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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about machines imitating living creatures, and the questions they raise about the differences between machinery and humanity. Show more

Indian-born writer Pankaj Mishra considers the notion of truth as perceived by the great Indian thinker and statesman, Mahatma Gandhi. Show more

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Simon Cox investigates a far right youth organisation in Austria, Generation Identity. The group is at the heart of a new pan-European movement opposed to Muslims and immigration. Show more

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If the universe exists, what caused it to be? Theologian Giles Fraser examines the brilliant medieval scholar St Thomas Aquinas's argument for God as the first cause of everything. Show more

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Financial firms used to only do so called boring things like lending to businesses. Now their profits come from selling complex products, which could threaten the economy. Show more

Contemporary drama in a rural setting. Johnny offers some home truths and Jolene tries to make peace. Show more

RemCo chair Judith Clapham is an honourable woman at the rotten heart of the City. Jonathan Maitland's play about the world of Remuneration Committees and executive pay. Show more

Clare Balding is walking in someone else's shoes for this edition of Ramblings... a pair of pink fluffy slippers. Show more

Historian and broadcaster David Olusoga makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Unseen. Show more

Ingrid Persaud's winning story of emotional blackmail and sweet release. Read by Leemore Marrett Junior. Show more

Presented by Antonia Quirke. Glenn Close reveals that she would like to see a remake of Fatal Attraction in which her character Alex is more misunderstood than monster. Show more

As the exhibition Hooked opens at the new Science Gallery run by King's College London, Adam Rutherford and guests explore the art and science of addiction. Show more

The EU has rejected Theresa May's Brexit plan - telling her it won't work. The Prime Minister insisted the Chequers proposals were the only serious ones on the table.

Tom returns from a team building course to find the team have been bickering in his absence. Starring Tom Bell. From 2016. Show more

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Matangi/Maya/MIA, a documentary on political rapper MIA, The Man Booker Prize shortlist, National Short Story Award nominee Nell Stevens and playwright Stephen Jeffries remembered Show more

Manson and Denny reconcile when they have to attend a medical emergency. Stars Richard Fleeshman and Julian Lewis Jones. Show more

If there were to be another referendum on Brexit, how would it work? Is there enough time to hold such a vote, and what could the question be? Show more

As international trade tensions escalate, Jonty Bloom travels to the US state of Wisconsin to find cheesemakers, ginseng growers and manufacturers facing a new global economy. Show more

As the exhibition Hooked opens at the new Science Gallery run by King's College London, Adam Rutherford and guests explore the art and science of addiction. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of ideas about machines imitating living creatures, and the questions they raise about the differences between machinery and humanity. Show more

Theresa May insists her Chequers plan is the only credible option for Brexit - despite being told by EU leaders it will not work. Show more

Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award. In Dear Herbert by Simon Van Booy, an uncle wants his nephew to visit him more often. His ploy? Show more

A series of contemporary comic tales that could almost be true. Anything can happen when this master storyteller combines comedy with magical realism - and it probably will. Show more

Tom Holland takes a back-side view of church architecture, and Helen Castor tunes in to the medieval weather forecast. Show more

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