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A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley, rector of Radyr in Cardiff. Show more
An OECD report says subsidies which governments think are helping farmers are skewing international trade. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the Australian magpie. Show more
Woman's Hour
Felicity Kendal, Icelandic feminism, Clothes on TV, Hollie McNish
58 minutes
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Felicity Kendal talks about her long career and turning 70. Noreena Hertz discusses gender equality in Iceland. And how are clothes used in contemporary dramas? Show more
Robert Forrest's popular thriller, set in 10th-century Japan. A palace lady has been murdered - apparently by her drunken and deluded husband. Show more
"Like a bean bag with eyes", is how Brett Westwood once described a Natterjack toad ,but as he discovers in this programme the toad is much more than a figure of fun. Show more
Personal stories about the timeless love song penned by Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, made famous by Roberta Flack. From 2016. Show more
Fi Glover introduces three conversations that demonstrate how life and personal experience inform the decision on how to vote. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: What Works for You - Gatwick or Heathrow?
45 minutes
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By the end of the programme which airport expansion option the government prefers should be known. But which works best? Show more
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What is power and how does it work? Bronwen Maddox asks Michael Gove, MP and former secretary of state. Show more
Pat defends Tony, and Susan makes her demands. Show more
Zola drama. Set on the Normandy coast, Sidonie takes in her orphaned niece and siphons her considerable inheritance, starring Glenda Jackson, Pippa Heywood and Mathew Horne. Show more
Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in Conwy, North Wales. With Dr Annie Gray, Tim Anderson and Tim Hayward. Show more
Some of the last refuges of the orangutan are under threat. Peter Hadfield reports from the forests of Indonesia. Show more
The Law Show
Interview with Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions
28 minutes
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Legal magazine programme. Thirty years since the Crown Prosecution Service was established, Joshua Rozenberg interviews the director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Cariad Lloyd, Mike Bullen and Harriett Gilbert on books by Iris Murdoch, Joshua Ferris and Margery Allingham. From 2016. Show more
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Inspired by his great-grandfather, Ed embarks upon writing a serious social history book. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2016. Show more
Shula wants Alistair to reconsider, and Neil gets in the mood. Show more
Front Row
Emma Rice to leave The Globe, plus Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and the new Design Museum
30 minutes
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Reactions to the news that Emma Rice is to leave Shakespeare's Globe. A visit to London's new Design Museum as it prepares to open. Director John Singleton on Boyz n the Hood. Show more
Robert Forrest's popular thriller, set in 10th-century Japan. A palace lady has been murdered - apparently by her drunken and deluded husband. Show more
Every year thousands of foreign domestic workers come to the UK to cook, clean and provide childcare for the wealthy. But is enough being done to protect them from exploitation? Show more
In Touch
Chief Executives Cathy Yelf, Macular Society and Neil Heslop, Leonard Cheshire Disability
20 minutes
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Peter White is joined by Cathy Yelf, CEO of the Macular Society and Neil Heslop newly appointed CEO of Leonard Cheshire Disability. Show more
All in the Mind
Tasers, Amnesia Museum, The dangers of diagnosing Donald Trump
28 minutes
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Being shot by a taser hurts, but new evidence says it could also affect thinking and memory. Claudia Hammond hears why this matters for police interviews with tasered suspects. Show more
The Anglo-Irish Century
Episode 2: Shadow Language and Shape Shifting
28 minutes
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Historian Diarmaid Ferriter covers the Irish civil war, the subsequent stability of the Free State and its position of neutrality in World War II. Show more
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The World Tonight
Allegations of atrocities by IS soldiers against civilians in Mosul
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective, including an interview with the UNHCR and a special report from Ian Pannell with Iraqi special forces. Show more
After his mother's untimely death, Rhett inherits a cookie jar that has some very unusual properties. Read by Colin Stinton. Show more
Stephen K Amos, plus Jason Cook, Brendon Burns and Robin Ince present a guide to mortality. From June 2014. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as the government announces its decision on airport expansion in the south east of England.
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Alan Bennett reads from his diaries. Reflections on how much easier it is to get married than to get a Camden parking permit. Show more
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