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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Jasvir Singh, co-chair of the Faiths Forum for London. Show more
Neonicotinoids, pesticides linked to harming bees, are facing an EU-wide ban. The programme asks what the future might look like without neonics. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Fyfe Dangerfield on the Bluethroat
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For musician Fyfe Dangerfield, seeing a rare bird on his travels is as exciting as seeing a celebrity on the street, and the bluethroat he saw in India is on top of his list. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Portrait painter Jonathan Yeo meets music producer William Orbit. Both have worked with very high profile subjects, and both embrace modern technology in their work. Show more
Dominic Lawson asks former archbishop of Canterbury George Carey why he changed his mind from opposition to any euthanasia to support for assisted dying to be made legal in the UK. Show more
Letters from South African writers in the week of the ANC elections. Panashe Chigumadzi describes how it feels to be a foreign-born, black citizen of South Africa. Show more
Woman's Hour
Nigel Slater and Dark Chocolate Spice Cake, Teenage Parties, Sophie Scott;
41 minutes
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Abortion pills, Nigel Slater and his Christmas Chronicles, Professor Sophie Scott gives the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, parties, teenagers and how to plan for them. Show more
Despite having had the courage to identify the man who raped her, as the months drag by, Maddie begins to regret ever having involved the police. Show more
The Listening Project
Matt and John - Lifelong Impact
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A retired and a serving police officer share their experiences of PTSD and recovery. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Historian and psychoanalyst Daniel Pick traces how aerial bombardment - from Zeppelins to B52s, from H-Bombs to drones - has made the unconscious mind a field of battle. Show more
Policeman turned comic Alfie Moore gives an audience police powers, tackling harassment and how it becomes stalking. From 2015. Show more
On this day in 1917, Crimea proclaimed its short-lived independence, as a secular Muslim state. In North Shields, Fraser Chadwick feels like the least popular man in the world. Show more
You and Yours
Memorable Gifts, Sleep-in Pay, DIY Advisers
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Consumer affairs programme.
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Voices of the First World War
Passchendaele: John Palmer
15 minutes
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Dan Snow presents the story of World War I through the voices of those who were there. John Palmer recalls how, after three years of fighting, he had reached his lowest ebb. Show more
There's a surprise in store for Elizabeth, and the deception takes a toll on Pip. Show more
A ski resort in the Carpathians. A young British lobbying firm is busy rigging the elections. Why? Show more
Money Box
Money Box Live: Will you join the open banking revolution?
30 minutes
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Do you know what open banking is? In just over a month, customers can allow competitor banks access to their data so they can offer them better deals. Join Louise Cooper and guests. Show more
All in the Mind
Intuition, All in the Mind Awards, Transcranial direct current stimulation, Think Ahead
28 minutes
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How good is your intuition? You may trust your gut feelings but should you rely on them in everyday decision making? Claudia Hammond investigates the psychology of intuition. Show more
Thinking Allowed
The Trojan Horse Affair - Religion in schools
28 minutes
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Laurie Taylor asks if there was an attempt to Islamicise schools in Birmingham. Show more
Topical media programme. Walt Disney is rumoured to be finalising a 60 billion dollar takeover of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox. Plus Rosie Nixon of Hello! magazine. Show more
Six O'Clock News
13/12/17 May faces crucial vote on Brexit
30 minutes
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May faces crucial vote on Brexit. Chris Froome, the four-time winner of the Tour de France, fights for his reputation after failing a drugs test.
Jeremy Hardy returns with a brand new series that not only seconds that emotion, but explains it too. Show more
Kirsty attempts to save the day, and Rex receives some Christmas kindness. Show more
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Kazuo Ishiguro has just been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. From Stockholm, he talks to John Wilson about becoming a Nobel Laureate. Show more
Denny tries to persuade Manson to go along with his plan to rid the town of the typhoid epidemic. Starring Richard Fleeshman. Show more
Joan Bakewell and her panel ask why so many people donate their bodies to science and what happens if you do.
Two people with different views on a difficult subject come together to see if they can empathise with each other. In this episode, a landlord and a tenant swap one story. Show more
Science Stories
How Humphry Davy discovered laughing gas
28 minutes
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Naomi Alderman tells how a gas that created 'ecstatic lunatics' came to be used as an anaesthetic after some dangerous self-experimentation by Humphry Davy in 1799. Show more
Portrait painter Jonathan Yeo meets music producer William Orbit. Both have worked with very high profile subjects, and both embrace modern technology in their work. Show more
The World Tonight
The government loses a key Brexit vote
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. 11 Conservatives rebel, as MPs back changes to the EU Withdrawal Bill. Show more
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
3. A Red-Letter Day
15 minutes
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After helping an old man in the street, Eleanor’s life changes in unexpected ways. Read by Tracy Wiles. Show more
Escape rates at Britain’s remotest prison have gotten out of control – enter the inspectors. Starring Harry Hill. From 2017. Show more
Step out with comedian Joseph Morpurgo on a tour of Dante's greatest work, The Inferno. Not for the faint-hearted. From 2017. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Letters from South African writers in the week of the ANC elections. Panashe Chigumadzi describes how it feels to be a foreign-born, black citizen of South Africa. Show more
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