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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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Laurie Taylor explores tensions at the heart of contemporary struggles against enslavement
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Bells from St Leonard's Church, Hythe in Kent.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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1/5 Amy Liptrot's incisive memoir of overcoming alcoholism on Orkney.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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2/5 After hitting rock bottom, Amy seeks treatment before the lambing season.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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3/5 An RSPB job sees Amy scouring the islands nightly for rare Corncrakes.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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4/5 Amy has moved to one of the smallest inhabited Orkney islands.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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5/5 Amy questions why she became an alcoholic.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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3/3 The hellish trials and tribulations Tess experiences living in bedsit land.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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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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The latest shipping forecast.
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A short reflection and prayer with Padraig O Tuama.
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Holland has houses that can float on floodwater. Should the UK be considering the idea?
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05:56
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Michael Palin presents the common poorwill from an Arizona desert.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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A short reflection and prayer with Padraig O Tuama.
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The government has designated 23 new Marine Conservation Zones - but will they work?
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Michael Palin presents the oilbird, from a Venezuelan cavern
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The latest shipping forecast.
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A short reflection and prayer with Padraig O Tuama.
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A new report highlights the contribution of rural businesses to the UK economy.
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Michael Palin presents the black sicklebill of New Guinea.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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A short reflection and prayer with Padraig O Tuama.
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Charlotte Smith has an update on plans for land reform in Scotland.
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Michael Palin presents the kea from a windswept mountain in New Zealand.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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A short reflection and prayer with Padraig O Tuama.
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Defra looks at plans to pay farmers to let their land flood. Charlotte Smith presents.
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Michael Palin presents the red-eyed vireo from North America.
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05:20
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
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05:43
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Julia Neuberger.
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05:45
One listener on how audiobooks stopped their insomnia. Robin Lustig reads Your News.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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05:43
Church bells from St Mary Magdalene, Mortehoe in Devon.
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Charlie Howard argues that public services should find their users, not wait to be found.
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Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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06:00
Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and 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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06:04
The latest weather forecast.
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06:07
Helen Mark uncovers why peat makes the Somerset Levels a special place to visit.
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06:30
Charlotte Smith reports from the UK's biggest agricultural machinery show, Lamma.
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06:57
The latest weather forecast.
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06:00
The latest national and international news.
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06:05
Mark Tully considers social, religious and personal attitudes towards poverty.
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06:35
Lionel Kelleway is joined by roosting rooks.
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06:57
The latest weather forecast.
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Morning news, with Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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07:00
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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07:10
A portrait of a bishop, a review of Spotlight and 100 years since WWI conscription.
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07:54
Jon Snow presents an appeal on behalf of children's charity I CAN.
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The latest weather forecast.
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on the ministerial statement about the steel industry
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An MP cries while questioning the sister of a Briton believed to be an IS executioner.
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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08:31
Sean Curran reports from Westminster on the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko.
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08:15
Commentary on day two of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria.
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Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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08:10
Canon Chris Chivers leads worship from All Saints Church, Cambridge.
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08:15
Commentary on day three of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria
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Tom Sutcliffe with Alaa Al Aswany, Wendell Steavenson, Hugh Kennedy and Tarek Osman.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
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09:00
Jonathan Freedland examines the rise of Donald Trump through the prism of the past.
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09:30
A dramatic eyewitness account of the events in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
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09:45
Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
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Libby Purves meets novelist Gerald Seymour and adventurer and comedian Tim FitzHigham.
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09:45
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by John Forrest.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.
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Spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music.
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Commentary on day one of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria.
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09:45
An act of worship and music, led by Leslie Griffiths.
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Commentary on day two of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria.
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Call us with your pension questions today.
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1/5 How did the boy in boxers become the wanted man in an armed siege?
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Harvard's president, Drew Gilpin Faust. And why the UK stillbirth rate is still too high.
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2/5 Liz's decisions lead to an official complaint.
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Margaret Drabble discusses a favourite author. How serious is sleeplessness after birth?
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3/5 Devon's mother has a surprise for him.
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Two friends united by their love of the sea.
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Protected prostitution, friends and chronic illness, living waste free and farming puppies
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4/5 Devon's hopes for the future meet the reality of his past.
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Commentary on day one of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria.
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Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold stories of 21st-century Britain.
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3/6 Comedian Mark Steel explores reggae, riots and white supremacist gardening in Handsworth.
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How stimulating the brain could be used to treat severe and enduring anorexia nervosa.
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Folk singer Eliza Carthy discovers Manchester's 19th-century broadside ballads.
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From Nepal to Kenya via Stonehenge, Miles Warde discovers the power of roads.
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2/4 Marco's sister is less than impressed by Terri, and Jill is still wavering.
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Reports from Finland, Iraq, Norway, Cuba and Germany. Presented by Kate Adie.
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Composer Adam Gorb goes on a journey to listen to the lost music of concentration camps.
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National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
On the day of the battle of Sheik Sa'ad, Ralph Winwood has a mission of his own.
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12:15
Consumer affairs programme.
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12:57
The latest weather forecast.
