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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Dr Naftali Brawer. Show more
Farming Today
Farmers fight the livestock rustlers, Forage aid for Cumbria, English bubbly
13 minutes
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In 2014, livestock theft cost around £6.6m - the programme reports on how farmers in Lancashire are fighting back. Plus how Forage Aid is helping farmers hit by the floods. Show more
Liz Bonnin presents the displaying raggiana bird-of-paradise from Papua New Guinea. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
Kirsty Young interviews Atul Gawande, surgeon, writer and former Reith lecturer. Show more
Woman's Hour
Annie Lennox, Loneliness, Making sanitary pads
58 minutes
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With Jenni Murray. Singer Annie Lennox explains who inspires her. Plus discussion on overcoming loneliness when young, and Amy Peake discusses her low-cost sanitary pad mission. Show more
Finding themselves in the same situation 50 years apart, both women must make life-changing decisions. Stars Abby Ford. Show more
Ancient Ways with Bettany Hughes
2. From Thessaloniki into Thrace
30 minutes
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Bettany Hughes follows the ancient Roman road to Istanbul: routes of refugees from Thessaloniki into Thrace. From 2015. Show more
From an unusual memorial to household repairs – an all-star cast share a hilarious view of us all. With Roger Allam. From 2015. Show more
One to One
David Schneider talks to palliative care consultant Kathryn Mannix
15 minutes
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David Schneider is terrified of dying. He talks to palliative care consultant Kathryn Mannix about whether there can ever be such a thing as a 'good' death. Show more
You and Yours
Investigating fraud, Flight compensation, Speciality gin
45 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Peter White asks why more cases of fraud in the UK aren't being investigated by the police, plus a look at how the rise of online shopping has changed life for delivery drivers. Show more
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Can a deal on climate change be agreed in Paris? No more prosecutions over phone hacking - Hacked Off gives its view. And is Libya the next Islamic State stronghold? Show more
British Liberalism: The Grand Tour
William Gladstone
15 minutes
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Anne McElvoy explores how 'Gladstonian' liberalism dominated Victorian Britain, and how it formed a bridge from aristocratic Whiggery to the interventionism of Edwardian liberals. Show more
Will someone help restore some Grundy 'pluck'? David has a gift for Ruth. Show more
What might have happened if George Martin had turned the Beatles down? Comedy drama set in 1962. Stars Sara Bahadori. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
New North London Synagogue
43 minutes
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Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the New North London Synagogue. Chris Beardshaw, Matt Biggs and Anne Swithinbank answer the gardening queries. Show more
Aasmah Mir reports on how lives have been changed by the money donated to the 2014 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin in-the-Fields. Show more
Last Word
Marcus Klingberg, William McIlvanney, Setsuko Hara, Joel Elkes and John Peel
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on Israeli spy Marcus Klingberg, writer William McIlvanney, actress Setsuko Hara, pharmacologist Joel Elkes, anthropologist John Peel Show more
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The Listening Project
Stuart and Emma – Wellies Are Worth It
5 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a couple who have been farming for four years, following his dream, but is it now hers, too? Show more
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Six O'Clock News
11/12/2015 Hopes are growing of an agreement at the UN climate change conference in Paris
30 minutes
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The hosts of the climate change conference in Paris have boosted expectations of an agreement by tomorrow.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches, with help from Mitch Benn, Andy Zaltzman, Tez Ilyas, Dr Gabrielle Walker and Pippa Evans. Show more
Ian and Adam have a wedding to plan, and what has got Ruth feeling inspired? Show more
Front Row
Grandma, Val Wood, Theatrical wigs, Best stand-up comedy DVDs
30 minutes
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Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of new comedy Grandma, Val Wood on her fascination with her home city of Hull and a pick of the best stand-up comedy DVDs of 2015. Show more
Finding themselves in the same situation 50 years apart, both women must make life-changing decisions. Stars Abby Ford. Show more
Any Questions?
Dominic Grieve MP, Isabel Oakeshott, Chuka Umunna MP, Jeanette Winterson
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Cardinal Wiseman School in Middlesex with Dominic Grieve MP, Isabel Oakeshott, Chuka Umunna MP and Jeanette Winterson. Show more
A Point of View
Howard Jacobson: Second-Hand Books
10 minutes
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Howard Jacobson reflects on his lifelong passion for buying second-hand books and the meaning of literature in the digital age. Show more
Anne McElvoy tours British liberalism from the 'Glorious' Revolution to the Edwardian era. Show more
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The World Tonight
The Latest from the Climate Change Summit in Paris
45 minutes
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The latest from the climate change summit in Paris. The investigation into newspaper phone hacking is over, but has anything changed? Plus a report from the elections in France.
A visit from a stranger forces Carl to face up to what he has done. Ruth Rendell’s final novel concluded by Patricia Hodge. Show more
Great Lives
Dickie Bird on the life of Sir Leonard Hutton
30 minutes
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4 Extra Debut. Cricket umpire Dickie Bird chooses one of England's opening batsmen, Sir Leonard Hutton. With Matthew Parris. From 2015. Show more
Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as Tony Blair gives evidence on Libya. Show more
The Listening Project
Nirmal and Vijay - Time on Our Hands
5 minutes
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two retired ladies who describe themselves as British Indian Sikhs, and who find huge satisfaction in raising money for charitable work. Show more
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Diana Athill looks back on the things that have brought her simple pleasure through the many stages of her long life. Read by Stephanie Cole. From December 2015. Show more
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