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An investigation into the 'white collar' boxing trend after a number of recent deaths.
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Bells on Sunday, comes from St. Edward’s, Stow-on-the-Wold in Gloucestershire.
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
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1/5 Cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores our enduring relationship with the stars.
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
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2/5 Cosmologist Roberto Trotta considers the role of the stars in timekeeping and navigation.
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
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3/5 Roberto Trotta considers stargazing from Galileo to the James Webb Space Telescope.
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
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4/5 Cosmologist Roberto Trotta considers the symbolic potency of the sun and moon.
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
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5/5 As the night sky grows ever more polluted, how do we keep our connection with the cosmos?
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The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
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Roger McGough is joined by Jeanette Winterson with a seasonal selection of poems.
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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf
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Come the new year, it'll be an offence for farmers in Wales to kill or take a magpie.
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The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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Chris Packham presents the gadwall.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf.
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The AHDB is set to increase the levy they charge. Why is the rise justified?
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Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf.
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Dental services in rural areas.
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Michael Palin presents the common poorwill from an Arizona desert.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf.
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Farmers' reaction to cuts to the rural affairs budgets in Wales and Scotland.
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Birdwatching's irreverent Tweeter YOLOBirder tells how he became hooked on peregrines.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf.
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The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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Nature writer Melissa Harrison describes how a tawny owl call evokes memories of lost days
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Cardinal Vincent Nichols
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In 1974, a young girl band from Middlesbrough made a record for their idols - The Osmonds.
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National and international news from BBC Radio 4
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Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Giles, Cripplegate in the City of London.
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Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
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Rose Ferraby finds out how the Gloucestershire landscape has inspired classical composers.
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Cuts to the rural affairs budgets and the hip-hop singer who's championing farming.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
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Mark Tully considers the significance of traditional nativity stories.
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Brett Westwood explores our relationship with the 'unicorn of the sea', the narwhal.
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The first of this year's Christmas guest editors.
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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Edward Stourton presents a special Christmas Eve edition of Sunday.
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Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ShelterBox.
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Sean Curran reports as MPs question the government on new measures to combat spiking.
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Susan Hulme reports as Rishi Sunak is grilled by senior MPs.
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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers.
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For the Fourth Sunday in Advent, with the Chapel Choir of Methodist College, Belfast.
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Michael Morpurgo takes us on a frosty walk near his home in Devon.
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Martin Hughes-Games presents the Hawfinch.
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Tom Sutcliffe with Mike Wooldridge, Naomi Alderman and David Runciman.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rachel Mann
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Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI.
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Journalist Samira Shackle meets school counsellor Helen Oliver.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Angel Morgan
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4/4 Ben Ansell concludes his series of Reith Lectures on why politics fails
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Bishop David Walker
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Richard Littledale
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Greta Gerwig, writer and director, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Mary Kells.
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The creative polymath Mark Gatiss shares his love of Christmas ghost stories.
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The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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Gracie was killed by her stalker. Her parents explain why they want a change in the law.
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Kirsty Wark talks to Emma Barnett about stepping down from Newsnight after 30 years.
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Why is England goalkeeper Mary Earps 2023 Sports Personality of the Year?
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Campaigner Sharon Gaffka talks about new provisions to combat spiking.
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‘Game-changing’: a new drug used to prevent hot flushes and night sweats approved in UK
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Shaun discovers rumba and a rumble with Strictly star Eddie in the Congolese capital.
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6/14 Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
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Alan faces a last minute hitch, and Chris makes a surprising decision.
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Dr Chris van Tulleken wrestles with the thorny issue of animal slaughter.
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How can parents, teachers and school leaders work out if a school is 'good'?
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Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: gluttony.
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4/4 First Empress of Rome, faithful wife and influential advisor - or serial killer?
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30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
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Rachel Hurdley uncovers what walls tell us about how we live.
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How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?
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Philosopher John Gray chooses the iconic futuristic writer JG Ballard.
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Recent homelessness figures show an increasing number of people in temporary accommodation
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3/4 Hector and Susan both go on dates but are they with the right person? Stars Jamie Sives.
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The basic income trial for 18-year-olds leaving care in Wales - what impact is it having?
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Faced with waning support in the West, Ukraine is adapting its strategy in the war.
