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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith. Show more
A look at how the living wage will impact on farmers, workers and shoppers' grocery baskets. Sybil Ruscoe presents. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl. Show more
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali, famous for the wealth of its rulers such as Mansa Musa and the largest empire in west Africa. Show more
Woman's Hour
American folk artist and banjo player Abigail Washburn.
58 minutes
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US folk artist Abigail Washburn talks about how her music is helping to promote links between China and the US and plays a track from her latest album accompanied by her husband. Show more
Pliny the Younger, his mother Marcella and Venta the slave are invited to an ominous sounding dinner with Emperor Domitian. And Doris warns of an impending death. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The Comedian President
30 minutes
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A television comedian is the new president of Guatemala, but will humour help him deal with the issues facing his country such as widespread violence and corruption? Show more
4 Extra Debut. Actor Jack Shepherd goes backstage to unearth some strange tales of Britain's spookiest theatres. From 2015. Show more
Folkestone is hit by a terrible storm, and Nancy and Dolly seek the high ground of the drawing room. Show more
You and Yours
Charity appeals, School water services, TalkTalk customers.
45 minutes
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Consumer affairs programme, including news that the RNLI will only call donors who give permission, plus schools in north west England pay three times as much for water services. Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
It's been called 'a wilderness of mirrors'. Ben Macintyre on how espionage and misdirection can confuse, confound and bewilder an enemy, so long as you know how they think (4 of 5) Show more
Ed considers his future as a farmer, and Adam needs to think carefully. Show more
4 Extra Debut. A man in a fugue state holds the key to strange events reported in a remote village. Can he be unlocked using sound recordings? Stars Nicola Walker. From Oct 2015. Show more
From humble beginnings, the Big Chill festival became a blueprint for festivals held in beautiful surroundings. Helen Mark visits Llanthony, where the festival began 20 years ago. Show more
Frank Cottrell Boyce presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Railway Children. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to Adam Sisman about his new biography of thriller writer John le Carre, and Aleksandar Hemon and Tahmima Anam discuss writing about arriving. Show more
Francine Stock discusses Brief Encounter and why it still makes grown men and women weep 70 years after it was first in cinemas. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Oxygen on comet 67P; Bees and antimicrobial drugs; Reproducibility of science experiments; Reintroduction of beavers
30 minutes
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Molecular oxygen (O2) detected on comet 67P, has scientists baffled. Current models of the formation of our Solar System do not predict conditions that would allow for O2 Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
Six O'Clock News
29/10/2015 China ditches one-child policy
30 minutes
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After almost forty years, China has ended its policy restricting couples to just one child
Highlights of the all-star gala thrown to honour comedy writer and performer Barry Cryer as he turns 80. Show more
Will they be queuing up to audition for Lynda? Ruth faces a dilemma. Show more
Front Row
David Mitchell, Francesca Caccini, Theaster Gates
30 minutes
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Arts news with Samira Ahmed, with author David Mitchell's new haunted house novel, Deborah Roberts celebratning Francesca Caccini and Theaster Gates taking over a ruined church. Show more
Pliny the Younger, his mother Marcella and Venta the slave are invited to an ominous sounding dinner with Emperor Domitian. And Doris warns of an impending death. Show more
Six years after Gordon Brown commissioned Sir John Chilcot to undertake the Iraq Inquiry, we still await his report. Peter Oborne gives his verdict on the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Show more
Can clever maths really create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests discuss whether financial engineering is the miracle its supporters say it is. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Oxygen on comet 67P; Bees and antimicrobial drugs; Reproducibility of science experiments; Reintroduction of beavers
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Molecular oxygen (O2) detected on comet 67P, has scientists baffled. Current models of the formation of our Solar System do not predict conditions that would allow for O2 Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali, famous for the wealth of its rulers such as Mansa Musa and the largest empire in west Africa. Show more
The World Tonight
The state of Jordan's refugee camps
45 minutes
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Things are so bad, some people are returning to Syria. Show more
Sin Jai-Seong throws a party at his castle. And when Bond sneaks into his office, he finds some intriguing and alarming information. But he is not the only one on the lookout. Show more
Rob Newman tackles the mysteries of nature with this A-Z, taking in everything from amoebae to Richard Dawkins. From 2015. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Book of the Week
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Episode 4: Into the Desert
15 minutes
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Following Yeonmi's escape from North Korea into China, where she and her mother fell into the hands of human traffickers, a new but dangerous plan to find freedom takes shape. Show more
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