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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. Show more
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Liz Bonnin presents the North American black-chinned hummingbird. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Social Class and Cultural Capital
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Discussion programme. Andrew Marr is joined by writer Siri Hustvedt, sociologist Mike Savage, playwright Ben Power and art critic Peter Davies. Show more
Pliny the Younger goes shopping for a slave with secretarial skills to help him prepare his letters for publication. Show more
Horatio Clare meets the German student fraternities whose members duel with razor-sharp swords in a test of courage and honour - and risk being scarred for life. Show more
Sue Perkins sets more moral and ethical posers for Roisin Conaty, Samira Ahmed, David Reed and Robin Ince. From 2013. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
You and Yours
Dementia, Railways, Movie merchandise
45 minutes
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Dementia tsar Alistair Burns talks about a scheme that aims to cure dementia by 2025. Simon Bradley on how the railways transformed Britain. Anna Smith discusses movie merchandise. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
With the government preparing for a showdown with peers over changes to tax credits we hear from Labour's leader in the Lords and the constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor.
'Know your enemy', said Sun Tzu, in his exalted work 'The Art of War'. Ben Macintyre hears how ancient Chinese strategy is as relevant today as it ever was in history (1 of 5). Show more
It is the Harvest Festival in Ambridge, and Charlie does not feel like flavour of the month. Show more
True, life-affirming story that charts actor Tristan Sturrock's journey from paralysis to recovery. Retold for radio by the voices of all those who helped him to walk again. Show more
Teams from the Midlands and the north of England join Tom Sutcliffe for the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections. Show more
Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear. Show more
Novelist Bernardine Evaristo, explores how the USA’s 60s Black Arts Movement inspired her as a Black British writer. From 2015. Show more
What is it about the idea of the doppelganger that fascinates and repels us in equal measure. Aleks Krotoski explores the uncanny world of the digital our digital doubles. Show more
Six O'Clock News
26/10/2015 Lords vote on cuts to tax credits
30 minutes
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The House of Lords is about to vote on measures designed to block the government's controversial cuts to tax credits. The WHO says processed meats such as bacon can cause cancer.
Josh Widdicombe, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton join host Nicholas Parsons as they try to avoid hesitation, deviation and repetition. Show more
Emma is the voice of reason, and Adam comes to the rescue. Show more
Front Row
Anne-Marie Duff, Under Milk Wood, The Affair, Fading light
30 minutes
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Samira Ahmed talks to Anne-Marie Duff and Marianne Elliot about staging DH Lawrence plays, plus a look at The Affair on television and a new film of Under Milk Wood. Show more
Pliny the Younger goes shopping for a slave with secretarial skills to help him prepare his letters for publication. Show more
Mark D'Arcy examines the life and times of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. What drives him? And how far is he a political prelate? Show more
Carnivore and steak-lover Jo Fidgen attempts to work out if killing cows for food can be morally justified. Show more
Brett Westwood explores how oak tree has influenced society, art and druidism. From 2015 Show more
Start the Week
Social Class and Cultural Capital
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Discussion programme. Andrew Marr is joined by writer Siri Hustvedt, sociologist Mike Savage, playwright Ben Power and art critic Peter Davies. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Lords defeat Government on tax credit changes
45 minutes
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The government is defeated in the House of Lords on tax credit changes. Show more
Having survived a showdown with Goldfinger, Bond is back in London. Pussy Galore is with him. It is not long before 007 is summoned to M's office and his next deadly assignment. Show more
Word of Mouth
Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants
28 minutes
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Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright talk to River Cottage natural forager and author John Wright about the surprising and wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants. Show more
It is a showdown between MPs and peers over cuts to tax credits. Sean Curran has the best of the crucial debate in the Lords, plus the best of Monday in the Commons. Show more
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Book of the Week
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Episode 1: A North Korean Childhood
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
Yeonmi Park recalls what it was like to grow up in a dictatorship. Show more
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