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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sheikh Michael Mumisa.
Defra is hosting a 'beef summit', bringing together producers, processors and retailers for discussions about price. Presented by Anna Hill. Show more
Steve Backshall presents the little tern. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 76: Chris Llewellyn Smith on nuclear fusion
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith chats to Jim Al-Khalili about quarks, bosons and running the biggest experiments in history. Show more
Tim Dowling fell into journalism by mistake and, by his own admission, he is not a driven man. He talks to fellow journalist and writer David Thomas about the nature of ambition. Show more
Woman's Hour
Impact of the Rolf Harris case, Bonnie Greer, Victoria Milligan
58 minutes
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Jane Garvey discusses the impact of the verdicts in the Rolf Harris case, Bonnie Greer talks about her memoirs and Victoria Milligan discusses life after a tragic accident. Show more
By Scott Cherry. Fifteen-year-old Caari is still missing and now Emma's boyfriend Ian seems to have disappeared as well. Are the two connected? Stars Meera Syal. Show more
Hector's dolphin is the smallest and one of the most endangered whales in the world. Monty Don finds out how people clash with it and how to share the sea with it. Show more
Author Erica Wagner explores America's relationship with its national anthem, an ode to the Stars and Stripes. Show more
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Israel threatening reprisals as teenagers' funerals to be held. Sarkozy in custody over influence allegations. Presented by Shaun Ley. Show more
Dickens, Richard III, a tight-knit community and a unique landscape inspire Simon Preston and chef Andrew Rowbotham to create a brand new dish for Barnard Castle in Teesdale. Show more
Tony plays on Neil's good nature, and Fallon loses her temper. Show more
By Lizzie Nunnery. In a world obsessed with money, Eve is forced to calculate just how much she is worth in order to keep her family together. A twisted modern love triangle. Show more
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Human beings, we are told, live in a competitive world. How, though, do we choose where to compete, which battles to fight and when to walk away? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Comic and critic Natalie Haynes attempts to find the algorithm to determine the perfect joke. From January 2014. Show more
A Good Read
Edwina Currie and Nicholas Le Prevost
25 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Harriet Gilbert, Edwina Currie and Nicholas Le Prevost on books by Beryl Bainbridge, Dorothy Whipple and Azar Nafisi. From 2014. Show more
The Hungarian prime minister Istvan Tisza blocks immediate retaliation on Serbia. Show more
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Stephen K Amos, plus Susan Murray, Tom Craine and Josie Long present a guide to breaking up. From May 2014. Show more
Helen gets a surprise call, and PC Burns is a bit of a hero. Show more
Front Row
Pet Shop Boys, Ian Hislop on Great Britain, Romesh Gunesekera, ENO cuts
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Pet Shop Boys discuss their Alan Turing BBC Prom, Ian Hislop on Great Britain, Romesh Gunesekera on his new fiction Noontide Toll, ENO's Artistic Director John Berry. Show more
By Scott Cherry. Fifteen-year-old Caari is still missing and now Emma's boyfriend Ian seems to have disappeared as well. Are the two connected? Stars Meera Syal. Show more
Are international regulations designed to stop money and equipment reaching terrorist organisations curtailing vital aid programmes in some of the world's most troubled regions? Show more
In Touch
Benefit Rights Advisor, Tennis, Confirmation bias
20 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Anne Adams is a blind benefits advisor who, due to inaccessible forms, now needs a support worker. Tom Walker reports on blind tennis and Jane Taylor on confirmation bias. Show more
Inside Health
Statins; improving cancer survival rates; reflux and heartburn; recycling medicines.
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dr Mark Porter returns with a new series to address confusion about statins for healthy people, not patients, when heartburn should be investigated and why drugs can't be recycled. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 76: Chris Llewellyn Smith on nuclear fusion
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith chats to Jim Al-Khalili about quarks, bosons and running the biggest experiments in history. Show more
With Ritula Shah. The ISIS leader calls on Muslims to help build an Islamic state, Sarkozy is the first French ex-president to be detained for questioning and Monty Python return. Show more
As the hot Texan summer moves towards September, the Campbells are jolted out of their newfound happiness by a chilling piece of news. Read by Clarke Peters. Show more
Brilliantly stupid scientists try their self-replicating killer robo-ants. Stars Anthony Head and Neil Warhurst. From 2014. Show more
The best of the day's debates in the Commons and the Lords. Sean Curran reporting. Show more
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Chris Stewart relays how guests at his farm want him to put an earth roof on the house to his neighbours' disbelief. Show more
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