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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, presented by the Rev Bob Fyffe of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Show more
Farming and countryside news with Charlotte Smith. A new leader is announced at the second day of the NFU conference in Birmingham. Show more
John Aitchison presents the black-throated diver. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about the eye and how it works. Show more
Woman's Hour
Lillian Gish; Bea Campbell; One Million Lovely Letters
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American cinema's First Lady, Lillian Gish. Writer Jodi Ann Bickley's One Million Lovely Letters. Why feminist activist Bea Campbell thinks it's time to re-evaluate our society. Show more
Jane's novel is published and Anne's fortunes improve, but bad news threatens Jane's health. Stars Elaine Cassidy, Ruth Gemmell and Rupert Evans. Show more
Reporters around the world go behind the headlines in their region, including Ukraine, Lebanon, Mexico, Spain and Turkmenistan. Presented by Kate Adie. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Jonathan Glancey explores the revolutionary modern British church architecture of Andrew MacMillan and Isi Metzstein. From 2013. Show more
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Award-winning poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes stories from the Ramayana into his community and asks what lessons it has for the care of our planet's ecology today Show more
Jill makes herself at home. Meanwhile Rob makes an urgent call. Show more
Comic play by award-winning writer Ed Harris about sight, insight and magic, starring Indira Varma as a tattooist who finds herself in a fairytale - with real fairies. Show more
Clare Balding visits the Hopetoun Estate, just west of Edinburgh, to rejoin the Monday Walkers, who, 12 years earlier, took her on the longest walk she ever did for Ramblings. Show more
Gavin Hastings presents an appeal for the Cure Parkinson's Trust. Show more
Open Book
Sally Beauman, Darragh McKeon, Hamid Ismailov and Margie Orford
28 minutes
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Ellah Allfrey talks to Sally Beauman about her latest novel The Visitors, and Darragh McKeon and Hamid Ismailov discuss the environmental legacy of the Cold War on their novels. Show more
The Film Programme
Stellan Skarsgard on Nymphomaniac; Alexandre Desplat on Philomena; Unforgiven in Japanese; BAFTA-winner James Griffiths
28 minutes
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Francine Stock talks to actor Stellan Skarsgard about Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac. Composer Alexandre Desplat on his scores for Philomena, The Monuments Men and Moonrise Kingdom. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Brain Machine Interfaces; Question on Gay Genes; Studying Drinking Behaviour
30 minutes
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Adam Rutherford talks to some of the world's leading researchers who are looking at using the mind to control machines. Show more
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Jason Cook's School of Hard Knocks
Asking Out and First Dates
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Award-winning writer and comedian Jason Cook answers more listener problems, today on how best to ask someone out. From 2014. Show more
There's a big attraction at the village hall, and the women of Ambridge are out in force. Show more
Front Row
Marc Almond and John Harle; Willy Russell on Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; Gary Shteyngart
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Marc Almond and John Harle discuss their collaboration The Tyburn Tree; Liverpool's Everyman Theatre reopens; novelist Gary Shteyngart on his memoir Little Failure. Show more
Jane's novel is published and Anne's fortunes improve, but bad news threatens Jane's health. Stars Elaine Cassidy, Ruth Gemmell and Rupert Evans. Show more
The killing of Marius the giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo sparked a global outcry. Hannah Barnes asks whether what the Danes did in public is happening in secret in British zoos. Show more
Cosmetic surgery, fitness programmes, diets and self-help books. Evan Davis and guests discuss the industry of making yourself a better person, inside and out. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Brain Machine Interfaces; Question on Gay Genes; Studying Drinking Behaviour
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Adam Rutherford talks to some of the world's leading researchers who are looking at using the mind to control machines. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about the eye and how it works. Show more
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Tensions over Crimea future, Angela Merkel in the UK, and Question Time Afghan-style. In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with David Eades. Show more
Gabriel makes a speech for the assembled guests emphasising the strong tradition of Irish hospitality, as exemplified by his aunts, despite the contradiction in his own behaviour. Show more
Missing for six years, Brian has stories to tell. Jampoa where fame definitely equals fortune. With Neil Pearson. From 2011. Show more
Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster.
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Solomon and his fellow slaves must endure the cruel whims of cotton planter Edwin Epps. Powerful memoir that inspired Steve McQueen's Oscar-nominated film. Read by Rhashan Stone. Show more
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