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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Mary Stallard.
Bird flu has been found on a farm in East Yorkshire, where 6,000 ducks will now be culled. Anna Hill asks how the disease could have got here, and what it means for UK farmers. Show more
Chris Packham presents the rhinoceros auklet found near the North American western seaboard. Show more
Linda Colley, whose Acts of Union and Disunion was broadcast to great acclaim earlier this year, now reflects on the wider, future repercussions of the Scottish referendum result. Show more
Clive Myrie speaks to Mike Nowak, a Pole who lived in the UK for many years, but who has now returned home to Warsaw. Show more
Woman's Hour
Shirley Bassey; Old Age; Julia Neuberger; Nicci Gerrard
58 minutes
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Dame Shirley Bassey, one of the most iconic voices in British music, joins Jane to discuss over sixty years in the music industry and her new album, Hello Like Before. Show more
On the second day of the inquest into the death of a female soldier, the warrant officer of her battalion gives evidence. Show more
Can we share the planet with mangrove forest, and is a restored mangrove forest the same as the original? Presented by Monty Don. Show more
Marianne Faithfull recalls the French love song that went on to inspire Elvis's 60s hit. From November 2014. Show more
A History of Ideas
Barry Smith on the Philosophy of Good Taste
11 minutes
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Philosopher Barry Smith champions the 18th-century Scottish thinker David Hume and his ideas about cultivating good taste. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours; Was a grammar school place your ticket to a better life?
45 minutes
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London Mayor Boris Johnson has called scrapping the grammar school system a tragedy because they improve social mobility. Is he right? Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
Laura Lippman and Walter Mosley discuss how they introduced the experience of women and black Americans into crime fiction dominated by men and a McCarthyite fear of outsiders. Show more
There is a disappointment for Brian, and Lynda has got her nose to the scent. Show more
Enigmatic Tara appears to be using Duncan. But Duncan is not as innocent as he seems. Cairo-based thriller with Nigel Lindsay. Show more
Tom Dyckhoff examines how the design of the built environment can influence who we are and who we might become. Show more
Manic Street Preachers answer audience questions about their 1994 album, 'The Holy Bible’. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more
Historian Michael Scott finds out about how the rest of the world fared in the year of the Wall Street financial crash. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Jack Monroe and Doon MacKichan on books by Bryce Courtenay, Jenny Offill and Juan Gabriel Vásquez. From 2014. Show more
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Tom's family are coming to London, and giving the term 'flying visit' a whole new meaning. With Judy Parfitt. From May 2014. Show more
Questions are being asked at Bridge Farm, and Lynda's spirits are far from blithe. Show more
Front Row
Costa Book Awards shortlist announced; Meera Syal; The Hunger Games review; Peter Bazalgette
30 minutes
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The category shortlists for the 2014 Costa Book Awards; Meera Syal on her new stage role; the latest Hunger Games film reviewed; The Arts Council's Peter Bazalgette. Show more
On the second day of the inquest into the death of a female soldier, the warrant officer of her battalion gives evidence. Show more
File on 4
Continuing Healthcare: The Secret Fund
38 minutes
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Jane Deith asks if demand for continuing nursing care will tip NHS finances over the edge. The government is creating a long-term care fund, but does it have a long-term future? Show more
In Touch
Pocklington Trust; DVD 'Living with Failing Sight'
20 minutes
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The CEOs of the Thomas Pocklington Trust and Housing and Care 21 talk about their plans for the residents of Pocklington Rise once the sale goes ahead next year. Show more
All in the Mind
Problem Gambling; Owls and Larks; Milgram Revisited; Depression and Gut Instinct
28 minutes
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Henrietta Bowden-Jones runs the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers in Central London. Which treatments work best for an addiction which affects mostly men but can stay hidden? Show more
Linda Colley, whose Acts of Union and Disunion was broadcast to great acclaim earlier this year, now reflects on the wider, future repercussions of the Scottish referendum result. Show more
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
In Vermissa, McMurdo attends the initiation ceremony of the Lodge and receives the life-long membership of the brotherhood. Show more
Kirsty Wark presents a documentary from 30 years in the future, imagining if driverless cars were to become a hit. From 2014. Show more
Transport operators warn the Home Affairs Committee that problems with illegal immigrants at Calais are likely to get worse. Sean Curran reports from Westminster. Show more
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Difficult memories for actor Alan Cumming, as he continues his moving memoir about his troubled relationship with his father. Show more
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