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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones, Dean of St Davids Cathedral

Following a successful program, a group of wild beavers on the River Otter in East Devon have been given permission to remain by DEFRA. Charlotte Smith presents. Show more

Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde witnesses a spectacular display by knot above the mudflats at Snettisham in Norfolk. Show more

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

Jonathan Freedland draws parallels between footballer Marcus Rashford's successful meal voucher extension campaign and the fund raising efforts of an 18th century prize fighter. Show more

James Burke shows how the invention of the humble can leads to the development of sociology. Show more

Zadie Smith on her new book 'Intimations', maternity care, the latest in our series on women and their scars and classical guitarist Xuefei Yang's album 'Sketches of China'. Show more

A tale of two plagues in the Algerian port city of Oran. What are the parallels between the fictional disease spread by rats in a world famous novel by Albert Camus and COVID 19? Show more

Clemency Burton Hill is joined, at the Morgan Library in New York, by the tenor Rufus Muller to explore the working manuscripts of Franz Schubert's great song cycle Winterreise. Show more

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Booker-winning Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell. Today: dark secrets emerge that could explain Katherine's crime. Show more

Staycations has led to an increased demand for camper vans, but the DVLA is rejecting increasing numbers of camper van conversions. We investigate why. Show more

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Following the oil money as it’s pumped to contrarian scientists and think tanks. Show more

Fallon faces an impossible choice and Emma’s plans gather pace Show more

By Daf James. When Daf was 11 he made a momentous discovery about his grandparents. The true story of a dark family secret. Show more

They are often trodden underfoot, but the plants growing in our pavements are important and getting noticed as Helen Mark reveals with the help of a piece of chalk! Show more

Television personality and maths enthusiast Johnny Ball makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Royal Life Saving Society UK. Show more

James Naughtie and writer Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by RL Stevenson as part of Radio 4's support for students. Recorded with a group of readers at the Hawes Inn, Queensferry Show more

Actor and writer Ben Bailey Smith asks writer Danny Leigh just just how much the class system plays its part in the British film industry. Show more

Adam Rutherford reveals new research that overturns received wisdom about how sperm swim. Plus the theory of soil and the Big Compost Experiment update. Show more

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

French leader calls for political reform in Lebanon after explosion. Government defends proposed changes to England's planning system, described by Labour as "developers' charter"

Nathan Blakely was a popstar, but he died and was reincarnated - as a Komodo Dragon. Series 2 of the comedy starring Daniel Rigby and Diane Morgan. James Acaster guests. Show more

Brian delivers good news and Chris plans a surprise. Show more

The threat to Arts in the Midlands, playwrights penning their love letters to Scotland, Soweto Kinch's Lockdown Discovery. Show more

Dramatisation of Myfanwy Alexander's satirical whodunnit set in in rural Mid Wales. Show more

What is behind rising support for independence in Scotland and how could another referendum happen? David Aaronovitch asks the experts. Show more

Gatwick Airport has been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown. But is the nearby town, Crawley, also under threat? Show more

Adam Rutherford reveals new research that overturns received wisdom about how sperm swim. Plus the theory of soil and the Big Compost Experiment update. Show more

Jonathan Freedland draws parallels between footballer Marcus Rashford's successful meal voucher extension campaign and the fund raising efforts of an 18th century prize fighter. Show more

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Booker-winning Anne Enright's new novel about the rise and terrible fall of Irish acting legend, Katherine O'Dell. Today: dark secrets emerge that could explain Katherine's crime. Show more

A sudden death means Jack and Millie must choose either good behaviour or cheesecake. Stars Jeremy & Rebecca Front. From 2018. Show more

Alex Beard explores what it means to teach in a future where new fields of knowledge are emerging rapidly and AI plays a prominent role in education. Show more

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James Canton spends time with an ancient oak, and explores the history and symbolic power of oak trees. Read by Jonathan Keeble. Show more

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