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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rachel Gardner, President of the Girl’s Brigade. Show more

Pickers who worked on farm at centre of coronavirus outbreak criticise lack of facilities. Children whose agricultural show's cancelled find other ways to learn about rural life. Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the globally widespread but secretive black stork. Show more

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Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Caitlin Moran on turning her memoir "How To Build A Girl" into a film. Do you want to change your life for the better? Today - How to change your career. Show more

Ian Hislop meets Dame Vera Lynn, veterans, musicologists and even an ornithologist in his quest to find the hidden meaning of this classic wartime song. Show more

Richard Herring’s returning comedy about an extended modern family. Starring Alison Steadman and Richard Herring. From 2020. Show more

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Mr Kola drives Adunni to Lagos to meet Big Madam her new employer. Her future might look a little brighter if she can get the education she so desires. Show more

Loans to help businesses are being targeted by thieves, theatre goers demand cash, not vouchers from cancelled shows, and the beauty parlors breaking the rules.

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The story of how Russia doped the London and Sochi Olympics. The institutions of world anti-doping have reformed themselves in the wake of the Russia Scandal. But will it work? Show more

Harrison bares his soul and Elizabeth takes the next step. Show more

D.S. Armitage finds himself working with his old friend and colleague P.C. Joanne Laverty. But then Sean is put in the uncomfortable position of having to interview her. Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts the gardening panel show. Show more

In a new story for Radio 4 from acclaimed Irish writer, Donal Ryan, a man looks back on the lies that have shaped his life. Show more

Matthew Bannister on footballer Jack Charlton, activist Zindzi Mandela, writer Charles Webb, violinist Ida Haendel. Show more

What’s the point of the Proms without Promenaders? The Controller of Radio 3 Alan Davey explains. And Test Match Special Producer Adam Mountford reveals who gives him trouble. Show more

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Boris Johnson announces coronavirus restrictions will ease further in England under plans for a "significant return to normality" by Christmas.

If there’s comedy in Covid, the team will find it. World leaders, the media, experts, celebrities, Michael Gove, no one is off limits. Recorded in five different kitchens. Show more

Alfre Woodard on her role as a death row prison warden in acclaimed film Clemency, film Come As You Are and Ellie Goulding album Brightest Blue reviewed, comedian Richard Herring. Show more

Ellen’s been juggling too many plates for too long. Are her lies about to catch up with her? Starring Gabriel Quigley. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate from London Broadcasting House with a panel including Baroness Ros Altmann, Dawn Butler MP, Bobby Seagull and Dame Sara Thornton. Show more

Will Self discusses how the pandemic has affected our views of legacy - what's worth passing on to future generations... and what isn't. Show more

The story of the systematic doping of the 2012 and 2014 Olympics by the Russian state.

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Mr Kola drives Adunni to Lagos to meet Big Madam her new employer. Her future might look a little brighter if she can get the education she so desires. Show more

Actors Fiona Shaw and Nicola Coughlan join Harriett Gilbert to talk books, including works by Jon Ronson and Joan Didion. Show more

Norman Borlaug transformed agricultural production around the world by tinkering with the genetic design of wheat. Yet worries about overpopulation continue. Show more

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As his time in Siena draws to a close, Matar reflects on what he has seen and how it has given him a renewed feeling of hope. He resolves to return to Siena as soon as possible. Show more

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