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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner. Show more
Plans for a huge potash mine have cleared their first planning hurdle. The mine, which will produce minerals to make fertilizer, will be on the North York Moors. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
David Attenborough presents the pied flycatcher. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Anne McElvoy discusses violence with historians Richard Bessel and Diana Preston, academic Helen Benedict and June Oscar, advocate for Aboriginal rights in Australia. Show more
Woman's Hour
Theodora Hawksley, Laura Lippman, Dementia and Daughters, Reinterpreting the Qur'an
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Dementia UK's new research, Theodora Hawksley on becoming a nun, award-winning American crime writer Laura Lippman and reinterpreting the Qur'an. With Jenni Murray. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An ad in The Times lures four women away from rainy London to a castle on the sunny Italian Riviera. Narrated by Jenny Funnell. Show more
Max Cotton goes inside the world of Napoleonic re-enactment as thousands of men and horses prepare to recreate the Battle of Waterloo for its bicentenary in June. Show more
The Australian-born comedienne recalls the true tale of her struggles with British visa issues. From April 2015. Show more
Chris Mason brings listeners from across the country together to discuss issues that concern them. In this first edition, he explores the blight of litter and its implications. Show more
You and Yours
Sucker Lists, Supplements, Sleeping Under Steeples, Soccer Sites
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The woman who challenged the idea that vitamin-enriched foods are good for you, a look at what makes a conman's sucker and is sleeping under a steeple better than under stars? Show more
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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
Pip is studying hard, and Lynda is on a quest. Show more
Under the constant threat of gas attack in La Brique, just north of Ypres, Mickey Bliss and his signals colleagues try to work out why the enemy are always one step ahead. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as three students from Cardiff University take on their professors. From April 2015. Show more
Felicity Evans and guests Dr Hilary Jones, Azmina Govindji, Simon O'Neill and JP Devlin discuss the issues surrounding diet and diabetes. Show more
When incendiary film La Haine was released 20 years ago, it offered a shocking vision of tensions in French society. Andrew Hussey assesses its relevance in modern-day France. Show more
Aleks Krotoski explores the overlap between technology and the natural world and how the two co-exist.
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Sue Perkins' moral and ethical posers for Iain Stirling, Shappi Khorsandi, Suzanne Moore and Dan Tetsell. From April 2015. Show more
Jolene and Kenton are under a cloud, and Ed has got his suit sorted. Show more
Front Row
Jonathan Pryce, Far from the Madding Crowd, Ronnie Wood, Frances Bacon
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Jonathan Pryce on playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Carey Mulligan in a film version of Far from the Madding Crowd, and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood on his teenage diaries. Show more
4 Extra Debut. An ad in The Times lures four women away from rainy London to a castle on the sunny Italian Riviera. Narrated by Jenny Funnell. Show more
Moving story of love and the struggle to find meaning when faced with a terrible illness. Show more
'Police State' Portugal: Does Portugal have a problem with police brutality and racism? The residents of Cova da Moura, a largely immigrant community, believe that it does. Show more
Can we trust forensic evidence? Linda Geddes investigates concerns from leading scientists that a crisis in forensics is leading to serious miscarriages of justice. Show more
Anne McElvoy discusses violence with historians Richard Bessel and Diana Preston, academic Helen Benedict and June Oscar, advocate for Aboriginal rights in Australia. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Nepal welcomes aid workers in the aftermath of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake.
45 minutes
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8 million people now said to have been affected by devastation of Saturday's quake
David Horovitch reads the first-hand account by ancient Greek historian Thucydides of the 30-year war between Athens and Sparta that reshaped the face of ancient Greece. Show more
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis give their take on the week's election shenanigans with Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn, Liam Williams and special guest Danny Finklestein. Show more
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright ask Mighty Boosh's Julian Barratt and director Steve Oram about inventing a film language without words. How do you communicate using only noises? Show more
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4 Extra Debut. Composer Philip Glass recalls a happy Baltimore childhood and acceptance to Chicago University at only 15. Read by Kerry Shale. Show more
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