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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Imam Monawar Hussain.
A new approach to newts might make land development easier. Plus how farmers are extending their skills to growing herbs for skincare. Presented by Anna Hill. Show more
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the black drongo of Southern Asia. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the importance of good manners and discipline in young children and the best ways for parents to tackle bad behaviour. Show more
Includes music from folk band Stick in the Wheel, crime writer Lynda La Plante on her prequel to Prime Suspect and a look at the power of restorative justice. With Jenni Murray. Show more
Shardlake and Barak search for evidence to confirm their suspicions surrounding the glazier’s death. Starring Bryan Dick. Show more
The Listening Project
Dennis and Daniel - Marmite for the Gorillas
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4 Extra Debut. Two zoo workers talk about their working day, including handling flamingos in a car park. With Fi Glover. Show more
Alla Alban, the daughter of a former Chernobyl engineer, returns to her father's workplace as the huge mobile sarcophagus built to cover the damaged reactor nears completion. Show more
The sleuth probes the curious sacking of a lady's maid - and uncovers a crime. Agatha Christie's whodunnit stars June Whitfield. Show more
Juliet Argent makes an undercover visit. Show more
You and Yours
Charity cold calling, Budget hotels, Home care
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Charities are to be brought to book for aggressive fundraising tactics, plus a look at home care visits and the new technology helping to reduce aircraft noise. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
Teens write computer games in their bedrooms and a billion-dollar business is created. Hannah charts the rise of the UK games industry. Show more
At Grey Gables, it is the time and place to remember, and there is quite a revelation. Show more
Comedy by Tony Jones. Edward Quill is tasked to write a blockbuster play for the Huntslet Fair, which must contain a ghost, a storm, a hero and a dog. Show more
Money Box
Money Box Live: Working into Later Life
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Want to change the way you work or set up a business in later life? Paul Lewis and guests answer your questions. Show more
BBC National Short Story Award
BBC National Short Story Award 2015
Broderie Anglaise, by Frances Leviston
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By Frances Leviston. Hidden emotions between a mother and daughter surface in the build-up to a family wedding. Read by Kate O'Flynn. Show more
Thinking Allowed
Cross-Class Marriage, The social history of women-only train carriages
28 minutes
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Laurie explores how spouses from different class backgrounds negotiate their intimate lives. Plus a look at the social history of women-only train carriages. Show more
The Media Show
Police communication, Nordic support for the BBC, Greenpeace investigations, Al Jazeera pardons
30 minutes
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Communicating historic child abuse allegations, Nordic broadcasters urge UK government to back the BBC, and how campaigning groups can do impartial investigative journalism. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
23/09/2015 VW chief executive resigns
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VW's chief executive has resigned, the firm faces a criminal investigation in Germany
A horror story for slugs and inventing the world’s first horseless staircase. Stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb. From 2013. Show more
Jennifer turns detective once again, and time has changed Pat's view. Show more
Kirsty Lang discusses the British Museum's Celts exhibition. Plus Hilary Mantel talks about her short story, and conductor David Charles Abell discusses Opera North's Kiss Me Kate. Show more
Shardlake and Barak search for evidence to confirm their suspicions surrounding the glazier’s death. Starring Bryan Dick. Show more
How will we move from place to place in future? Will speed and freedom always be the goal? FutureProofing examines how huge changes in mobility will alter our world. Show more
Jim Smallman examines the attitude of society to personal histories and argues that men and women are treated very differently. Recorded at the End of the Road Festival in Dorset. Show more
Environmental investigation series. Professor Alice Roberts discovers some of the surprising effects of the huge amounts of CO2 which is making the oceans more acidic. Show more
Mariella Frostrup and guests explore the importance of good manners and discipline in young children and the best ways for parents to tackle bad behaviour. Show more
The World Tonight
Europe's leaders attend an emergency summit on migrants
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More support will go to countries hosting Syrian refugees Show more
Following Amory through decades of the twentieth century, who is heading to Berlin in search of scandal. Read by Barbara Flynn. Show more
Fictitious improvised comedy, listening to the phone messages of Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch. Stars Kayvan Novak. From 2015. Show more
Back in Scotland, Lach reminisces about his influences and shares his thoughts on Jim Morrison, Batman and Tom Petty. From July 2013. Show more
Neurosurgeon and author of Do No Harm Henry Marsh chooses his favourite writing, from The Hobbit to Primo Levi. Recorded at his home with readers Tim Pigott-Smith and Joanna David. Show more
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Imprisoned in Meissen castle, young alchemist Johann Freidrich Bottger is about to unlock the secrets of porcelain creation. Show more
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