Topics include terrorism, the Conservative Party, tax avoidance and investment in the arts BBC Radio 4, Factual schedule Tuesday 11 December 2012
Tuesday 11 December 2012
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Early
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00:30 – 00:48
Book of the Week Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 1
1/5 A journey through Southern Africa in search of Mary, the stoical wife of David Livingstone
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01:00 – 05:20
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 11/12/2012
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:45 – 06:00
Farming Today 11/12/2012
Leading scientists welcome the environment secretary's clear support for GM crops.
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Morning
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08:31 – 09:00
Yesterday in Parliament 11/12/2012
The government comes under fire from opponents of its plan to allow same-sex marriage.
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09:00 – 09:30
Listen nowAnalysing the Child Sex Offender
Psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach investigates the mind of the child sex abuser.
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09:30 – 09:45
Listen nowOne to One Olivia O'Leary with John Banville
Olivia O'Leary speaks to Booker Prize-winning author John Banville.
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09:45 – 10:00
Book of the Week Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 2
2/5 The author visits the Kalahari mission station where the Livingstones were married in 1845
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10:00 – 10:45
Listen nowWoman's Hour Christmas after divorce; Frances Fyfield; Women in Afganistan
Family arrangements post-divorce, and author Frances Fyfield. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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11:00 – 11:30
Listen nowSaving Species Series 3, Rewilding/Devonshire Beavers
15/24 Can the process of urbanisation of the British countryside be reversed through rewilding?
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11:30 – 12:00
An Alternative Christmas
Reverend Richard Coles on the buried and forgotten alternative Christmas recordings.
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Afternoon
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12:00 – 12:57
Listen nowYou and Yours Call You and Yours: Charities
Have we given up on giving? Are charitable donations down? Presented by Julian Worricker.
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12:04 – 12:57
Listen nowYou and Yours Call You and Yours: Charities
Have we given up on giving? Are charitable donations down? Presented by Julian Worricker.
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13:45 – 14:00
The Global Gap Series 2: Turkey, Business Women
2/5 Leading Turkish businesswoman Nur Ger talks to CEO Anne Walker MBE.
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15:00 – 15:30
Listen nowThe Kitchen Cabinet Series 3, Neath
2/6 Jay Rayner and the panel field culinary questions from a local audience in Neath, Wales.
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16:00 – 16:30
Pound Shops R Us
Jonty Bloom takes a behind the scenes look at a retail explosion.
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16:30 – 17:00
Listen nowGreat Lives Series 29, Jean Cocteau
2/9 Francesca Simon tells Matthew Parris why Jean Cocteau's is a Great Life.
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Evening
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19:15 – 19:45
Listen nowFront Row Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master; Jim Cartwright returns to the stage
Director Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master; dramatist Jim Cartwright; the power of three.
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20:00 – 20:40
Listen nowPension Off the Old Lady!
Kamal Ahmed asks how far the Bank of England will need to change under its new governor.
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20:40 – 21:00
Listen nowIn Touch PIPs, Xmas presents and Windows 8
Peter White looks at the new Personal Independence Payments guidelines expected this week.
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21:00 – 21:30
Listen nowAll in the Mind Preventing PTSD; Archaeology and mental health; Organophospates
Preventing PTSD by 'thinking' differently; organophosphates; archaeology and mental health
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21:30 – 21:58
Listen nowAnalysing the Child Sex Offender
Psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach investigates the mind of the child sex abuser.
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23:00 – 23:30
Listen nowThe Infinite Monkey Cage Series 7, Brain Science
4/6 Jo Brand joins Brian Cox and Robin Ince for witty, irreverent science chat.
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23:30 – 00:00
Today in Parliament 11/12/2012
Labour says it will oppose a cap on welfare payment increases; Susan Hulme reports.
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Late
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