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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Father John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh. Show more
Welsh otter numbers are declining, conservationists are now surveying the population in England. New review into support for tenant farmers. Brexit two years on. Show more
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Conversational voices of those who listen to and are inspired by birds. Tara Robinson describes an unexpected barn owl encounter in a fallen nest box in her own back garden. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Fiona Benson, Ivan Jablonka, Nina Power and Angelica Malin discuss male power with Helen Lewis. Show more
Woman's Hour
Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson, Performative activism, Over-exercising
54 minutes
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Sarah Brown sings Mahalia Jackson and when does exercise become unhealthy? Show more
With only first names as clues, Charlotte Sibtain and Cole Moreton uncover the story of an RAF Battle of Britain pilot involved in an infamous rescue mission praised by Churchill. Show more
Loose Ends
Christopher Eccleston, Emeli Sandé, Richard Strange, Tudur Owen, Soft Lad, Annie MacManus, Clive Anderson
38 minutes
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Clive Anderson and Annie MacManus are by Christopher Eccleston, Emeli Sandé, Richard Strange and Tudur Owen for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
6: But he was not mad, was he?
14 minutes
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Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in London 1923, read by Sian Thomas. Today: with Clarissa's party preparations underway, life goes on across London. Show more
You and Yours
Women Gamblers; Harry Styles; Auction Theft
39 minutes
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There's been a big increase in the number of women gambling in the pandemic. The charity Gamble Aware say nearly a million women are at risk of harm. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
1922: The Birth of Now
The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and Egyptomania
14 minutes
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The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb fuelled a fascination with ancient Egypt that influenced architecture and design in Europe and America; one that continues a century later. Show more
Kate heads down the wrong path and Brian argues his point.
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Paul Gambaccini asks the questions in the challenging music quiz, with competitors this week from North Lincolnshire, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes. Show more
The Food Programme
Wassail! Wassail! A celebration of cider, orchards and song
28 minutes
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Dan Saladino goes in search of the history, meaning and spirit of wassails and cider. In Somerset he takes part in a village wassail sung door to door and one sung in an orchard. Show more
The late painter Lucian Freud once referred to himself as the passenger who knows where he wants to go and his printmaker as the driver who knows how to get him to his destination. Show more
Philip Price asks why some pensioners live in poverty despite working their whole lives, while others are rewarded with a good retirement. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
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David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Richard Osman, Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh and Ria Lina talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
Alice makes a dramatic decision and Susan bonds with an unexpected person. Show more
Front Row
Van Gogh Self Portraits, Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir Part II, Dr Semmelweis
42 minutes
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Curator Karen Serres and art historian Martin Bailey discuss a new exhibition of Van Gogh's Self Portraits,director Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir Part II, Dr Semmelweis play reviewed Show more
BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen returns home in search of what it means to be Welsh and explores how far and how fast Welsh identity is changing. Show more
Analysis
Can we create a universal Covid vaccine?
28 minutes
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Can scientists develop a vaccine against coronaviruses and variants we know about, and the ones we have yet to meet? Show more
The battle for reality. Gabriel Gatehouse investigates. Show more
Fiona Benson, Ivan Jablonka, Nina Power and Angelica Malin discuss male power with Helen Lewis. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Sue Gray report is published
45 minutes
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In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
6: But he was not mad, was he?
14 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for years
Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in London 1923, read by Sian Thomas. Today: with Clarissa's party preparations underway, life goes on across London. Show more
Word of Mouth
It's language, Jim, but not as we know it
28 minutes
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Michael Rosen talks to science communicator Dr Hannah Little about aliens, ants and ancestors. Show more
Sean Curran reports as Boris Johnson apologises following the publication of the first findings of an investigation into events at Downing Street during lockdown.
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In the 1980s, communist Albania was one of the most isolated places on earth, to the young Lea Ypi it was home. But the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990 changed everything. Show more
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