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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Andrew Martlew, former army chaplain. Show more
Farming Today
Post-Brexit agricultural policy, Apprenticeships, Cormorants
13 minutes
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Soil will be at the heart of post-Brexit farm support. Farming Today hears from MP Rebecca Pow and a soil scientist to see how this might work. Show more
Tweet of the Day
Dermot O'Leary on Swifts and Swallows
1 minute
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Presenter Dermot O'Leary remembers driving home to visit his family and seeing soaring swifts and swallows bobbing along in front of his car. Show more
News from Westminster.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, works and life of Germaine de Stael (1766-1817), a literary critic, author, opponent of Napoleon and developer of Romanticism. Show more
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by Pastor Alex Robertson. Show more
Woman's Hour
Mary J Blige and Carey Mulligan, Grace Mugabe
45 minutes
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Mary J Blige and Carey Mulligan, the future of Grace Mugabe, social media poet Nikita Gill and Lisa Carne on protecting Belize's coral reef. Show more
Skye is in shock. She has to pretend that everything is ok, but nothing will ever be the same again. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Widows and War Criminals
30 minutes
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Kenyan widows fighting sexual cleansing, and talking to war criminals in the Balkans. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world. Show more
Jonathan Guyer examines the different forms of noir fiction addressing the failed revolutions, jihadism, and chaos in Egypt. Show more
On this day in 1917, Anzac troops occupied Jaffa, and in Tynemouth, Alan Lowther is thinking of cake. Show more
You and Yours
Truffle hunting, Buy-to-let, Jewson hack
45 minutes
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Consumer affairs programme. Why buy-to-let landlords are selling up. And hunting for the first black truffles to be grown in the UK. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs.
Back from the Congo, sensitive to the tensions between 'civilisation' and 'savagery', Conrad enjoys publication of his first novel. Then life at sea comes to an end. Show more
Ruth tries to play match-maker, and is it goodbye to an Ambridge tradition? Show more
The young Noel Coward demanded fierce loyalty from his friends. But did he live up to his own high standards? Writer Jonathan Tafler imagines a testing moment. Show more
Open Country
Serpentine on the Lizard, Cornwall
25 minutes
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Helen Mark meets people whose livelihoods depend on the unique landscape of the Lizard in Cornwall. Oh, and there's rock that looks like snakeskin. And a dragon breathing. Show more
Nick Hewer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer Action. Show more
Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated American novelist Celeste Ng and and Lilja Sigurdardottir explains what it was about the 2008 financial crash that inspired so many authors. Show more
The Film Programme
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Gloria Grahame
28 minutes
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Radio 4's weekly film programme. Peter Turner on how his book about his relationship with Gloria Grahame, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, took 30 years to make into a film. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Can we forecast earthquakes?, Britain's space race rocket Skylark, Francis Galton
30 minutes
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Adam Rutherford talks to two earth scientists who propose a link between changes in speed of the Earth's rotation and the incidence of powerful earthquakes. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
16/11/2017 Mugabe discusses future
30 minutes
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Zimbabwe president in talks after army seizes control
Alexei Sayle discusses the financial crash of 2008, the appeal of Donald Trump, and his lack of mainstream success. From 2017. Show more
Lexi takes charge, and Alan has an epiphany. Show more
Front Row
Noel Gallagher, Poets in Zimbabwe, Surrealism in Egypt
30 minutes
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Noel Gallagher discusses his new album. Plus Zimbabwean poet Togara Muzanenhamo, a review of Surrealism in Egypt at Tate Liverpool, and is new musical Tiger Bay the next Les Mis? Show more
Neil MacGregor focuses on images with a purpose, including a gruesome depiction of Christ's crucifixion, with blood raining from the body, and a serene figure of the Buddha. Show more
Joshua Rozenberg speaks to former judge Sir Richard Henriques, who is critical of recent police investigations into dead people accused of abuse. Show more
Do you shop in a department store or one of the large shopping centres around the country? Evan Davis and guests discuss the future of the department store. Show more
BBC Inside Science
Can we forecast earthquakes?, Britain's space race rocket Skylark, Francis Galton
30 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Adam Rutherford talks to two earth scientists who propose a link between changes in speed of the Earth's rotation and the incidence of powerful earthquakes. Show more
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, works and life of Germaine de Stael (1766-1817), a literary critic, author, opponent of Napoleon and developer of Romanticism. Show more
The World Tonight
Mugabe insists that he remains the legitimate leader of Zimbabwe
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, holds talks with the military, and mediators from South Africa. Show more
Now that the book has been finished, all that remains is for Kif and the editor Pia to select some images to accompany the text. In a conference room, they go through the photos. Show more
A highly confused town council and Mr Muzak talks about clubbing with like-minded individuals. With Moray Hunter. From 2015. Show more
Sean Curran reports from Westminster where MPs back demands, without a vote, for the government to make immediate changes to its controversial welfare payment, Universal Benefit. Show more
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Back from the Congo, sensitive to the tensions between 'civilisation' and 'savagery', Conrad enjoys publication of his first novel. Then life at sea comes to an end. Show more
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