| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15Michael talks to Alex Rawlings about being a polyglot 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from All Saints Church, Wigston Magna, in Leicestershire 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Esther Safran Foer's story about her family, the Holocaust and keeping memory alive. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Esther Safran Foer's parents have outlasted the war but the future is uncertain. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Esther Safran Foer looks for the shtetl where her father was hidden during the Holocaust. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Esther Safran Foer makes an emotional journey to the shtetls where her parents once lived. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Esther Safran Foer finds answers and a sense of belonging emerges. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:156/10Peter White finds that disabled people were everywhere in the 19th-century workplace. 00:30Lani brings food to her mother in the care home. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger 05:45Battle of the stats: we bring Swedish Oatmilk giants Oatly together with the NFU. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the redshank.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger 05:45Scottish meat industry questions plans to reform livestock transport rules. 05:58Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the firecrest.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger 05:45Conservationists dismayed by further delays to the passing of the Environment Bill. 05:58Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss is inspired by the song thrush.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger 05:45Badger cull: no new licenses to be approved in England after 2022. 05:58Martin Hughes-Games presents the jackdaw.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger 05:45A new taskforce to combat post-Brexit problems for fish producers. 05:58Kate Humble presents the woodcock.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard. 05:45Chris Watson captures the sounds of Black Grouse during an extraordinary performance.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfred, Ripon. 05:45Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline. 06:30At the end of Veganuary we take a look at dairy farming, and the end of the badger cull. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05Samira Ahmed reflects on the angst and intensity of adolescence. 06:35Charlotte Smith finds out about the history of Wye College in Kent, which closed in 2009. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. 07:54Karen Bartram makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Coroners' Courts Support Services 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
| 08:31Yesterday in Parliament with Sean Curran.
| | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A Service led by the Very Rev Stephen Forde 08:48Sarah Dunant imagines how the storming of the US Capitol building might go down in history 08:58David Attenborough presents the white-bearded manakin of tropical South America.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Mariana Mazzucato, Vince Cable and Robert Verkaik 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Chistopher Landau.
| 09:00Giles Yeo reveals the role our genes play in the obesity epidemic. 09:30The long standing arts journalist explores why some reject ‘the dream’. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Rev Aaron Moffat-Jackman.
| 09:00Where are people catching Covid-19? 09:303/5Timandra Harkness tries to test her views by steelplating the arguments of her opponents. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Becky Silver.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of one of England's most revered saints. 09:45A meditation led by Rev Dr Isabelle Hamley.
| 09:00Major Tim Peake, astronaut, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:45Worship and music with Rev Diana Hall of St Anne's Episcopal and Methodist Church, Dunbar.
| 09:00Food writer Ella Risbridger and listener Mark Davies.
| 09:00The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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| 10:00 | 10:00The world famous expert on chimpanzees and conservation Jane Goodall speaks to Emma. 10:456/10Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake makes a discovery thanks to a prison guard.
| 10:00Women and gambling addiction. 10:457/10Does Sir Richard know about the book stolen from Queen Catherine?
| 10:00Rhod Gilbert on male fertility, and talking to children about the Holocaust. 10:458/10Shardlake and Barak capture the man who stole Queen Catherine Parr's manuscript.
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. 10:459/10Tudor lawyer Shardlake is arrested and taken to the Tower of London.
| 10:00Can the way we breathe change our mental and physical health? 10:4510/10Barak is wounded and Shardlake must face Henry VIII.
| 10:306/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
| 10:00Shula finds herself in trouble and Kirsty gains support from an unexpected source. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the great spotted woodpecker.
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| 11:00 | 11:00With Trump out of office, Leah Sottile on what’s next for America’s far-right. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid 19.
| 11:00A look back at false stories that went viral online and the real-life harm they caused. 11:30Lennie Goodings on the skills of the editor who nurtured Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
| 11:003/3The final episode of Fergal Keane's exploration of the Irish influence on Britain. 11:303/4Comedian Rob Newman presents a unique odyssey of our brains mixing stand-up and sketches.
| 11:00Farmers clash with police over planned agricultural reforms. 11:30The disabled gamers making gaming more accessible.
| 11:00'You’ve got to be radical and try things' 11:303/4David's clandestine DIY work in the cellar raises suspicions.
| 11:00Isabel Hardman looks back at the political week. 11:30Manaus buries its dead as a brutal second wave rages through the Amazonian city.
