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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Bishop of Ripon, Rt Rev Dr Helen-Ann Hartley. Show more

Charlotte Smith asks Guy Smith from the National Farmers' Union if farming can achieve zero net emissions by 2040. Show more

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A loose coal cart has crashed into Denny's car, seemingly stalled on the railroad tracks. Starring Catrin Stewart. Show more

Brazilians wept when their 200-year-old National Museum - repository of the nation's memory - went up in flames in 2018. But staff have vowed it will rise from the ashes. Show more

Gwenno, who has released successful albums in Cornish and Welsh, heads to the SUNS festival in Italy to celebrate the power of songs sung in minoritised languages. Show more

Adrian attends a crisis meeting with the Flowers family, and meets Marigold’s older sister Daisy. He tries in vain to end his relationship with Marigold. Show more

After plastic, will palm oil be the next focus for green campaigners? And how criminal gangs have made it harder to lay your hands on cash in rural Northern Ireland. Show more

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Tech journalist and self-obsessed space nerd Jack Dearlove interviews Doug Hurley, astronaut on the last space shuttle. Show more

Natasha finds herself the talk of Ambridge and Russ comes to a decision Show more

Life is a balancing act. Quite literally so - for Charles Blondin, the first man to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Blondin astounded audiences with his feats. Show more

Britain’s first memorial to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala massacre has been created. 1,650 trees have been planted- a tree for every bullet that was fired that day. Show more

Michael Palin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Action for Stammering Children. Show more

Debut novelists Damian Barr and Candice Carty-Williams discuss the genesis of their books. Plus should we know more about Beckett's prose? Shahidha Bari and guests discuss. Show more

Antonia Quirke reunites three cast members of Barbra Streisand's cult classic Yentl, and director Wolfgang Fischer discusses his ethical thriller Styx. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford discusses the Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, Martian methane and water measured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and the evolution of faces Show more

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Robert Mueller's report into Russian meddling in the 2016 election has been published

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares The Silent Treatment and extracts from his diary. From 2019. Show more

Lily offers an explanation and Chris is forced to dish out a lecture Show more

Curator Emma Mawdsley talks abut the war poster artist Abram Games; saxophonist Jess Gillam plays live; author Tayari Jones on her new novel, An American Marriage. Show more

A loose coal cart has crashed into Denny's car, seemingly stalled on the railroad tracks. Starring Catrin Stewart. Show more

What's in the Mueller report - and what are the implications for US politics? Show more

Ruth Alexander explores the unfamiliar story of the landlord-tenant relationship and how this affects the fortunes of our towns and cities. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford discusses the Notre-Dame fire, reviving pig brains, Martian methane and water measured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and the evolution of faces Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas behind Shakespeare's comedy with its intertwining plots of royal marriage, crossed lovers, quarreling fairies and rude mechanicals Show more

A redacted version of the 400-page Mueller report has been published. Show more

Adrian attends a crisis meeting with the Flowers family, and meets Marigold’s older sister Daisy. He tries in vain to end his relationship with Marigold. Show more

Wild night-time noises from upstairs keep Mitch and Will awake. But who's making them? Stars Angus Deayton. From 2018. Show more

Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. Jackie has a 50-50 chance of developing Huntington's disease. Will the test show she has it? Show more

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Tippett’s conscientious objection lands him in Wormwood Scrubs prison. Cut off from the outside world, in the solitude of his cell, he reflects on life and music. Show more

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