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50 years after taking on the character for the first time, Sir Ian McKellen is preparing to play Hamlet in an “age blind” show at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Show more

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Arts journalist Marie-Louise Muir draws on her own experiences as a mother to reflect on the significance and value of human touch. Show more

Caz Graham joins Annabel Makin-Jones and a team of 350 planters, pickers and packers busily trying to meet our insatiable appetite for strawberries. Show more

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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Edward Stourton. Show more

Richard Osman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Nystagmus Network. Show more

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The Rev Lucy Winkett, Rector of St James’s Church, Piccadilly, and composer Bob Chilcott explore the power of music to speak into troubled times. Show more

Bernardine Evaristo discusses how we historicise the past. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat. Show more

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

Elizabeth takes the first step and Freddie realises what’s important. Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the garden warbler and blackcap with Sir David Attenborough and Penny Anderson. Show more

Helen Fielding, writer and creator of Bridget Jones, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

A simple word for a significant mark. Where would we be without the dot? Janet Ellis dashes between its many appearances across history, from cave art to the polka-dot. Show more

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David Mitchell persuades Henning Wehn, Lou Sanders, Sindhu Vee and Neil Delamere to talk with deliberate inaccuracy. From 2020. Show more

Jaega Wise meets a chef, a food writer and a farmer to hear their views on how the food industry and media is holding black people back. Show more

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Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.

Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today and preserve it for future generations. Show more

Kathy Clugston and the panel answer gardening questions sent in by listeners. Show more

In the final episode of Watching Us, Jamie explains how reality TV produced a president, and the impact of living in a world where we share our lives online. Show more

Henry Goodman and Akbar Kurtha star in a dramatisation of Levi's stories about the elements, introduced by Janet Suzman, dramatised by Graham White. Show more

Scott Turow talks about his first legal thriller, Presumed Innocent, with James Naughtie and a group of readers Show more

We join Helen Mort in Sheffield as she chooses her favourite poems. Including works by Wordsworth, Norman MacCaig and Karen McCarthy Woolf. Show more

File on 4 explores concerns black and ethnic minority officers in the UK suffer race discrimination and continue to be underrepresented in number and seniority throughout forces. Show more

50 years after taking on the character for the first time, Sir Ian McKellen is preparing to play Hamlet in an “age blind” show at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Show more

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

The latest weather forecast.

The head of the NHS in England, Sir Simon Stevens, gives the government a year to reform social care.

Lindsey Chapman makes her pick of the best of BBC Radio this week. Show more

Can Thomas's encounters with the Tragedy Queen help him reach the next stage of the TV quiz? Stars Anand Tiwari. Show more

Carolyn has a reunion - with orchids galore. The ups and down of a tiny charter airline. Stars Stephanie Cole. From July 2009. Show more

Old Spice by Susmita Bhattacharya. Charles wants to know more about the new member of the weekly poetry group. Show more

Should the study of crowd control be considered a science? Radio 4's The Life Scientific featured an expert in the field which upset some listeners who thought not. Show more

Matthew Bannister on designer Milton Glaser, MP Terry Dicks, psychiatrist Tom Arie, music editor Else Blangsted. Show more

Tiny win ratios on loot box games duping children into what some say is gambling, UC claimants missing out on £100's and chargeback - what to do if your request is contested. Show more

Richard Osman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Nystagmus Network. Show more

Big government sustained Britain during Covid-19. Now what? Thinkers of left and right discuss with Edward Stourton past political pivots and what the state can and should do next. Show more

Carolyn Quinn is joined by former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan, Labour frontbencher Jo Stevens and David Linden for the SNP, with additional analysis from the FT's George Parker Show more

Directors Mark Jenkin, Carol Morley and Andrew Kotting share their audio diaries, in which they chart their lives in lockdown. With Antonia Quirke. Show more

Arts journalist Marie-Louise Muir draws on her own experiences as a mother to reflect on the significance and value of human touch. Show more

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Traders and finance: Laurie Taylor explores the world of trading and banking. Show more

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