| 11:00Monica Galetti, chef, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The story of the struggle for 'habeas corpus' in an England on the verge of Civil War.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:061/10Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, read by Haydn Gwynne. 12:20With time running out on the stamp duty holiday - what's happening to the housing market? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:062/10Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. 12:20Have you or anyone in your family lost their job in retail? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:063/10Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. 12:20We speak to the boss of Amigo Loans about a plan to cap compensation payouts to customers. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:064/10Bestselling debut by Richard Osman, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. 12:20Care Vaccinations; Lockdown Cleaning; Staycation Prices 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:065/10By Richard Osman. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. 12:20Are you lonely and if so, should the government help? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:04Mothers go to court claiming discrimination in the self-employed income support scheme. 12:305/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:043/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game. 12:32Sheila Dillon meets asylum seekers and refugees building new lives in the UK through food. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:456/12Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:457/12Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:458/12Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:459/12Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Caroline Wyatt. 13:4510/12Alice Roberts concludes her time-travelling tour of human anatomical knowledge.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
| 13:00Caroline Wyatt looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today
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| 14:00 | 14:001/3Radio 4's much-loved crime drama with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun. 14:45They help us in homes, hospitals and factories, so do we have reason to fear robots?
| 14:00Pip drops a bombshell and Freddie has an admirer. 14:152/3Roy Williams's crime drama starring Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun. 2/3 Stephen
| 14:00Shula finds herself in trouble and Tom faces a difficult dilemma. 14:153/3Roy Williams's crime drama with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun. 3/3 Tanya and Natalie.
| 14:00Brian makes his presence felt and Freddie tries to keep the peace. 14:15Drama about the landmark 1936 production of Macbeth which launched Orson Welles' career.
| 14:00Kirsty gains support from an unexpected source and Lily stirs the pot. 14:15There are multiple gateways to a QAnon obsession as Jen finds to her cost.
| 14:00Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions? 14:45The long standing arts journalist explores why some reject ‘the dream’.
| 14:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 14:457/10Peter White has a close encounter with an aristocratic wooden leg.
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| 15:00 | 15:008/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 15:30Dan Saladino finds out what the Brexit deal means for the UK's fishing industry.
| 15:005/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. 15:30Do individuals perceive time differently? asks Joe from North Yorkshire
| 15:00Your travel questions and experiences with Adam Shaw and guests. 15:30How to get back to exercise after recovering from Covid-19. Online physio to stop falls.
| 15:00Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline. 15:27TV reporter Seyi Rhodes makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Practical Action. 15:30Elizabeth Day talks to Kate Mosse about her new book The City of Tears.
| 15:00Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. 15:45Lani brings food to her mother in the care home.
| 15:00David Eldridge's play about estranged identical twins coping with their parents' death.
| 15:002/3Dostoevsky’s unsettling tale of revolution and betrayal.
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| 16:00 | 16:003/3Dante's Divine Comedy mined for 21st-century meaning by BBC Europe Editor Katya Adler. 16:30Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the extraordinary lives of the Neanderthals.
| 16:00Adam Bradley joins Michael from Los Angeles and talks about the poetry of pop 16:30Human rights lawyer Cori Crider explains why she is inspired by the life of Cesar Chavez.
| 16:00The Musical My Fair Lady is celebrated through the manuscripts on which it was created. 16:30Daily Express editor Gary Jones on the paper's change of direction.
| 16:00Leslie Caron on Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire 16:30What will the next generation of Covid vaccines be like? And when was the first pet dog?
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an organist, a curator, a circus owner 16:30Where are people catching Covid-19?
| 16:00Samantha Cameron, Rhod Gilbert on male fertility, afro hair and discrimination.
| 16:00Johny Pitts talks to Booker Prize winning novelist Richard Flanagan. 16:30Paul Muldoon delves into the listener requests to choose his favourites
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30Nick Robinson interviews new business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Jane Deith talks to the medics who fought the first wave of Covid-19 in England's ICUs. 17:40Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Boris Johnson says he can't guarantee England's schools will re-open fully before Easter 18:303/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's panel game.
| 18:00More than 100,000 people in the UK have died with coronavirus in nearly a year. 18:304/5Sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar.
| 18:00Boris Johnson said it relied on "lots of things going right" in the fight against Covid. 18:305/6Roger’s pursued by an ex-student and Joanna admits a former attraction.
