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A spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Richard Frazer of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more
Farming Today
End of 2015's badger cull, BBC Two Harvest, UN Expo on food waste
13 minutes
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This week marks the end of this year's badger cull in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Dorset. How long will it be before we know whether it has made any difference to bovine TB? Show more
Chris Packham presents the red breasted goose in Siberia. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Steve Backshall speaks to professional rock climber Leo Houlding to discover what drives him to extreme adventure. Show more
Chiara flees Rome with a Jewish boy she’s sheltering. 30 years on, Maria toils with her Dad’s identity. Stars Sophie Melville. Show more
Brett Westwood explores how hornbills have influenced art, religion and feminism. Their bizarre looks, strange breeding behaviour and carvable beaks have thrust them into society. Show more
Frances Fyfield and her guests explore the fascinating evolution of one of the most popular symphonies ever written, Dvorak's Symphony No 9, 'From the New World'. Show more
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You and Yours
Call You and Yours: In your experience, does gaming undermine academic achievement?
45 minutes
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The programme asks listeners if, in their experience, playing video games undermines academic achievement. Presented by Winifred Robinson. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
Peter Snow Returns to the Future
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
15 minutes
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Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock boards Peter Snow's time-travelling DeLorean for an encounter with the past and future of aliens. Show more
Ed has reason to be gloomy, and Emma has made up her mind. Show more
After the success of Death of a Salesman, Hollywood beckons to Arthur, where a chance meeting with a young actress called Marilyn Monroe changes everything. By Jonathan Holloway. Show more
Josie Long presents stories about outsiders, from a homicide detective’s communication to identity and strangers. From 2015. Show more
The 15 National Parks in England, Wales and Scotland are exploring new ways of selling their brand name, Britain's Breathing Spaces. Tom Heap asks how far should they go. Show more
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet, with the help of Professor Nils Langer. How do we come to have the letters we do? Show more
David Morrissey, Julia Blackburn and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by JD Salinger, John O'Hara and Alexandra Fuller. From 2015. Show more
Six O'Clock News
13/10/2015 Official report says Flight MH-17 downed by Russian built missile
30 minutes
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Official report says Flight MH-17 downed by Russian built missile. Government withdraws bid to run Saudi jails. John McDonnell says changed tactics not policy on fiscal charter.
Arguing with his girlfriend over cleaning escalates and Andrew storms out. Stars Andrew Lawrence and Diane Morgan. From 2015. Show more
Eddie's ready for his close-up, and Pip has a proposition. Show more
Front Row
Marlon James, Stephen Frears's The Program, Fiona Banner
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Arts news with John Wilson, including Marlon James on his Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel and a look at Stephen Frears's Lance Armstrong film The Program. Show more
Chiara flees Rome with a Jewish boy she’s sheltering. 30 years on, Maria toils with her Dad’s identity. Stars Sophie Melville. Show more
David Cameron has promised three million new apprenticeships by 2020. But with many FE colleges facing financial black holes, can they deliver the training that will be needed? Show more
In Touch
RNIB's library catalogue issues, Young VIP campaigners, Tony Shearman's column
20 minutes
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Why the RNIB's library catalogue is partly inaccessible, young visually impaired campaigners tell MPs what they want, and Tony Shearman calls for more positivity around blindness. Show more
Dramatisation of the correspondence of Ada Lovelace, the young Victorian who predicted our digital age. Stars Sally Hawkins. From 2015. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 104: Danielle George on electronics
28 minutes
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Jim Al-Khalili talks to radio frequency engineer Danielle George, who designs amplifiers that have travelled everywhere, from outer space to underground. Show more
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The World Tonight
Government confirms withdrawal from Saudi prison contract.
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Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, says decision reflected a focus on domestic priorities Show more
Henry tells his mistress what he thinks happened on the cliffs that night. Show more
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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The impact of the Gunpowder Plot of late 1605 has implications not only for the monarchy and aristocracy but also for the work of contemporary playwrights, including Shakespeare. Show more
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