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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sarah Teather, Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service UK Show more

The BBC has seen video evidence that livestock from the UK is ending up in abbatoirs in the Lebanon and Libya. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the greater honeyguide of sub-Saharan Africa. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Enlightenment idea that God created the universe and then stood back, for it to be understood by reason alone and not revelation. Show more

Are women disproportionately affected by epilepsy? Why younger men are turning to much older women? We discuss resilience and how to build it. Show more

Anna and John's dream of a new life in rural France is shattered when Joe, their 16 year old son, disappears. Show more

Stories from the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, from the US White House, the Vatican, Pakistan and about Serbs on the Greek island of Corfu. With Kate Adie. Show more

One hundred years on from the first publication of the best selling novel The Thirty Nine Steps, Nick Rankin assesses the literary legacy of the Scottish writer John Buchan. Show more

Sam Selvon’s 1965 classic about a group of Trinidadians trying to get on London’s property ladder. The bold decision affects each of the friends differently.
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Students are short of money because they can't work to top up their student maintenance loans. Show more

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Left isolating in London B and Z came up with a plan to stay healthy with a 6 o’clock hug. What are the benefits of the cocktail of anti-stress chemicals released by a hug? Show more

Ruth is reluctant to jump the gun and Jazzer is over the moon Show more

By Edson Burton. The enigmatic drifter returns to help a lost soul. Young Jas is in love and in danger, but from who? Starring Don Warrington. Show more

Clare goes beachcombing on the Isle of Sheppey with author Lisa Woollett. Lisa is fascinated by what we throw away and how it reflects our changing lifestyles. Show more

Dancer Oti Mabuse makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Vision Aid Overseas. Show more

Joseph O'Connor discusses Star of the Sea, his 2003 novel about Irish emigration at the time of the Famine. With James Naughtie plus questions from this month's reading group. Show more

Women and Horror: Antonia Quirke talks to Rose Glass, director of Saint Maud, and foley artist Catherine Thomas. Cinema owner Kevin Markwick reflects on the future. Show more

Claudia Hammond looks at the neuroscience behind our sense of touch. Why does the gentle touch from a loved one make us feel good? Show more

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

The number of patients waiting over a year for hospital treatment in England has hit a 12 year high, as services struggle to get back to normal.

A sketch that couldn't catch a cold in Coventry and a train passenger who really doesn't overthink things. From 2016. Show more

Jennifer is on the warpath and will Jazzer do the right thing? Show more

Skin, the shaven-headed lead vocalist of the British rock band Skunk Anansie, discusses her new memoir It Takes Blood and Guts. Show more

Anna and John's dream of a new life in rural France is shattered when Joe, their 16 year old son, disappears. Show more

As the Home Secretary Priti Patel pledges to fix a 'broken' asylum system, what could the government do to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel? Show more

The second pandemic wave means UK businesses have to live with uncertainty for at least another six months. What are the implications for jobs, and the very viability of firms? Show more

Claudia Hammond looks at the neuroscience behind our sense of touch. Why does the gentle touch from a loved one make us feel good? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Enlightenment idea that God created the universe and then stood back, for it to be understood by reason alone and not revelation. Show more

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Sam Selvon’s 1965 classic about a group of Trinidadians trying to get on London’s property ladder. The bold decision affects each of the friends differently.
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Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times.

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Tom Stoppard writes his country house play Arcadia about mathematics, history, love and death. Read by Alex Jennings. Show more

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