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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton. Show more
Despite recent efforts, the campylobacter bug persists among chicken flocks. It is the most common cause of food poisoning in the UK. How can poultry farmers combat the problem? Show more
Kate Humble presents the willow warbler. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science of matter and the states in which it can exist, from solids, liquids and gases to high-energy plasmas. Show more
Baroness Shirley Williams and Helge Rubinstein on their 60-year friendship. Dawn O'Porter on how female friends are portrayed in popular culture. Social pruning. Losing a friend. Show more
With only two days to go to their wedding, Tom's ex-wife Ginny has turned up on the doorstep. Show more
Crossing Continents
Ukraine: The Paper Trail to Corruption
28 minutes
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Lucy Ash talks to the Ukrainian volunteers and activists who are painstakingly restoring a stash of documents dumped in a lake on the abandoned estate of ex-president Yanukovich. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Co-founder of London’s Arcola Theatre, Mehmet Ergen goes to Istanbul to check what’s at stake for Turkish theatre. From 2014. Show more
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DEFRA suspends the badger cull rollout following a critical report by experts. And culture secretary Maria Miller apologises over inaccurate expenses claims on her 'second' home. Show more
Five Hundred Years of Friendship
Comrades and Lovers
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The Victorian borderland between Platonic and homosexual friendship. Dr Thomas Dixon's history continues. From April 2014. Show more
Shula's speculating about Dan, and there's a crisis at rehearsal. Show more
By Alan Harris. Dark tale set on a desolate rock off the Welsh coast in 1801, based on the true story of two lighthouse keepers who became stranded at their post. Show more
Helen Mark travels with National Park Ranger Chamu Kuppuswamy as they discover the Indian heritage tucked amongst the wild hills of the Peak District National Park. Show more
Lorraine Kelly presents an appeal for Sightsavers. Show more
Open Book
Damon Galgut, Kate Colquhoun, Judith Flanders, AL Kennedy, Julian Gough, Stella Duffy
28 minutes
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Acclaimed South African writer Damon Galgut on his novel Arctic Summer, plus Kate Colquhoun and Judith Flanders on Victorian true crime and AL Kennedy road tests new writing apps. Show more
The Film Programme
Darren Aronofsky on Noah; Mark Cousins on Children and Film
28 minutes
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Francine Stock and Darren Aronofsky discuss his controversial film Noah, Mark Cousins on A Story of Children and Film, and Kristin Scott-Thomas reveals how she got her big break. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Calorie Restriction; Moon Age; Mars Yard; IPCC.
30 minutes
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Primates kept under strict calorie restricted diets, for over 25 years, are living longer. The research gives insight into the ageing process. Show more
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It's Birling Day, as the charter airline crew swap dignity for cash! Stars Stephanie Cole and Benedict Cumberbatch. From January 2013. Show more
Brian's on the back foot, and Kirsty discovers an error. Show more
Front Row
Richard Ayoade; The Crimson Field; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
30 minutes
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Richard Ayoade on his film The Double; a review of TV series The Crimson Field; 40 years of the Sunday Times bestseller list; and a review of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels musical. Show more
With only two days to go to their wedding, Tom's ex-wife Ginny has turned up on the doorstep. Show more
We may never know why MH370 crashed into the ocean with the loss of everyone on board. Melanie Abbott asks how a plane can disappear and why we are no nearer to solving the enigma. Show more
Peter Day reports from Britain's former steel capital, Sheffield, on what it takes for a manufacturing firm to survive and prosper in an intensely globalising world. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Calorie Restriction; Moon Age; Mars Yard; IPCC.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Primates kept under strict calorie restricted diets, for over 25 years, are living longer. The research gives insight into the ageing process. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science of matter and the states in which it can exist, from solids, liquids and gases to high-energy plasmas. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
2014 is a big year for Brazil. It hosts the World Cup then goes to the polls in presidential elections. Ritula Shah presents a special debate on Brazil's role in the world from Rio. Show more
Relations between Evelyn and Geoffrey remain strained, but Evelyn plans a brief diversion from everyday pressures. Show more
Charlie Brooker seeks the best in wrong answers from panellists Frank Skinner, Josie Long and Daniel Maier. From April 2011. Show more
Rachel Byrne and the BBC parliamentary team report, as the government moves to ban branding on cigarette packets and drops plans to extend badger cull to other areas of England. Show more
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John Carey on how reviewing television programmes meant having to acquire one. Show more
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