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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

Henry Dimbleby has been tasked by the government with creating a national food strategy. Sybil Ruscoe asks him what he hopes to achieve. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the greater honeyguide of sub-Saharan Africa. Show more

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

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the growing understanding of the humans, plants and animals once living on land now under the North Sea, submerged in the Stone Age. Show more

Kate Tempest performs, Geva Mentor on the appeal of netball, crime writer Clare Mackintosh on parents making life and death decisions, and the fate of women protesters in Sudan. Show more

Ellen is running out of optimism after a big falling out with Simon - over money. Stars Stuart McQuarrie. Show more

Washington insiders are scratching their heads over President Trump's modus operandi on Iran. Show more

Writer Anna Freeman presents a showcase of stories about the meaning of art in people’s lives. Show more

Adrian receives some devastating news. Pandora invites herself to supper, which does not go down well with Daisy. Show more

Why some further education colleges are under severe financial pressure and how it's affecting students and staff. Show more

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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

Bridget Kendall explores how decisions at the Paris Peace Conference 1919 influenced global conflict for a century. In this episode: the Balkans War and breakup of Yugoslavia. Show more

Alistair prepares for an uncertain future and Pat is forced to broach a difficult subject. Show more

Surreal soundscapes and black comedy from film director Peter Strickland. Struggling actor Len gets his first big break. A follow-up to The Len Continuum, starring Toby Jones. Show more

Verity Sharp finds out how the dream of one local man to have his own opera house in the village of Longborough is inspiring others. Show more

Chef and food-writer Thomasina Miers makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Women for Women International. Show more

Kevin Barry on his new novel Night Boat to Tangier; Philip Hoare and Mike Parker explore queer nature writing. Show more

Presented by Francine Stock. Danny Boyle talks about The Beatles' documentary Let It Be, which was the inspiration for his new film, Yesterday. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford and guests discuss Global Food Security, a fungal threat to wheat, a novel reactive use-by label and the origins and future of the potato. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

Over 100 Labour MPs & peers demand overturn of Williamson party re-admission

Comedian Danny Heywood and his superfan Sheryl finally go on a proper date. Stars Paul Merton and Suki Webster. From June 2019. Show more

Shula makes a desperate plea and Ben has a controversial suggestion. Show more

Kate Atkinson on Big Sky, the latest instalment in her Jackson Brodie series of novels; heated opinions in the Young Adult fiction market; LGBT novels in the noughties. Show more

Ellen is running out of optimism after a big falling out with Simon - over money. Stars Stuart McQuarrie. Show more

Do juries believe in rape myths? Professor Cheryl Thomas of UCL tells Joshua Rozenberg about her new research into what jurors really think. Show more

Can a sudden change in direction save a new company? Evan Davis and his guests hear stories about how changing focus - with a new service or product - can spell success. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford and guests discuss Global Food Security, a fungal threat to wheat, a novel reactive use-by label and the origins and future of the potato. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the growing understanding of the humans, plants and animals once living on land now under the North Sea, submerged in the Stone Age. Show more

Important safeguard against language of hate - or blow against freedom of expression ? Show more

Adrian receives some devastating news. Pandora invites herself to supper, which does not go down well with Daisy. Show more

Kathy Burke, Liz Carr, Desiree Burch and Tom Allen decide who’s the most Average Jolene or Maverick Matilda. From 2019. Show more

MPs debate leaving the European Union without a deal. News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament presented by Sean Curran.

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Rupert Everett reads Derek Jarman's vivid memoir of his life and the garden he made in Dungeness in the wake of his HIV diagnosis. Recorded to mark 25 years since Jarman's death. Show more

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