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"Children are naturals at nature. They lie down in it. They eat it." Eight things we learned from Robert Macfarlane's Desert Island Discs https://bbc.in/3E021U1  #AYearOfRadio4

Sometimes we avoid seemingly rational lines of reasoning, not because of logic, innumeracy or ignorance, but for morality.

Found in the attic by Eric Morecambe's son Gary, it's from 1970 and, among other things, it's the first time Eric and Ernie appeared together in that double bed! Gary explained it all on @BBCR4Today

Can you imagine a universe where Love Island is an important player on the global stage?

The story of Josephine Baker, who danced at the Folies Bergère, worked as a spy during the German occupation of France and went on to campaign for equal rights. @Greg_Jenner's history podcast is called You're Dead to Me.

"Once you mention your age people are talking more about your age than your jokes." - on Desert Island Discs in 2012 Jackie Mason wouldn't tell Kirsty Young how old he was! #ThoseWeLost2021

"Behold, a silly tender babe, in freezing winter night, In homely manger trembling lies Alas, a piteous sight!"

On this day in 1980, the Independent Broadcasting Authority announced the launch of breakfast television.

How close is each of our lives to the legacy of British slavery? And who does that mean we are connected to? Descendants looks at how we might all be connected with Britain’s slave trading legacy. https://bbc.in/3q2NstH  #AYearOfRadio4

It was warm, long and teeming with roasted peacock...

“I've often very much felt like I've not been a real human being to people."

"Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!"