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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley.
A highly infectious pig disease which has wiped out more than 8,000,000 pigs in America has arrived in Europe. And a Gloucestershire pub that's rearing its own pigs. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the Brazilian Pantanal. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Long View
Documenting the Self: Victorian Diaries and 21st-Century Social Media
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Freedland compares the current fashion for recording the details of our lives in digital photos and on social media with the 19th century obsession with keeping a diary. Show more
Drummer Jimmy Cobb recalls playing with Miles Davis on the album that changed jazz for ever. Kind of Blue was recorded in just two sessions at 30th Street Studios in 1959. Show more
Woman's Hour
Margaret Rope's Stained Glass; Betsy Tobin
58 minutes
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The stained glass art of Margaret Rope, support for young people experiencing abuse in relationships, Betsy Tobin on her new novel, and civil partnerships for heterosexual couples. Show more
Molesworth and his friend Peason explain the different types of masters and how best to deal with them. Stars Imelda Staunton. Show more
Migrating birds exemplify the problems of our sharing the planet with wildlife. These birds fly thousands of kilometres, with many species needing protected stopover places to feed. Show more
4 Extra Debut. New Yorker Elly Stone, the legendary interpreter of Belgian songwriter Jacques Brel, talks about her life in music. From 2014. Show more
The Christmas tea for the Belgian wounded does not go entirely to plan. Show more
What should be done to ease the pressure on A&E units? 25% of people who attend A&E ought not to; could charging people who don't need to use it be the answer? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell.
Over takeaway sushi in his London kitchen, American essayist and humorist David Sedaris explains how a large idiosyncratic family affected his approach to eating. With Nina Myskow. Show more
Kate is home. And who is that playing Father Christmas? Show more
Neil Brand's fast-talking musical set in a 1932 Chicago radio studio stars Josie Lawrence and Nigel Harman as an acrimonious songwriting couple who need a new song to save the day. Show more
Jay Rayner and the team are in Salisbury for this episode of the culinary panel programme. Show more
Alexander McCall Smith explores the work of writers and their popular characters from literature, drama and comedy. Show more
Word of Mouth
Ebola: How should we talk about it?
28 minutes
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Michael Rosen talks to Oxfam's media officer Ian Bray about the language we use about Ebola, and to Louise Sylvester about the words used though history for disease and epidemics. Show more
Great Lives
Brian Eno on Lord Young of Dartington
30 minutes
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Musician Brian Eno, chooses social reformer and 1945 Labour manifesto writer Michael Young. With Matthew Parris. From 2014. Show more
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As Martin decides whether to take his new job, is this the end for MJN Air? And just what has Arthur painted on the side of the van? Show more
Phoebe is stuck between a rock and a hard place, and Charlie has a suggestion for Adam. Show more
Front Row
Unbroken, Young Fathers, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Miranda Richardson
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
An interview with Mercury Prize winners Young Fathers, Angelina Jolie's Unbroken reviewed, dance star Mikhail Baryshnikov on his photographs, Miranda Richardson on Mapp and Lucia. Show more
Molesworth and his friend Peason explain the different types of masters and how best to deal with them. Stars Imelda Staunton. Show more
Gordon Corera, the BBC's security correspondent, examines how terrorists use the oxygen of publicity, how governments attempt to starve them of it, and the media response. Show more
Peter White is joined by Tony Shearman and opera singer Denise Leigh to talk about their experiences of dating and how to (or not to) approach it if you are visually impaired. Show more
All in the Mind
Hypnotism; Automatic Writing; Magic and Memory
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
A fake psychic and key bending using psychokinesis - how what we see depends on the power of suggestion. Professor Chris French joins Claudia. Show more
The Long View
Documenting the Self: Victorian Diaries and 21st-Century Social Media
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Jonathan Freedland compares the current fashion for recording the details of our lives in digital photos and on social media with the 19th century obsession with keeping a diary. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Book at Bedtime
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
Episode 2: EM Delafield - The Diary of a Provincial Lady
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LW
Sensitive finances and a visit from a friend. Journal of an upper-middle class woman in 1930s Devon. Read by Claire Skinner. From December 2014. Show more
Andrew O'Neill looks at what makes up our sexual identity and why some people are so offended by homosexuality. From 2014. Show more
Aziraphale consults Agnes's prophesies and the Horsepersons of the Apocalypse are summoned. Starring Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Susanna Hislop on the origins of names of the night sky's constellations: Orion and nearby Taurus. From December 2014. Show more
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