The latest shipping forecast.
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Canon Jenny Wigley. Show more
News about food, farming and the countryside. Anna Hill looks at the latest on the sheep dip debate, badger vaccination trials and UK crop research. Show more
Brett Westwood presents the melodious warbler. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster. MPs get their first chance to vote on whether to have an in-out referendum on membership of the EU. Show more
Midweek
Craig Revel Horwood, Nick Barratt, Jaega Wise, Robin Plummer
43 minutes
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Libby Purves meets Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, brewer Jaega Wise, former hostage Robin Plummer and historian Nick Barratt. Show more
Woman's Hour
How to Get the Right Haircut, Attitudes to Women and Alcohol.
54 minutes
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Jane Garvey looks at how to get the right haircut, attitudes to women and alcohol, divorce and whether vulnerable girls in the justice system are being failed. Show more
The world's worst hairdressers Bev and Shirl pressure the vicar into organising a cheap funeral. Stars Lorraine Ashbourne and Rosie Cavaliero. Show more
The Listening Project
Daveit and Sean – Daily Inspiration
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two friends, a musician and an artist, who have each chronicled the 365 days of a year in their respective discipline. Show more
Marking the 300th anniversary of Louis XIV's death, Professor Julian Swann considers how the process of resisting the Sun King's aggression was the making of modern Britain. Show more
Nice lodgings, money - finally all’s going well for Ed - until someone loses their temper. Stars Christopher Douglas. From 2015. Show more
Telegram girls were employed in hopes of taking the sting out of the news they delivered. Show more
You and Yours
Drink Driving, Universal Credit, Mortgage Advice
45 minutes
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Consumer affairs programme. Drink driving offences have fallen since Scotland introduced lower alcohol limits. Should the rest of the UK also lower limits? Show more
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives
Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi: Badass Queen
15 minutes
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Sunil Khilnani profiles Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who became a heroine of the 1857 Rebellion. Through her life and death, he explores the portrayal of women in Indian history. Show more
Adam is thinking long-term, and the fete committee faces a tough challenge.
By Vashti MacLachlan. An unsentimental love story about degenerative disease and a fridge-load of vegetables, inspired by the author's own experience. Show more
Listeners ask questions on where to invest a lump sum and getting good returns on savings. Show more
Inside Health
Flibanserin; Strokes in young people; Outdoor swimming; Research terminology - Causation v Association
28 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter examines the new drug to treat low sex drive in women, outdoor swimming, strokes in the young and tricky health terms such as causation v association. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Lesbian Lives in Russia; Big Data
28 minutes
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Laurie Taylor explores the changing nature of same-sex relationships since the demise of state communism. Also, the reality and implications of 'big data'. Show more
The Media Show
Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham on pay and privatisation; Police on TV
30 minutes
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Media news with Steve Hewlett. Channel 4 CEO David Abraham discusses pay and privatisation. Plus the TV portrayal of the police at work: authentic access or just police PR? Show more
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
The biggest problem of them all – death. But can we do anything to avoid it? With Peter Serafinowicz and Susy Kane. From 2015. Show more
Christine needs cheering up, and Mike is feeling nostalgic. Show more
Front Row
Chris Pratt, London Road, A Damsel in Distress, The Hook
30 minutes
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Arts show, featuring Chris Pratt on Jurassic World, Rufus Norris's film London Road, the first stage musical version of A Damsel in Distress, and Arthur Miller's The Hook reviewed. Show more
The world's worst hairdressers Bev and Shirl pressure the vicar into organising a cheap funeral. Stars Lorraine Ashbourne and Rosie Cavaliero. Show more
Moral Maze
What is our moral duty to Mediterranean migrants?
43 minutes
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Michael Buerk and guests discuss the moral responsibilities relating to the migrants crossing the Mediterranean. Show more
Caroline Ingraham, founder of a new approach to animal welfare, on giving animals choices. Recorded at the Hay Festival. Show more
The Bone Wars: Tracey Logan explores the extraordinary tale of dinosaur hunters Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh and their legendary feud set in America's Wild West in the late 1800s. Show more
Midweek
Craig Revel Horwood, Nick Barratt, Jaega Wise, Robin Plummer
43 minutes
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Libby Purves meets Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood, brewer Jaega Wise, former hostage Robin Plummer and historian Nick Barratt. Show more
The World Tonight
Carney to City: "the age of irresponsibility is over"
45 minutes
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Bank of England Governor uses annual Mansion House speech to attack ethics of the City
Josh makes an horrific discovery while Michael writes himself out of the truth of the day's events. Read by Mark Bazeley. Show more
Vignettes from award winning comedian as John struggles to enjoy his fantasy day of doing nothing. From 2015. Show more
Ian Leslie unearths the oft surprising first literary attempts of the likes of Chuck Palahniuk and Marcel Proust. From 2015. Show more
Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman accuses David Cameron of 'sneering' and 'gloating'. Sean Curran reports on some surprising exchanges at Prime Minister's Questions. Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Physician Gavin Francis leads us round a cultural map of the body: arms - part of our body, and weapons of war. From 2015. Show more
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