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Jo Fidgen explores how we can stop women going back to prison. Only around one in twenty prisoners are female, but locking them up has an outsize effect on wider society. Show more

Children born to British mothers and black GIs during World War Two often had difficult lives - many were taken away from their families. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Charlotte volunteers with the elderly, only to meet Lillian who’s annoyed she might misses Flog It! With Helen Monks. From 2017. Show more

Can a Bristol Community radio station survive the catastrophe facing it in 2019? Show more

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi pick their Loose Ends highlights from 2019. Conversation, comedy and music comes courtesy of an eclectic line up. Show more

Whilst travelling in disguise, Lyra finds her quest to be even more treacherous than she imagined. Book at Bedtime read by Simon Russell Beale. Show more

A new device to stop car thieves hacking into key fobs, and is boiler repair cover really worth the money? Show more

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Comedian and classicist Jon Harvey discovers why the essence of 21st Century British Democracy would horrify the ancient Athenians of the 5th Century BC. Show more

There’s trouble at Grey Gables and Pip’s got to make her mind up.

A comic romance about lost love and French cuisine set during the Lautrec garlic festival. With Cheryl Campbell and Robin Ellis. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with lyricist Sir Tim Rice, novelist Robin Stevens and comedian Shazia Mirza. From 2019. Show more

Leyla Kazim asks whether the British dinner party is a dying affair, and turns to food writers Josceline Dimbleby, Alison Roman and Alexandra Dudley for New Years hosting tips. Show more

Natalie Haynes tells the stories of Claudia Severa and other Roman-British women, with guests Professor Llewelyn Morgan and archaeologist Dr Paul Roberts. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss miracles - what are they and do we need a new definition for the 21st century? Show more

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

Two leading public schools defend rejection of bursary for disadvantaged white boys

On a biting December night, Jim Lloyd enthrals Ambridge residents with the story of a young man who finds himself at a mysterious house that has plagued his dreams since childhood. Show more

David Mitchell gets Holly Walsh, Henning Wehn, Tony Hawks and Sally Phillips to lie with some truths. From 2019. Show more

Lee feels awkward and Justin offers some words of wisdom. Show more

Boyd Hilton and Eleanor Stanford on how television has changed in the last decade and Neil Innes remembered Show more

January 1969: Jill and David's fledgling union is tested when he contracts a new strain of Hong Kong flu. Stars Ronan Summers. Show more

Life's getting better. Statistics show the average human is healthier and better fed and educated than ever. So why don't we believe it? Fraser Nelson investigates. Show more

Iceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict that they could all be gone in 200 years. Maria Margaronis explores how this is affecting the lives of local people. Show more

Today it’s assumed that a dad should be there for the birth of his child. But what’s the real impact of birth on dads and should they have more of a choice? Fi Glover investigates. Show more

Jo Fidgen explores how we can stop women going back to prison. Only around one in twenty prisoners are female, but locking them up has an outsize effect on wider society. Show more

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Comedian James Veitch gets a challenge from his Radio 4 producer when caught playing Sonic the Hedgehog. Show more

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