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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
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Andy Zaltzman squares up to the week's headlines with panellists Hugo Rifkind, Susie McCabe, Daliso Chaponda and Lucy Porter.Panellists lobby for points as they answer questions on the Greensill affair and the theft of a giant rabbit.Written by Andy Zaltzman with additional material from Alice Fraser, Simon Alcock, Tasha Dhanraj and Jenan Younis.Pr…
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Football Daily
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Kane’s Carabao Cup Concern and Could Tuchel Stop the Quadruple?
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Darren Fletcher and Jermaine Jenas bring you the Friday Football Social reacting to Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Everton that saw Harry Kane limp off injured, and looking ahead to the weekend’s FA Cup semi-finals. Michael Brown and Conor McNamara give their thoughts on the game at Goodison and what it means for Spurs’ upcoming Carabao Cup Final. We hear…
After hearing the awful news that Helen McCrory has died from cancer at the age of 52, we wanted to share the interview we recorded with her this time last year. Helen and her husband, Damian Lewis, were on Newscast to tell us about their scheme to provide free meals to frontline NHS workers. They were such good sports when they came on the podcast…
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16/04/2021 Head of Britain's military disappointed at US decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan
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The Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter, has expressed disappointment at President Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan.By BBC Radio 4
The BBC's Royal Correspondent Nick Witchell tells us about the funeral arrangements for the Duke of Edinburgh and how the Royals have handled the build-up to the day.And as the US commits to withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, our correspondent Secunder Kermani joins us from Kabul. He's had rare access to the Taliban and tells us what lies ahead i…
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Aubrey Plaza, Promising Young Woman & I Blame Society
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Edith Bowman and Anna Bogutskaya are joined by Aubrey Plaza, who talks about her new film Black Bear, in which she plays a filmmaker at a creative impasse seeking solace at a rural retreat.Plus your essential streaming reviews including the new Neil Marshall film The Reckoning, about a young widow haunted by the recent suicide of her husband, The S…
Aaron Paul, former Cardiff manager Neil Harris and Millwall winger Jed Wallace are joined by EFL Chairman Rick Parry to discuss the issues engulfing the football league at the moment, including the return of fans, tackling online racism and how clubs attempt to recover from the financial problems created by the pandemic.We also hear from Salford Ci…
Imelda May is an Irish singer/songwriter discovered by Jools Holland when she supported him on tour and subsequently appeared on Later ... with Jools Holland in 2008. She was the queen of rockabilly, with a Fifties-style frock, trademark quiff – and a voice compared to legendary blues singers such as Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. The quiff is l…
Tony takes on Carole in the final PopMaster Podcast of the week with Ken Bruce.By BBC Radio 2
Greg Jenner is joined by historian Prof Sarah Churchwell and comedian Kemah Bob in 1920s USA to hear about the implementation and after effects of Prohibition. From bootleggers to speakeasies, we learn the origins of the Prohibition Laws and discover why a movement designed to encourage temperance backfired.Produced by Cornelius MendezScript by Gre…
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BBC Learning English Drama
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English At Work: Episode 29: Putting the feelers out
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Anna's making some cold calls to find new clients for Tip Top Trading.By BBC Radio
In the decade leading up to the Iranian revolution of 1979, the Shah's wife, Farah Pahlavi spent much of her time encouraging the building of museums and institutions intended to celebrate the art and craft of the country. But alongside buildings housing priceless carpets and glassware, she was also keen to use the country's oil wealth to bring exa…
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The World Tonight
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US imposes raft of new sanctions on Russia
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Football Daily
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Euro Leagues: PSG's Popularity and Flick's Future
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Steve Crossman is joined by Guillem Balague, Julien Laurens and Christian Falk to unpick the latest round of Champions League matches and the semi final line-up. Neymar of course comes up in conversation and the team discuss why he doesn’t have more fans across the globe. Guillem has the latest on his future along with Kylian Mbappe as well, while …
The latest developments in the lobbying story.Laura and Adam discuss the latest developments in the lobbying story as Lord Pickles gives evidence to the Commons public administration committee. They speak to Sir Michael Barber, the man tasked with reviewing government delivery about Boris Johnson's priorities. And Health Editor Hugh Pym tells Adam …
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The Briefing Room
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Northern Ireland – how fragile is the peace process?
