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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. Show more
Farming Today
Lib Dems on farming post-Brexit, fast-breeding wheat, hare coursing, Scottish silage shortage
13 minutes
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Lib Dem Tim Farron criticises the Defra secretary's strategy for the future of farming. Plus special access to Lincolnshire police's Operation Gallileo on illegal hare coursing. Show more
Behavioural biologist Professor Andy Radford is captivated by the variety of sounds produced by the robin. Show more
The Wire's Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe, from the birth of recorded sound to the height of the jazz age. Show more
One to One
Dame Kelly Holmes talks to Helen Glover
15 minutes
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Interview series. Life After Gold: Olympic rower Helen Glover speaks to Dame Kelly Holmes about the challenges of retiring from sport. Show more
Auntie's War by Edward Stourton
2. Wartime Propaganda
15 minutes
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Ed Stourton on the BBC’s wartime journey, investigating propaganda and coded messages sent across Europe. From 2018. Show more
Woman's Hour
The reshuffle and women, Domestic violence statistics, Children of alcoholics, Death cleaning
45 minutes
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How did women fare in the reshuffle? Plus the joy of death cleaning, being the adult child of an alcoholic, and poet Caroline Bird on how rehab inspired her work. Show more
Shardlake and Barak return to Hoyland where there’s a stag hunt and some startling revelations. Starring Justin Salinger. Show more
Dr Margaret McCartney investigates the controversy of medicine's search for traces of disease in people who would never otherwise never know about them, or suffer any ill effects. Show more
Frances Fyfield and her team are in the British library looking seasonally forward at the sketches for Frederick Delius's orchestral favourite On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Show more
Why don't children like vegetables? Rutherford and Fry tackle this parental problem. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Are you getting fair pay?
45 minutes
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After Carrie Gracie's resignation as the BBC's China editor over claims she is paid less than her male colleagues, we want to hear your experience of how you are paid. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Paul Seabright explores our trading past: the impact of trade - good and bad - when cultures meet. From 2018. Show more
Brian makes a controversial decision, and Pip faces the inevitable. Show more
The team investigate the homeless charity and also the background of the victim. Who would want to do him harm? Meanwhile Stone's daughter Alice starts to act out of character. Show more
Jay Rayner takes his culinary panel to Worcester. Show more
Helen Castor is joined by an expert on Victorian sex, suffrage and entertainment, Dr Fern Riddell, and Dr Bob Nicholson, historian of humour at Edge Hill University. Show more
Roger Hill visits Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and the north east of England, to see what art can do for people and communities facing some of life's toughest challenges. Show more
Great Lives
Gisela Stuart on Joseph Chamberlain
30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Former MP Gisela Stuart chooses industrialist and politician, Joseph Chamberlain. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more
Six O'Clock News
09/01/2018 PM completes government shake-up
30 minutes
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More women and ethnic minority MPs are appointed to government than before the reshuffle
Mark Steel visits Ventnor on the Isle of Wight and performs a bespoke comedy show for the local residents. From 2018. Show more
Jill is left stunned, while Lexi considers her options. Show more
Front Row
The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral
30 minutes
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The Vagina Monologues writer on adding episodes 20 years after the original publication and feminist play writing today. Also, a guide to Paris-based French cop show Spiral. Show more
Shardlake and Barak return to Hoyland where there’s a stag hunt and some startling revelations. Starring Justin Salinger. Show more
The story of the British Muslims who first joined Jihad in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Burma and Kashmir in the 1980s and 1990s and the youth movements that led the call to arms. Show more
Martin Conway talks about problems claiming Access To Work, blind parent Hetal Bapodra seeks help with staying fit and Peter White gets advice from VI personal trainer Jane Taylor. Show more
Inside Health
Flu, Cow's milk allergy, Robotic pharmacy
28 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter investigates how much protection the latest flu vaccine gives us from Aussie flu. Show more
The Wire's Clarke Peters uncovers the stories of black musicians in Europe, from the birth of recorded sound to the height of the jazz age. Show more
The World Tonight
Koreas agree talks to defuse tension
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Koreas agree talks to defuse tension. Is this a chance to engage with Pyongyang? Show more
As the Ullswater Press is on the brink of bankruptcy, Mrs Hawkins' neighbour gets a poison pen letter. Read by Maggie Service. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Dara O Briain, Prof Sheila Rowan and Prof Nils Andersson to look at 2017's spectacular discovery of gravitational waves. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster where the new justice secretary says there will be a review of the way victims find out about the release of their attackers from jail. Show more
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Auntie's War by Edward Stourton
2. Wartime Propaganda
15 minutes
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Ed Stourton on the BBC’s wartime journey, investigating propaganda and coded messages sent across Europe. From 2018. Show more
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