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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe, United Reformed minister. Show more
Sybil Ruscoe quizzes independent crop expert Sean Sparling on how the weather is affecting this year's harvest, and he says it's inevitable that food prices will rise. Show more
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
David Attenborough presents the Eurasian scops owl found in Mediterranean regions. Show more
News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss how to ensure children develop positive friendships, from toddler to the teenage years. Show more
A short act of worship with reading, prayer and reflection, presented by Bert Tosh. Show more
Woman's Hour
Listener Week: Legacy books, Age gap relationships, Adult bullying, Going grey.
45 minutes
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Listener Week. The book that changed my life. Can an age gap make a difference to a relationship? If I stop dying my hair will people still take me seriously? And adult bullying. Show more
Robert Forrest's popular thriller set in 10th-century Japan. Empress Teishi is in child-bed - dismissing midwife and priest, she insists Lady Shonagon alone will attend her. Show more
The late Colin Powell, once tipped as the first Afro-American president, poured his energy into education and specifically a Harlem college he co-founded - the poor man's Harvard. Show more
A suspicious death leaves the gals from personnel no options other than to investigate. Starring Kate O'Flynn. From 2018. Show more
A History of Ideas
What Does It Mean to Be Free?
11 minutes
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Melvyn Bragg is joined by philosopher Angie Hobbs, lawyer Harry Potter, neuropsychologist Paul Broks and theologian Giles Fraser to exchange ideas on freedom. Show more
You and Yours
Ticket sellers, Factory homes, Diesel cars
45 minutes
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Two websites are closed in the battle against ticket touts, the growth in homes built on the factory floor and assembled on site, and is the market for diesel cars cooling off? Show more
The latest weather forecast.
Analysis of news and current affairs.
Timandra Harkness explores the best ways to disagree with other people - constructively. How society can cope with open-minded arguing rather than it degenerating into abuse. Show more
Pressure mounts for Elizabeth, and Fallon wakes up to a shock. Show more
Maggie Ayre's drama documentary about a relation who disappeared without trace in Glencoe, leaving an empty tent, and a rift in the family that rippled down the generations. Show more
Paul Gambaccini asks the questions in the challenging music quiz that covers everything from opera to hip-hop, from London's famous Maida Vale studios. Show more
The Food Programme
Shetland - A Food Homecoming
30 minutes
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Sheila Dillon visits Shetland to meet the people who are transforming Shetland's food culture. Show more
Natalie Haynes stands up for Greek playwright Euripides, whose Medea still shocks with its insight into the position of women. With guests Mark Ravenhill and Professor Edith Hall. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, as they transport the cage of infinite proportions to the home of modern-day cryptography and code breaking, GCHQ. Show more
Chris Mason with interviews, context and analysis.
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Six O'Clock News
13/08/2018 Turkey tries to end financial crisis
30 minutes
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Turkey's central bank has announced new measures to try to end the financial crisis which has seen the lira plunge in value.
Paul Merton, Pam Ayres, Josie Lawrence and Julian Clary attempt to speak for 60 seconds on a variety of subjects without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Show more
Johnny loses his cool, and Josh attempts to secure his future. Show more
Front Row
Rosie Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Jenni Fagan on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
30 minutes
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Comedians Rosie Jones and Janeane Garofalo are among Viv Groskop's guests live from the BBC Tent at the Edinburgh Festival. Show more
Robert Forrest's popular thriller set in 10th-century Japan. Empress Teishi is in child-bed - dismissing midwife and priest, she insists Lady Shonagon alone will attend her. Show more
Kevin Fong explores the latest video gaming smash hit Fortnite as a cultural phenomenon. What accounts for its extraordinary popularity, and should parents be worried? Show more
Crossing Continents
Euthanasia - Aurelia's Story
28 minutes
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Aurelia Brouwers, a Dutch woman of 29, lay down to die in January. She was deemed eligible for euthanasia on account of suffering caused by mental illness. This is her story. Show more
The utterly beguiling and mysterious otter leads Brett on a merry spraint hunt, in and out of books, music and myth, to the watery corners of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Show more
Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss how to ensure children develop positive friendships, from toddler to the teenage years. Show more
The World Tonight
Erdogan accuses the United States of seeking to stab Turkey in the back.
45 minutes
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Measures by Turkey's central bank to stabilise the lira fail to reverse its decline. Show more
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
1. 'If it's not nice, I needn't stay'
14 minutes
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The recently widowed Laura Palfrey arrives at the Claremont Hotel on the Cromwell Road. Read by Eleanor Bron. Show more
James Boswell tries to write a biography of Karl Marx, who needs some help. Stars Miles Jupp and Julian Rhind-Tutt. From 2016. Show more
Science Stories
A wolf, a goat and some cabbages
28 minutes
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How do you get a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across a river without them eating or being eaten by each other? Philip Ball uncovers the author of this famous puzzle in the Dark Ages. Show more
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Historian Lucy Inglis explores man's long and complex relationship with the juice of the opium poppy. Show more
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