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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Ed Kessler from the Woolf Institute in Cambridge. Show more
Farming Today
Scottish Tenant Rights, TB Testing, Welsh Hill Farmers, Vegan Views on the Milk Industry
13 minutes
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Presented by Anna Hill. Radical reform proposals aimed at revitalising tenant farming in Scotland have been announced. Also, the overhaul of TB testing in England and Wales. Show more
Michael Palin presents the oilbird, from a Venezuelan cavern Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
Midweek
Cathy Tyson, Sir Tim Smit, Adam Cohen, Rupert Harry Miller
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Libby Purves meets actor Cathy Tyson, co-founder of the Eden Project Sir Tim Smit, singer-songwriter Adam Cohen and designer Rupert Harry Miller. Show more
Woman's Hour
Should we brief juries involved in sex cases?
40 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Should mandatory briefings of juries on myths about rape and sexual violence be introduced? Plus fitness expert Jillian Michaels and poet Sabrina Mafhouz. With Jenni Murray. Show more
Still furiously trying to raise the money to get herself to Lisa's wedding, Maz decides to take handsome temp Ollie up on his offer of a date. Show more
The Listening Project
Margaret and Geraldine - A Talk with Mum
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a mother, who now speaks through an electronic device, and her daughter about just how precious a chat can be. Show more
Anne-Marie Duff narrates stories of survival and resilience on Coventry's ring road. Including the murder of a woman by her ex-partner and one man's fortunes after a head-on crash. Show more
Comedian Alun Cochrane can only pay off his mortgage by being funny, so he takes us on a stand-up tour of his house. From 2013. Show more
A History of Ideas
Historian Justin Champion on Francis Bacon
11 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Justin Champion suggests 17th-century polymath Francis Bacon is the architect of the modern world. But he also understood the fallibility of technology and its creators. Show more
You and Yours
Green Deal, Computer Games, Tax Fraud
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Why contractors aren't celebrating the Green Deal's second birthday, and the rise of the computer games industry. Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell.
Sir David Cannadine explores Churchill's vexed relationship with money. Featuring Roger Allam as Winston Churchill. Show more
Jennifer bites the bullet, and Pat and Tom are alarmed. Show more
The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel. Show more
State pension question? Talk to Paul Lewis and guests on Money Box Live. Show more
Inside Health
Drugs link to dementia, Gluten-free, Heart disease in women, Social jetlag, Boilers on prescription
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Dr Mark Porter assesses the increased risk of dementia from commonly used drugs. Is going gluten-free good for you? And why women are more at risk of heart attacks than men. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Social Stigma and Negative Labels - Migraine
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Laurie Taylor asks how severe headaches came to be seen as a by-product of femininity. Also, 'chavs and 'pramfaces': Prof Anoop Nayek discusses the denigration of the working class. Show more
The Media Show
The future of news; Entertainment shows; Page 3 and The Sun
30 minutes
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Steve Hewlett presents media news, including the future of news and journalism on the web, the Sun's PR strategy for Page 3 and the elusive search for hit entertainment shows. Show more
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Mad about the monarchy. Stephen K Amos's teenage years in 1980s south London. By Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos. From 2015. Show more
Susan is supportive, and Ed is comforted. Show more
Front Row
David Oyelowo; Helen Macdonald; Bob Dylan Album; Joanna Marsh
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King Jr, Costa-winner Helen Macdonald, Mark Ellen reviewing Bob Dylan singing Frank Sinatra, and Joanna Marsh's new composition. Show more
Still furiously trying to raise the money to get herself to Lisa's wedding, Maz decides to take handsome temp Ollie up on his offer of a date. Show more
Clive Anderson asks director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders and other guests what needs to be done to reverse the fall in the conviction rate for rape. Show more
David Baddiel Tries to Understand
Sunni and Shia Islam
15 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
David Baddiel tries to understand the difference between Sunni and Shia Islam. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Horatio Clare walks soldiers training routes in the Brecon Beacons. How does the landscape shape them? From 2014. Show more
Midweek
Cathy Tyson, Sir Tim Smit, Adam Cohen, Rupert Harry Miller
43 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Libby Purves meets actor Cathy Tyson, co-founder of the Eden Project Sir Tim Smit, singer-songwriter Adam Cohen and designer Rupert Harry Miller. Show more
The World Tonight
New Greek prime minister promises to press ahead with anti-austerity policies
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Alexis Tsipras tells first cabinet meeting his priority is to address "humanitarian disaster" in his country.
Free of the bottle's malign influence and newly engaged to be married, Keawe's happiness is unbound... until fate intervenes. Read by Ian McDiarmid. Show more
Merriment, melancholy and witty word play. Quirky sketches and poems with Helen Atkinson-Wood and Richie Webb. From 2015. Show more
Andy has a date for the first time in... well, longer than he’ll admit. The group rally round. Stars Eddie Marsan. From 2015. Show more
The party leaders clash over the future of the health service in lively exchanges at Prime Minister's Question time. Susan Hulme has the best of both the Commons and the Lords. Show more
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Documentary maker Peter Pomerantsev on Russia's journey to a new form of dictatorship: false accusation ordeals. From 2015. Show more
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