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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Michael Ford. Show more
The National Farmers' Union is seeking an injunction against anti badger cull activists, and Sybil Ruscoe meets a non-violent protest group who will be picking up injured badgers. Show more
Michaela Strachan presents the honey buzzard. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
Alan is gravely ill with cancer, caused by a faulty gene. His children each have a 50 percent chance of inheriting it. Their mother Rachel wants them tested. Should she be allowed? Show more
Woman's Hour
Hope Powell; Women's football; Marks and Spencer
58 minutes
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What's the future hold for women's football? Plus the power of female friendships, the 'womanist' ad campaign from Marks and Spencer, and Emma Smith talks about her new memoir. Show more
Commentary on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia from the Oval, with Jonathan Agnew, Jim Maxwell, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Phil Tufnell. Show more
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Commentary on the second day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia from the Oval, with Jonathan Agnew, Jim Maxwell, Michael Vaughan, Geoff Boycott and Phil Tufnell. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
The multi-award winning American essayist brings more wit and charm: 'Easy Tiger' and 'Possession'. From October 2012. Show more
Ruth is sympathetic, and Helen's weaving a tangled web. Show more
Front Row
Fran Healey from Travis; Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet on Chickens; Identity theft in crime fiction
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Fran Healy of Travis, back with a new album after a six-year gap; Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet on their TV comedy Chickens; crime writers discuss how to make characters disappear. Show more
Martin Jameson's thriller about a social worker suspended after a national scandal. Liz changes her mind, and her appearance. Show more
Phillip Kemp travels to Gibraltar to investigate what's really happening on The Rock. Show more
Peter Day finds out about the concept of 'design thinking', and how designers are moving out of the lab and into the real world in some very unusual ways. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Artificial reefs; Scanning beehives; Ape feet; NMR
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Prof Alice Roberts explores the research that is transforming our world, including the science of artificial reefs and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought. Show more
Will Gompertz meets the people taking YouTube to the next level and changing how we make and watch TV. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Pressure on Syria to let UN inspectors investigate suspected chemical attack. Egypt's former president Mubarak released from prison and flown to military hospital. With David Eades. Show more
Bill Shankly visits a young footballer at the children's hospital who has been told he'll never play again. Show more
Mariella Frostrup asks if privacy is overrated, exploring how we have set the boundaries between intimate and public spaces. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The arrested men are forced out of a police truck at gunpoint on a deserted Buenos Aires road. All they can see is wasteland, and they still have no idea what is happening or why. Show more
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