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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Dr Marika Rose. Show more

As part of 'The Flower Farmers Big Weekend', grower Liz Fallon opens her polytunnel and flower beds to the public, part of a national scheme to promote British flowers. Show more

The latest weather forecast for farmers.

Michaela Strachan presents the oystercatcher. Show more

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

Professor Michael Sandel debates the relationship between AI and human decision-making with an audience of students at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Show more

As a £10 million campaign is launched by the CITB to diversify the building industry, Tina Daheley investigates the opportunities for women in the trades and construction. Show more

Kate and Baba are home from the convent for Christmas, and Mr Gentleman comes calling on Kate again. Stars Aoibhinn McGinnity. Show more

Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser swap shoptalk on the clerical role in births, marriage and death. Show more

Nikki Bedi and Arthur Smith are joined by Frances Barber, Edwyn Collins, Stephen K Amos and London Hughes for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Marcel’s relationship with Albertine is becoming more impossible and secrets and surprises are in store from several quarters. Show more

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

How might a young couple, unable to buy their first home today, have fared in past decades? In this episode Tacita and Charlie explore 1968, when house building hit its peak. Show more

Hannah doesn’t mince her words and Jennifer’s new venture causes amusement Show more

Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love. With war looming and recovering from the death of Albertine, Marcel re-visits an old flame in Combray. Show more

Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love. Time takes its toll on Marcel and his friends, but a writer emerges at last. Show more

Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as students from Oxford Brookes University take on their professors. From August 2019. Show more

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world. Show more

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

President Trump tells G7 summit he may soon meet Iran's president

A second programme from this month's Edinburgh Fringe. Gyles Brandreth sits in for Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Fred MacAulay, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Mark Watson. Show more

Tracy begins an investigation and Pip’s feelings are hurt. Show more

Edna O'Brien tells Kirsty Lang about Girl, her harrowing, uplifting new novel about a schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram, and her career since her first scandalised Ireland in 1960 Show more

Kate and Baba are home from the convent for Christmas, and Mr Gentleman comes calling on Kate again. Stars Aoibhinn McGinnity. Show more

From 'The Naked Chef' to the collapse of 'Jamie's Italian'. Jamie Oliver opens up to Sheila Dillon on his last 2 decades. Part II: Pukka to Parliament Show more

Romania has the highest road deaths per capita in the European Union. Can one man's campaign for motorways make the country's roads not just faster but also safer? Show more

Lucy Cooke explores cooperation, democracy and peaceful behaviour in animals and investigates whether these can be better evolutionary strategies than fighting and aggression. Show more

Professor Michael Sandel debates the relationship between AI and human decision-making with an audience of students at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Show more

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective

Young Robert sets off from his mining village with basic provisions and no idea of where he'll end up. Read by Kevin Whately. Show more

Michael Rosen looks at how English is used in Science. From the florid writings of the 17th century to modernist poetry and school experiments. With historian Charlotte Sleigh. Show more

Lad culture on trial and the things you never learn about sex from school and porn. Show more

National and international news from BBC Radio 4

Lemn Sissay reads from his frank and powerful memoir about growing up in care in the 1970s and 80s, and the redemptive power of poetry. Today, the early days in foster care. Show more

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