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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley. Show more

A look at the use of weedkiller glyphosate on farms. The pig industry takes action to reduce the use of antibiotics in herds. Plus commercial vegetable growers in Northern Ireland. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the bullfinch. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, which challenged Victorian morality and made Hardy's fortune when published in the 1890s. Show more

Comedian Susan Calman on depression, after Kim Cattrall spoke about her insomnia we hear from a sleep expert, Ambreen Razia's Diary of Hounslow girl, support for nurses. Show more

Every stage of Zoe's life has been marked by the weather. She's stopped driving today because of the thunder. A drama by Katie Hims. Show more

In an attempt to improve child welfare in the countryside, some of China's once-hated population police are being retrained as child development specialists. Lucy Ash reports. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Nikki Bedi goes in search of Shakespeare in India. Does he still matter in the world's largest democracy? From 2016. Show more

On this day in 1916, the Western Times reported the French were gaining ground at Verdun, while Cora Gidley is on the defensive. Show more

Ryanair is taking Google to court over its view that the search engine profits from sponsored links to sites like Edreams and Opodo. Show more

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores five Shakespeare plays that cross the racial divide. This edition focuses on love in the human and fairy worlds in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show more

Tom makes an impassioned plea, and David comes to the rescue. Show more

Following the assassination of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are forced to leave Rome. But the combined forces of Mark Antony and Octavius are hot on their heels. Show more

Helen Mark explores the Lincolnshire Wolds through the poetry of its native son and Victorian laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Show more

Sophie Stone presents an appeal on behalf of Deaf Child Worldwide. Show more

Spanish novelist Javier Marias joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to discuss his novel The Infatuations, which is about the human need to fill the unknown with stories. Show more

Director Stephen Frears discusses his biopic Florence Foster Jenkins, which stars Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. Show more

New embryology research has kept human embryos alive for nearly 14 days - the legal limit. Should that limit be moved in order to allow further research? Show more

Fresh talks to resolve the dispute have been plannned after the Government agreed to a brief delay in plans to impose new contracts.

Kim is not happy when a theoretical debate about her demise reveals Neil's yearning for an accordion. Stars Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson. From January 2016. Show more

Loveable idiots create and deconstruct an odd world in front of a live audience. With Alex Owen and Ben Ashenden. From 2015. Show more

Helen makes a decision, and Anna is working up to the wire. Show more

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Kirsty Lang talks to Ewan McGregor about Our Kind of Traitor, and Ben Elton returns to TV with a comedy starring David Mitchell as Shakespeare. Show more

Artist Ben Rivers reinterprets the strange, poetic and sometimes brutal narratives of Moroccan storyteller Mohammed Mrabet. Part of a new commission by Radio 4 and Artangel. Show more

A service for Ascension Day, live from St Martin-in-the-Fields, with preacher the Right Reverend James Jones and music from Will Todd's Jazz Missa Brevis. Show more

New embryology research has kept human embryos alive for nearly 14 days - the legal limit. Should that limit be moved in order to allow further research? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, which challenged Victorian morality and made Hardy's fortune when published in the 1890s. Show more

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Paul Moss reports live from Caracas. There is international anger over a Russian concert in Palmyra. Will Zimbabwe's currency collapse hasten the end of Mugabe's reign? Show more

Claire's mother is still not speaking to her, despite her father's best efforts to bring the two together. Read by Emily Bruni. Show more

Journalist and comedy writer David Quantick has met and interviewed hundreds of people – what were his first impressions, how have they changed and does it all matter? Show more

Sean Curran reports. Plans for a new contract for junior doctors in England are put on hold for five days, after the government agrees to fresh talks about ending the dispute. Show more