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Delia Smith, cookery writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Debt charities concern over Christmas buy now pay later spending.
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The latest weather forecast
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Call You and Yours: How are you getting your home ready for Christmas?
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The latest weather forecast
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The coach companies cashing on rail misery this Christmas.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Meet the co-founder of the Veganuary movement.
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Why did the major toy retailer Toys R Us have to close all of its UK stores in 2018?
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The latest weather forecast
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Surrogacy in Italy, feminism in Spain, and culture wars activism across borders.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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How will the personal finances of people in Scotland be affected by this week’s budget?
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2/3 Topical satire, featuring all the people you’d least like to have Christmas dinner with.
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The latest weather forecast
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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6/6 The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
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Chef Thomasina Miers and Sheila Dillon on doing more with less at Christmas.
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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Searching for a hellhound said to stalk coastal paths in Suffolk.
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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Rhianna Pratchett's hunt for dragons takes her to Sunderland.
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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Rhianna Pratchett delves into the scary world of water demons in Scotland.
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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Rhianna Pratchett learns about the deadly Redcap.
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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Rhianna Pratchett visits Wales in search of stories about mermaids.
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The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4
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13:10
A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year.
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Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world
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Actor and writer Simon Callow in conversation with his heroes – brought back to life.
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Chris finds his confidence knocked.
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1939. The BBC's company of radio actors are evacuated from London to escape the bombs.
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Alan faces a last-minute hitch.
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Past, present, real and supernatural collide in a modern changeling story.
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Life gets awkward for Alice.
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Shaparak Khorsandi stars in Ali Sparkes's festive romcom set on a toll bridge.
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Susan offers some encouragement.
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4/4 Holli Dempsey and Josef Altin star in the final episode of the drama thriller.
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There are surprises galore at the comedy night.
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4/5 By Helen Cross. Has Rose been pursuing entirely the wrong father?
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1/4 A celebrity birthday message from Joanna Lumley turns into a terrifying gift for Tom.
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Greg Jenner and guests present a special edition from the Shakespeare North Playhouse.
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John Yorke takes a look at Tove Jansson's 1946 novel Comet in Moominland.
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Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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John Yorke takes a look at Philip Van Doren Stern’s short story, The Greatest Gift.
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2/13 The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini
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From its origins on slave plantations to new ways of making it from scratch in the UK.
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5/14 Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
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Dr Phil Hammond explores what drives the inspirational public health guru Dr John Ashton.
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Queuing for a viewing and budget busting prices, this week we're talking about rent.
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Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research.
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Rose Ferraby finds out how the Gloucestershire landscape has inspired classical composers.
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Ben Fogle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Tree Council.
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Janice Hallett on her book The Christmas Appeal. Plus literary gems to put under the tree.
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Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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A climber seeks enlightenment in Kathmandu.
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A Comet threatens Moominvalley, and it’s down to Moomintroll to do something about it.
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A service of carols, hymns and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are challenged by Jo Brand to explain quantum physics.
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The ghost golf course of Scotland.
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The football league for big players aiming to transform their lives.
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Philosopher John Gray chooses the iconic futuristic writer JG Ballard.
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The basic income trial for 18-year-olds leaving care in Wales - what impact is it having?
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Clarissa Ward on reporting from Gaza despite a ban on journalists entering.
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Greg James with some festive treats from the BBC archive.
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On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season
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Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.
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Andrea Catherwood announces the Feedback Interview of the Year.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Join Jessica Creighton for highlights from this week.
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Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart journey to the most remote pub in mainland Britain.
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The latest shipping forecast
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Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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The latest shipping forecast
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Full coverage of the day's news
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Why did the major toy retailer Toys R Us have to close all of its UK stores in 2018?
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17:54
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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17:57
The latest weather forecast
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Felicity Hannah explores how climate change is leaving communities 'uninsurable'.
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Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
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The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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The latest weather forecast
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Officials say an international coalition will protect the boats from attacks from Yemen
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6/6 The multi award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
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It has urged a 'very cautious approach' and said in most cases parents should be informed
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Henry Normal uses poetry, storytelling and comedy to explore life's big questions.
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It reached its lowest level for more than two years, raising hopes of interest rate cuts
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2/4 Florence is sued for libel when a character in one of her books is based on a real person.
