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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Imam Monawar Hussain, Muslim tutor at Eton College. Show more
A look at the claims that rural healthcare is facing a 'perfect storm', with existing healthcare access problems made worse by a shortage of GPs prepared to work in rural areas. Show more
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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Hawaiian crow, now extinct in the wild. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Start the Week
Naomi Klein on climate change and growth
43 minutes
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Anne McElvoy discusses climate change with the writer Naomi Klein, economist Dieter Helm, McKinsey director Jeremy Oppenheim and Bangladeshi author Tahmima Anam. Show more
Woman's Hour
Chore wars; What will the Lib Dems offer women voters?
58 minutes
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Jane Garvey presents the female perspective. Tim Dowling and his wife Sophie de Brandt launch Woman's Hour's chores wars, and what will the Lib Dems offer women voters? Show more
A devoted husband and man of faith faces the mission of a lifetime, galaxies away from his wife. Narrated by Dougray Scott. Show more
Technology is allowing for new levels of remote warfare, but drones remain controversial. Will Robson gets exclusive access to the British military's drone programmes. Show more
Kerry becomes a juror, has problems with five-year-old daughter Elsie and forgets her computer password. Sketches by Kerry Godliman from October 2014. Show more
21st Century Mythologies
Episode 1: Screw-Top Wine Bottle
11 minutes
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In this first programme analysing popular culture, Peter Conrad turns his mind to an innovation Roland Barthes would have abhorred, the screw-top wine bottle. Show more
You and Yours
Could the living wage transform care in the UK?
45 minutes
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Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. Could paying the living wage transform care in the UK? And what a beard transplant could do for you. Show more
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Cable attacks Conservative 'obsession with spending cuts'. Syrian Kurdish town Kobane in danger of falling to IS. Dewani trial opens in South Africa. Presented by Martha Kearney. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A portrait of the only female British scientist to win a Nobel Prize. Introduced by her biographer, Georgina Ferry. From October 2014. Show more
David and Ruth are out of their comfort zone, and Roy needs help. Show more
Lorna Gayle and Susan Wokoma star in Edson Burton's comedy, a scurrilous contemporary riff on Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Show more
Russell Davies is in the questionmaster's chair for the third heat of the wide-ranging music quiz, featuring competitors from London, Kent and Oxfordshire. Show more
Dan Saladino on the mystery of why we no longer eat mutton, even though many people argue it tastes better than lamb. Show more
In Auden's famous poem, In Praise of Limestone, he wrote about a limestone landscape that he was consistently homesick for. Ian McMillan goes in search of it. Show more
Ernie Rea welcomes guests Madeline Teahan, Paul Vallely and David Willey to discuss the Catholic church's synod on the family taking place in Rome this October. Show more
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John Lloyd and Phill Jupitus are joined by comedienne Helen Keen, entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and curator Kees Moeliker. From 2014. Show more
Hayley is in distress, and Jill is bemused. Show more
Front Row
Clive James, Effie Gray, Selfie, Niven Govinden
30 minutes
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Clive James on the beauty of poetry, Emma Thompson and Dakota Fanning in new film Effie Gray, Brad Birch on the play Selfie, and Niven Govinden on his novel All the Days and Nights. Show more
Germany: Memories of a Nation
Luther and a Language for All Germans
15 minutes
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Neil MacGregor focuses on the things that bind Germans together, beginning with the story of how Luther created the modern German language by translating the Bible. Show more
Should we expect women to make up 50 per cent of senior positions and, if they do not, is that evidence of discrimination? Philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards joins Matthew Sweet. Show more
Robert Peston tests the arguments made by the authors of a new book who claim the financial crisis was caused by exploding household debt, not by the banks. But are they right? Show more
As plastic continues to accumulate in all the world's oceans, how is it affecting the wildlife that calls the sea its home? Show more
Start the Week
Naomi Klein on climate change and growth
43 minutes
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Anne McElvoy discusses climate change with the writer Naomi Klein, economist Dieter Helm, McKinsey director Jeremy Oppenheim and Bangladeshi author Tahmima Anam. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Novelist Crispin Hershey is in Iceland for a book festival. He nurses a broken heart while spending time with his friend and fellow writer Holly Sykes. Read by Robert Glenister. Show more
Showcase of new comedy talent from the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by Jason Cook and including award-winners Alex Edelman and Funz and Gamez. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Germany: Memories of a Nation
Luther and a Language for All Germans
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Neil MacGregor focuses on the things that bind Germans together, beginning with the story of how Luther created the modern German language by translating the Bible. Show more
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