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12:00
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
The stalled Montenegro and Austria negotiations parallel events in the Winwood household.
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12:15
What was it that led you to feel less foreign and more British?
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12:57
The latest weather forecast.
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12:00
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Kitty has a moment of hope for her missing brother.
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12:15
An investigation into why Store First investors are not getting promised returns.
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12:57
The latest weather forecast.
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12:00
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Former factory workers Marion and Edie are feeling even more liberated.
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12:15
Investigating a dental clinic that has left customers angry, in pain and without refunds.
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12:57
The latest weather forecast.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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12:04
Commentary on day one of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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Commentary on day two of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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Commentary on day three of the fourth Test between South Africa and England, from Pretoria
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Baroness Warsi discusses English lessons for Muslim women. Presented by Martha Kearney.
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13:45
Bishop Richard Holloway on learning how to forgive ourselves as well as others.
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Ed Stourton.
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13:45
Bishop Richard Holloway argues death is our friend and we should reach out our hand to it.
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Martha Kearney.
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13:45
Bishop Richard Holloway reveals why the picture of a skeleton can stun him to tears.
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Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Bishop Richard Holloway asks if life's best lesson is when to let others take over.
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Pip fancies a little trip.
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14:15
2/3 The realities of war strike home for Lees-Milne, when Tom Mitford returns on leave.
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14:00
Fallon has a brainwave.
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14:15
Zoe Tapper and Lacey Turner star in Nell Dunn's Sixties classic set in Battersea.
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Lynda is ready for a grand reopening.
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8/10 Epic historical saga set in the richest, most powerful city on earth.
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Ian is thinking about the future.
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By Sarah Hehir. A first play for radio by a winner of the BBC Writer's Prize.
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Russell Davies asks the questions in the prestigious general knowledge quiz.
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Leeds is a city on the rise when it comes to food and drink. Dan Saladino finds out why.
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Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel programme from Stoke-on-Trent.
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Bellowhead respond to audience questions about their 2010 album, 'Hedonism'
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Exploring how the shake-up in local government finances could affect the public.
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Do more people die in hospital at the weekend? Dr Mark Porter examines the evidence.
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Helen Mark uncovers why peat makes the Somerset Levels a special place to visit.
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Natasha Kaplinsky presentsan appeal on behalf of The National Holocaust Centre and Museum.
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Mariella Frostrup talks to bestselling author Janice YK Lee.
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Rebecca Front takes the Radio Theatre audience through her life in reading and comedy.
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Brian and Robin talk artificial intelligence with Jo Brand, Anil Seth and Alan Winfield.
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What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.
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Nitin Sawhney champions the life of American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley
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A look at con men in New York and the iconography of punishment.
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Discussing the future of ITV and the British public's increasing trust in the media.
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With Francine Stock. Anchorman writer and director Adam McKay talks about The Big Short.
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Adam Rutherford examines the genetics of ancient Britons and reminisces about Concorde.
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Matthew Bannister on a rock star, a publisher, a lesbian campaigner, a cinematographer.
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Does it matter that 62 people now own as much wealth as half of the world's population?
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Two recent graduates reflect on the unrelenting pressure to succeed academically
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As the prime minister urges more Muslim women to learn English, does it help integration?
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Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Gail Jones about her book A Guide to Berlin
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Roger McGough with listeners' requests, including poetry by Robert Burns.
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Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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17:54
The latest shipping forecast.
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Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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17:54
The latest shipping forecast.
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17:00
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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17:00
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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17:00
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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17:00
News presented by Shaun Ley including Google tax, China expansion and punk rock.
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17:30
One listener on how audiobooks stopped their insomnia. Robin Lustig reads Your News.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57
The latest weather forecast.
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17:00
Have the tennis authorities done enough to investigate allegations of match-fixing?
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Hardeep Singh Kohli pictures a future where Donald Trump flies to a private airfield.
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The latest shipping forecast.
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The latest weather forecast.
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Tata Steel is cutting over a thousand jobs in the UK - most of them at Port Talbot
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2/6 John Lloyd and Sarah Millican welcome Ken Dodd, Dr Hannah Fry and Greg Jenner.
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The Governor of the Bank of England has ruled out an immediate rise in interest rates.
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4/6 Milton launches a job agency, but his best client goes ballistic.
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Concerns about oil send share prices plummeting
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4/4 Sketch comedy from Jocelyn Jee Esien.
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Public inquiry into former spy's killing concludes senior Russian officials were involved
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3/6 A look back at a career in accounting.
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Angela Merkel has warned EU partners against acting alone to deal with the migrant crisis.
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3/8 A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
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Osborne hints that others could follow Google, which is paying £130 million to HMRC.
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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Government is considering calls to take unaccompanied children who've arrived in Europe
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Sheila McClennon chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
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Including The Assassin, Peter May, Attacking the Devil, and Jack Thorne.
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1/5 How did the boy in boxers become the wanted man in an armed siege?
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Lynda is ready for a grand reopening.
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19:15
Steve Carell on The Big Short and Fiona Barton on The Widow, plus diversity at the Oscars.
