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  1. Big Ben bongs

    Denis Nowlan

    Big Ben bongs

    Big Ben is iconic and plays a crucial role here at BBC Radio 4 at various key time points during the day. So, there has been much discussion about what to do when Big Ben falls silent from Monday 21 August, while the clock tower undergoes refurbishment.

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  2. Inside the mind of Professor Stephen Hawking

    Radio 4

    Inside the mind of Professor Stephen Hawking

    Inside the mind of Professor Stephen Hawking is a short animation created by Aardman Studios. Rhian Roberts, Digital Editor for Radio 4 and Radio 3 talks about how animation can stir us to tackle difficult scientific ideas.

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  3. An introduction to Online First

    Andrew Caspari

    An introduction to Online First

    Online First gives you with the ability to hear a selection of Radio 4 programmes before they have been on the radio. Head of Speech & Classical Music Radio, Andrew Caspari explains.

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  4. Bookclub: David Nicholls - One Day

    Jim Naughtie

    Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4

    Bookclub:  David Nicholls - One Day

    Jim Naughtie talks to David Nicholls about his enormously successful novel One Day.

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  5. Bookclub: A.M. Homes - May We Be Forgiven

    Jim Naughtie

    Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4

    Bookclub: A.M. Homes - May We Be Forgiven

    Jim Naughtie talks to American novelist A.M. Homes about her book, May We Be Forgiven

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  6. Feedback: War Reporting

    Roger Bolton

    Feedback: War Reporting

    Roger Bolton, presenter of Feedback, talks about war reporting.

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  7. Bookclub: Do No Harm

    Bookclub: Do No Harm

    Jim Naughtie talks to Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh about his novel Do No Harm.

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  8. AA: America's Gift to the World

    AL Kennedy

    Writer, performer and broadcaster

    AA: America's Gift to the World

    AL Kennedy's new Radio 4 documentary - AA: America's Gift to the World - tells the story of Alcoholics Anonymous and its methods, and asks whether AA is still the best 'cure' for addicts given new science and treatments.

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  9. Home Front: The Changing Role of Women in WW1

    Maggie Andrews

    Professor, Consultant Historian

    To mark International Women’s Day, we asked Professor Maggie Andrews, consultant historian to Radio 4’s Home Front to explore the changing role of women in WW1.

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  10. Home Front: The Changing Role of Women in WW1

    Maggie Andrews

    Professor, Consultant Historian

    Home Front: The Changing Role of Women in WW1

    As part of International Women's Day, BBC Radio 4's Home Front looks at the changing role of women in WW1.

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