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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Laurie Taylor looks at the complex role of human rights in the peace process.
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Bells from All Saints Church in Marsworth, Buckinghamshire.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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1/5 Yeonmi Park recalls what it was like to grow up in a dictatorship.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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2/5 A turning point is reached when Yeonmi's sister goes missing.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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3/5 After a daring escape into China, events take a dark and disturbing turn for Yeonmi.
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4/5 A new but dangerous plan to find freedom takes shape for Yeonmi and her mother.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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5/5 Yeonmi Park struggles to adjust to liberty, and her sister is still missing.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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2/3 By Aminatta Forna. Surreal and funny story in which a woman rebels against expectations.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
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Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
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05:45
A disease that attacks olive trees has taken hold in southern Italy.
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05:58
Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central American wetlands.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
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Should individual EU countries have the right to use GM? A crucial vote is set to decide.
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Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
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A look at how the living wage will impact farmers, workers and shoppers' grocery baskets.
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Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only surviving native owl.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Karen Smith.
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There are fears of a UK bramley apple shortage.
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Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch.
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Father Tim Byron.
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A childfree woman talks about her feelings of isolation.
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Church bells from St Michael's, Angersleigh, in Somerset.
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Commentary on the first day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
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Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
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The latest weather forecast.
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Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago
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David Gregory-Kumar discusses genetic modification in agriculture.
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Morning news. Includes Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Andrew Graystone.
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Steve Hewlett hosts a debate on the future of the BBC.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Katharine Longworth.
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Libby Purves meets folk singer Peggy Seeger and cartoonist Stanley McMurtry.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Rev Christopher Landau.
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Keith Richards is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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An act of worship and music from Cardiff, led by the Rev Roy Jenkins.
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Adil Ray, star of Citizen Khan, joins Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles.
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Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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Erica Jong and Joanna Trollope compare their life experiences. Jane Garvey presents.
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2/5 Pliny the Younger and Venta, his new Welsh slave, go hunting for boar.
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Nikki Bedi looks at miscarriage. Plus Miranda Richardson on May We Be Forgiven by AM Homes
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3/5 Pliny has an unnerving visit from his fellow lawyer, and arch-rival, Regulus.
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They had a low-key wedding, but now she's overcome her social anxiety, the sky's the limit
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A live performance from US banjo player Abigail Washburn and her husband.
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4/5 Pliny the Younger and his mother are invited to dinner with the Emperor.
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Shami Chakrabarti talks about How to Be Both by Ali Smith. Jenni Murray presents.
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5/5 Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up.
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Clap those hands, stamp those feet! Chris Stewart goes on the trail of flamenco in Granada
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Brett Westwood explores how beetles have influenced arts and science. From 2015
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Frances Fyfield is in Vienna to examine the score of Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus.
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4/4 Gerald Scarfe is your starship captain on a bumpy ride through the cosmos.
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3/4 Great works of fiction are upended when the comedy trio stumble into the plot.
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A comedian wins the presidency of one of the world's most violent nations.
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Actor Jack Shepherd goes backstage to unearth the strange tales of haunted theatres.
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Alison Steadman plays a nursery web spider in this funny tale written by Lynne Truss.
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3/6 Joel comes home early from work to find an unexpected visitor in the shape of Henry.
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Helen Lewis of the New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
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There is anxiety in Turkey as people to go to the polls for a second time this year.
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Commentary on the fifth day of the second Test between Pakistan and England, from Dubai.
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National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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Two-year-old Mathieu Dupont goes missing.
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Call You and Yours asks listeners what big changes they have made for the sake of health.
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National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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Private Lavoie sees an opportunity to escape court martial.
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How to spot when you're being scammed.
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The latest weather forecast.
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National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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Folkestone is hit by a storm, and Nancy and Dolly seek the high ground of the drawing room
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The RNLI explain why they have decided to only call donors who give permission.
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National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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In the last episode of Season 5, Kitty Lumley feels like leaving Folkestone forever.
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The future of small renewable energy projects and hospital car parking charges.
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The latest weather forecast.
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National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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A look at the payday loan redress, insurance premium tax and foreign payment troubles.
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7/8 Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
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The latest weather forecast.
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Commentary on the first day of the third Test between Pakistan and England, from Sharjah.
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Ben Macintyre on history's most famous battle strategist, ancient China's Sun Tzu (1 of 5)
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Shaun Ley.
