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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Ed Kessler from the Woolf Institute in Cambridge. Show more
A moratorium on fracking is announced for Scotland until more research has been carried out, and farmers in West Scotland call for investment in processing for their milk. Show more
Michael Palin presents the black sicklebill of New Guinea. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides and his work entitled The History of the Peloponnesian War. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sophie Grabol - Sarah Lund in The Killing; Grey Pound Marketing
45 minutes
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Presented by Jenni Murray. Sofie Grabol on Fortitude; grey pound marketing; Lisa McKenzie on working class women; Elsie Widdowson, nutritionist during WWII; and women in prison. Show more
A very nervous Maz arrives at the airport for her first trip abroad as a wheelchair user. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
A Cosy Dinner in Leipzig
30 minutes
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Reports from writers and journalists around the world, presented by Kate Adie. Featuring stories from Germany, Libya, Greece, Ukraine and Brazil. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Milers Warde explores the life of the American photographer Ansel Adams, famous for his pictures of Yosemite. From 2014. Show more
A History of Ideas
Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology
11 minutes
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How has medical technology changed us? Surgeon Gabriel Weston looks at the past, present and the weird and wonderful future of medicine to find the answer. Show more
You and Yours
Green Energy Costs, The Real Cost of Living, Nuisance Calls
45 minutes
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Consumer news.
Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell.
Sir David Cannadine explores painting, the hobby that meant most to Churchill, and how it helped to keep the 'black dog' of depression at bay. Show more
Susan is supportive, and Ed is comforted. Show more
The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel. Show more
Helen Mark visits the Ring of Gullion in Northern Ireland to discover its ancient geographical features that are now attracting visitors from all over the world. Show more
Radio 4 Appeal
Motor Neurone Disease Association
2 minutes
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Charlotte Hawkins presents an appeal on behalf of Motor Neurone Disease Association. Show more
Open Book
David Lodge on his memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born
28 minutes
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Writer David Lodge talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born, plus a librarian who has put the Orkney Library on the social media map. Show more
The Film Programme
Paul Thomas Anderson on Inherent Vice; Stephen Daldry on Trash; Kids Clubs; Why we cry in films
28 minutes
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Paul Thomas Anderson discusses his Thomas Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice. Stephen Daldry on filming in the favelas of Rio. The ABC Minors and Odeon Film Club remembered. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life
30 minutes
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Adam Rutherford examines a report on our changing attitudes to climate change in the wake of the winter floods of 2013/14 and a new theory on the evolution of complex cells. Show more
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Bridget discusses Russell Brand, wearing an end FGM badge and the women problem in politics. With Fred MacAulay. From 2015. Show more
Phoebe tells it like it is, and Joe has got something for David. Show more
Front Row
Trash, Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem, Andrew O'Hagan, Chilly Gonzales
30 minutes
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Reviews of Stephen Daldry's film Trash and Tom Stoppard's new play The Hard Problem, Andrew O'Hagan on his new novel The Illuminations, and pianist Chilly Gonzales. Show more
A very nervous Maz arrives at the airport for her first trip abroad as a wheelchair user. Show more
The Report
French, Republican and Muslim, Insha'Allah?
28 minutes
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France is urging its Muslim population to be more French. But, Helen Grady asks, does this insistence on secularism leave them any space for being a Muslim? Show more
How to price services? By the hour, by results or by the difficulty of the task? In the first of a new series, Evan Davis and guests discuss benefits, pitfalls and pay. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Adam Rutherford examines a report on our changing attitudes to climate change in the wake of the winter floods of 2013/14 and a new theory on the evolution of complex cells. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides and his work entitled The History of the Peloponnesian War. Show more
The World Tonight
Fate of two hostages held by Islamic State militants remains unclear
45 minutes
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IS threat to kill Jordanian pilot and Japanese journalist if Iraqi prisoner not released
Keawe and Kokua's marriage is overshadowed by the bottle's malign presence. Read by Ian McDiarmid. Show more
Bizarre exhibits including wannabe Hollywood screenwriter Andy Parker are presented by the sinister ringmaster. From 2015. Show more
Sean Curran and the team report as MPs complain at the delays in the publication of the Iraq War report, and counter-extremism measures in schools are to be expanded. Show more
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Documentary maker Peter Pomerantsev on Russia's journey to a new form of dictatorship: a tour of hidden Moscow. From 2015. Show more
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