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Short reflection and prayer with Father Martin Graham.
Sybil Roscoe presents news of warnings that foraging for fungi is damaging ancient woodland, and how salt marshes are protecting vulnerable coastlines. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the crested lark found from Europe across to China. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire. Show more
Woman's Hour
Should employers pay for women to freeze their eggs?
58 minutes
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Should employers pay for women to freeze their eggs? The blogger who struck a chord with her first-person account of living in poverty. Plus the follow-up to Five Children and It. Show more
Life on Earth pushes Bea to breaking point while, on Oasis, Peter has a curious encounter. Starring Joe Armstrong and Hayley Atwell. Show more
Kate Adie introduces topical reports from writers and journalists in Brazil, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Gaza and the Republic of Ireland. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Soprano Catherine Bott tells the story of Nancy Storace, an English singing superstar who worked with Mozart. From 2014. Show more
Peter Conrad analyses the selfie. Show more
You and Yours
Cyclists Filming Bad Drivers; Selling Homes Online; Plastic Musical Instruments
45 minutes
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Presented by Winifred Robinson. The cyclists who use video cameras to film and report bad drivers to the police. Plus selling homes online and low-cost plastic musical instruments. Show more
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National and international news, presented by Martha Kearney.
Businesswoman and professor Julia Hobsbawm explores how the world of work runs on human networks and networking. From October 2014. Show more
Elizabeth talks to her sister. Meanwhile, Emma and Helen make a mess. Show more
4 Extra Debut. 1947: A war-damaged man's wish to fly changes a village boy's life forever. Stars Niamh Cusack and Tom Goodman-Hill. Show more
Clare Balding joins two members of the Dales Way Association, Chris Grogan and Kath Doyle, as she embarks on her fifth leg of the route, from Dent to Sedbergh. Show more
Rebecca Front presents The Radio 4 Appeal for Together for Short Lives, a UK charity for children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and all who care for them. Show more
Mariella Frostrup is joined by award-winning Irish writer Colm Toibin to discuss his new novel Nora Webster and to look back over a career that spans a quarter of a century. Show more
The Film Programme
Agnes B; Jeffrey Katzenberg; Animal Farm and the CIA
28 minutes
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Presented by Francine Stock. Including Agnes B on her directorial debut; Jeffrey Katzenberg on 20 years of Dream Works; and the CIA's role in the film adaptation of Animal Farm. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather
30 minutes
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Dr Lucie Green examines the virus at the centre of the current Ebola outbreak, finding out where it came from, how it is mutating and why it is spreading so fast. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
John creates an innovative teaching aid and eavesdrops on two guards. With Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Simon Kane. From 2014. Show more
There is a visitor at Brookfield, and Carol is a good friend. Show more
Front Row
Gillian Anderson; Michael Frayn; Jimi Hendrix Biopic; Buying Art in the Internet Age
30 minutes
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Gillian Anderson talks to John Wilson about her debut novel, Kate Mossman reviews Jimi Hendrix biopic, Michael Frayn on his new book, and how tablets have changed the art market. Show more
Neil MacGregor charts the role of iron in 19th-century Prussia, an everyday metal used for patriotic jewellery and the Iron Cross, a military decoration to honour all ranks. Show more
To mark 30 years on air, Law in Action invites a distinguished panel to discuss the most significant legal developments of the last three decades. Presented by Joshua Rozenberg. Show more
Consumer websites like TripAdvisor can make or break a business. Evan Davis and guests discuss the power of user-generated reviews. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Dr Lucie Green examines the virus at the centre of the current Ebola outbreak, finding out where it came from, how it is mutating and why it is spreading so fast. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Rudyard Kipling, a writer sometimes described as the poet of empire. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Will the European commission accept David Cameron's wish to limit the free movement of people within the EU? The programme hears from commission spokesperson Jonathan Todd. Show more
A return to work, and to the office politics Nora thought she had left behind her. Show more
Many interviews on, the journalist ponders his first impressions of Björk, Michael Caine and Freddie Mercury. From October 2014. Show more
Susan Hulme and the BBC's parliamentary team report as the government's response to Islamic State comes under fire. And there is more pressure on the 'pay row' peer to quit. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Neil MacGregor charts the role of iron in 19th-century Prussia, an everyday metal used for patriotic jewellery and the Iron Cross, a military decoration to honour all ranks. Show more
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