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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Ed Kessler from the Woolf Institute in Cambridge. Show more
Farming Today
GM fish food, First Milk boss, fines for unfair supermarkets?
13 minutes
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The government has confirmed that supermarkets could be fined millions if they are found to have treated suppliers unfairly. Presented by Charlotte Smith. Show more
Michael Palin presents the kea from a windswept mountain in New Zealand. Show more
Kirsty Young's castaway is Professor Peter Piot, microbiologist and director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Show more
Woman's Hour
Abortion law; Women and art; Giving up booze; Colleen McCullough; Success stories
45 minutes
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Jenni Murray and guests discuss abortion law in Northern Ireland, how Manet changed the depiction of women in art, giving up the booze and encouraging Muslim girls into university. Show more
Maz finally arrives in the Seychelles, with the chiselled cheek-boned best man for Lisa's wedding in tow. But her pain levels are riding high. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Astronomer Dr Lucie Green takes a sonic tour of the Universe, revealing the hidden sounds of Jupiter and beyond. From 2015. Show more
The shipyard, monks and a pub inside a barbershop. Mark's travelling stand-up town show arrives on the Wirral. From February 2014. Show more
A History of Ideas
Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolution
11 minutes
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Archaeologist Matt Pope looks at tool use in early human evolution. He argues that technology has not just changed us, it helped to create us. Show more
You and Yours
Heated Clothes; Hidden Debt; Blue Badge Refusal
45 minutes
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Consumer news with Peter White. We hear from the partially sighted 88-year-old man with reduced mobility and Alzheimer's who could not get a blue badge for parking. Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley.
Sir David Cannadine examines Winston Churchill's lifelong fascination with gadgets and technology. Show more
Phoebe tells it like it is, and Joe has got something for David. Show more
The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
Correspondence Edition
43 minutes
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Peter Gibbs is at the University of Reading for a correspondence edition of the programme. The panel answers horticultural questions sent in by post, email and social media. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A woman considers the role of numbers in her life as she sits by the bed of her dying grandmother. Show more
Last Word
Sir Jack Hayward, Elena Obraztsova, Robert Stone, Jean Stogdon OBE and Demis Roussos
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister talks about businessman Sir Jack Hayward, mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova, novelist Robert Stone, social worker Jean Stogdon and Greek singer Demis Roussos. Show more
Tim Harford on the Conservatives' employment claims, farmers losing money on milk, unhappy teachers, teen pregnancies, using maths to find a partner, and pregnancy due dates. Show more
The Listening Project
Moira and Stephanie – Seeing Hope
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a mother who hadn't seen her daughter since she was eleven years old, but whose vision has now been partially restored. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a comic take on the week's news.
Motherly comfort for Phoebe, while Lilian faces the future. Show more
Front Row
Leviathan, Amelia Bullmore, Waterloo at Windsor, Son of a Gun
30 minutes
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Kirsty Lang on a Battle of Waterloo exhibition at Windsor Castle, actress Amelia Bullmore and Leviathan, the Russian film which has been lauded abroad but damned at home. Show more
Maz finally arrives in the Seychelles, with the chiselled cheek-boned best man for Lisa's wedding in tow. But her pain levels are riding high. Show more
Any Questions?
Tom Crotty, Lord Deben, Margaret Hodge MP and Julian Huppert MP
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Dereham in Norfolk with Ineos director Tom Crotty, Lord Deben, Margaret Hodge MP and Julian Huppert MP. Show more
Will Self laments our growing lack of physical contact with one another and with the natural world as a result of the rise of technology. Show more
Omnibus edition of Melvyn Bragg's History of ideas series. Five programmes examining how technology has changed us, from flint axe to satnav. Show more
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The World Tonight
South African apartheid-era assassin granted parole.
45 minutes
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Former death squad commander Eugene de Kock given parole after 20 years in jail.
Discovering Kokua's sacrifice, Keawe resolves to save his beloved, no matter what the cost. Conclusion of RL Stevenson's magical tale set in 1880s Hawaii. Read by Ian McDiarmid. Show more
Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, chooses Finnish Prime Minister, Risto Ryti. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
The Listening Project
Catherine and Bea - The Art of Inspiration
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a mother and daughter who are both artists, debating who inspires whom and discussing living with art and learning from it too. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Documentary maker Peter Pomerantsev on Russia's journey to a new form of dictatorship: the impact of system change. From 2015. Show more
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