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More than twenty people were wounded in the attack at Charles University
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Comedian Ken tackles school subjects and explores the longevity of English lessons.
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A watered down version of the text was approved after days of negotiations
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2/3 Topical satire, featuring all the people you’d least like to have Christmas dinner with.
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Israel says it's interrogating hundreds of suspected Hamas fighters in Gaza.
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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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His company will take control of the club's football operations
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce chooses audio highlights from the past week.
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Alan faces a last-minute hitch.
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Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T Davies on Nolly, about Crossroads star Noele Gordon.
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Life gets awkward for Alice.
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Adam Driver in Ferrari, Radio Drama with Bill Nighy and AL Kennedy, the Process of Poetry
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Susan offers some encouragement.
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The Unthanks, Lucinda Coxon, the North East Cultural Partnership.
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There are surprises galore at the comedy night.
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Ghosts, Macbeth, Next Goal Wins, Welsh theatre funding
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Chris makes a surprising decision
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Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the origins and evolution of the double act.
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Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
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Brian Cox and Robin Ince team up with the Sky at Night team for some backyard astronomy.
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Alistair has some news to impart
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Martin Jarvis entertains a packed house with a special performance for Christmas Eve.
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4/5 A classic rom-com by Colin Bytheway that asks is there a place for data in dating?
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30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
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Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front.
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Felicity Hannah explores how climate change is leaving communities 'uninsurable'.
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In Touch asks some of the pupils New College Worcester how they prepare for Christmas.
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The debate about whether we should sing God Save the King.
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3/5 Roberto Trotta considers stargazing from Galileo to the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Recent homelessness figures show an increasing number of people in temporary accommodation
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5/8 When a homeless man moves in with a rich widow is it true love or something much darker?
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A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year.
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20:50
Michael Morpurgo takes us on a frosty walk near his home in Devon.
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How a car crash nearly made Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions his last creative breath.
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Andrea Catherwood announces the Feedback Interview of the Year.
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Joanna Lumley makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ShelterBox.
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Matthew Bannister on a postmistress, an educationalist, an actor and an activist.
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Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Today: envy.
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Tom Sutcliffe with Mike Wooldridge, Naomi Alderman and David Runciman.
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Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research.
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Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI.
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David and Simon discuss Harry’s victory, Baroness Mone Part 2 and 2023's PR lessons.
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Clarissa Ward on reporting from Gaza despite a ban on journalists entering.
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On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season
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21:30
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Dutch painter of Sunflowers and Starry Nights.
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21:00
Rhianna Pratchett meets mythical creatures to discover what they reveal about us.
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4/4 Ben Ansell concludes his series of Reith Lectures on why politics fails
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A celebration of 'A Visit from St Nicholas' with the poet Luke Wright
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International coalition to protect ships from attacks by Houthi militants
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6/10 The night before the wedding, Luke starts to write his speech.
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UN Gaza vote postponed to Wednesday as talks continue on text
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7/10 Luke explains what happened on the night of his engagement party.
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We hear from the late transgender teenager's local MP.
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8/10 Hours before the wedding, Luke confides in Vivian.
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Fighting has spread to Gezira state where hundreds of thousands had taken refuge
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9/10 It’s the morning of the wedding and the bride and groom are getting ready…
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Following days of negotiations, the resolution does not call for an immediate ceasefire
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10/10 Moments before the wedding ceremony, Luke gets a surprising phone call.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
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22:15
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the origins and evolution of the double act.
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
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22:15
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Alan Dein scours the internet to find the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.
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Susan Hulme reports as a Home Office Minister announces new laws to tackle "spiking"
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Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn solve your problems. Or try, at the very least.
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On the last parliamentary day before Christmas Rishi Sunak faces questions from senior MPs
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AI digests human media, then writes its own versions. The result is absurdly hilarious.
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What secrets do couples conceal from each other? Nora's here to find out.
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How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
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Chris Stokel-Walker asks what impact OpenAI’s recent implosion could have on the world.
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How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
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The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Trump cannot run for president in the state.
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How the effects of French and British mandates in the Middle East still reverberate today.
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2/13 The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini
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3/5 Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
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The stories behind 1988's 'Fairytale of New York' by the Pogues.
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A Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve from Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
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