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National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Revd Dr Calvin T Samuel
What would become the dominant species if humans go extinct? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2019. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Do you know a Tippler from a Tumbler and a Grizzle from a Check pie? Find out the answer to this and more as we hear from the pigeon people from Bath and beyond Show more
Charlotte Smith is joined by an expert panel to discuss election promises on rural issues - from farming to bus services. Show more
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News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Actor and comedian Ben Miller, Zena Cooper who hid her blindness for over 30 years, cycle courier turned endurance cyclist Emily Chappell and dancer and choreographer Adam Cooper. Show more
Comedian and YouTube star James Veitch wonders if mindfulness can help him create a new factual podcast format Show more
Adam Fleming and the BBC's politics team bring you the essential guide to the 2019 UK general election.
From Our Own Correspondent
The fragile peace on the frontline in Eastern Ukraine
28 minutes
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Can peace gain a foothold in the deadlocked conflict in Eastern Ukraine? Show more
How to manage your money better at Christmas... and avoid expensive debt. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Show more
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
Any Questions?
Richard Burgon, Wera Hobhouse, Sir Patrick McLoughlin, Tommy Sheppard
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents topical debate from Chesterfield in Derbyshire with Richard Burgon, Wera Hobhouse, Sir Patrick McLoughlin, and Tommy Sheppard Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? Show more
Middlemarch
Episode 12: The Convergence of Human Lots
57 minutes
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George Eliot's classic novel adapted by Katie Hims. We return to Middlemarch for one last time. For the final interweaving and unravelling of the stories set in an English town Show more
One to One
Benjamin Zephaniah meets Richard Clothier
14 minutes
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Benjamin Zephaniah discusses the despair of not being able to have a child with Richard Clothier. Show more
Woman's Hour
A 'Green' Christmas lunch, Raising bilingual children, #FreePeriods
57 minutes
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How are you making your Christmas lunch 'greener'? Raising your child to speak English and your own mother tongue, and why schools need #FreePeriods Show more
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the sports headlines.
The Inquiry
Why is there a backlash against climate policies?
23 minutes
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A year on from the “gilets jaunes” protests, are environmental policies that seek to tackle climate change in trouble? Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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Six O'Clock News
Russia Linked To Leaked Trade Documents 07/12/2019
15 minutes
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The online discussion forum Reddit has suggested that leaked documents used by Jeremy Corbyn in the election campaign could be linked to Russia.
Loose Ends
M. Night Shyamalan, Amelia Bullmore, Rob Brydon, Ayesha Casely-Hayford, The Tiger Lillies, Jungle Brown
37 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by M. Night Shyamalan, Amelia Bullmore, Rob Brydon and Ayesha Casely-Hayford for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Mark Coles profiles Mick Cash, head of the RMT union, which is scheduled to strike for 27 days this month, over driver-only operated trains. Show more
Saturday Review
Fairview at Young Vic, So Long My Son, Annette Hess, John Walker, A Very Scandi Scandal
53 minutes
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Fairview at Young Vic, Chinese film So Long My Son, Annette Hess's prize-winning novel The German House, John Walker at Ikon in Birmingham, A Very Scandi Scandal on Channel 4 Show more
4 Extra Debut. Once hyped as the million pound poet, Murray Lachlan Young traces the rise of hyperbole. Have we reached Peak Hype? From 2019. Show more
Charles Dickens asks Jack to investigate the death of a young boy at an iron foundry for his campaigning newspaper The Herald, but the story feels uncomfortably close to home. Show more
Rabbit returns home and is waylaid by a young Episcopalian minister on a mission to reform him. Read by Toby Jones. Show more
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
Moral Maze
Radicalisation and De-radicalisation
43 minutes
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Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Giles Fraser, Anne McElvoy, Andrew Doyle and Mona Siddiqui. #moralmaze Show more
Quote... Unquote
Ken Cheng, Helen Lewis, Luke Jennings
28 minutes
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Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with comic Ken Cheng, journalist Helen Lewis and author Luke Jennings. From December 2019. Show more
Poet and performer Yomi Ṣode looks at the dynamic cultures that surround contemporary poetry. He discovers that finding a voice can be both thrilling and painful. Show more
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A chance meeting in an airport leads a couple to discover shared childhood experiences which have coloured their relationship to their home city. Show more
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