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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Angela Graham.
Cold, wet and windy weather is causing problems for farmers needing to harvest. The Bee Farmers' Association have set up a scheme to halt the decline in the profession. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the great crested grebe. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Episode 101: EO Wilson on ants and evolution
28 minutes
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Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution. Show more
One to One
Adrian Chiles speaks to Larissa Pelham
15 minutes
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Adrian Chiles talks to Larissa Pelham, head of emergency food security for Oxfam, about how charities seek to eradicate malnourishment by working with local food producers. Show more
Woman's Hour
Life on Capitol Hill - Emma Barnett meets Professor Laurie Rubiner
58 minutes
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Emma Barnett meets Prof Laurie Rubiner, chief of staff to Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal. Plus Jeremy Corbyn on what he will do for women if he is elected as Labour's leader. Show more
Unbeknown to his family, Dinesh has decided to embark on a violent course of action. Show more
Brett Westwood explores how these ancient beasts are influencing our stories, films and science. From 2015 Show more
In search of the musical heart of the nation, Cerys Matthews discusses the songs of Ireland and pieces together her own Great Irish Songbook. Show more
A History of Ideas
Classicist Edith Hall on Aristophanes in Plato
11 minutes
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Classicist Edith Hall explores Aristophanes's speech in the Symposium about the nature of love. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Mental Health Services
45 minutes
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Are mental health services suffering in spite of pledges to do better, due to the squeeze on the NHS? With Winifred Robinson. Show more
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
Tim Samuels explores the sharing economy as it applies to services. Show more
Ian gets an interesting offer, and Charlie faces a conundrum. Show more
Set during the brutal dictatorship of the late 1970s in Argentina, a young woman's life is turned upside down when she is confronted with the shocking truth about her origins. Show more
Mike Heyworth of the Council for British Archaeology and Dan Hicks from the University of Oxford join Helen Castor to discuss problems with local archaeology services. Show more
Murray Lachlan Young invites pianist James Rhodes to combine his favourite sounds and most passionately held ideas in unexpected ways. Show more
In the 1950s, did a leading code-machine company give the US National Security Agency secret access to machines they then sold across the world? Gordon Corera reveals new evidence. Show more
Miriam Margolyes, Mark Haddon and Harriett Gilbert on books by Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf and Truman Capote. From 2015. Show more
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. Lord Sewel - who was filmed allegedly taking cocaine with two prostitutes - has become the first peer to stand down since new rules on resignations were introduced. .
Miles Jupp tests Elis James, Penny Smith and Russell Grant on how well they know their loved ones. From 2015. Show more
Brian takes some advice, and Pip plays it cool. Show more
Front Row
Joan Armatrading, Hot Pursuit, Michael Moorcock, Dealing with artistic controversy
30 minutes
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Presented by Samira Ahmed. Featuring Joan Armatrading, Reese Witherspoon in Hot Pursuit, Michael Moorcock on new novel The Whispering Swarm, and dealing with artistic controversy. Show more
Unbeknown to his family, Dinesh has decided to embark on a violent course of action. Show more
Why did HSBC close the accounts of several prominent Muslims? Pursuing this story led Peter Oborne to resign from the Daily Telegraph. Now he gets to the heart of the mystery. Show more
In Touch
National Federation of the Blind with Gary O'Donoghue
20 minutes
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The BBC's Washington correspondent Gary O'Donoghue reports on the seventy-fifth anniversary convention of the National Federation of the Blind in the USA. Show more
Inside Health
Off-patent Drugs Bill, Pre-diabetes, Sepsis, All-cause mortality
28 minutes
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Dr Mark Porter looks at the Off-patent Drugs Bill to prevent people missing out on life-saving treatments, pre-diabetes, early diagnosis of sepsis, and all-cause mortality. Show more
The Life Scientific
Episode 101: EO Wilson on ants and evolution
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
The World Tonight
Turkey bombs Kurdish rebel positions after soldiers attacked near country's frontier with Iraq.
45 minutes
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NATO declaration of support for Turkey as it tackles instability along borders
Paul continues to study Claude, who gets more worried he's not interesting enough to be in a novel. Read by Peter Serafinowicz. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco to talk alien visitations and UFOs with Seth Shostack, Carolyn Porco, Greg Proops and Paul Provenza. Show more
Three people living with disability after an accident share their experiences. David broke his neck diving into a shallow ocean pool, and Sian was hit by a taxi on holiday. Show more
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Poet Hannah Lowe maps the story of her cardsharp father Chick on to the pattern of her own life. With Colin Salmon. Show more
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