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Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling. Show more

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Mark Tully challenges perceived truths in religion and science. He considers how faith is not synonymous with certainty, and how lack of doubt can be detrimental. Show more

Caz Graham meets Matt Naylor, a Lincolnshire flower grower who's trying to make the countryside a friendlier place for LGBTQ people. Show more

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Edward Stourton with the week's religious news and current affairs. Show more

Jane Horrocks makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Send a Cow. Show more

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The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.

Exploring what it means to be steadfast in times of uncertainty, reflecting upon the meaning of St Paul's words to the Thessalonians: 'Hold fast to that which is good'. Show more

AL Kennedy reflects on how the British sense of humour is standing up to our present political woes. Show more

Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound. Show more

Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.

Elizabeth faces her demons and Will receives a shock Show more

Ann Cleeves, writer of the Shetland and Vera novels, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away on a desert island. Presented by Lauren Laverne. Show more

Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Julian Clary join Nicholas Parsons. Show more

In its processed form it doesn't taste of anything, but palm oil is in approximately half the products sold in UK supermarkets. Sheila Dillon asks if we should support palm oil. Show more

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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.

Mishal Husain presents pieces on sanity in a mental health ward, the night sky's blocked beauty, losing the ability to smell and taste, the realities of squatting and a cute train. Show more

Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from the Dorothy Clive Garden in Shropshire. Show more

Alastair and Frank on the power of glam rock. Bob and Helen swap memories of Yorkshire childhoods and Jim and Liam recall growing up in Larne, County Antrim. Fi Glover presents. Show more

This epic new drama of money, passion and defiance continues. A family is about to be hit by scandal while elsewhere in the community religious rivalry threatens to turn ugly. Show more

Swedish novelist Niklas Natt Och Dag discusses his novel The Wolf and the Watchman, and two trained criminal barristers explain how they made the switch to writing crime fiction. Show more

Poet Gillian Clarke chooses from the Poetry Please database of listener requests. The former National Poet of Wales chooses poems from RS Thomas, Helen Mort and Dylan Thomas. Show more

Homes with support rather than care homes or hospitals is where learning disabled adults are looked after, but are they always safe and secure? Claire Bolderson investigates. Show more

Mark Coles profiles transport secretary Chris Grayling. Show more

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A British teenager, who joined IS in Syria four years ago, has given birth to a baby boy.

The best of BBC Radio this week with Lindsey Chapman. Show more

Lily makes a big decision and Clarrie proves to be a source of inspiration Show more

Clare is lost on the Sparrowhawk estate, trying to remember who she is. Starring Sally Phillips. From 2016. Show more

Zoe’s best friend Danny tells her about what she did that night, 10 years ago. Read by Richard Clements and Aston Kelly. Show more

Tim Harford on climate change, Victorian diseases, maths mistakes and alcohol consumption. Show more

Matthew Bannister on goalkeeper Gordon Banks, sportswriter Vikki Orvice, inventor David Garman, poet Mary Oliver and actor Albert Finney. Show more

Confirmation of payee name checks may not happen until 2020, London Capital and Finance update, tax-free childcare and non-tax paying workers and workplace pensions tax relief. Show more

Jane Horrocks makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Send a Cow. Show more

Are we living in a ‘golden age’ of political conspiracy theories? James Tilley asks what belief in them tells us about voters and politicians. Show more

Anne McElvoy is joined by Conservative backbencher Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Labour's Stephen Kinnock, former Downing Street adviser Nikki da Costa and journalist Caroline Wheeler. Show more

Presented by Antonia Quirke. Rosamund Pike on playing war reporter Marie Colvin in A Private War, and Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins discusses If Beale Street Could Talk. Show more

Mark Tully challenges perceived truths in religion and science. He considers how faith is not synonymous with certainty, and how lack of doubt can be detrimental. Show more

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Walls: Laurie Taylor explores the social history, significance and symbolism of human-made barriers. Show more

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