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Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Mark Coles profiles Labour politician Lord Dubs. Show more

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Inspired by John Donne’s Death Be Not Proud, poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mystery and inevitability of death and why it is such an inspiration to art and literature. Show more

Caz Graham visits a Wiltshire farm that has been innovating for nearly a 100 years and meets George Hosier, who continues the family tradition. Show more

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Presented by Edward Stourton. Including the battle between Katy Perry, digital legacies after people have died and reaction to Bono's views on Christian music. Show more

Carol Ann Duffy presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of PEAS. Show more

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Live from Holy Trinity Church Platt, South Manchester, on a day when the Archbishop of Canterbury has asked for 'a great wave of prayer'. Preacher: the rector, the Rev Steve James. Show more

50 years after one of the worst floods in Florence's history, Sarah Dunant reflects on the events of 1966 and the work still going on to save some of the world's greatest art. Show more

David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the swift. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Helen makes a decision, and it is deadline day at the Dower House.

Tom Hanks, one of Hollywood's best-loved actors, is invited by Kirsty Young to choose the records he would take to a desert island. Show more

David Mitchell gets Henning Wehn, Jon Richardson, Susan Calman and Jack Dee to lie with some truths. From 2016. Show more

Series investigating the world of food and the stories behind what people eat. Yotam Ottolenghi and Sheila Dillon meet BBC Food and Farming Awards's best food producers.

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Global news and analysis.

In this Shakespeare-themed quiz, Russell Davies welcomes four experts from the world of theatre and Shakespeare studies to determine who knows most about the Bard. Show more

Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from east Cornwall. James Wong, Anne Swithinbank and Matt Biggs answer the audience questions. Show more

Fi Glover with a conversation between friends, one of whom supported the other through a psychotic episode and the depression following treatment, about how it changed them. Show more

2. Power. An intoxicating blend of love and politics dramatised from the work of Emile Zola by Oliver Emanuel. Show more

Mariella Frostrup talks to celebrated author Allan Ahlberg, creator of children's classics including The Jolly Postman. Show more

Roger McGough introduces poems requested by listeners.

Eliza Manningham-Buller, former director of MI5, questions whether our widespread intolerance of failure does more harm than good. Show more

Series of profiles of people who are currently making headlines. Mark Coles profiles Labour politician Lord Dubs. Show more

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Would leaving the EU undermine the UK's ability to protect itself against terrorism?

Helen Lederer chooses her BBC Radio highlights. Show more

Emma and Fallon head to Greenbury, and Jazzer tries something new. Show more

Frank Skinner and guests Josie Long, Kevin Eldon and Professor Kate Williams discuss Drake’s Drum and E.R.N.I.E. From 2016. Show more

A ground breaking fictional dialogue between Syria and Britain. First Born by Leila Haidar, living in Syria, and a response from the UK, Demoiselle, by Mish Green. Show more

Investigating the numbers in the news. The most profitable product in history. Can the iPhone claim this accolade? Plus the statistics behind Leicester City's success. Show more

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on peace campaigner Reverend Daniel Berrigan, author Jenny Diski, neurologist Lord Walton and composer Guy Woolfenden. Show more

The return of the 100% mortgage - Barclays launches one but with strings attached. Plus choices over maturing NS&I certificates, and businesses are urged to probe online scams. Show more

Carol Ann Duffy presents The Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of PEAS. Show more

Peter Day looks at how companies are hiring new staff and discovers that to get to the interview, you often have to impress a computer programme first. Show more

Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.

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

Inspired by John Donne’s Death Be Not Proud, poet Michael Symmons Roberts explores the mystery and inevitability of death and why it is such an inspiration to art and literature. Show more

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Laurie Taylor explores a 60-year history in which women from generations of immigration have forged lives in British society, sometimes against great odds. Show more

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