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Ben Macintyre on bait and switch - the oldest trick in the strategists' playbook (2 of 5)
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
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Ben Macintyre's series continues with a focus on 'Trojan Horses' through history (3 of 5)
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
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Ben Macintyre looks at how spies and double-agents can turn the tide of battle (4 of 5)
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Shaker Aamer returns to Britain after 13 years.
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Ben Macintyre's series concludes with a focus on camouflage in battle strategy (5 of 5)
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The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Shipston-on-Stour in the Cotswolds.
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James Landale examines why Margaret Thatcher was ousted from power 25 years ago.
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It is the Harvest Festival in Ambridge.
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A true story that charts actor Tristan Sturrock's journey from paralysis to recovery.
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Emma is the voice of reason.
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By Hayley Squires. Emotional drama about fathers, daughters and the beautiful game.
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Lynda has the perfect role to offer.
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In Holland, Robert de Tullio is drawn deeper into the murky waters of WWI intelligence.
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Ed considers his future as a farmer.
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A man in a fugue state holds the key to some strange events.
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Will they be queuing up to audition for Lynda?
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Jack is on the hunt for a space rock, as is his nemesis Aurora. Who will find it first?
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Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? Presented by Anita Anand.
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Alfred Hitchcock and Ernest Lehman’s unproduced follow-up script to North by Northwest.
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Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Liverpool.
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Overcoming social anxiety and the importance of listening in friendship.
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Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.
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Sheila Dillon discovers the secrets of that misunderstood and overlooked fruit: the pear.
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3/6 Josie Long presents stories of imitation and plagiarism.
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Bad news for lovers of tapenade and pesto - olive trees are succumbing to a new disease.
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What can we do about cyber crime? Listeners call in with their views and ideas.
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Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss teenage mental health.
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Helen Mark visits Llanthony in Wales to hear how the Big Chill festival began 20 years ago
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Frank Cottrell Boyce presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Railway Children.
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Adam Sisman about his new biography of John le Carre.
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Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from Liverpool.
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By Sudanese author Leila Aboulela. A bright student is failing in her studies, but why?
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1/2 The lives of 17 year old Cassandra Mortmain’s eccentric family in a rural 1930's Suffolk.
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2/2 Novelist Bernardine Evaristo on the complex man at the heart of the Black Arts Movement.
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Aleks Krotoski explores the world of the digital doppelganger
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Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.
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Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Laurie Taylor explores forms of non-religious culture and identification.
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Culture secretary John Whittingdale talks about the BBC's distinctiveness.
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Francine Stock discusses Brief Encounter.
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Oxygen detected on comet 67P doesn’t fit with models of early Solar System formation.
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Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star
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Spicy Woman's Hour chat, coverage of the Middle East, and local radio goes viral.
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Does overcoming the social anxiety that held her back mean she's now a different person?
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Presented by Jane Garvey. Erica Jong, Joanna Trollope, and leaving the care system.
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Fantasy writer China Mieville talks about The City & the City. With James Naughtie.
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1/2 A stellar cast of 26 leading poets read their own work inspired by the Lyrical Ballads.
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Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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PM at 5pm - Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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Full coverage of the day's news.
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Can clever maths create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests look at modern finance.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest weather forecast.
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The UK is giving a billion pounds of aid to Syrian refugees. But is it being well spent?
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Edward Stourton profiles the leader of the House of Lords Baroness Tina Stowell.
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The House of Lords is about to vote on measures designed to block cuts to tax credits.
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4/8 Josh Widdicombe, Jenny Eclair, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton join host Nicholas Parsons.
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George Osborne vows to reform tax credits despite defeat in the Lords
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3/4 Andrew attempts to beat his workmate Lennie to a promotion.
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FIFA deal to give World Cup to Russia
Teenager murdered at school in Aberdeen
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3/5 Sophie seeks love while her mother wants entry to a posh lady's golf club.
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After almost forty years, China has ended its policy restricting couples to just one child
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An all-star gala in celebration of Barry Cryer's 80th birthday.
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Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held at Guantanamo, has arrived back in the UK.
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7/8 Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
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BMA criticises plan to charge foreigners for emergency treatment. NZ win Rugby World Cup
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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Russian aviation official says crashed plane broke up in sky.
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Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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Emma is the voice of reason.
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Samira Ahmed talks to Anne-Marie Duff and Marianne Elliot about staging DH Lawrence plays.
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1/5 Pliny the Younger and his mother go shopping for a slave in Rome in the 1st century AD.
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Lynda has the perfect role to offer.
