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A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev David Bruce.
Farmers' protests about low milk and lamb prices are gathering momentum, but are their campaigning stunts justified? Sybil Ruscoe talks to an economist who does not think so. Show more
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Yellow-Browed Warbler. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
*Correction - 'Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell' staring John Hurt is on Saturday NOT Sunday. Show more
Stephen Fry talks to John Lydon and Stephen Pinker about language and emotion. Can we really say how we feel? And how great is the gap between words and emotion? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Alexandra Harris and Chris Stewart follow in the footsteps of the writer, Virginia Woolf: 1923 holiday in Andalucía. From 2015. Show more
It is starting to unravel. Naomi disappears to school at the crack of dawn, Ella has decamped to a friend's house, Jack is throwing himself into work and Karen has taken up running. Show more
Brett Westwood explores the role woolly mammoths have played in our lives since the ice age. Our ancestors used them for food and instruments, today they are in Hollywood films. Show more
With its several languages and varied musical styles, Spain has an unusually complex relationship with its classic songs. Cerys Matthews travels to Barcelona to investigate. Show more
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You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Can You Afford to Go to University?
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
A student survey reckons the cost of living for a student has risen to £12,000 a year. Add on fees of £9,000 and a university degree is likely to cost £60,000. Can you afford it? Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley.
Stepping Stones
Episode 2: Wordplay: Theatre in the Open Air
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Piers Plowright revisits Stowe School, where, in the 1950s, he fell in love with Shakespeare's language while acting his plays in the open air. Show more
Susan takes an important delivery, and Rob gets a surprise. Show more
4 Extra Debut. When three generations of Jewish women come together in the kitchen, they stir up much more than the soup. Starring Maureen Lipman. From May 2013. Show more
Professor Pamela King and Dr Richard Blakemore join Helen Castor to discuss some of our earliest theatre scripts and what a wreck in the Thames tells us about Cromwell's navy. Show more
Murray Lachlan Young invites actor Diana Quick to combine her favourite sounds and most passionately held ideas in unexpected ways. Show more
Moving home is rarely simple. Rosie Millard follows two people as they make the decision to pack their bags, uproot and move across the country to a start a very different life. Show more
Vicky Pryce champions film star and politician Melina Mercouri, who fought for Greek culture. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
Musical satirist Mitch Benn explores his comedy connections to the Beatles, and its illusive ‘fifth’ member. From 2014. Show more
Rob knows what he wants, and Ian opens up. Show more
Front Row
Amanda Levete, Trainwreck, Crystal Moselle, Stephen Kelman
30 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Arts news with John Wilson, including architect Amanda Levete on her Victoria and Albert project, Amy Schumer's new film Trainwreck and Crystal Moselle on directing Wolfpack. Show more
It is starting to unravel. Naomi disappears to school at the crack of dawn, Ella has decamped to a friend's house, Jack is throwing himself into work and Karen has taken up running. Show more
Tim Whewell investigates the challenges of life post-adoption and asks what changes are being made to improve the current situation. Show more
Peter White speaks to David Poyner about the recent changes to blind archery, Tom Walker meets a blind orchestra conductor, and Red Szell talks about risk taking. Show more
Dr Mark Porter puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test. BMI is used to see if someone is too fat, too thin or just right, but how accurate is it? Show more
Stephen Fry talks to John Lydon and Stephen Pinker about language and emotion. Can we really say how we feel? And how great is the gap between words and emotion? Show more
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The World Tonight
Russian missile parts found at site of MH17 airliner crash in Ukraine.
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Dutch investigator vows to find out who fired weapon that brought the plane down.
Back in Maycomb with her family, Jean Louise is both delighted and infuriated by them. Read by Fenella Woolgar. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a forensic look at forensic science. They are joined by Rufus Hound, forensic scientist Professor Sue Black and forensic botanist Dr Mark Spencer. Show more
Paul Jackson tells the story behind TV classic Men Behaving Badly, the comedy series that made its cast and writer famous and became indelibly associated with 'lad culture'. Show more
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Book of the Week
Romantic Outlaws - The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
Episode 2: Writing Lives
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Charlotte Gordon explores the writing that made Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley famous: Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Women and Shelley's Frankenstein. Show more
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