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Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with healthcare chaplain, the Rev Duncan MacLaren. Show more
Vernon Harwood witnesses the time-honoured tradition of Marking Day in the South Cotswold town of Minchinhampton. Show more
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Michael Palin presents the red-eyed vireo from North America. Show more
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Antony Beevor, Emily Wilson, David Christian and Jonathan D Quick talk to Tom Sutcliffe at Hay Festival. Show more
Feel Free by Zadie Smith
Episode 1: 1. 1980s Multicultural London
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection: sharp observations on high culture, pop culture and social change. From 2018. Show more
Woman's Hour
Woman's Hour Power List: Women in Music
58 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Stefflon Don and Mabel talk about the women who have inspired them. Lead singers Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice and Lauren Mayberry from Chvrches discuss touring with a band. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Her plans to rescue her daughter thwarted, Gudrun is taken prisoner by the King of Denmark. Starring Kate Phillips. Show more
Ruth Bowie returns to Ireland for the Irish Abortion Referendum. She travelled to the UK to have a termination for medical reasons, but now wants women like her to have a choice. Show more
To win back Corinne's heart, Jeff takes her to an Escape Room. But who is setting the puzzle? Stars Alison Steadman. From 2018. Show more
Is there a fifth dimension? Hannah and Adam visit CERN to meet the scientists who are trying to find it. Show more
You and Yours
Future Transport: ready for takeoff or overhyped?
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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News and discussion of consumer affairs. Trains, planes and autonomous cars - how will you be travelling around in 20 years' time. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs with Jonny Dymond, including the latest on the flash floods in the West Midlands and political turmoil in Italy. Show more
Edward Stourton and guests consider whether the threat of international intervention and the responsibility to protect are now paper tigers. Show more
Shula struggles to keep up appearances, and Fallon is on a mission. Show more
Poignant comedy drama about British TV's first female comedy star. For over 30 years, Hylda Baker was Britain's biggest comedienne when most comics were men. Show more
Russell Davies welcomes back more of the best of this season's competitors for the second semi-final of the general knowledge quiz. Show more
From prisons to research chefs, Sheila Dillon and chef Romy Gill hear how food is used around the country to transform lives. Show more
Children's author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares a selection of his favourite pieces of writing, including Tove Jansson, Edith Nesbit and Dylan Thomas. Show more
Aleks explores moments of reckoning- when everything before is put into the sharp focus of everything after - because of something we did or something that happened to us. Show more
Six O'Clock News
28/05/2018 Italy appoints interim Prime Minister after Presidential veto
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Fresh elections are promised as Italy faces new political turmoil.
Nicholas Parsons returns for the 81st series of the award-winning panel show. Nicholas's guests this week are Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Fern Britton and Graham Norton. Show more
Emma has concerns, and Tom lets his hair down. Show more
At the age of 90, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine looks back at her extraordinary career. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Her plans to rescue her daughter thwarted, Gudrun is taken prisoner by the King of Denmark. Starring Kate Phillips. Show more
Misha Glenny on the astonishing golden age of the Netherlands. Show more
Catherine Guilyardi asks if French women really think differently about sexual harassment. Show more
Plastics are fantastically versatile materials that have changed our lives. It is what we do with them, when we no longer want them, that has resulted in the global plastic crisis. Show more
Antony Beevor, Emily Wilson, David Christian and Jonathan D Quick talk to Tom Sutcliffe at Hay Festival. Show more
The World Tonight
Italy's president names new PM
45 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Populist parties reject a former IMF economist nominated as Italy's new prime minister. Show more
The contentment of a teacher is stirred by the arrival of a new pupil, for whom all will be forgiven. Read by Niamh Cusack. Show more
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the history behind and witty wordplay used in shop names, with guest Greg Rowland of the Semiotic Alliance, which invents names for products. Show more
Alan Dein travels the world via the internet, talking to a base jumper in Australia, a Syrian refugee in Vienna and two Ukrainian call centre workers. Show more
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Feel Free by Zadie Smith
Episode 1: 1. 1980s Multicultural London
15 minutes on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for years
Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection: sharp observations on high culture, pop culture and social change. From 2018. Show more
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