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A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill.
Farming Today reports from a dairy conference where farmers face a bleak future following a decision by First Milk to defer milk payments for two weeks. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the black-footed albatross of Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Show more
Is our democracy working, and do we actually want as much democracy as we have? BBC political editor Nick Robinson quizzes senior politicians, activists and the public to find out. Show more
In the first of three programmes exploring the topic of mixed marriage, Adrian Goldberg, who is married to a British Asian woman, talks to Tara Bariana. Show more
Woman's Hour
Freedom of Expression and the Ban on the Burqa in France; Debbie Wiseman and the Score for Wolf Hall
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Offering a female perspective on the world. Jane Garvey explores freedom of expression and the ban on the burqa in France with Myriam Francois-Cerrah and Tehmina Kazi. Show more
Gary Lambert is determined to buy significant shares in the biotech company that has bought his father's patent for a measly sum. Show more
The world has lost so much wildlife that some conservationists think half the earth should be set aside for nature. Could this work? Monty Don and a panel of experts discuss. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Musician and poet Anthony Joseph tries to get to the heart of Calypso star Lord Kitchener. From January 2015. Show more
A History of Ideas
Jessica Frazier on Creation Myths
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How did the world begin? It is one of the first questions any civilisation asks itself. Jessica Frazier investigates the answers thrown up by the great religions. Show more
NHS England wants people worried they have cancer to be allowed to refer themselves on for tests. Winifred Robinson asks listeners if that would have helped them. Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley.
The Diaries of Brett Westwood
Episode 2: Valley
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Brett Westwood reflects on how the wildlife has changed in five different habitats of his local patch over the past 40 years. In this episode he visits the valley. Show more
Tom visits Roy. Meanwhile, David and Ruth are out and about. Show more
Psychological thriller by Kellie Smith. When Greg's partner Anna becomes ill and needs constant care, Greg becomes intoxicated by her dependency. Show more
Jay Rayner and the panel take questions on eating and drinking from an audience in Hastings. Show more
Michael Blastland and the Zoo team explore the psychology of thinking that things get worse. Show more
Word of Mouth
Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing
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Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk in depth about language and writing and the books that influenced them. From January 2015. Show more
Writer Michael Dobbs chooses the journalist, diplomat and spy, Guy Burgess. With Matthew Parris and Stewart Purvis. From 2015. Show more
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Marcus Brigstocke persuades 'scaredy-cat' actor Rebecca Front to ride a motorbike and read her first science book. From 2015. Show more
Susan wants the best for Emma, and Tom wants to help Johnny. Show more
Front Row
Wolf Hall on TV, Whiplash, Michael Boyd, Belle and Sebastian
30 minutes
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A review of Wolf Hall on TV, former RSC director Michael Boyd on his first opera Orfeo, new film Whiplash, Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and creative industries' UK input. Show more
Gary Lambert is determined to buy significant shares in the biotech company that has bought his father's patent for a measly sum. Show more
Violence in many of Britain's prisons is at a record high. Twenty-five years after the Strangeways riots, is the system again reaching breaking point? Danny Shaw reports. Show more
In Touch
Blind Acoustic Target Shooting, Ted Ellerton
20 minutes
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Peter White talks to Ted Ellerton about living alone with blindness at the age of ninety, and Tony Shearman travels to Cornwall to find out about acoustic target shooting. Show more
Inside Health
Dry January and Nalmefene, PLAC Blood Test for Inflammation, Dental Check-ups
28 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter talks to leading experts about treating alcohol dependence with a pill and whether the required counselling services are available to make it work. Show more
Is our democracy working, and do we actually want as much democracy as we have? BBC political editor Nick Robinson quizzes senior politicians, activists and the public to find out. Show more
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The World Tonight
The UK inflation rate falls to it's lowest for 15 years.
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What does this mean for Labour's election strategy ? Show more
As the summer of 1936 draws to a close, a society portraitist embarks on an affair with a talented actress and a series of murders of young women instils fear on the streets. Show more
The crew race against time, but what is Gerti's secret? What future for Carolyn and Herc? Stars Benedict Cumberbatch. From December 2014. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Behind the scenes at Harvard Medical School, neurologist Dr Ropper includes a case of Wernicke’s aphasia. Read by Colin Stinton. Show more
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