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2/5 Liz's decisions lead to an official complaint.
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Ian is thinking about the future.
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Elton John tells John Wilson about returning to his rock roots and the school run.
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3/5 Devon's mother has a surprise for him.
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Pat is rather taken by surprise.
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Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland on The Picture of Dorian Gray and utopias in fiction
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4/5 Devon's hopes for the future meet the reality of his past.
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Lilian enjoys being back in the saddle.
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Featuring Michael Keaton on Spotlight and a review of Simon Stephens's play Herons.
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5/5 Liz walks into a siege.
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Hardeep Singh Kohli pictures a future where Donald Trump flies to a private airfield.
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AS Byatt and Russell Kane review The Big Short, Julian Barnes, Champagne Life and HG Wells
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Adam seems to have forgotten something.
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3/6 Graham Linehan, Matthew Crosby and Helen Zaltzman compete to suggest the best in bad ideas
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An amusing sonata of bizarre commands by Padgett Powell featuring voices and music.
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Elinor Goodman investigates how government ministers take decisions in the 21st century.
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20:30
Can Belgium solve the problems of the Brussels district dubbed Jihadi Central?
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20:00
Have the tennis authorities done enough to investigate allegations of match-fixing?
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Symbols for partially sighted people and the counsellor who believes his blindness helps.
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Top journalists debate live with Andrew Rawnsley what leading opinion articles should say.
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20:45
Charlie Howard argues that public services should find their users, not wait to be found.
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20:00
The story behind the fatal poisoning in London of Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko.
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20:30
Jonty Bloom learns how Norway does business with the European Union.
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Pater Hall, Pembroke Dock, Wales.
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Tom Shakespeare is concerned by what the rise of cosmetic surgery says about society.
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Michael Symmons Roberts examines the book behind one of our most influential ideas: Utopia
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Does it matter that 62 people now own as much wealth as half of the world's population?
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Matthew Bannister on a rock star, a publisher, a lesbian campaigner, a cinematographer.
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Sathnam Sanghera asks, when we can know everything, are we better off not knowing things?
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21:30
Tom Sutcliffe with Alaa Al Aswany, Wendell Steavenson, Hugh Kennedy and Tarek Osman.
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Do more people die in hospital at the weekend? Dr Mark Porter examines the evidence.
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Jonathan Freedland examines the rise of Donald Trump through the prism of the past.
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The riddle of the 19th century French meteorite that carried a secret for 100 years.
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Libby Purves meets novelist Gerald Seymour and adventurer and comedian Tim FitzHigham.
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21:00
Adam Rutherford examines the genetics of ancient Britons and reminisces about Concorde.
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21:30
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, published in 1776.
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Folkestone's characters are all looking for release.
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3/3 John Steinbeck’s epic tale inspired by the story of Cain and Abel.
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Car insurance on the rise, council tax support on the wane and pensions exit fees capped.
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Jon Snow presents an appeal on behalf of children's charity I CAN.
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Jonty Bloom learns how Norway does business with the European Union.
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After the nuclear deal, how durable is the thaw in US-Iran relations?
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22:45
1/10 A once wealthy landowner, Abd el-Aziz has fallen into penury.
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A BBC correspondent is threatened, the 'staggering' Iraq death toll, and Palin backs Trump
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22:45
2/10 Abd el-Aziz's wages from the Automobile Club are barely covering his costs.
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A special report on the battle between the Turkish government and Kurdish separatists.
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3/10 Abd el-Aziz gets a new job. With tragic repercussions.
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Russian government furious over claims that Putin approved murder of dissident in London.
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4/10 Abd el-Aziz's death triggers strong emotions at the Automobile Club.
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A mosquito-borne virus causes nearly 4,000 babies to be born with abnormally small heads.
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22:45
5/10 Kamel takes over his father's job in the storeroom, where he makes a powerful contact.
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22:00
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
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22:15
Charlie Howard argues that public services should find their users, not wait to be found.
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22:30
3/3 Early pioneers to Britain from the Indian subcontinent in conversation with their children
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22:00
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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22:45
Julia Hartley Brewer analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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Bellowhead talk to John Wilson about their 2010 album, 'Hedonism'
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23:30
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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23:00
Brian and Robin talk artificial intelligence with Jo Brand, Anil Seth and Alan Winfield.
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Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. Labour tries to stop student grants being scrapped.
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4/4 Kim and Neil's return from a funeral involves a missed left turn and the planet Zobula.
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1/6 Paul Whitehouse's series follows a community psychiatric nurse on her rounds.
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David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn clash over the axing of student grants.
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3/4 Comedian Mark Thomas and his studio audience consider proposals for a People's Manifesto.
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A look at the government's response to the inquiry into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko
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23:00
Nitin Sawhney champions the life of American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley
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23:30
Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
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A father and daughter whose family business was fishing consider the beauty of the sea.
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23:00
Russell Davies asks the questions in the prestigious general knowledge quiz.
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23:30
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' poetry on the subject of home.
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23:00
True stories told live in the USA.
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Tom Shakespeare is concerned by what the rise of cosmetic surgery says about society.
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