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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Martyn Atkins. Show more
Farming Today
Election concerns of migrant workers in East Anglia; sheep DNA in old manuscripts
11 minutes
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East European migrant workers in East Anglia tell Anna Hill their pre-election concerns. Plus how sheep DNA in old manuscripts can tell us about livestock evolution in the past. Show more
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Kate Humble presents the little grebe. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Tom Sutcliffe discusses life under the waves with biologists Luke Rendell and Helen Scales, poet Andrew Motion and biochemist Nick Lane. Show more
Woman's Hour
Not Just Morning Sickness, Abstract Artist Sonia Delaunay, Couples in Therapy
58 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Why more couples are turning to therapy before their relationship gets rocky, and rediscovering the work of abstract artist Sonia Delaunay. Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more
By Michael Symmons Roberts. A British soldier in Afghanistan is sent on a time-travelling journey of atonement after a comrade is killed. Show more
Coffee shops are increasingly popular places to work from. We met a language teacher and web start-up entrepreneurs who would rather work there than in a conventional office. Show more
The true story of the comedienne's teen years as a Jehovah's Witness and those she unexpectedly met along the way. With Thom Tuck, Alex Lowe and Cariad Lloyd. From April 2015. Show more
Photographer Martin Argles and historian Peter Hennessey discover clues for Churchill's electoral failure in a dramatic picture from his 1945 general election campaign. Show more
You and Yours
Seaweed Industry, Repeat Fraud, Banishing Beige
42 minutes
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Consumer affairs programme. This episode takes a look at the seaweed-gathering businesses that are behind new tastes in the supermarkets. Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
Rob wants a private word with Tom, and Ian confides.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey tell a Second World War love story in letters between Chris Barker, a solider in Libya, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London. Show more
Russell Davies hosts the grand final in the 2015 season of the prestigious general knowledge quiz. Show more
The Food Programme
School Dinners - A Progress Report
30 minutes
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Sheila Dillon finds out whether new international relationships could be the key to improving school food in the UK. Show more
Martha Lane Fox explores how artists use the internet to create and distribute art. In the age of the internet, who needs galleries? Show more
Arthur C Clarke's third law says 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'. Aleks Krotoski asks if that is just how we treat the modern digital world. Show more
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Sue Perkins' moral and ethical posers for Jo Brand, Michael Legge, Mara Carlyle and Matthew Parris. From April 2015. Show more
Helen cannot believe her ears, and the birds are in full voice. Show more
Front Row
Antony Gormley, Madam Secretary, Who Cares Writer and Director, Borodin Quartet
30 minutes
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Antony Gormley discusses his new work, Land; Bridget Kendall reviews Madam Secretary; Who Cares - a play about the NHS; and the Borodin Quartet at 70. Presented by Kirsty Lang. Show more
By Michael Symmons Roberts. A British soldier in Afghanistan is sent on a time-travelling journey of atonement after a comrade is killed. Show more
Former detective chief inspector Jackie Malton gives her assessment of how the police have tackled sexism and misogyny in their ranks since the bad old days of the 70s and 80s. Show more
Teatr Doc is widely praised for its hard-hitting plays about contemporary Russia. Lucy Ash finds that for the country's most controversial theatre company, the show must go on. Show more
Computer code is written all over offices, homes and now in classrooms too. Technologist Tom Armitage decodes digital literacy for the so-called 'second machine age'. Show more
Tom Sutcliffe discusses life under the waves with biologists Luke Rendell and Helen Scales, poet Andrew Motion and biochemist Nick Lane. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Election - SNP manifesto launch
45 minutes
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Is Nicola Sturgeon's offer to the UK genuine?
Nick agrees to arrange a meeting with Natalia, who is invited to visit the newly refurbished bookshop. Read by Philip Arditti. Show more
What is a pedant, and where does pedantry come from? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discuss with Times writer Oliver Kamm, who describes himself as a 'reformed pedant'. Show more
Matthew Sweet examines knotty philosophical conundrums with a live audience in a pub. Should we take a pill to make us less racist? Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Take-off and the fascination with height - from small town Massachusetts to the busy skies over Europe. Read by William Hope. Show more
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