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

Presented by Anna Hill. Farmers are expecting a slug invasion but do they have enough armoury to fight back and save their crops? Show more

Steve Backshall presents the story and sound of the kingfisher. Show more

Lemn Sissay meets naturalist Chris Packham, singer and songwriter Ralph McTell, actor and director Ian Ogilvy and paleoanthropologist and stand-up comedian Ella Al-Shamahi. Show more

This edition looks at losing a son to Syria, celebrating overseas nurses and the NHS, and the challenges of modern masculinity. Presented by Jenni Murray. Show more

Every stage of Zoe's life has been marked by the weather. Will the rain ruin her love? A drama by Katie Hims. Show more

Fi Glover hears about the frightening experience of a psychotic episode from a woman who suffered from post-partum psychosis and the friend who supported her through it. Show more

Peter McGraith is one half of the first gay couple to marry in Britain. Here, he hears personal accounts of gay and lesbian relationships in post equality Britain. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A nurse down and GPs are roped into an anti-obesity campaign to save money. Stars Nigel Planer and Simon Greenall. From 2016. Show more

On this day in 1916, the papers reported the extension of conscription to include all men aged 18 to 41, and Alexander Gidley continues to face resistance at the quarry. Show more

Consumer affairs programme. The care homes saddled with debt and at risk of going under. Plus should businesses pay the bill for the consequences of late-night opening? Show more

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David Cameron has suggested that Britain could accept more unaccompanied children who have fled the fighting in Syria. But will local councils be willing to accept them? Show more

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown focuses on the complex role of Shylock, and how he navigates being a Jew in a Christian world. Show more

Pat sees an opportunity, and it is deadline day at the Dower House. Show more

The plot against Caesar reaches crisis point as the conspirators gather at the Capitol in Rome. Show more

How can the growing cost of social care be met? Lesley Curwen and guests look at the challenges facing care providers and the repercussions for those who need it. Show more

The second in this year's nominations for the All in the Mind Awards, plus Nick Payne's new play Elegy, set in a world where everything about the brain's functioning is known. Show more

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

Former BBC Trust chair Lord Patten says BBC independence is at risk from government. Robert Peston on his new ITV politics show. Plus why is BBC not hitting its diversity targets? Show more

David Cameron says the UK will take in more unaccompanied Syrian refugee children.

Lucy’s parents think she is wasting her life as part of the resistance and want to take action. With Hannah Murray. From 2014. Show more

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

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Howard Brenton on Lawrence After Arabia, Christian Bale in Knight Of Cups, photographer Dorothy Bohm and Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. 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.
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How will crime change and what can be done to prevent it in future? Presenters Timandra Harkness and Leo Johnson explore how crime and punishment will change in the 21st century. Show more

Dominic Lawson asks Edzard Ernst, a former professor of complementary medicine, about why he abandoned his belief in homeopathy and the reaction his change of mind provoked. Show more

How should we eat to reduce our carbon footprint? No meat? Local meat? Or fast-growing meat? Tom Heap chairs a debate from the Bristol Food Connections festival with four experts. Show more

Lemn Sissay meets naturalist Chris Packham, singer and songwriter Ralph McTell, actor and director Ian Ogilvy and paleoanthropologist and stand-up comedian Ella Al-Shamahi. Show more

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Donald Trump will be the Republican party's candidate for the US presidency now that his last opponent, John Kasich, has pulled out of the race. Show more

Claire is at a loss as to how to put things right with her mother, who is refusing to take her calls. Read by Emily Bruni. Show more

Bittersweet comedy drama as a community mental health nurse makes her rounds. Stars Paul Whitehouse and Esther Coles. From 2016. Show more

The comic poet goes to his guitarist’s wedding in Cheam, giving him a stag night he'll never forget. With Tom Basden. From 2014. Show more

Rachel Byrne reports on a busy day in Parliament for David Cameron, who had bruising exchanges at PMQs, tough questions about the EU and a change of heart on child refugees.

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On John Lewis-Stempel’s farm it’s mid-summer, with golden wheat and an aggressive bull to manage. Read by Bernard Hill. Show more

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