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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Tom Wright, professor of New Testament, St Andrews. Show more

James Oswald is one of our most popular crime writers. He's also a farmer, with 350 acres overlooking the River Tay in Fife. Chris Ledgard hears how he combines the two jobs. Show more

Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the swallow. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Sue MacGregor reunites five people who were at the centre of the dramatic events outside the Libyan embassy in central London in 1984. Show more

Thomas Dilworth's biography of the neglected modernist artist and poet. Jones's epic war poem In Parenthesis concludes. We hear the poet himself read an extract. Show more

A mindfulness course designed to help you cope with the impact and treatment of cancer. Meg from Ghana talks about returning to her homeland. Plus the Chibok girls three years on. Show more

Michael and Pauline's ragged marriage is further strained by their difficult teenage daughter. Stars Sara Stewart. Show more

Samira Ahmed sets out to uncover the modern allure of board games with the help of designers, geeks and the man who rediscovered the rules of one of mankind's oldest games. Show more

While driving to Sandwich to get Mrs Gosling back, Vera and Ginny call on Lytton Scratchy and Dora Barrington. They have heard that she epitomises Modern Womanhood. Show more

Susie Orbach, who will deliver The Listening Project Lecture at the British Library, explores the archive's insights into contemporary emotional life, in the company of Fi Glover. Show more

Consumer news and issues. Peter White on care home costs, doggy bag etiquette and how to go about running a vineyard in France. Show more

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Wayne Hemingway explores the artistic, commercial and cultural impact of colour: Black. From 2017. Show more

Justin gets an unexpected offer, and it is a busy evening at nets. Show more

Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey tell a Second World War love story in letters between Chris Barker, a solider in Libya, and Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter in London. Show more

'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?': The Rev Lucy Winkett explores Jesus Christ's feelings of abandonment and loneliness in a 21st-century context. Show more

Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson captures the changing soundscape of an oak woodland over the four seasons. Show more

In Tessa Hadley's specially commissioned short story, a 1970s dinner party leads Alison to reflect on the truths obscured by glamour and privilege. Read by Kate O'Flynn. Show more

Julian Worricker on columnist Masha Leon, actor Tim Pigott-Smith, director Christopher Morahan, playwright Parv Bancil, campaigner Marthe Gosteli and broadcaster Brian Matthew. Show more

Why airlines take a bet that not everybody will turn up for a flight. Show more

After her mother's stroke and consequent aphasia, a daughter wishes their conversations could go back to how they once were. Introduced by Fi Glover. Show more

North Korea accuses US of putting the Korean peninsula at risk of thermo-nuclear war.

Steve Punt, Luke Kempner, Pippa Evans, Al Porter, Rich Peppiatt, Vikki Stone and Lucy Porter present the week in news through stand-up and sketches. Show more

David cannot contain his anger, and Pip is cornered. Show more

Kirsty Lang talks to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who turns 80 this summer. Show more

Michael and Pauline's ragged marriage is further strained by their difficult teenage daughter. Stars Sara Stewart. Show more

Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House London with Sarah Champion MP, Stephen Dorrell, Giles Fraser and Dominic Raab MP. Show more

AL Kennedy extols the virtues of reading and its power to encourage respect for the value and sovereignty of each other's existence. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Maria Margaronis tells the story of the Singer Corporation, its once great empire and the lives it touched. From 2016. Show more

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The world awaits another nuclear test from Pyongyang. Also discussing the relationship between President Trump and the American military with a leading member of Congress. Show more

Villagers confront the myth of the serpent for the last time. Cora must re-assess her relationship. Concluded by Ruth Gemmell. Show more

Germaine Greer nominates sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink. With Lin Jammet, Richard Cook and Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

Josie Long presents stories about dreamers, from the search for utopia to becoming Barbara Cartland. From November 2016. Show more

The children of refugees are acutely aware of how much they owe their parents and the country that took them in. Introduced by Fi Glover. Show more

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Thomas Dilworth's biography of the neglected modernist artist and poet. Jones's epic war poem In Parenthesis concludes. We hear the poet himself read an extract. Show more

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