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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

Keir Starmer says the government are not working hard enough to support British farming and protect food standards. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch. Show more

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Samantha Morton shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would want to take with her if castaway to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Jane Garvey talks to a woman who survived being groomed by a gang in Rotherham, about identity politics and feminism and from an older woman enjoying dating younger men. 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

In 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt took office with America traumatised by the Great Depression and desperate for leadership and direction. Marybeth Hamilton explores the New Deal years. Show more

Richard Wilson finds himself getting grumpier and grumpier with age. What to do about it? He enlists help from someone even grumpier than him - Alexei Sayle. Show more

Sam Selvon’s 1965 classic about a group of Trinidadians trying to buy a house. The friends have been saving for a month but Jean is yet to see a penny.
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Is Virtual Reality gaming about to hit the mass market in a way it never has before? Show more

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Can touch ever be replicated digitally? And can our sense of touch be trained to help deaf people “hear”? The results of the Touch Test look at our responses to new technology. Show more

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

By Edson Burton. The enigmatic drifter returns to help a lost soul, but he too seems lost. Will he see the danger in time? Or will Grace find the strength to save herself? Show more

Peter Gibbs hosts this week's gardening panel show at Knebworth Gardens. Show more

An original short story for Radio 4, about a father and daughter in search of a home, written and read by Fatima Bhutto. Show more

Matthew Bannister on designer Kenzo Takada, soldier Colonel John Waddy, actor Frank Windsor, socialite Ann Getty Show more

Missing coronavirus case data, long-term symptoms, and a big mathematical moment. Show more

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People who work for British businesses that are ordered to close because of coronavirus restrictions will have two thirds of their wages paid by the government

A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman and guests Mark Steel, Lloyd Langford, Helen Lewis and Felicity Ward. Show more

Alex Wheatle's new novel, Miranda July film Kajillionaire, Football club appoints Artistic Director, London Film Festival roundup and the career of Nobel 2020 Winner Louise Gluck 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

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House with Robert Jenrick MP, Paul McNamee, Chi Onwurah MP and Ella Whelan. Show more

Rebecca Stott relives 1970s memories of Angel Delight, Smash powder and an invaluable kitchen device... and believes there's a lesson for today. Show more

Michael Goldfarb looks at how eliminating the broadcast regulation in the USA, The Fairness Doctrine, led to right-wing talk radio, Fox News, and the rise of Donald Trump. Show more

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Sam Selvon’s 1965 classic about a group of Trinidadians trying to buy a house. The friends have been saving for a month but Jean is yet to see a penny.
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Writer, actor and Gavin and Stacey creator Ruth Jones and theatre and film director Dominic Cooke share their favourite reads with Harriett Gilbert. Show more

Before James Bonsack came along, cigarettes were far less popular than cigars, pipes or chewing tobacco. His machine, one historian claims, invented much of modern marketing. Show more

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Tom Stoppard, turns to Leopoldstadt, his most recent play, and his roots. Concluded by Alex Jennings Show more

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