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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Muneera Pilgrim, poet, writer and broadcaster. Show more

As one supermarket rations its sales and another’s started importing from Italy, we ask what’s going on with home-laid British eggs. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the rook. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ferocious speeches Demosthenes gave to stir up his fellow Athenians against their enemy Philip II of Macedon and so abandon appeasement. Show more

Georgina Jackson and Emma Smith bring big band sounds to Woman’s Hour with a live performance in the studio. Show more

Russia's retreat from Kherson was greeted with jubilation, but the occupiers left a legacy of suspicion and mistrust. The hunt for Russian collaborators is now underway. Show more

A radio hymn to the things around us inspired by the Duino Elegies of Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Show more

The founder of the tickets re-sale firm Twickets, Richard Davies, on how he spotted a gap in the market for an ethical ticket company. Show more

Greg shines a light on whether SAD lamps and wake up lights can really help improve our mood. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

In a week of programmes for the BBC centenary, historian Robert Seatter selects three objects from the BBC’s archive store and tells the stories behind their creation. Show more

The Hunt Ball prep is in full swing – will Ruairi be taking anyone? Show more

by James Fritz. Nisal is a life-long Tottenham Hotspur fan. Unable to support his family, he travels to Qatar to work on building the World Cup stadiums - with devastating results. Show more

The Matlock Bath Illuminations began 125 years ago. Helen Mark gets on board the illuminated boats to find out how the River Derwent has shaped this place and its people. Show more

Radio and television presenter Anita Rani makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Frank Water Show more

Johny Pitts talks to Barbara Kingsolver about Demon Copperhead, her new book which reimagines Dickens' David Copperfield in contemporary Virginia amidst the opioid crisis. Show more

Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests discuss what science has learnt from Covid, and what Covid has taught us about science. Show more

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Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

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The Chancellor has announced tax rises and public spending cuts in his Autumn Statement.

Nathan Blakely was a popstar, but he died and was reincarnated - as a wolf. Starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire, guest-starring Freya Parker, Hammed Animashaun and Mike Wozniak. Show more

Oliver seems to be held up tonight, and Elizabeth is playing host. Show more

Reviews of film The Wonder starring Florence Pugh, and the Royal Academy's Making Modernism exhibition. Also, theatre company Frantic Assembly on widening the net for acting talent Show more

The UK government and the ECHR: on a collision course? Its former top judge speaks out. Time to improve cohabiting couples' rights? Who owns the reclining seat space on a plane? Show more

Can you be optimistic in the face of a recession if you're running a business? Do hard times bring opportunities, in places others may fear to tread? With Evan Davis. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ferocious speeches Demosthenes gave to stir up his fellow Athenians against their enemy Philip II of Macedon and so abandon appeasement. Show more

Also tonight:

the UK's first paralysed surgeon

and Myanmar releases 6000 prisoners

After a huge loss Demon can't call on his friends; their lives are in as much turmoil as his. With his drug use spiralling, the boy finds himself homeless.
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Industry heart-throb Kat Sadler tells the chronically offline Alex MacQueen how social media helped her into a happy relationship, and how there are probably no downsides to it. Show more

Sean Curran reports on the Chancellor's autumn statement and MPs' reaction to it

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An ill thought through escape attempt ends in ridicule for the British, as Samuel West continues the true story of the most infamous prison in history. Show more

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