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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Dr Ian Bradley of the University of St Andrews. Show more
Scottish beef is piling up in cold stores because the strong pound has made it too expensive to export and much cheaper to import. And a bright vision of UK dairy farming for 2020. Show more
Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the little owl. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Former spy chief Stella Rimington and cabinet secretary Lord Armstrong remember the epic battle to ban the MI5 memoir Spycatcher with the book's co-author Paul Greengrass. Show more
Woman's Hour
Women's Boat Race, Football Clubs' Sexual Consent Training, Becoming Deaf Aged Four
58 minutes
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With Jenni Murray. Including Clare Balding on the Women's Boat Race, sexual consent training for footballers, how the role of grandmother is changing and the joy of sidecars. Show more
Caterina makes a deal and contemplates a new life away from the Camorra. But first she has some business to attend to. Show more
Clare Jenkins uses the resources of the Sheffield Archive to tell the history of 'the scattered homes,' a system of care for poor children that began in 1893. Show more
Another death, and this time the killer comes very close to home. 1946 remake starring Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson. Show more
A History of Ideas
Historian Alice Taylor on Habeas Corpus
11 minutes
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Historian Alice Taylor on the slippery justice of extrajudicial detention, throughout history and today. Show more
You and Yours
Productivity, Maps, Loyalty Cards
45 minutes
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Consumer affairs programme with Peter White. Why are Britain's workers so unproductive? Is it threatening the UK's future prosperity? And why all maps are political. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
News and current affairs presented by Mark Mardell. How are political promises going to be paid for? - analysis and debate. Plus air pollution in southern England. Show more
Codes that Changed the World
Episode 5: The Tower of Babel
15 minutes
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Today's digital world is a reverse tower of Babel. It takes all sorts of different languages to build it. It is this phenomenon that Aleks Krotoski explores in this final edition.
Heather is heading home, and Helen is in trouble. Show more
By Fred D'Aguiar. John Reasonable is a freed black slave, a skilled silk weaver, engaged by Shakespeare to make costumes for the Rose Theatre, but he also has a jealous apprentice. Show more
Eric Robson chairs the programme from the Forest of Bowland. Bob Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank answer horticultural questions from the audience. Show more
Two tales demonstrate that it doesn't pay to worship either the mirror - or an esteemed man of letters. Read by Hattie Morahan. Show more
Last Word
Frei Otto, Richie Benaud, Albert Maysles, Julio Cesar Strassera, Mary Clarke
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on architect Frei Otto, cricket commentator Richie Benaud, documentary director Albert Maysles, lawyer Julio Cesar Strassera and dance critic Mary Clarke. Show more
Roger Bolton finds out how listeners are literally getting into bed with politicians, and why waking up with Sara Cox is not everyone's cup of tea. Show more
The Listening Project
Jo and Hayley - Accepting Fate
5 minutes
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A mother of two sons with the rare genetic disorder CDG1a, who has set up a charity to help parents like herself, discusses life with a friend who works for the charity. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The topical impressions show returns to cover one of the most important and incisive votes for decades. Will Austria win again or does Britain's Electro Velvet stand a chance? Show more
The Brookfield cows go out. Meanwhile, Shula and Alistair are proud of Daniel. Show more
Front Row
Michael Horovitz, The Jinx, Drone Warfare, Download Dead?
30 minutes
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In the week he turns 80, John Wilson talks to the poet who helped start the counter-culture revolution in the UK, Michael Horovitz. Show more
Caterina makes a deal and contemplates a new life away from the Camorra. But first she has some business to attend to. Show more
Any Questions?
Paddy Ashdown, Hilary Benn, Caroline Lucas, Grant Shapps
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Totnes with Paddy Ashdown, Hilary Benn, Caroline Lucas and Grant Shapps. Show more
Howard Jacobson explains why he dislikes the narcissism of the selfie, 'putting the self at the centre of everything we see.'. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests barrister Harry Potter, criminologist David Wilson, philosopher Angie Hobbs and historian Alice Taylor discuss justice. Show more
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The World Tonight
Leading aid agency abandons Frontex rescue mission for migrants
45 minutes
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Medecins Sans Frontieres launches its own search and rescue mission
Final instalment of Molly McGrann's novel. We discover what happened to Joseph and to Rita and Annetta, and how Marie came to read about their demise as she waited at the airport. Show more
Great Lives
Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine
30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses Trinidadian cricketer and politician, Learie Constantine. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse gather while Aziraphale inhabits a most unexpected body. Stars Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
The Listening Project
Gill and Deb - Birth Partners
5 minutes
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Fi Glover presents a conversation between friends whose connection was strengthened when one supported the other through the birth of her daughter 13 years ago. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The Alice books adapt to the modern world far better than their creator. And illness kicks in... Read by Simon Russell Beale. Show more
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