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With John Wilson. Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen discuss their adaptation of The Dresser
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2/5 Pliny the Younger and Venta, his new Welsh slave, go hunting for boar.
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Ed considers his future as a farmer.
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Samira Ahmed talks to fashion designer Hussein Chalayan about his radical new dance show.
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3/5 Pliny has an unnerving visit from his fellow lawyer, and arch-rival, Regulus.
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Will they be queuing up to audition for Lynda?
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The author David Mitchell talks about his new novel Slade House. Samira Ahmed presents.
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4/5 Pliny the Younger and his mother are invited to dinner with the Emperor.
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Susan is in a selfless mood.
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Kirsty Lang meets Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan and sees Eugene O'Neill's play The Hairy Ape
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5/5 Pliny is put out when one of his dinner guests fails to show up.
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Edward Stourton profiles the leader of the House of Lords Baroness Tina Stowell.
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Including a look at Jafar Panahi's Golden Bear-winning film Taxi Tehran.
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Helen is in a world of her own.
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4/4 Shedtown Mark II pulls the crowds in. Jimmy asks where hearts lie.
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By Rebecca F John. Is it true that nothing survives in Crow Road?
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Mark D'Arcy examines the life and times of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
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Jo Fidgen asks if killing cows for food can be morally justified.
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The UK is giving a billion pounds of aid to Syrian refugees. But is it being well spent?
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News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.
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Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
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Alex Marshall discusses patriotism and nationalism.
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Peter Oborne gives his verdict on crucial questions raised by the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Can clever maths create value from nothing? Evan Davis and guests look at modern finance.
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Shipston-on-Stour in the Cotswolds.
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As a tribute to the late Lisa Jardine, another chance to hear her reflections on memory.
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Comedian Doc Brown activates the flux capacitor back to the world of 21 January 1981.
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Spicy Woman's Hour chat, coverage of the Middle East, and local radio goes viral.
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Matthew Bannister on a polymath, a critic, a showjumping manager, a film star
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Brett Westwood explores how oak tree has influenced society, art and druidism.
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Andrew Marr with Siri Hustvedt, Ben Power, Peter Davies and Mike Savage.
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Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss teenage mental health.
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Steve Hewlett hosts a debate on the future of the BBC.
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Bad news for lovers of tapenade and pesto - olive trees are succumbing to a new disease.
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Libby Purves meets folk singer Peggy Seeger and cartoonist Stanley McMurtry.
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Oxygen detected on comet 67P doesn’t fit with models of early Solar System formation.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire of Mali.
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Last omnibus edition of Season 5 of Home Front, an epic drama series set during WWI.
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Comedy trio Penny Dreadfuls transport us to ancient Greece. Robert Webb stars as Odysseus
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A look at the payday loan redress, insurance premium tax and foreign payment troubles.
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Matt Lucas presents the Radio 4 Appeal for YoungMinds.
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Jo Fidgen asks if killing cows for food can be morally justified.
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The government is defeated in the House of Lords on tax credit changes.
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1/10 Having survived a showdown with Goldfinger, Bond is back in London. So is Pussy Galore.
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Chinese foreign ministry summons US ambassador to protest against American move.
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2/10 Bond is to protect British driver Lancy Smith during a forthcoming race at Nurburgring.
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Karl Andree will be released instead
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3/10 Bond already has his suspicions and is proved right when the Nurburgring race begins.
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Things are so bad, some people are returning to Syria.
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4/10 Sin Jai-Seong throws a party, and Bond sneaks into his office.
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A special report from Razia Iqbal in Istanbul.
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5/10 Bond and Jeopardy piece together the information taken from Sin's office.
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In 1979, a team of scientists begin to investigate some strange phenomena.
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Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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Andrew Gimson looks at how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.
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Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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3/4 The actor-cum-sleuth hopes to prove Hugo did not murder his wife.
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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2/4 Join Alex and Ben - aka The Pin - in their weird twist on the double-act sketch show.
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4/4 Writer Michael Smith returns to his hometown of Hartlepool.
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Sean Curran reports on the fallout from the government defeat in the Lords on tax credits.
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3/4 Rob Newman presents a witty, fact-packed A to Z of evolution, mixing stand-up and sketches
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two friends, one of whom is disabled.
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23:00
A British journalist living in Tokyo investigates the mysterious deaths of four teenagers.
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23:00
Francine Stock discusses Brief Encounter.
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23:30
Embarrassment teaches, amuses and can even kill us. Mark Tully studies its repercussions.
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