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Spiritual reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Alison Jack of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity. Show more

Is there a social care crisis in the countryside? A new Rural England report says the rising rural elderly population is being overlooked. Show more

Wildlife artist Jane Smith describes her excitement at hearing the whitethroat when it returns to her garden every year. Show more

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

It is 1999, and Dutch journalist Geert Mak is travelling across Europe reflecting on the history of the past century. Today, cosmonauts and Yeltsin. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

Sarah's imagination takes her to Hawaii where she's about to meet the king of rock and roll. Starring Jocelyn Brassington. Show more

4 Extra Debut. With the help of a neuroscientist, cartoonist Gerald Scarfe explores what’s going on inside his own creative brain. From 2017. Show more

Hetty tries to talk Maggie out of lunch with an old friend who Maggie doesn't actually like. Starring Marcia Warren. From 2018. Show more

In the final programme of his series on the story of puzzles and puzzling, Chris Maslanka considers the cryptic clues crucial to crosswords with cruciverbalist Don Manley. Show more

The powerful tranquiliser that's circulating among teenagers for just a pound a pill. The stakes are high as MP's call for a maximum stake of £2 on fixed odds betting terminals. Show more

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News and current affairs with Jonny Dymond including the Food Standards Agency on the safety of steak, the UK's trade aspirations after Brexit and Donald Trump speaks at Davos. Show more

Bee Wilson explores our current anxiety over sugar, which first arrived in Britain as a medicine - a far cry from the public enemy status it has acquired today.

Adam is furious, and Lexi faces some difficult choices. Show more

Al Smith's dystopian vision of a world where antibiotics have stopped working and heartbreaking choices must be made. Starring David Calder and Pippa Nixon. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the panel are in Lambeth. Anne Swithinbank, Matt Biggs and Pippa Greenwood field the horticultural questions. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A continuity announcer veers drastically off course while reading The Shipping Forecast. Written and read by Eley Williams. Show more

Matthew Bannister on trumpeter Hugh Masekela, writer Ursula K Le Guin, computer pioneer Mary Lee Berners-Lee, theatre director John Barton and musician Mark E Smith. Show more

Investigating the numbers in the news. Challenging the claim that one in three girls' first sexual experience is rape. And how long can a shark go without eating? Show more

A father and son reflect on whether hair colour dictates personality. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Mr Trump tells the World Economic Forum that America First doesn't mean America alone

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp, who is joined by Andy Hamilton, Angela Barnes, Andrew Maxwell and Fern Brady. Show more

Brian faces the consequences, and Bert has some wise words. Show more

News and reviews of art, literature, film and music. Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul, talking to leading Turkish writers including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. Show more

Sarah's imagination takes her to Hawaii where she's about to meet the king of rock and roll. Starring Jocelyn Brassington. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University of Chester's Molloy Hall with Stephen Dorrell, Frances O'Grady, Gisela Stuart and Pete Waterman. Show more

A weekly reflection on a topical issue. AL Kennedy on why Hollywood has never been a nice place. Show more

Reoffending is the biggest problem in the UK criminal justice system. So what makes a convict reject a life of crime after release? Former prisoners tell their stories. Show more

A surprise verdict in the battle between Boeing and Bombardier aircraft of Canada. It's an outcome that means thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland have, for now, been secured. Show more

After his visit to the theatre and the hours he spent with the red-haired woman, Cem is woken the following morning by sunlight pouring through the well-diggers' tent. Show more

Intimate late-night conversation. Lauren Laverne and guests discuss women and money, from the gender pay gap to the cultural attitudes that could be holding women back. Show more

Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as peers debate private members bills including a call for a change in the law on medical conscientious objections. Show more

Friends whose siblings have Down's Syndrome find much to celebrate. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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It is 1999, and Dutch journalist Geert Mak is travelling across Europe reflecting on the history of the past century. Today, cosmonauts and Yeltsin. Nicholas Farrell reads. Show more

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