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News Briefing
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Prayer for the Day
Daily prayer and reflection with Lynn Gallagher.
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Farming Today
Agricultural news and features with Anna Hill.
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Today
With John Humphrys, Carolyn Quinn. Sports Desk at 6.25am, 7.25am and 8.25am. Yesterday in Parliament at 6.45am. Weather at 6.05am, 6.57am and 7.57am. Thought for the Day at 7.48am.
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Midweek
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Book of the Week: Getting Rich First
Getting Rich First, Life in a Changing China: 3/5. Parents who missed out on their own education are investing all their hopes and dreams in their children.
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Woman's Hour
Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat on her new novel The Lollipop Shoes; examining how the law applies to cohabitees when they split up. Plus, fans of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Hippies
Julian Carey visits Tipi Valley in Carmarthenshire, where people have been living under canvas since 1976. What happened to the ideals of the peace and love generation?
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No Commitments
Anna's love-life seems to be on an even keel, but can the same be said for Roger? Stars Angela Thorne. From January 2003. Show more
Consumer news and issues.
Presented by Sheila McClennon and John Waite .
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The World at One
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
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It's My Story: Daddy Dewick
Daddy Dewick: Nana Anto-Awuakye recalls her upbringing, along with nine other small children of West African origin, with a white foster family in rural Wiltshire.
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The Archers
Jennifer gets a reality check.
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Afternoon Play: Dickens Confidential
Dickens Confidential: Series of plays about how Charles Dickens, as the head of a daily paper, would have brought news to the masses. 2/6: Darker than you Think, by Mike Walker.
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Gardeners' Question Time
Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. Carole Baxter, John Cushnie and Bob Flowerdew are guests of The Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre in Peebles.
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Francis Coppola Presents
Stories from the great film director's magazine Zoetrope: All-Story. In Venice in winter, a mother discovers in her daughter a new woman. By Rachel Cusk. Show more
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Chinese in Britain
Two Chinese writers living in Britain became widely known in the 1930s and 40s. Anna Chen explores art, writing and a hit West End play. From May 2007. Show more
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Thinking Allowed
Thinking Allowed
Spending the Home - The New Age Community of Esalen
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Laurie Taylor discusses a scholarly study of Esalen, the Californian institute which introduced the West to the spiritual teaching of the East. Show more
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Case Notes
Dr Mark Porter looks at current medical applications of radiology including filmless x-rays, upright MRI scanners and a new form of radiotherapy used to treat prostate cancer. Show more
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PM
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Including 5.57pm weather.
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The Arts and How They Was Done
The Arts and How They Was Done
Episode 6: The Entire History of Theatre Through the Ages and How It Is Done
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The National Theatre of Brent reveals the true history of the stage. Stars Patrick Barlow. From May 2007.
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The Archers
Lilian is in the mood for dancing. Show more
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Front Row
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and a review of a new stage version of DBC Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel Vernon God Little.
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Mapp and Lucia
Ned Sherrin's dramatisation of EF Benson's classic comedy of manners. 8/10. Mapp on the Offensive. Lucia has her revenge and Miss Mapp has to take a back seat, much to her chagrin.
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The Reith Lectures
Jeffrey Sachs delivers the last of five lectures. He calls for a new Enlightenment to help make globalisation work for all and lays out a blueprint for global co-operation.
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Getting What We Deserve
Second of two programmes in which Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor of the Evening Standard, discusses the idea of meritocracy and its relevance in today's politics.
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Frontiers
Peter Evans explores the study of ageing and longevity, one of the most exciting areas of current scientific research which has opened up a new field of medicine. Show more
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Midweek
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The World Tonight
With Robin Lustig. The other big announcement tomorrow: the implications of a rise in interest rates. And does growing crops for biofuels do more harm than good?
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Book at Bedtime: South of the River
South of the River: 8/15. As the Millennium draws to a close, major changes have taken place in the lives of Nat, Libby, Harry, Anthea and Jack.
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The Exterminating Angels
Sitcom by Martin Shea, Eamonn O'Neill and James O'Neill, set in a pest control agency where the pests answer back. The brothers are called in to deal with a troublesome fox. Show more
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All Bar Luke
Poignant comedy series by Tim Key. 6/6: The Nightclub. Luke gets stuck outside a club while his friends and Hayley party inside.
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Today in Parliament
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
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News
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
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Book of the Week: Getting Rich First
Getting Rich First, Life in a Changing China. 3/5. Parents who missed out on their own education are investing all their hopes and dreams in their children.
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World Briefing
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service for a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.
a Cup of Coffee (2/2) Stories of the workers at each stage of coffee production