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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Andrew Graystone. Show more
Food, farming and the countryside news. With the dairy industry in meltdown, can farmer protests make a difference? With Caz Graham, Sarah Swadling and Charlotte Smith. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the linnet. Linnets gather in large flocks to feed on weed-seeds and the seeds of oilseed rape and flax left behind after harvesting. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Kirsty Young interviews chef and restaurateur Ruth Rogers. Show more
Having found out about Jake's affair, Mrs Armitage takes refuge with her former husband. Starring Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more
Seth Lakeman, one of the UK's most acclaimed folk musicians, explores the history and influence of the festival where, 50 years ago, Bob Dylan 'went electric'. Show more
Nali's ex-husband arrives unexpectedly so Clare decides to intervene. Simon has some bad news. Stars Sally Phillips. From 2015. Show more
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You and Yours
Healthcare jobs, Pensions warning, Private ombudsmen
45 minutes
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A new kind of healthcare job is proposed for the NHS in England. Peter White asks how it could improve the quality of patient care. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Norman Smith.
The Misogyny Book Club
Episode 5: Hands Up, Misogynists!
15 minutes
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What does the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey say about how women see themselves? Can a feminist also be a misogynist? Show more
Self-doubting Kate gets a pep talk. Ruth and David get moving. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A bus driver who has shut himself off from the world is sent a feisty teenager to help him clean up his life. Stars Lenny Henry. Show more
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dalston Eastern Curve Garden. Show more
Tony Liddington recalls a travelling showman's life in mid-Victorian England. We learn of Uncle Joe’s skill in crafting his waxwork figures as he becomes known as The Waxy’un. Show more
Last Word
Cilla Black, Michael Kidson, APJ Abdul Kalam, Evelyn Gillan, George Cole
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister discusses singer and TV presenter Cilla Black, teacher Michael Kidson, Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam, campaigner Evelyn Gillan and actor George Cole. Show more
Quentin Letts's Met Office critique raises questions of impartiality on climate change. And the Today editor responds to suggestions that the programme is soft on migrants. Show more
The Listening Project
Tiggy and Sarah - Digging Deeper
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces friends who have both ended up caring for their husbands and who now confide how they have had to find resources they never knew they had. Show more
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches along with Laura Shavin, Alice Lowe, David Quantick, Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano. Show more
Pip keeps things going, and Jolene and Kenton have a mountain to climb. Show more
Front Row
War Book, Eric Whitacre, Denise Mina, Edinburgh
30 minutes
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Kirsty Lang reviews the nuclear scenario drama War Book and talks to Eric Whitacre about his new choral work inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope. Plus crime writer Denise Mina. Show more
Having found out about Jake's affair, Mrs Armitage takes refuge with her former husband. Starring Helen McCrory and Paul Ready. Show more
Any Questions?
Bonnie Greer, Jennie Johnson, Anthony Seldon, Toby Young
48 minutes
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Shaun Ley presents political debate from Salford with Bonnie Greer, Jennie Johnson, Anthony Seldon and Toby Young. Show more
A Point of View
Adam Gopnik: Long-Form Television
10 minutes
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Adam Gopnik reflects on the reason for our obsession with long-form television series and sees a link to the current brevity of all our other forms of discourse. Show more
Melvyn Bragg hosts as Bishop Berkley, Karl Popper, David Hume and Ludwig Wittgenstein debate how we can know anything at all. Show more
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The World Tonight
UNHCR brands Greece's treatment of migrants "shameful and chaotic"
45 minutes
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Nearly 50,000 migrants arrived in the EU via Greece in July alone Show more
The bank fails, a heist is averted and Claude makes a choice that will change everyone's lives. Concluded by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Sir Ian McKellen chooses pioneering Everest conqueror, mountaineer Edmund Hillary. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
Jarvis Cocker follows the long Icelandic summer night, communing with elves, looking for ghosts and venturing behind a sacred waterfall. Show more
The Listening Project
Tiggy and Sarah - Broken but Better
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between friends who have both found themselves caring for their husbands. It has been a challenge, but both feel they are better people as a result. Show more
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Molluscs continue to surprise as a source of medical advancement and bellwethers of our impact on the seas. Show more
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