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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Muneera Pilgrim, poet, writer and broadcaster. Show more
Farming Today
17/11/22 Egg shortage, 'slimmed down' ELMS, tree planting on farms
13 minutes
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As one supermarket rations its sales and another’s started importing from Italy, we ask what’s going on with home-laid British eggs. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the rook. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ferocious speeches Demosthenes gave to stir up his fellow Athenians against their enemy Philip II of Macedon and so abandon appeasement. Show more
Woman's Hour
The Big Swing’s Georgina Jackson and Emma Smith. Bronwyn Curtis, Vicky Pryce, Dr Kaitlyn Regehr and Ben Zand
53 minutes
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Georgina Jackson and Emma Smith bring big band sounds to Woman’s Hour with a live performance in the studio. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Kherson: After the Russian Retreat
28 minutes
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Russia's retreat from Kherson was greeted with jubilation, but the occupiers left a legacy of suspicion and mistrust. The hunt for Russian collaborators is now underway. Show more
A radio hymn to the things around us inspired by the Duino Elegies of Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Show more
You and Yours
Gap Finders: Richard Davies, founder of Twickets
53 minutes
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The founder of the tickets re-sale firm Twickets, Richard Davies, on how he spotted a gap in the market for an ethical ticket company. Show more
Sliced Bread Presents
Wake Up Lights & SAD Lamps
33 minutes
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Greg shines a light on whether SAD lamps and wake up lights can really help improve our mood. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
In a week of programmes for the BBC centenary, historian Robert Seatter selects three objects from the BBC’s archive store and tells the stories behind their creation. Show more
The Hunt Ball prep is in full swing – will Ruairi be taking anyone? Show more
by James Fritz. Nisal is a life-long Tottenham Hotspur fan. Unable to support his family, he travels to Qatar to work on building the World Cup stadiums - with devastating results. Show more
The Matlock Bath Illuminations began 125 years ago. Helen Mark gets on board the illuminated boats to find out how the River Derwent has shaped this place and its people. Show more
Radio and television presenter Anita Rani makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Frank Water Show more
Open Book
Barbara Kingsolver, plus the 'Social Novel' with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
28 minutes
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Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about Demon Copperhead, her new book which reimagines Dickens' David Copperfield in contemporary Virginia amidst the opioid crisis. Show more
Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests discuss what science has learnt from Covid, and what Covid has taught us about science. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Climate science and politics
28 minutes
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Holding the decision makers to account Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
17/11/2022 The Chancellor delivers his Autumn Statement.
30 minutes
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The Chancellor has announced tax rises and public spending cuts in his Autumn Statement.
Nathan Blakely was a popstar, but he died and was reincarnated - as a wolf. Starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire, guest-starring Freya Parker, Hammed Animashaun and Mike Wozniak. Show more
Oliver seems to be held up tonight, and Elizabeth is playing host. Show more
Front Row
The Wonder, Making Modernism, Frantic Assembly, Opera and elitism
42 minutes
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Reviews of film The Wonder starring Florence Pugh, and the Royal Academy's Making Modernism exhibition. Also, theatre company Frantic Assembly on widening the net for acting talent Show more
The Law Show
The UK and the European Court of Human Rights
29 minutes
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The UK government and the ECHR: on a collision course? Its former top judge speaks out. Time to improve cohabiting couples' rights? Who owns the reclining seat space on a plane? Show more
Can you be optimistic in the face of a recession if you're running a business? Do hard times bring opportunities, in places others may fear to tread? With Evan Davis. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Climate science and politics
28 minutes
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Holding the decision makers to account Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ferocious speeches Demosthenes gave to stir up his fellow Athenians against their enemy Philip II of Macedon and so abandon appeasement. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
45 minutes
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Also tonight:
the UK's first paralysed surgeon
and Myanmar releases 6000 prisoners
After a huge loss Demon can't call on his friends; their lives are in as much turmoil as his. With his drug use spiralling, the boy finds himself homeless.
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Industry heart-throb Kat Sadler tells the chronically offline Alex MacQueen how social media helped her into a happy relationship, and how there are probably no downsides to it. Show more
Sean Curran reports on the Chancellor's autumn statement and MPs' reaction to it
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Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle by Ben MacIntyre
4: 'An insult to the German army'
14 minutes
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An ill thought through escape attempt ends in ridicule for the British, as Samuel West continues the true story of the most infamous prison in history. Show more
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