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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, from the chaplain to the Royal British Legion, the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch. Show more
Farming Today hears from a Devon farmer who faces having a third of his land bought by compulsory purchase, so the local council can create a green space for a housing development. Show more
Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian rainforest. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Victorian engineer responsible for bridges, tunnels and railways still in use today. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sophia Loren on her fairy tale life
58 minutes
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Actor Sophia Loren; comics Joanna Scalan and Vicky Pepperdine; international founder of the refuge and shelter movement Erin Pizzy; and a chance for you to own our cooker. Show more
Having taught her D on the guitar, Evan is in Skye’s room late at night and her mum has come home drunk. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The Missing Students
28 minutes
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What really happened after police in Mexico abducted a group of student teachers, plus despatches from India, Qatar, Algeria and Sark. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Mary Anne Hobbs explores how the world of fine art and the world of tattoos meet on the great British public. From 2013. Show more
A History of Ideas
Theologian Giles Fraser on Religious Freedom
11 minutes
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Giles Fraser is a theologian and he is interested in the tradition of religious thinking that understands true liberation comes from accepting constraints in life. Show more
You and Yours
Tesco Kitchens; Missed Appointments; Indian Sweets
45 minutes
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As Tesco closes its kitchen business, what now for the hundreds of customers affected? Plus waiting in for telecoms engineers and the British influence on Indian sweets. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell.
Agony aunt Irma Kurtz talks to her Egyptian counterpart, Youssra el-Sharkawy, about her newspaper advice column. From August 2014. Show more
Things are moving quickly at Brookfield, and everyone is looking forward to Peggy's party. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism and James Bond. Architect Erno Goldfinger struggles to build his modernist dream home. From 2014. Show more
Helen Mark visits the Lee Valley to explore how the natural world lives alongside an industrial past, creating an intriguing hybrid landscape. Show more
Martin Kemp presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Epilepsy Research UK, a national charity which supports scientific research into the causes, treatments and prevention of epilepsy. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley about her new novel Some Luck, the first in a planned trilogy. Plus the best new writing from Africa. Show more
The Film Programme
Tommy Lee Jones in The Homesman, The Imitation Game and Roger Ebert remembered
28 minutes
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Francine Stock talks to Tommy Lee Jones about The Homesman, learns about the set design challenges of The Imitation Game and the origins of Darth Vader's heavy breathing. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Rosetta; Thought-controlled genes; Biophonic Life; Arecibo message 40 years on
30 minutes
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Rosetta's lander Philae bounces twice then touches down on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Adam Rutherford discovers what is happening next. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet, and a revolutionary email exchange. With Lawry Lewin. From 2014. Show more
Peggy is off to Bridge Farm, and Ed gives Tony a hand. Show more
Front Row
Richard Ford; William Orbit; Kate Hewitt; Dylan Thomas's notebook
30 minutes
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Arts news, interviews and reviews. Featuring writer Richard Ford, music producer William Orbit, Dylan Thomas's newly discovered notebook and theatre director Kate Hewitt. Show more
Having taught her D on the guitar, Evan is in Skye’s room late at night and her mum has come home drunk. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more
The supermarket is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office over an alleged black hole in its accounts. Simon Cox tells the story of Tesco's biggest crisis to date. Show more
Taittinger champagne, Clarks shoes, Theakstons beer: Evan Davis meets the entrepreneurs who left behind their famous family businesses to set up a rival brand of their own. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Rosetta; Thought-controlled genes; Biophonic Life; Arecibo message 40 years on
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Rosetta's lander Philae bounces twice then touches down on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Adam Rutherford discovers what is happening next. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the Victorian engineer responsible for bridges, tunnels and railways still in use today. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Watson is perturbed when he stumbles upon the victim's wife chatting merrily with Mr Barker. Surely this cannot be the grieving widow? Show more
Move over Brian Cox, the surreal Milton Jones is now a world-famous astronomer and Sagittarian. With Dave Lamb. From July 2011. Show more
Focussing on art and war, Will Gompertz investigates the art-works in our homes, and the stories they tell about us. From 2014. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Val McDermid explores Anthropology, Facial Reconstruction and Digital Forensics in Crime Scene Investigations. From 2014. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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