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There’s been violence on the streets of Northern Ireland in recent days, most of it in Protestant areas. On occasion it spilled over the sectarian divide. The proximate cause appears to be twofold: the refusal of the Northern Ireland prosecution service to bring charges against Sinn Fein members who apparently broke lockdown rules to attend a funer…
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Six O'Clock News
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15/04/2021 Peer says no boundaries between civil service and private sector
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The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.By BBC Radio 4
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Fantasy 606: Triple captain Kane and back West Brom?
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Chris Sutton and Statman Dave bring you an update from the world of fantasy football.They chat all things Tottenham ahead of their double Gameweek as well as discuss the reasoning behind Dave’s differential of captaining Sergio Aguero. There’s no Sutton Death this week, but you’ll hear all the listener emails and the latest from the Head-to-Head le…
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Arts & Ideas
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The Battle of Culloden, Outlander, Peter Watkins
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16 April 1746, the Jacobite rising was quelled by the Duke of Cumberland's army at the Battle of Culloden. Marking this anniversary here's a chance to hear Matthew Sweet discussing portrayals of Scotland's Highlands in the Peter Watkins' film Culloden and in the Outlander series of books which have become a successful TV series. His guests in a con…
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BBC Inside Science
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Blood clots, grieving and the emotion of screams
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The story of what we understand about the rare cases of blood clots associated with certain Covid-19 vaccines is constantly evolving. In today’s programme Professor Beverley Hunt looks at the emerging evidence.How have the restrictions due to Covid 19 effected how we grieve? Professor Claire White an expert in grief and mourning and investigating w…
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Woman's Hour
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Catholic Church Abuse. Recycling Shaming, Maureen Lipman
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A woman who won a settlement from the Catholic Church after reporting the abuse she suffered, is now launching a personal injury claim against Westminster Diocese. It's because of a series of emails which she says describe her as needy, manipulative and a bully. She explains to Woman's Hour what she wants to achieve. A legal challenge began in the …
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PopMaster
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Special AKA, Take That and Sweet Female Attitude
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Lisa plays Michael in this Thursday edition of the PopMaster Podcast with Ken Bruce.By BBC Radio 2
Soldiers returning from the line of duty with injuries affecting sexual performance are universal to all militaries around the world, but Israeli psychologist Dr Ronit Aloni set about making hers the only nation that offers a unique therapeutic approach to restoring the sexuality of their troops as a matter of course: surrogate partner therapy (SPT…
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown picks Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart. With archive contributions from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chinua Achebe himself. He was born in Nigeria in 1930 and Yasmin Alibhai Brown met him twice in Uganda in the 1960s and remains deeply impressed by both his books and his life.The presenter is Ma…
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the form of Christianity adopted by Ostrogoths in the 4th century AD, which they learned from Roman missionaries and from their own contact with the imperial court at Constantinople. This form spread to the Vandals and the Visigoths, who took it into Roman Spain and North Africa, and the Ostrogoths brought it deeper …
Hear about why being naked in nature might be good for you.By BBC Radio
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The World Tonight
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Denmark first country to abandon AZ vaccine
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Manchester City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time under Pep Guardiola but there’s no place in the last four for Liverpool. Mark Chapman is joined by Dion Dublin, Stephen Warnock, John Murray and Conor McNamara to react to both games, discuss the superb displays of Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham, and praise Lu…
Was the most expensive painting in the world really painted by Leonardo da Vinci? Adam speaks to the person who’s been following the incredible story of the Salvator Mundi all over the world (from a small auction house in America to a huge boat in Saudi Arabia... via France). And Rose Gottemoeller, former Deputy Secretary-General of NATO, gives the…
As the Chauvin trial enters its third week in Minneapolis, the city’s streets saw the tragic death of Daunte Wright at the hands of the police. Jon speaks to BBC correspondent Larry Madowo for the latest from the city the world is watching. And we go into the Americast archives and take you back to the week which changed America - when George Floyd…
