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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Richard Littledale. Show more

Steve Backshall presents the red-necked phalarope. Show more

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

Melvyn Bragg discusses the much loved Chinese novel from 1592, featuring Monkey, Tripitaka, Sandy and Pigsy, as they travel to India to bring back Buddhist texts. Show more

Women and sheds with Joanne Harris, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow on the prospects for a greener future, rape threats used as common assault, the declining birth rate in China. Show more

The Washington press corps adapts to a new tempo; Armenia calls for its POWs to come home; plus tales from the Eurovision contest, the River Danube and Monet's gardens in France. Show more

Journalist Jude Rogers speaks to musicians, neuroscientists and psychologists to discover why music means so much to us during our teenage years. Show more

Maeve is worried about her daughter’s bad dreams, but Debbie is more concerned with hiding her family from her new friends. As read by Louisa Harland. Show more

Inside the frenzied world of home buying in the most competitive housing market in years, plus the people quarantined in hotel rooms who are not fit enough to be confined. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

Bob Dylan will be 80 next week. In the fourth episode of his exploration of the life of this elusive artist, Sean Latham investigates the impact of his conversion to Christianity. Show more

Jim finds himself caught in the crossfire and Kirsty offers a solution. Show more

Brian is again waiting for a court date, while the financial markets seem in turmoil. Joseph is relying ever more heavily on Tony Wednesday but is this a good idea? Final episode. Show more

Kay Mellor is one of our most successful screenwriters. On today's ramble she takes Clare on her favourite route at Harewood House in her home city of Leeds. Show more

Comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Refugee Action. Show more

Johny Pitts talks to poet Hollie McNish about her new book Slug and other things I've been told to hate, a collection of her taboo-busting poetry and prose. Show more

Cinema: open for business. As cinemas opened for the first time in five months, have concerns about the so-called Indian variant made people think twice about visiting them? Show more

Vic Gill talks to scientists who have cured a vaccine induced blood-clot patient, and meets a former top F1 chief engineer who wants to transform the fuel industry. Show more

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

Inquiry says Panorama reporter used fake documents to get the interview in 1995. BBC's Director General has apologised. Test and Trace failures helped spread the Indian variant.

John Finnemore presents a ninth series of his award-winning sketch show, with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin, Carrie Quinlan, and music by Susannah Pearse. Show more

Alice faces the consequences of her actions and Jazzer offers support. Show more

A look at the largest publlc exhbition of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth's work, a former culture secretary on the plans of the current culture secretary, and Othello as a clubber. Show more

In 1982 Jonathan Weber pioneered AIDS research in the UK, when he led the treatment of 400 patients at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. Show more

What does Hamas want? Show more

Since the introduction of hotel quarantine in England more than 27,000 people have experienced it, with stays in hotels of up to a fortnight. Mohammed records his experiences. Show more

Vic Gill talks to scientists who have cured a vaccine induced blood-clot patient, and meets a former top F1 chief engineer who wants to transform the fuel industry. Show more

Melvyn Bragg discusses the much loved Chinese novel from 1592, featuring Monkey, Tripitaka, Sandy and Pigsy, as they travel to India to bring back Buddhist texts. Show more

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Maeve is worried about her daughter’s bad dreams, but Debbie is more concerned with hiding her family from her new friends. As read by Louisa Harland. Show more

Journalist and comedy writer David Quantick has met and interviewed hundreds of people. What were his first impressions, how have they changed and does it all matter? Show more

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Hans Rosling’s international reputation for treating mysterious epidemics brings a visitor to his door. Read by Adrian Rawlins. Written by Hans Rosling with Fanny Härgestam. Show more

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