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A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Mary Stallard. Show more
A Schmallenberg virus jab will go on the market this summer after being fast-tracked through licensing, plus Defra's plan to stop Chestnut Blight becoming the next Ash Dieback. Show more
David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the greenfinch. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 50: Lord John Krebs
28 minutes
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Lord John Krebs left academia to run the Food Standards Agency. He tells Jim al-Khalili about life in the public sphere and dealing with foot and mouth disease, and badgers and TB. Show more
One to One
Ritula Shah talks to Dr Michael Irwin
15 minutes
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In the third of three interviews on the theme of renunciation, Ritula Shah talks to Dr Michael Irwin about euthanasia and the idea of renouncing life. Show more
Woman's Hour
The dangers of being a 'cool parent'; Sexual assaults in the US military
58 minutes
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Jane Garvey offers a female perspective. Sexual assaults in the US military, the dangers of being a 'cool' parent, and can you stay friends with both sides of a divorcing couple? Show more
Young Cody's jealousy of his placid younger brother Ezra accelerates. Fractured Baltimore family drama starring Barbara Barnes. Show more
Dr Geoff Bunn reveals the history of lie detection, starring Dick Tracy and Wonder Woman. Today they are replaced by colourful images from brain scans, but are we nearer the truth? Show more
Prof Winston explores the logic, engineering and physics underlying the musical sounds we hear. Why do some notes sound good together? Show more
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Mother Tongue Interference
Episode 2: Zinovy Zinik
15 minutes
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Russian novelist Zinovy Zinik came to London in 1976. He worked for the BBC World Service and speaks brilliant if cranky English. Show more
Matt isn't convinced, and Alistair is there in a crisis. Show more
Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities
2. The Old Order
45 minutes
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Charles Darnay is on trial for treason, and the dissolute Sydney Carlton is defending him. Stars Robert Lindsay and Andrew Scott. Show more
Helen Castor is joined by leading historians to discuss the latest historical research, and the many and varied ways we are connecting with the past. Show more
Tom Heap investigates the latest developments in GM technology. He visits the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute for the latest on precision genome engineering in animals. Show more
PJ is about to be released after three years in prison. We accompany him from his cell to the outside world, where he has to confront his addiction and the temptation to reoffend. Show more
Edmund de Waal chooses Primo Levi, the Italian writer who survived and documented Auschwitz. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more
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Isy’s tale of her driving instructor and a mysterious girl he admires from afar, while she learns more life lessons. From 2013. Show more
Nic has a good idea, and Glen Whitehouse has an answer for everything. Show more
Front Row
Dan Brown; Wagner at 200; Eddie Braben remembered; Mary Beard's Cultural Exchange
30 minutes
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An interview with bestselling writer Dan Brown, reflecting on Wagner as he turns 200, remembering Morecambe and Wise writer Eddie Braben, and Mary Beard's Cultural Exchange. Show more
Young Cody's jealousy of his placid younger brother Ezra accelerates. Fractured Baltimore family drama starring Barbara Barnes. Show more
England's Chief Medical Officer says superbugs that cannot be treated by antibiotics are as big a threat as terrorism. Allan Urry asks if the NHS is able to cope. Show more
Peter White talks to Mauri Molinari about the problems faced by visually impaired users of the music download site Spotify, and we talk opera with Anne Wilkins and Denise Leigh. Show more
All in the Mind
Big Brain Projects; Anti-depressants; learning disability and bereavement
28 minutes
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Europe and the USA are both running large projects to map the brain, but will this approach pay off? Plus bereavement counselling for adults with learning disabilities. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 50: Lord John Krebs
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Lord John Krebs left academia to run the Food Standards Agency. He tells Jim al-Khalili about life in the public sphere and dealing with foot and mouth disease, and badgers and TB. Show more
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Where on earth is Jeb? The battle to reveal the truth of events on the Rock of Gibraltar continues. Read by Damian Lewis. From December 2012. Show more
Comedy by Sophie Woolley. Sally Phillips stars as a lifestyle guru whose dietary advice should come with its own health warning. Show more
Sean Curran reports as gay marriage clears the Commons. A political row breaks out over the 'crisis' in A&E departments, and peers demand money to make social care reforms work. Show more
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Early scientists were sceptical about the new opportunities offered by flight, unlike the military. Read by Rory Kinnear. From May 2013. Show more
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