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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze. Show more
Farming Today
Irish Beef Exports, Oxford Farming Conference Report, Soil Quality
13 minutes
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Anna Hill hears why Ireland is the first EU country to sell its beef into the USA since the BSE crisis. Also, a new report urges British farmers to increase efficiency. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a Spanish castle. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
Magna Carta
Episode 3: The Aftermath of Runnymede
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Melvyn Bragg discovers what happened to the agreement thrashed out at Runnymede in May 1215 and examines the consequences of Magna Carta. Show more
Vivienne Parry considers the science of how the kangaroo got his hop, with John Hutchinson and Maria Nilsson-Janke Show more
Woman's Hour
Dancer Michaela DePrince, Women's Magazines, New Screening Tests for Babies
54 minutes
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Presented by Jenni Murray. Dancer Michaela DePrince, women's magazines and new screening tests for babies. Show more
Chip Lambert is anxious to make some urgent corrections to the draft of his screenplay before producer Eden Procuro reads it. But Eden has other plans for him. Show more
The Listening Project
Alison and Shirley - Feeling a Failure
5 minutes
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Fi Glover with a conversation between sisters about the impact of failing the 11-plus, compounded with being brought up by parents who believed that praise would spoil a child. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Rebecca Lloyd-Evans visits Beirut's 'house of memory', which bears witness to the city before and after war. From 2015. Show more
Inspector Lestrade joins with gardening detective Paul Beck, to question the evidence in a fatal shooting. Stars James Fleet. Show more
At Folkestone's Pleasure Gardens Theatre, someone is in for a surprise. Show more
You and Yours
Mobile phone contracts, protecting whistleblowers, boiler insurance
45 minutes
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Consumer news. The mobile phone contracts that cost the equivalent of 48 per cent APR loan, and how the law could protect whistleblowers. Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
Will Self continues his 50km walking tour of the Large Hadron Collider at Cern, near Geneva. Still baffled, Will issues an ultimatum to his hosts. Show more
Emma soothes Ed's fears, and things are not good at Ambridge Organics. Show more
An unlikely duo - an ex-miner and a senior philosophy lecturer - wrestle with the collision between moral philosophy and the sundry dilemmas of a small village by the Wear. Show more
Financial phone-in. Getting ready for self-assessment? Paul Lewis and guests answer questions about tax and tax returns. Show more
Inside Health
A&E in winter, Fruit juice, Opioid drugs and chronic pain, No evidence, Obesity
28 minutes
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Should fruit juice be dropped from five-a-day recommendations? A&E in winter, Mark Porter visits a busy pain clinic, and GP Margaret McCartney outlines her New Year resolutions. Show more
Laurie Taylor explores the way in which war and violence invades our current lives. Also, a study of New Yorkers riding the subway. Show more
The Media Show
Prince Andrew coverage; postponing of royal doc; Peter Greste retrial; 10 years of FOI.
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
The press coverage of the Prince Andrew story, the BBC postpones royal documentary, Peter Greste wins a retrial, and the impact of the Freedom of Information Act ten years on. Show more
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"Exciting” trips. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s South London. By Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. From 2015. Show more
Jill is escaping, and Kenton is putting his plans into action. Show more
Front Row
Steve Carell, Ian McMillan on Elvis's 80th, Chris Watson, The Fever
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Steve Carell on his new movie Foxcatcher, Ian McMillan on Elvis's 80th, sound recordist Chris Watson celebrates January, and Tobias Menzies and Robert Icke on new play The Fever. Show more
Chip Lambert is anxious to make some urgent corrections to the draft of his screenplay before producer Eden Procuro reads it. But Eden has other plans for him. Show more
Unreliable Evidence
The Law and Artificial Intelligence
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Clive Anderson asks how our legal system will cope in a fast-approaching world of autonomous cars, care-bots and other artificially intelligent robots. Show more
David seeks to understand electricity. He travels to Manchester to meet a professor of high voltage technology and to Staffordshire to grasp the operations of a huge power station. Show more
In 2015, the UK's final Magnox nuclear power reactor will close. Radio 4 looks at what it takes to dismantle a nuclear power station. Show more
Magna Carta
Episode 3: The Aftermath of Runnymede
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Melvyn Bragg discovers what happened to the agreement thrashed out at Runnymede in May 1215 and examines the consequences of Magna Carta. Show more
The World Tonight
Gunmen burst into offices of French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Twelve people were killed and four others were critically wounded.
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Episode 3: Sorry to Disturb, Part Two
15 minutes
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Hilary Mantel's autobiographical tale. In a claustrophobic flat in Jeddah, feelings of unease and cultural disconnect come to a head. Show more
Fandom, Fatherhood and 17th Century France. Quirky sketches and poems with Helen Atkinson-Wood and Philip Jackson. From 2015. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A snobby ex-banker tries to cope with having more in common with others than she’s admitting. Stars Rebecca Front. From 2015. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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