Health Secretary lost his brother Tariq to suicide in 2018.
01 Sep 2023,16 mins,
Friendly Neighbours Guest Edit
Four friends from Bristol ask how we can build housing in a way that puts community first
26 Aug 2023,33 mins
Concert Band Guest Edit
Four members of the Dunbartonshire Concert Band guest edit Today
19 Aug 2023,38 mins
The Nicola Benedetti Interview
Violinist Nicola Benedetti speaks about the importance of music education
19 Aug 2023,11 mins
Good Grief Guest Edit
Three friends use their programme to discuss what good grief looks like.
12 Aug 2023,25 mins
Messy Fostering Guest Edit
A look at the highs and lows of fostering with a group of Today listeners
05 Aug 2023,36 mins