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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day from the Greenbelt Festival, with the Reverend Nadia Bolz-Weber. Show more
Official data is released on bovine TB in cull zones, and milk processors increase the price they pay dairy farmers. Plus a former MasterChef finalist who forages for seaweed. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the great reed warbler. Show more
The Matter of the North
Episode 7: Manchester: First City of the Industrial Revolution
28 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg celebrates the first city of the Industrial Revolution. Show more
Natural History Heroes
Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvás
15 minutes
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Paul Barrett explores the life of 20th-century palaeontologist, Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felso-Szilvás. From October 2015. Show more
Woman's Hour
Amy Schumer, Eating disorders at university, Beryl Bainbridge
45 minutes
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The award-winning comedian Amy Schumer. Supporting young people with eating disorders as they start university. The real Beryl Bainbridge. Bionic athlete Claire Lomas. Show more
King Charles II calls for plans to rebuild London. John Evelyn, Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren, three of Sam's closest friends, are keen to present their ambitious designs. Show more
Brett Westwood sees how the tiger has burnt bright in human imagination across the globe. And measures the real creature against this beast of our imaginings. Show more
4 Extra Debut. The iconic, but elusive, English folksinger Annie Briggs talks to Alan Hall about her role in the 60s folk revival. From 2016. Show more
Eighty men are detained as absentee conscripts after a raid on a boxing tournament at Woolwich Hippodrome, and in Folkestone, Bill Macknade is back on fighting form. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Has The Ban On Legal Highs Made A Difference To Your Area?
45 minutes
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Consumer phone-in. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs with Edward Stourton.
Neuroscientist and Eden-seeker Paul Howard-Jones looks at rock art in southern France and dresses as a rabbit in Hereford. Show more
Kirsty speaks her mind, and Helen is emotional. Show more
Fifth in a nine-part thriller starring Romola Garai. Written by Matthew Broughton. Helen is confined to her hospital bed. Show more
Tom Holland presents divorce and betrayal in 1st-century Yorkshire, the history of county cricket and the forgotten legacy of Johann Baptist von Spix. Show more
The big oil companies are the pantomime villains of the climate change debate. Tom Heap asks if they have the skills to re-invent themselves as saviours of the planet. Show more
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright consider the language of break ups, with Zoe Strimpel of the University of Sussex and author and journalist Sam Leith. Show more
Great Lives
Maureen Lipman on Dame Cicely Saunders
30 minutes
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Actress and writer Maureen Lipman chooses the end-of-life care campaigner, Dame Cicely Saunders. With Matthew Parris. From 2016. Show more
The Labour MP Keith Vaz has resigned as chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Mark discusses family life - but does it enrich us or merely guarantee hang-ups and frustrations? From September 2016. Show more
Anna is asking questions, and Peggy takes it all in. Show more
Front Row
Viggo Mortensen, Susanne Bier, Jay McInerney and the comic Misty
30 minutes
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Viggo Mortensen on Captain Fantastic, Susanne Bier on female directors in film, Jay McInerney on his latest novel set in Manhattan, and a return of the 70s comic for girls, Misty. Show more
King Charles II calls for plans to rebuild London. John Evelyn, Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren, three of Sam's closest friends, are keen to present their ambitious designs. Show more
Three months after the UK banned so called 'legal highs', these dangerous drugs are still just an internet click away. Is it possible to disrupt supply from countries like China? Show more
In Touch
Paralympic Games; photo exhibition preview
20 minutes
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Peter White is in Rio with a preview of the Paralympic Games and Tony Shearman talks to the blind people who are the subjects of a photographic exhibition. Show more
Kat Arney reports on research showing that what happened to a person's grandparents may affect the life they lead and how inheritance of bad health can hold back whole societies. Show more
The Matter of the North
Episode 7: Manchester: First City of the Industrial Revolution
28 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg celebrates the first city of the Industrial Revolution. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
'Britain safer now Choudary is behind bars'
45 minutes
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As preacher Anjem Choudary is sentenced to jail, the home secretary says Britain is safer now he's behind bars. But will he remain a threat within the prison system? Show more
Craving independence and frustrated with her dysfunctional family, 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel takes a job at Paradise Lodge, a nursing home for the elderly. Show more
Couples therapist Dr Tanya meets again with spiritual lovers Helen and John. Stars Julia Davis and Marc Wootton. From 2015. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster as Labour MP Keith Vaz quits as chair of the influential Home Affairs Committee, and ministers insist the Sellafield nuclear site is safe. Show more
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Beryl’s swept up by the stage. Brendan King worked for the novelist for 23 years. Biography read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond. Show more
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