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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Right Rev Marcus Stock, Bishop of Leeds. Show more
Farming Today
Mid-Wales coastal village of Fairbourne facing abandonment to sea in 40 years
13 minutes
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Rising sea levels threaten the mid-Wales coastal villagers of Fairbourne near Barmouth. Sybil Ruscoe finds out why the local authority says it is abandoning the village to the sea. Show more
David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the blackcap. Show more
Kirsty Young interviews feminist, writer and activist Gloria Steinem, who chooses the eight records that she would take with her to a desert island. Show more
Woman's Hour
Jackie Kay the new Scots Makar, Shaping the Body
45 minutes
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Writer Jackie Kay has just been announced as the next Scots Makar, how food, lifestyle and fashion have shaped women's bodies, The Quest for Mary Magdalene and Penrose Halson. Show more
Caceres tells Wexler and Sarah that she knows who murdered the CEO of the airline responsible for Jerry's death. But that is not all she has to tell them. Show more
The Easter Rising 1916
Episode 2: 'Changed Utterly'
28 minutes
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The legacy of the Easter Rising has divided Ireland and posed problems of memory and interpretation ever since. Heather Jones explores the burden of this legacy for north and south. Show more
Sue Perkins' moral and ethical posers for Nick Doody, Angela Barnes, Dominic Lawson and Cush Jumbo. From February 2014. Show more
It is 50 years since the great American recording star Sophie Tucker died in New York. Witness hears from two people who knew her, alongside interviews from the BBC archives. Show more
You and Yours
Argos-Sainsbury's, Wonga letters, Rail cancellation fees
45 minutes
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Peter White asks why the loan company Wonga offered to lend hundreds of pounds to a man with Down's syndrome who has little sense of the value of money. Show more
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley.
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Dhirubhai Ambani: Fins
14 minutes
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Professor Sunil Khilnani from the King's India Institute in Londo, on the life and legacy of the Indian business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries. Show more
Lynda has a proposition for Bert, and Henry reveals a secret. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A comedy about neighbours, architecture, tradition versus modernism and James Bond. Architect Erno Goldfinger struggles to build his modernist dream home. From 2014. Show more
The Good, the Bad and the Redeemed: Canon Mark Oakley, actor David Bradley and patients at Stratford-upon-Avon's Shakespeare Hospice discuss redemption in life, death and drama. Show more
Documentary charting photographer Andrew Heptinstall's quest to represent sound within a photographic image, which takes him from the camera into the mind and back again. Show more
An outsider, Marko, lands a job at a saloon, where mock shoot-outs are staged - with enigmatic endings. Read by Patrick Kennedy. Show more
Last Word
Vlasta Dalibor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Dr Robert Acland, Asa Briggs, Barry Hines, Johan Cruyff
28 minutes
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Julian Worricker on historian Asa Briggs, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, puppeteer Vlasta Dalibor, surgeon Robert Acland, writer Barry Hines and footballer Johan Cruyff. Show more
Is the Rob and Helen Archers storyline realistic? Also, visualising radio, a cricketing calamity, and claims of imbalance on the Today programme. Show more
The Listening Project
Gillian and Ian - Healing the Sick
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation between GPs who find that more and more of their time is consumed with data, when what they want is contact with their patients. Show more
Six O'Clock News
25/03/2015 Further anti-terrorism arrests in Brussels
30 minutes
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Three people have been arrested in another dramatic anti-terror operation in Brussels.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by Ellie Taylor, Jon Holmes and Mitch Benn to present the week in news through stand-up and sketches. Show more
Clarrie has an epiphany, and Helen makes a call. Show more
Front Row
Kirsty Lang interviews theatre producer Sonia Friedman
30 minutes
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Kirsty Lang talks to multi-award-winning theatre producer Sonia Friedman, who is bringing a new Harry Potter story to the stage, and who took Jerusalem to Broadway. Show more
Caceres tells Wexler and Sarah that she knows who murdered the CEO of the airline responsible for Jerry's death. But that is not all she has to tell them. Show more
Any Questions?
Laura Bates, Minette Batters, Frederick Forsyth, John King
48 minutes
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Ritula Shah presents topical debate and discussion from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London, with Laura Bates, Minette Batters, Frederick Forsyth and John King. Show more
Finding himself on a restricted diet, Will Self reflects on the rise of food allergies and intolerances which used to fail to invoke his sympathy. Show more
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives - Omnibus
Indira Gandhi, Satyajit Ray, Charan Singh, MF Husain, Dhirubhai Ambani
58 minutes
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Professor Sunil Khilnani presents audio portraits of figures who have shaped the arc of Indian history over 2,000 years. Show more
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The World Tonight
Belgian police have shot and wounded two suspects during a series of anti-terror raids in Brussels.
45 minutes
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Arrests in Belgium, France and Germany Show more
Rose insists on buying a watch of fake diamonds, and Sofia guesses the identity of the graffiti artist. Show more
Woman's Hour
Late Night Woman's Hour - Forgiveness
28 minutes
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Lauren Laverne and guests discuss forgiveness. Show more
Marian Keyes, Nikki Bedi and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Barbara Kingsolver, Imtiaz Dharker and Nick Hornby. From 2016. Show more
The Listening Project
Sharon and Jonathan - Job for Life, or Not
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between a British Library employee of over 40 years and a recent graduate employee she manages; their working lives will bear little resemblance. Show more
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By Irene Nemirovsky. A foolish man's illusions are shattered by the outbreak of war. Paris in 1939, and wealthy American Hugo thinks the war cannot touch him, but he is wrong. Show more
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