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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Preb Edward Mason, rector of Bath Abbey. Show more
Problems are continuing to plague the new online system farmers have to use to claim subsidy payments. Anna Hill hears from the chief executive of the organisation running it. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the blackbird. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 88: John O'Keefe on memory
28 minutes
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John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili about winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, his love of basketball and the joy of listening to brain cells firing. Show more
One to One
Zubeida Malik meets Raja Tahir Masood
15 minutes
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Exploring the nature of Britain's changing communities, journalist Zubeida Malik meets Raja Tahir Masood, a chronicler of Peterborough's Pakistani community. Show more
Julie Andrews and 50 years of The Sound of Music, Chelsea Clinton and the Clinton Family Foundation, black feminism, a history of British agony aunts, Dina Brawer and Plaid Cymru. Show more
Delia's chance meeting with a younger man focuses her dissatisfactions with her disjointed Baltimore household. Show more
John Aitchison explores the extinction of the passenger pigeon, a bird numbering in the billions when Europeans arrived in America. The last one, Martha, died in captivity in 1914. Show more
Frances Fyfield returns to the Austrian National Library to examine the score of Beethoven's beautiful sonata for violin and piano that became known later as the 'Spring' sonata. Show more
Luke refuses to tow the line with his father. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: When are people REALLY ready to get behind the wheel?
45 minutes
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After a recent car crash in which three teenagers died, including the driver who had not long passed his test, Andrea Catherwood asks when people are really ready to drive. Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Shaun Ley.
Promises, Promises: A History of Debt
Episode 7: The Conquistadors and the Birth of the Modern World Economy
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David Graeber on the influence of debt during the conquest of South America and birth of the modern world economy. From March 2015. Show more
Pip is in a state, and Bert lends a hand. Show more
4 Extra Debut. 1979: Hapless accountant Arthur and wife Gwen's new friendship with Reeve takes a very sinister turn. Stars Reece Shearsmith. Show more
Tom Holland is joined by Alice Taylor and Thomas Asbridge to discuss William Marshal and anti-semitism in the 13th century. Show more
For some, the UK's housing crisis could be solved in the green fields that surround many towns and cities. Tom Heap asks if the green belt needs realigning for our time. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Patience is a virtue. Virtue is a grace. Both put together, make a pretty face. Grace Dent investigates. From 2014. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Harriett Gilbert, Rebecca Front and Laura Dockrill on books by Maria Semple, Jan Struther and Alice Munro. From 2015. Show more
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Pam offers home truths about where we live. Poetry and sketches with Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From January 2014. Show more
Adam is disappointed, and Pat gets political. Show more
Front Row
X+Y Review, Tom McCarthy, Housing Crisis on Stage
30 minutes
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A review of new film X+Y starring Sally Hawkins and Rafe Spall, novelist Tom McCarthy on Satin Island and an on-stage representation of the current housing crisis. Show more
Delia's chance meeting with a younger man focuses her dissatisfactions with her disjointed Baltimore household. Show more
Taxpayers have been forced to pay for deficits in town hall pension funds, stretching hard-pressed local services. Could the funds be better organised for economic growth? Show more
A judicial review into waiting times for Personal Independence Payments is given the go-ahead, plus a discussion on not recognising voices and Jane Taylor's fitness tips. Show more
Inside Health
Cigarette Packets, Sex Education, Gallstones, Cosmetic Surgery
28 minutes
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Sex education in schools, cosmetic surgery trends, new recommendations on when gallstones need removing and the evidence for standardised cigarette packaging. With Dr Mark Porter. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 88: John O'Keefe on memory
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili about winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, his love of basketball and the joy of listening to brain cells firing. Show more
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The World Tonight
Met Police Commissioner apologises over 3 girls missing in Syria.
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We ask what schools should do about these cases Show more
Wistan is still fighting off Lord Brennus's soldiers and Edwin slips back to find him. Read by David Suchet. Show more
Louly Brown’s letters to a prisoner led her to run away with a bank robber before meeting a US marshal. Stars Samantha Dakin. Show more
The families of three schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State give evidence to the Home Affairs Committee. Sean Curran reports from Westminster. Show more
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Rock-star mathematician Cédric Villani relishes months of uninterrupted research at Princeton. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more
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