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| The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. | |
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| The latest weather forecast. | |
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| Jules Hudson discovers an ancient landscape buried deep beneath the East Anglian fens, offering possibly the best idea yet of what life was like here thousands of years ago. | |
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| Charlotte Smith is at a farm with one farmer but 8,000 landlords to investigate why the price of UK farmland has bucked the trend and doubled over the past five years. | |
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| The latest weather forecast. | |
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| Presented by Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Yesterday in Parliament at 7.20am, Sports Desk at 7.25am, 8.25am; Weather 7.57am. Thought for the Day 7.48am. | |
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| Richard Coles in Leicester with Alastair Campbell, Mitch Benn, Showaddywaddy, a Ugandan Asian exile, an International Rescue fireman and Rosemary Conley's Inheritance Tracks. | |
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| John McCarthy chairs a discussion on Antarctica before an audience at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace with David and Amelia Hempleman-Adams, Meredith Hooper and Doug Allan. | |
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| It is one of the most ubiquitous images of the 20th century, from insurance ads, a graphic novel, rave culture and text messages. Alastair Sooke tells the story of the smiley. | |
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| Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. | |
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| Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents about Damascus, Addis Ababa, Nizhny Novgorod, Naples and one of the 700 islands in the Philippines. | |
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| Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance. | |
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| A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig. Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Roisin Conaty and Mark Steel debate the big stories. | |
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| The latest weather forecast. | |
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| The latest news from BBC Radio 4. | |
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| Jonathan Dimbleby chairs a live discussion of news and politics from Wirral, with Andy Burnham, Maria Miller, Tim Farron and Steve Jones. | |
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| Listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions? Call 03700 100 444 [calls cost no more than to 01, 02 landline numbers]. | |
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| Michael Morpurgo's story of wartime injustice. Dramatised by Simon Reade. Two Devon brothers' lives are torn apart by the First World War. | |
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| Presented by Jane Garvey. Joanna Trollope on army wives, Virginia Ironside on being 60 and Toyah on being a punk. Plus, the actresses who failed to make the move from silent films. | |
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| Ritula Shah offers a fresh perspective on the day's news with sports headlines. | |
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| Evan Davis hosts the conversation show where business leaders discuss the issues that matter - from the boardroom to the shop floor, from building success to handling failure. | |
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| The latest shipping forecast. | |
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| The latest weather forecast. | |
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| The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. | |
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| Clive Anderson talks to award-winning actor and director Peter Capaldi, Will Gompertz and author Lionel Shriver. With music from Maverick Sabre and Mark Hole. | |
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| A fictional response to the week's news. 4/8. The Public Purse: Toby Hadoke imagines a television talk show on which bankers must to convince the public they deserve their bonuses. | |
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| Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Natalie Haynes and Terence Blacker and anthropologist Kit Davis review the week's cultural highlights including Martha Marcy May Marlene. | |
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| ...British Tradition. Satire - The Great British Tradition: Co-creator of Spitting Image Roger Law celebrates satire in Britain, from early drawings of gentlemen misbehaving to today's sharp comedy. | |
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| The Spy, by James Fenimore Cooper. 2/2. New York State, 1778. Henry Wharton must stand trial as a spy. Can General Washington be found in time to issue a pardon? | |
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| The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather. | |
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| Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and inside Westminster to ask how controversial decisions are reached. | |
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| Nationwide general knowledge quiz chaired by Russell Davies. The contest reaches its final heat, with one automatic place remaining in the semi-finals, which begin next week. | |
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| Roger McGough presents poetry requests based on the themes of music and lyrics, featuring work by Yeats, Maya Angelou, Joanna Newsom, Scroobius Pip, and Patti Smith. | |
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| The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather. | |
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| Neil Ansell's account of his search for solitude in the Welsh countryside. 2/3: The winters are particularly hard, but Neil revels in the isolation and tranquillity. | |
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| The latest shipping forecast. | |
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| BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. | |
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| The latest shipping forecast. | |
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| The latest news from BBC Radio 4. | |
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| The bells from St Martin's in Desford, Leicestershire. | |
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| Author Bali Rai argues that stopping talking about race is the best way to stop racism. | |
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