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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
An EFRA Select Committee investigation into new rules on transporting animals will consider how a potential ban on live exports would affect farmers and processors. Show more
Bill Oddie presents the Grey partridge. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Yesterday in Parliament
Samantha Power, author and former US ambassador to the UN, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more
Woman's Hour
Managing Money, Domestic Violence and Housing, Bad Bridgets
42 minutes
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We investigate the lack of suitable housing for women escaping domestic violence & the lives of Irish women in the US in 19th and why they were called Bad Bridgets Show more
5/10. Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. Shardlake’s investigations lead him to the Tower of London. Show more
Kavita Puri hears stories from the three pound generation of British South Asians and their descendants about how the fight to be accepted has changed. Show more
Maureen and Lesley are horrified when they discover that the dead body of David has vanished from the cellar where they left it. Has he been found by the police? Show more
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Sybil is happy enough with her new job and her love life until an old adversary turns up to spoil both. Ell Potter reads this funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge. Show more
You and Yours
Parcel Tax, Northern Transport, Business and mental health
39 minutes
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Why are customers of EU e-businesses in the UK paying up to a third again in customs charges and we hear from the first village in the UK to switch over to ground source heat
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Edward Stourton.
Bodies
Episode 5: The Living and the Dead - Opening up the body
14 minutes
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Professor Alice Roberts continues her narrative history series about the human body - a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age. Show more
Shula faces her demons and Vince makes a surprising suggestion. Show more
Set on the fictional Scottish island Kinnan, Eilidh stares out to sea and dreams of a new life. Myth and reality collide when the tide washes a mysterious stranger onto her beach. Show more
Gardeners' Question Time
GQT at Home: Chilean treats and Onion feats
42 minutes
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Gardening Q&A hosted by Peter Gibbs. Show more
An original short work for radio by Nina Allan.
In a world not unlike ours, Janet flees the city after a devastating loss.
Read by Alexandra Mathie Show more
Last Word
Phil Spector (pictured), Grace Robertson, Paul Nihill
28 minutes
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Matthew Bannister on record producer Phil Spector, photographer Grace Robertson and race walker Paul Nihill. Show more
More or Less
Will the vaccine bring back normal life? GDP and Fishing
28 minutes
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If we vaccinate the top four priority groups by February, how much will things change? Plus, we investigate some fishy Brexit statistics Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Six O'Clock News
22/01/2021 There are signs the spread of coronavirus is slowing.
30 minutes
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New figures suggest the pandemic may be shrinking in parts of the UK for the first time since early December.
Joining Andy this week are Helen Lewis, Hari Kondabolu, Olga Koch and Andrew Maxwell Show more
Front Row
The White Tiger, the TS Eliot Prize shortlist, sculptor Denise Dutton
41 minutes
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Netflix's film of Aravind Adiga's novel The White Tiger; Chair Lavinia Greenlaw on the TS Eliot Prize shortlist; Denise Dutton on her sculpture of fossil-hunter Mary Anning. Show more
5/10. Drama based on the best-selling novel by C.J. Sansom. Shardlake’s investigations lead him to the Tower of London. Show more
Any Questions?
Kate Andrews, David Lammy MP, Larry Sanders, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
47 minutes
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Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London with Kate Andrews, David Lammy MP, Larry Sanders and Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP. Show more
Rebecca Stott on why stories told over time are the perfect antidote to lockdown. Show more
Professor Alice Roberts begins her narrative history series about the human body - a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Evidence suggests new strain of covid could be more deadly
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
Sybil is happy enough with her new job and her love life until an old adversary turns up to spoil both. Ell Potter reads this funny, sharply-observed story of betrayal and revenge. Show more
The new president begins dismantling Trump’s legacy. Show more
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Farmer James Rebanks combines old methods with new thinking in an attempt to leave a meaningful legacy for his children. Read by Bryan Dick. Abridged by Siân Preece. Show more
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