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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Seeta Lakhani, Hindu tutor at Eton College. Show more
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The Great Skua - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound. Show more
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Susan Hulme reports as the prime minister updates MPs on his trip to the Middle East.
The Long View
The Long Shadows of Dominant Leaders
28 minutes
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As two of Britain’s ruling political parties adjust, with difficulty, to life under new leadership, Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of the vacuum left by dominant leaders. Show more
How to Win a Campaign
5. Away from Elections - Public Pressure and Changing Cultures
14 minutes
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Former Downing Street strategist, adviser to Boris Johnson and Vote Leave insider Cleo Watson examines the building blocks and dark arts of political campaigning. Show more
Woman's Hour
Ruth Birch and Julia Curry, Liza Mundy, Lyse Doucet and Tal Hochman, Cindy Thomas and Laura Barton
58 minutes
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Author Liza Munday talks to Emma Barnett about her new book The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA. Show more
Kirsty Young finds out what advice activist and writer Naomi Klein would give her younger self. Show more
Simon Armitage is in the Arctic to see for himself what's happening in a part of the world that's crucial to the climate change debate, and to write new poems in response. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you?
53 minutes
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Call You and Yours: Have you ever been put under the spell of someone trying to scam you? Show more
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A farm vet has the ominous realisation that a new disease is emerging - but the government doesn’t want to spark a panic. Show more
Adam attempts to offer reassurance, and Mia has a brainwave. Show more
The school goes back to basics after the tech is paralysed by a cyber attack. Show more
An accidental wildlife haven grows along the Iron Curtain and a poet and a tree surgeon look for the roots of a metaphor. Josie Long presents shorts on the ground under your feet. Show more
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley
3. Lizzie Borden
28 minutes
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Why was a New England Victorian lady immortalised as an axe murderer, and how did her trial hold a mirror to gender and social tensions of the era? Show more
The Law Show
Exporting prisoners, is Joint Enterprise racist, and Gaza-Israel
29 minutes
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What does international law say about self-defence and proportionality? Also: sending prisoners to a prison abroad as Norway did, and are Joint Enterprise convictions safe? Show more
TV presenter Anneka Rice and writer Maureen Freely share favourite books, including Marilynne Robinson's award-winning Gilead and Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists. 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
24/10/2023 Israel says it has hit at least 400 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past day
30 minutes
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Israel says it has hit at least 400 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. Hamas health officials say 700 people have been killed in the attacks.
Comedian Jordan Gray champions boob jobs, historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris shares her own breast cancer recovery story, and Sarah Kerruish unveils MIA, a life-saving AI algorithm. Show more
Ian struggles to let go of the past and there’s concern for the Grundy’s. Show more
Front Row
Patrick Stewart, Steven Isserlis, The art of skateboard design
42 minutes
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Sir Patrick Stewart reflects on his acting career, cellist Steven Isserlis celebrates the life of Pablo Casals, and the culture of the skateboard from 50s craze to Olympic sport. Show more
File on 4 explores the anatomy of a single fraud, hearing a scam call unfold, and finding out its impact on the victim. Show more
Two blind women talk about their experiences of living through the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Show more
Inside Health
How do cold and flu remedies help when we're ill?
28 minutes
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Cold and flu season is drawing in and, this year, James Gallagher wants to know more about what the remedies in his medicine cabinet actually do to help when he gets ill. Show more
The Long View
The Long Shadows of Dominant Leaders
28 minutes
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As two of Britain’s ruling political parties adjust, with difficulty, to life under new leadership, Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of the vacuum left by dominant leaders. Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
UN Secretary General: Hamas attacks "didn't happen in vacuum"
45 minutes
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Lifting the cap on UK bankers' bonuses - could bankers' pay fall?
Is next week's UK AI summit too US-focused?
By Jo Baker. Tom and Charlotte part badly. Her sister turns up with men to take her away, but the shadow man moves into the light and offers Charlotte a clue and a way out. Show more
New episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts, but if you’re in the UK, you can listen to the whole series right now – before anywhere else – on BBC Sounds. Show more
Highlights from Westminster with Susan Hulme, as the government announces a cut in the number of hotels used to house migrants.
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Alex South began her career as a prison officer at Category A Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire, where some of the country’s most dangerous men were serving life sentences. Show more
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