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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Rosa Hunt, co-principal of the South Wales Baptist College.

As the government warns there could be two-day delays for lorries leaving Dover next year, we hear how one lamb exporter is preparing. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the ringed plover. Show more

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

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cave peoples, human or Neanderthal, who made hand outlines, abstract symbols and multicoloured images of prey animals in the Stone Age. Show more

Award winning actor Alison Steadman; Twice Prime Minister of Ireland, Mary McAleese; and two of our Power List judges Emma Howard Boyd and Flo Headlam on their green careers. Show more

Biyi Bandele dramatises Chinua Achebe's powerful, moving tale of an Igbo community fighting to retain its identity, tradition and independence in the face of colonial rule. Show more

Stories about the Greek-Turkish standoff in the eastern Mediterranean, and from Pakistan, Peru, the former Soviet republic of Georgia and Switzerland. With Kate Adie. Show more

Clearing half a century’s-worth of accumulated stuff from the old family home throws up treasures, surprises and long-forgotten memories for Geoff Bird and his siblings Show more

By Charlotte Hobson. Pasha and Sonya have returned to Moscow and the Kobelevs’ house becomes the Institute Of Revolutionary Transformation. Show more

The Chancellor unveils his plans for helping the economy through Covid. Also, the boss of Thames Water on customer service levels, and where have all the foreign tourists gone? Show more

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

After he left the army, Timothy Mveigh became steeped in a world of gun shows and conspiracies. Leah Sottile investigates that world. Show more

Gavin’s in hot water and Lynda and Robert go head to head. Show more

Jealousy by Martin Jameson inspired by Zola's Rougon-Macquart series. Dide's great grand-daughter Helene finds herself torn between sexual desire and motherhood. Show more

Barry Farrimond, who plays Ed Grundy in The Archers, takes Clare Balding for an adventurous hike across Dartmoor. Show more

Actress Isy Suttie makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Create. Show more

Chris Power is joined by Rose Tremain to discuss her new book Islands Of Mercy. Show more

The weird and frightening world of Alejandro Jodorowsky. Show more

Royal Society Science Book Prize shortlisted author Gaia Vince discusses her book Transcendence; The good and bad news for the world's biodiversity & Science Museum mystery object Show more

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak insists the government can only support 'viable' jobs in pandemic

The voice in John's head pushes him to tipping point, a new approach to the news, and a spy tale. With Simon Kane. From 2016. Show more

Alice opens up and Gavin offers advice. Show more

David McKee on creating picture books from Elmer to Not Now, Bernard. The Royal Academy on the difficult choices it faces. First UK magazine for Black children, Cocoa Girl. Show more

Biyi Bandele dramatises Chinua Achebe's powerful, moving tale of an Igbo community fighting to retain its identity, tradition and independence in the face of colonial rule. Show more

Sweden decided not to lockdown to fight Covid-19 - was it the right decision? David Aaronovitch explores how the Swedish experience compares with other countries. Show more

How some businesses survived lockdown. What have they changed and what of the future? The challenges aren't over. Show more

Royal Society Science Book Prize shortlisted author Gaia Vince discusses her book Transcendence; The good and bad news for the world's biodiversity & Science Museum mystery object Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the cave peoples, human or Neanderthal, who made hand outlines, abstract symbols and multicoloured images of prey animals in the Stone Age. Show more

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

By Charlotte Hobson. Pasha and Sonya have returned to Moscow and the Kobelevs’ house becomes the Institute Of Revolutionary Transformation. Show more

Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament

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A meditation on what it means to be human by Rachel Clarke, a palliative medicine specialist dedicated to bringing comfort to those at the end of their lives.
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