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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Luigi Gioia. Show more
Witness History
Baby Fae and the baboon's heart
14 minutes
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In 1984 doctors in California tried to save a baby girl's life by giving her a heart transplant. Unable to find an infant human donor, they used the heart of a baboon. Show more
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
Guy Kennaway and Hussein Sharif tell Clare about getting to know each other on a stop-start walking adventure. It took them over two years to walk 40 miles. Show more
Farming Today
19/02/22 Farming Today This Week: Storms, sea eagles and bees or beets
25 minutes
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The row in Dorset about farmers, eagles and policing, plus other news from this week. Show more
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Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Comedian and actor Rose Matafeo, quantum chemist Magnus Hanson-Heine, actor and HIV activist Nathaniel Hall and boxer Nicola Barke. Show more
Greg James heads deep into the BBC archives to deliver a selection of prime and often forgotten audio. Show more
The Briefing Room
What do drones mean for the future of warfare?
29 minutes
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Drones are now the weapon of choice for governments and terrorists. As they transform the way wars are fought we ask what extent that's a bad thing and what can be done about it. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Return of the Chagos Islanders
28 minutes
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The return of exiled Chagos Islanders, Dutch homes allegedly ruined by gas exploration, plus Kenya's booming tech, a French-Algerian novelist, and the Japanese and their ghosts. Show more
Face-to-face debt advice, online subscription fraud, how to retrieve cash taken by your energy supplier which goes bust and what no price cap for home heating oil means for customers. Show more
Andy Zaltzman is joined by Elis James, Olga Koch, Tim Shipman and Shaparak Khorsandi look at the situation in Ukraine, some royal brushes with the law and storms Dudley and Eunice. Show more
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Any Questions?
Robert Buckland MP, Jeanette Winterson, Darren Jones MP, Olivia Utley
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London, with a panel which includes Sir Robert Buckland MP, Jeanette Winterson, Darren Jones MP and Olivia Utley. Show more
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
39 Ways to Save the Planet
Educating and Empowering Girls
14 minutes
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Many girls around the world drop out of school before completing their education. Ensuring they remain in school empowers them but it can also bring benefits for the climate. Show more
Sometimes our only way of discovering the lives of people affected by poverty and homelessness is through the public records of the times they might rather forget. Show more
Woman's Hour
Mina Smallman, Workplace Fertility Officers, Covid Jabs for kids, Suffragist Lydia Becker
58 minutes
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Former archdeacon and mother of murdered sisters, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, Mina Smallman gives her reaction to Met Commissioner Cressida Dick's resignation. Show more
Full coverage of the day's news
Like alcohol, but don't want to drink? For the "sober-curious" consumer there's a range of alcohol alternatives on the market. But is the sector here to stay? Evan Davis finds out. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
19/02/2022 Shock of Ukraine invasion would echo around the world, Boris Johnson says
15 minutes
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Boris Johnson told leaders they should not "underestimate the gravity of this moment".
Loose Ends
Monica Dolan, Isis Davis, C.K. McDonnell, Tim Key, Anaïs Mitchell, K.O.G, George Egg, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
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Clive Anderson and George Egg are joined by Isis Davis, Monica Dolan, C.K. McDonnell and Tim Key for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Ben Wallace, the man who once avoided disaster in Belfast foiling an IRA bomb plot, is tasked with avoiding disaster on the international stage as defence secretary. Show more
German-born British composer Max Richter tells John Wilson about his earliest musical influences. Show more
WG Sebald created extraordinary fictions with Austerlitz, The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn. Twenty years after his death Will Self pieces together the writer's life and words. Show more
After his failed bid for power, Cadali (Matthew Marsh) flees across the desert with his son, Selim (Farshid Rokey) to escape Fatima who is set on revenge for her murdered son. Show more
The arrival of a mysterious woman with healing powers changes the lives for the inhabitants of an island Show more
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Moral Maze
How do we make a longer life a moral one?
43 minutes
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Michael Buerk chairs live debate of the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. With Tim Stanley, Matthew Taylor, Mona Siddiqui and Ella Whelan. Show more
Paul Gambaccini asks questions on every aspect of music, in the eighth heat of the current series. Show more
Matt Harvey chooses poems by Ivor Cutler, Alice Oswald, ee cummings and Johnny Fluffypunk about slugs, trees and hearts. Show more
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Comedian Athena Kugblenu explores how celebrity justice may have been meted out back in the day. With William Frazer. From 2021. Show more
Dewi Wykes reads Alys Conran's Snowdonia-set story of hidden depths and hidden desires, juxtaposing the story of 19th century botanist, Wil Boots, with present-day teenager Rhun. Show more
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