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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
Plastics on the farm; the truth about chlorinated chicken; winter in the Cairngorms
13 minutes
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Plastics are at the heart of the government's 25-Year Environment Plan and next month there will be discussions on a tax for single-use plastics: what is the reaction from farmers? Show more
Tweet of the Day
Andy Radford on the Green Woodhoopoe
2 minutes
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Behavioural biologist Professor Andy Radford describes a vocal exchange between green woodhoopoes. Show more
Kirsty Young interviews satirist and writer Charlie Brooker. Show more
Auntie's War by Edward Stourton
5. Eyewitness Reports
15 minutes
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Ed Stourton on the BBC in wartime, its new reporting unit - and a correspondent is parachuted behind enemy lines. From 2018. Show more
Woman's Hour
Meryl Streep, Sigrid - winning act of BBC Music Sound Of, 2018
58 minutes
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Award-winning actor Meryl Streep on her latest film, The Post, and Sigrid - winning act of BBC Music Sound Of, 2018. Plus Joanna Cannon on her novel about friendship and mortality. Show more
Shardlake is on board the Mary Rose, it is sunk in battle with the loss of hundreds of lives. Starring Justin Salinger. Show more
Documentary. Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real. Show more
Despite his girlfriend's irritation, historian Mark Easterbrook can't resist looking into the recent deaths. Show more
In the classic James Bond movie, Goldfinger says he has a laser than could reach the moon. Is this possible? Rutherford and Fry investigate. Show more
You and Yours
Card charges, Village halls and Mobile fines
45 minutes
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From this weekend, businesses cannot charge people using bank cards, but how water-tight is the new law? And confusion reigns over what constitutes using a mobile phone in a car. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Paul Seabright explores our trading past: contact with others, opportunities and anxiety in trade. From 2018. Show more
Adam is outmanoeuvred, and Kate is at her wits end. Show more
DCI Stone tracks down one of the key suspects in the current murder case. Written by Cath Staincliffe. Show more
Eric Robson and the horticultural panel are in Lancashire. Matthew Wilson, Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank field the audience questions. Show more
Written and read by Ian Sansom. A day clearing out the garden, at his wife's request, leads to an unexpected stocktaking of one man's life so far. Show more
Last Word
John W Young, Peter Preston, Raymond Thomas, Sir Brian Neill QC, Heather Stewart
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on astronaut John W Young, editor Peter Preston, musician Ray Thomas, judge Sir Brian Neill and pilot Heather Stewart. Show more
More or Less
Missed appointments, Graduate pay, Cocaine on bank notes
28 minutes
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Investigating the numbers in the news. Do missed appointments cost the NHS £1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree? Presented by Tim Harford. Show more
The Listening Project
Niomi and Struan - I Don't Like Manners
5 minutes
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A six-year-old finds his mother's memories of a childhood without smartphones incomprehensible. Fi Glover presents. Show more
Six O'Clock News
12/01/18 US President cancels UK visit
30 minutes
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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump cancelled a visit to UK because he would have faced mass protests.
Miles Jupp and team v The News. Lining up in this edition are Angela Barnes, Lucy Porter, Lloyd Langford and Peter Oborne. Show more
Toby receives a shocking instruction, and Roy fears for the future. Show more
Front Row
Tom Hanks, Sir Simon Rattle, French heritage funding
30 minutes
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Tom Hanks discusses his new film, The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg, French heritage lottery funding and Simon Rattle on conducting the rarely performed The Genesis Suite. Show more
Shardlake is on board the Mary Rose, it is sunk in battle with the loss of hundreds of lives. Starring Justin Salinger. Show more
Any Questions?
Graham Brady MP, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Claire Fox, Matthew Parris
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wyedean School in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, with Graham Brady MP, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Claire Fox and Matthew Parris. Show more
Howard Jacobson ponders why misanthropy is out of fashion. 'Where have they gone?' he asks, 'such great haters of mankind as Juvenal, Swift, Flaubert'. Show more
Omnibus edition of Paul Seabright's investigation into our trading past. Paul explores the very earliest history of trade and the links between trade and war. Show more
The World Tonight
Trump 'shithole' insult condemned around the world
45 minutes
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Is President Trump racist? There's widespread outrage over comments he's said to have made about developing countries, African Union spokesperson Ebba Kalondo comments. Show more
Mrs Hawkins makes good use of her contacts, hoping to put her professional troubles firmly behind her. Read by Maggie Service. 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
News from Westminster.
The Listening Project
Leonie and Tobin - I'm Glad He's Your Dad
5 minutes
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A mother and her 10-year-old son reflect on their relationship with his father and with the other relationships in her life. Fi Glover presents. Show more
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Auntie's War by Edward Stourton
5. Eyewitness Reports
15 minutes
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Ed Stourton on the BBC in wartime, its new reporting unit - and a correspondent is parachuted behind enemy lines. From 2018. Show more
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