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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig, a retired senior civil servant and a Methodist local preacher in Cardiff.

Vernon Harwood meets the BBC's 'Voice of Equestrian Sport', Mike Tucker, at home on his Cotswold farm where he breeds Japanese Wagyu cattle. Show more

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

News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Andrew Marr explores the natural world with great American farmer-poet Wendell Berry, 'recovering environmentalist' Paul Kingsnorth and 'renegade economist' Kate Raworth. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Nicholas Hytner reads his memoir about running The National Theatre, describing a typical day as theatre director. Show more

We're joined by cyclists Rochelle Gilmore, Grace Garner and Tracy Moseley to discuss the role of bikes in women's emancipation, racing and Jane learns how to mend a puncture. Show more

Richard Fallon MP has acquired a Twitter account, something which is giving Martha sleepless nights, and with due cause. Show more

Duncan and Sian, husband and wife GPs, can't recruit enough doctors for their 10,000 patients. Their surgery is about to close. Can they save it? Show more

Mark Steel visits Alderney in the Channel Islands and performs for local residents in the capital, Saint Anne. From 2015. Show more

On this day in 1917, the bishop of London demanded the church 'do more than preach about the need for more men for the army', while in Folkestone, Kitty must keep her own counsel. Show more

Garden centre sales continue to rise every year but will a nation of renters change that? And who is buying art without seeing it first - online sales are up 15% year on year. Show more

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Rory Sutherland explores how marketing plays upon questions of faith and idealism, from Coca-Cola's iconic 'Hilltop' ad to contemporary Islamic branding. Show more

Brookfield tightens its belt, while Grange Farm holds off an eager visitor. Show more

By Ben Tagoe. When Yomi travels from his native Scotland to Nigeria to try out for the national scrabble team, he has a lot more to learn than strategic two-letter words. Show more

The 2017 season of the general knowledge tournament reaches the third of the semi-finals, with Russell Davies in the chair. Show more

Why aren't millennials cooking with lamb? Ben and Barry from SORTEDfood plus food writer Yasmin Khan give Sheila Dillon some inspiration for cooking lamb on a weeknight. Show more

TV presenter Terry Christian presents his favourite and funniest writing, read by Andew Maxwell and Sally Lindsay, to the audience at the BBC Radio Theatre. Show more

There is an old joke that talking to yourself is first sign of madness but we now know its an essential mental tool . So how much of what we do online is that same inner speech?

Theresa May has dismissed claims there were disagreements during a meeting about Brexit.

David Mitchell gets Frankie Boyle, Holly Walsh, Elis James and Mark Steel to lie with some truths. From May 2017. Show more

Adam considers his future at Home Farm, and Lilian is at a loose end. Show more

Sound artist Oliver Beer on making ancient pots and buildings sing, and composer Nicola LeFanu at 70. Show more

Richard Fallon MP has acquired a Twitter account, something which is giving Martha sleepless nights, and with due cause. Show more

The United States is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world? Misha Glenny presents. Show more

The Faroe Islands are facing a shortage of women of marriageable age. Many of them have left and not returned so men are now travelling to south east Asia looking for love. Show more

Chemist Andrea Sella tell the story of mercury, explaining the significance of this element not just for chemistry, but also the development of modern civilisation. Show more

Andrew Marr explores the natural world with great American farmer-poet Wendell Berry, 'recovering environmentalist' Paul Kingsnorth and 'renegade economist' Kate Raworth. Show more

The latest weather forecast.

Jean-Claude Juncker says he is 'ten times more sceptical' about the prospects of a deal between Britain and the EU. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Jules returns to Beckford following the tragic death of her sister. Did she fall from the cliff or jump? Starring Sian Brooke. Show more

Writer Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about her love of language, how she came up with the idea of Tracy Beaker, her imaginative life as a child and the books she loved. Show more

Abdul-Rehman Malik travels to Turkey to explore the relationship between Islam and coffee. The drink first popularised by Sufi mystics in the Yemen would go on to change the world. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Nicholas Hytner reads his memoir about running The National Theatre, describing a typical day as theatre director. Show more

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