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Spiritual reflection to start the day, with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson. Show more
Farming Today
Pig exports post-Brexit, New Scottish salmon hatchery, Dairy Crest research
13 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FM
The Brexit effect, sterling and pork exports: Anna Hill hears the outlook for UK pork producers. She speaks to Jean-Pierre Garnier, head of meat exports at AHDB. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the bar-tailed godwit. Show more
Midweek
Bradley Walsh, Salley Vickers, Ed Victor, Debbie Young-Somers.
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Actor Bradley Walsh, novelist Salley Vickers, literary agent Ed Victor and Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers join Libby Purves. Show more
20th-century discoveries in the fields of quantum science provide the basis for our contemporary understanding of the world - but also pose questions about the fabric of reality. Show more
Woman's Hour
Marine le Pen and the French presidential race, Georgette Heyer, No fault divorce
41 minutes
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Will Marine le Pen become the first female president of France? With Jenni Murray. Show more
Love is rekindled when old friends visit. Modern re-telling of classic 11th century Icelander saga starring Kate Phillips. Show more
The Listening Project
Elspeth and Sue - Period Pains
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between a mother and daughter reminiscing about the explanations demanded regarding the daughter's early-onset periods and their life without a TV. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Historian Dina Gusejnova tells the story of tarpaulin from 17th century mariners to today’s refugee camps. From 2016. Show more
Henry embarks on his writing career, but writer's block takes hold and he needs inspiration. Starring Jonathan Coy. From June 2015. Show more
Witness History
The US School Bible Controversy
11 minutes
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How a 16-year-old schoolboy challenged the practice of daily Bible reading in many US schools - and won. Show more
You and Yours
Mis-sold solar panels, Seduced by the sultan, Flood resilience grants
45 minutes
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Hundreds of people mis-sold government Green Deal loans are still paying them back. The secretive world of mystery shoppers. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Will Self embarks on a 700 mile road trip in a Trabant, the iconic East German car: worries about safety. From 2016. Show more
Ruth fires a warning shot, and it's a big day for the Carters. Show more
David is thrilled to be a new student at Oxford - but things go awry during the famous May Day antics. Stars John McAndrew. Show more
Financial phone-in. New plans to transform the NHS have been published called Sustainability and Transformation Plans. Lesley Curwen asks whether the figures add up. Show more
All in the Mind
Pathological Demand Avoidance, Is wisdom a trait or a state, Anxiety-free comedy gigs
28 minutes
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Claudia Hammond examines pathological demand avoidance, where children resist the daily demands of life. And does the idea of a 'wise person' depend on the situation? Show more
Thinking Allowed
Foie gras & the politics of taste - Memories of Irish food
28 minutes
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Foie gras: Laurie Taylor explores the politics of taste. Also, working class Irish men who migrated to Britain recall the food back home. Show more
The Media Show
Diversity at the BBC, Yousra Elbagir, Hugo Rifkind
30 minutes
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Diversity at the top of the BBC, Sudanese journalist Yousra Elbagir, and Hugo Rifkind on 'fake news'. Show more
Six O'Clock News
30/11/2016 Child sex abuse in football - Chelsea allegations reported
30 minutes
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Chelsea has become the latest football club to become embroiled in allegations of historical child sex abuse, amid reports it made a payment to a former player
Victoria Coren Mitchell interviews Dawn French about cars, her beloved Cortina and refrigerated glove compartments. From 2016. Show more
Lynda has some reluctant players, and Toby sweetens the deal. Show more
Front Row
Robert Rauschenberg, The poetry of Philip Larkin, This is Us reviewed
30 minutes
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Robert Rauschenberg at Tate Modern, the poetry of Philip Larkin, American TV sensation This is Us reviewed, Barbadian influence on hip-hop and jazz. Show more
Love is rekindled when old friends visit. Modern re-telling of classic 11th century Icelander saga starring Kate Phillips. Show more
Joan Bakewell and her panel discuss death and dying, confronting the questions we fear the most. She explores the movement that is helping us to have a say in where and how we die. Show more
Jeremy Leslie explains why reports of magazines dying have been greatly exaggerated. Show more
Science Stories
The Day The Earth Stopped Standing Still
28 minutes
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Nicolaus Copernicus' great book was published as he lay dying in 1543. It would fundamentally shift philosophy, science and theology, and redraw our picture of the Universe. Show more
Midweek
Bradley Walsh, Salley Vickers, Ed Victor, Debbie Young-Somers.
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 FMAvailable for over a year
Actor Bradley Walsh, novelist Salley Vickers, literary agent Ed Victor and Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers join Libby Purves. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Is Aleppo at risk of becoming "one giant graveyard" ?
45 minutes
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Is Aleppo at risk of becoming "one giant graveyard"? We report from Syria. Will deregulation of the banks and private investment in infrastructure save America? Show more
Ian McEwan's modern-day take on Hamlet, told from the perspective of an unborn child and narrated by Tim McInnerny. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Characters, songs, sketches and well, who knows really? A journey inside comedian Terry Alderton’s chaotic mind. From 2016. Show more
Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema piece together their high-concept, high-paced sketch show. From 2014. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. Jeremy Corbyn berates Theresa May at PMQs over funding for the NHS and social care. She said an extra £3.8bn was going into the NHS.
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20th-century discoveries in the fields of quantum science provide the basis for our contemporary understanding of the world - but also pose questions about the fabric of reality. Show more
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