| 18:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 18:304/6Sarah Millican's hit panel show with two winners - the Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda
| 18:00Vaccine row between EU and AstraZeneca continues 18:305/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
| 18:00Michael Gove said the EU made a 'mistake' triggering emergency vaccine export controls. 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Russians demonstrators demand the release of the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny. 18:15Chris Hawkins chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Pip drops a bombshell and Freddie has an admirer. 19:15Jonzi D on Black dance, and TS Eliot Prizewinner Bhanu Kapil. 19:456/10Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake makes a discovery thanks to a prison guard.
| 19:00Shula finds herself in trouble and Tom faces a difficult dilemma. 19:15Craftivism with Jenny Eclair, Gaming sitcom Dead Pixels and Costa Book of the Year winner. 19:457/10Does Sir Richard know about the book stolen from Queen Catherine?
| 19:00Brian makes his presence felt and Freddie tries to keep the peace. 19:15Celeste on her debut album, Not Your Muse. 19:458/10Shardlake and Barak capture the man who stole Queen Catherine Parr's manuscript.
| 19:00Kirsty gains support from an unexpected source and Lily stirs the pot. 19:15We launch our campaign to get you creating beautiful artworks at home. 19:459/10Tudor lawyer Shardlake is arrested and taken to the Tower of London.
| 19:00We review Carey Mulligan's latest film, The Dig; archeology and love in pre-war England. 19:4510/10Barak is wounded and Shardlake must face Henry VIII.
| 19:00Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner. 19:15Louis speaks to actor and ex-Scientologist Leah Remini.
| 19:005/12Stephen Campbell Moore continues Cynan Jones' electrifying series set in the near future. 19:15The stand-up poet and satirist Elvis McGonagall in excoriating form. 19:455/10A Lithuanian builder is tasked with an unusual construction job.
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| 20:00 | 20:003/3The final episode of Fergal Keane's exploration of the Irish influence on Britain. 20:30Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors.
| 20:00Jane Deith talks to the medics who fought the first wave of Covid-19 in England's ICUs. 20:40The latest guidance on accessing Covid testing and vaccinations.
| 20:00Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times. 20:4510/12Marina Warner looks at the world of contemporary storytelling.
| 20:00Has Brexit brought the reunification of Ireland any closer? 20:30In the 1970s, Ron accidentally saved Princess Anne. Now he’s decided to sell his medal.
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion. 20:50Sarah Dunant imagines how the storming of the US Capitol building might go down in history
| 20:00Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.
| 20:00Where are people catching Covid-19? 20:30Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an organist, a curator, a circus owner
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| 21:00 | 21:003/3A deeply personal series, as triplets face living apart for the first time. 21:30Amol Rajan with Mariana Mazzucato, Vince Cable and Robert Verkaik
| 21:00How to get back to exercise after recovering from Covid-19. Online physio to stop falls. 21:30Giles Yeo reveals the role our genes play in the obesity epidemic.
| 21:002/3What happens when signals in the brain misfire and dreams become terrifying nightmares? 21:30Daily Express editor Gary Jones on the paper's change of direction.
| 21:00What will the next generation of Covid vaccines be like? And when was the first pet dog? 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of one of England's most revered saints.
| 21:0012/12Alice Roberts with her time travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
| 21:45Mike Williams asks why some weeks just fly by but sometimes minutes can seem like hours?
| 21:00Mothers go to court claiming discrimination in the self-employed income support scheme. 21:25Karen Bartram makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Coroners' Courts Support Services 21:30What the Trojan Horse Affair revealed about how to be British
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| 22:00 | 22:00Plan to use them for arrivals from countries with dangerous variants 22:451/10Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, read by Haydn Gwynne.
| 22:00Boris Johnson takes "full responsibility" for government's handling of crisis 22:452/10Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne.
| 22:00PM hopes to set out roadmap for easing restrictions at end of February 22:453/10Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne.
| 22:00Public Health England insists limited data available is "very reassuring" 22:454/10Bestselling debut by Richard Osman, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne.
| 22:00Bloc is permitting member states to impose export controls on jabs 22:455/10By Richard Osman. Abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
| 22:00Leila Nathoo presents Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi Glover and Jane Garvey chat to comedian Tom Allen. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:004/8Self-censorship, Irish accents, boyfriends, and lullabies. 23:153/12Jon Holmes's award winning satirical river of sound returns to twist itself into the news. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:006/8A stand-up comedy show like never before, featuring some of the country's funniest people. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00A Republican grandee sucks up to Trump. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:008/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge. 23:30Performance poet Murray Lachlan Young makes his selection of listeners' requests
| 23:00Leslie Caron on Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire 23:30Samira Ahmed reflects on the angst and intensity of adolescence.
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