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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley.
Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. Ten years on since hunting with dogs was banned in England and Wales, Farming Today explores what the ban has meant for both sides of the debate. Show more
Sir David Attenborough presents the wandering albatross of the South Atlantic Ocean. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Christoper Frayling explores the creation of Prokofiev's 1936 orchestral classic. How has its reputation changed? From December 2014. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Desert Island Discs
The Most Reverend Justin Welby
45 minutes
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Kirsty Young talks to the Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. Show more
Woman's Hour
Young men's attitudes to women; Plus-size exercise kit; Ellen White and the female charismatics
45 minutes
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Young men's attitudes to women, plus-size exercise kits, and women who have founded religions. Presented by Sheila McClennon. Show more
Nigel must survive the playing field and the skool bully's wrath to get a chance to eat Christmas turkey. Stars Imelda Staunton. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan explores how the Grimethorpe Colliery brass band continues to represent its community. From 2014. Show more
Invited to star in a local panto, Arthur is excited over a possible return to the stage. Stars Steve Delaney. Show more
The Grahams plan a quiet harmonious Boxing Day. Show more
You and Yours
The big brands that try to be a force for good
45 minutes
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Is corporate charity work all about looking good rather than doing good? Peter White presents a special edition assessing some of the causes taken up by big brands. Show more
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An MP calls for City Link jobs to be protected, a Jordanian military expert on how to save the country's captured pilot, and are we snobbish about comedy? Presented by Mark Mardell. Show more
Over tea and chocolate tart at the Ritz, comedian Joan Rivers discusses food-related fear and self-loathing with Nina Myskow. Show more
There is Christmas joy at No 1 The Green, and Jill has a quiet word with David. Show more
In a first for Radio 4, Ambridge's Queen of Am Dram, Lynda Snell, brings a ghostly chill to this year's Christmas production as she directs and stars in Coward's classic comedy. Show more
Arnold Bennet, Thomas Hardy, Emmeline Pankhurst and others pay tribute to the King of Belgium in a book published in December 1914. Show more
Last Word
In a special edition of Last Word, Matthew Bannister talks to obituary editors from around the UK about the nature of their work
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister and guests offer an insight into the world of the obituary writer. Show more
Mary Beard, Jeremy Paxman and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Natalie Zemon Davis, Ben Fountain and Graham Greene. From 2014. Show more
The Listening Project
Kiki and Faith - Dreams of Daddy
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between sisters who are still at primary school reflecting on the alcohol-related death of their father with extraordinary perceptiveness and wisdom. Show more
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Ed Reardon remembers Christmas past as he celebrates Boxing Day with only Elgar and a rather disappointing millennium cracker to keep him company. Show more
The classic impression show takes a look at our favourite seasonal shows, like the cosy Christmas specials of Crimewatch and Embarrassing Bodies. Show more
Peggy hears something wonderful, and PC Burns gets to grips with a ghost. Show more
John Wilson explores the art of book cover design with Suzanne Dean whose work has graced the jackets of Booker winners including Richard Flanagan, Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan. Show more
Nigel must survive the playing field and the skool bully's wrath to get a chance to eat Christmas turkey. Stars Imelda Staunton. Show more
21st Century Mythologies
Episode 16: Omnibus, Part 1
50 minutes
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Sixty years ago, Roland Barthes dissected the popular culture of his era in Mythologies. Now Peter Conrad picks up his torch, looking at the home of piri piri chicken, Nandos. Show more
David Cannadine reflects on the history of the Queen's Christmas message and how what had begun as a 'one-off innovation' soon became an 'invented tradition'. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 13: 22-26 December 1914
58 minutes
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Epic drama series set in Great War Britain. The Grahams host a family Christmas, and Folkestone's yuletide festivities do not go entirely to plan. Show more
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
Book at Bedtime
The Diary of a Provincial Lady
Episode 5: EM Delafield - The Diary of a Provincial Lady
15 minutes
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A visitor calls to discuss an urgent matter. Journal of an upper-middle class woman in 1930s Devon, concluded by Claire Skinner. From December 2014. 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
The Four Horsepersons of the Apocalypse gather while Aziraphale inhabits a most unexpected body. Stars Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
The Listening Project
Claudia and Isabella - Sisterly Heirarchy
5 minutes
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Fi Glover hears a conversation between sisters Claudia and Izzy, recorded when Claudia was 11 and Izzy 10; they are close, but Claudia will always be the older sister. Show more
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By Jack London. 4 Extra Debut. Is every dog a wolf in dog's clothing? Robert Hanks tells of a human obsession through doggy books. With Prill Barrett. From July 2013. Show more
Susanna Hislop on the origins of names of the night sky's constellations: Virgo - The Maiden and Canis Major. From December 2014. Show more
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