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Six O'Clock News
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14/04/2021 Tories reject Labour's call for MP-led lobbying probe
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The government has defeated calls for a full parliamentary inquiry into lobbying. Whitehall departments must declare any conflicts of interest by Friday.By BBC Radio 4
The Orange Order in Northern Ireland and Scotland: Its origins, practices and principles, from the Battle of the Boyne to the Good Friday Agreement.. Laurie Taylor talks to Joseph Webster, Lecturer in the Study of Religion at the University of Cambridge, and author of a new book about the Orange Order in Scotland which explores the politics of anti…
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PopMaster
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Chris Isaak, Skunk Anansie and Leona Lewis
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Mark and John take on the mighty quiz in today's edition of the PopMaster PodcastBy BBC Radio 2
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Woman's Hour
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Owen Paterson MP on the suicide of his wife Rose, Evy Cohen, GeorgiaElliot-Smith and music from Manika Kaur
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Emma Barnett talks to the former cabinet minister Owen Paterson about the suicide of his wife Rose and the charity he's founded in her memory. Evy Cohen talks about Prince Philip and how his mother Princess Alice saved her family from the Holocaust, Georgia Elliot-Smith asks if we should stop shaming women about waste and recyling and as Sikhs and …
Monsieur Hulot is a car designer who takes a chaotic journey to an auto-show in Amsterdam to show off his prototype in this comic film from 1971. It's the last of Jacques Tati's films to feature Hulot, whose name is said to be inspired in part by the French name for Charlie Chaplin's character in The Tramp - Charlot, and whom Rowan Atkinson has cit…
Crouchy shines a light on the more unfashionable roles at a Premier League football club including the press officer, the physio and the assistant manager. Chris makes a huge pledge to Peter, and Tom suggests an old Stoke team-mate to take up a role that nobody knew needed filling until this podcast was recorded.…
It’s all about the Champions League in this episode of the pod. Kelly Cates is joined by Andros Townsend, Rob Green and Ian Dennis as they discuss Chelsea beating Porto 2-1 on aggregate to go through to the semi-finals of the competition for the first time since 2014. Thomas Tuchel makes an appearance and admits he was nervous after Porto scored th…
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The World Tonight
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Russian military build-up on Ukrainian border
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspectiveBy BBC Radio 4
"A hermit in the middle of Los Angeles" is one way she described herself - born in 1947, Butler became a writer who wanted to "tell stories filled with facts. Make people touch and taste and know." Since her death in 2006, her writing has been widely taken up and praised for its foresight in suggesting developments such as big pharma and for its cr…
A vaccine gets paused over rare blood clots. Fergus dives into the studio (and dives out of his local indoor pool) to explain what’s going on with the Johnson & Johnson jab. And Adam chats to James May about driving tests, driving programmes and driving out Covid-19! Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Danny Wittenberg and Ben Cooper. The …
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Six O'Clock News
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13/04/2021 Johnson & Johnson suspends rollout of Covid vaccine
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The rollout of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine is put on hold due to safety concernsBy BBC Radio 4
Neil and Catherine have the vocabulary you need to talk about this story.By BBC Radio
A phrase about having a lot of things to do.By BBC Radio
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Woman's Hour
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Shirley Williams, New Mums & Jury Service, Flexible Working
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Baroness Shirley Williams has died at the age of 90. She was a titan of British politics and a true trailblazer for women. She appeared on Woman's Hour many times and so we remember her by listening to the archive. We also speak to her good friend, Baroness Julia Neuberger.What do you do if you've just had a baby and you've been called for jury ser…
Lisa and Maureen compete in another super-sized edition of the PopMaster Podcast with KenBy BBC Radio 2
Boring or bored? Learn about words that look similar but have very different meaning.By BBC Radio
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The Life Scientific
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Theresa Marteau on how to change behaviour
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We all know how to be more healthy. And yet we are also remarkably good at NOT doing what we know is good for us. We keep meaning to get fit, but the sofa seems so much more appealing than a run. We know we shouldn’t have another slice of cake, but we do. Behavioural psychologist, Professor Dame Theresa Marteau wants to understand why, despite the …
