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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Debbie Thrower of the Bible Reading Fellowship and founding Anna Chaplain. Show more

Old knowledge of the land teamed up with the latest tech and science: how farming is going ‘back to the future’… Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the red-throated caracara from the Amazonian rainforest. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's ideas on how the world depends on us, on the limits of human knowledge and why we are bound to ask questions we cannot answer. Show more

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and 'Notes on Grief'; 'Valuing Everyone': a course on appropriate behaviour with colleagues; Parm Sandhu - 30 years in the Met Police; summer legs. Show more

A breakaway region shows its ingenuity; the race for Peru's presidency; traces of Iraq's Jewish community; fans of Singapore's birds on edge; a village mayor with unusual powers Show more

Music journalist Jude Rogers speaks to musicians and neuroscientists to discover why music keeps us active, alert and connected as we grow older. Show more

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While the narrator is delighted that the sisters have agreed to keep her company at the chalet, Kitty and Dolly remain tight-lipped about the past. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more

Pick-your-own farms are hoping for another bumper summer, plus paying unfair top-up fees for relatives in care homes. Show more

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Liza Ward revisits her youth in 1990s Manchester to reveal how her life was blighted by the effects of poverty and gang crime – and how she found a way to overcome them. Show more

Mia confesses her feelings and Jazzer finds himself out in the cold. Show more

Rachel Smith's drama about siblings coming to terms with loss, and finding each other in unexpected ways. Show more

Debbie North uses a motorised wheelchair and is a powerful advocate for making the countryside accessible for all. Today she takes Clare on one of her favourite rambles in Cumbria. Show more

Football legend Andy Cole makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Kidney Research UK. Show more

Tahmima Anam and Mateo Askaripour discuss their novels, both set in the fast frenzied world tech startups. Show more

Ben Whishaw on Surge. Show more

Why lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2 is in the news ; gene mutation for obesity; Astronomer Royal for Scotland on new dark matter map; oldest figurative rock art in Scotland Show more

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

The travel industry reacts with fury to the government's "safety first" decision

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

The truth hurts for Brian and Will steps up to the plate Show more

New documentary, Sing, Freetown; Susanna Clarke on her Women's Prize-nominated novel, Piranesi; Edinburgh Fringe in peril; The Liverpool Biennial Show more

Sir Ian Blatchford and Dr Tilly Blyth on challenges by Romantic artists and naturalists to grapple with cloud patterns, from Constable's fine art to a new science of meteorology Show more

Fighting knife crime before it happens; does Scotland's "not proven" verdict let rapists go free? And who is liable in automated vehicle accidents? With Joshua Rozenberg. Show more

How can businesses cope with supply shortages? Car factories across the world have had to shut down because they can't get hold of enough silicon chips. What are the solutions? Show more

Why lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2 is in the news ; gene mutation for obesity; Astronomer Royal for Scotland on new dark matter map; oldest figurative rock art in Scotland Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's ideas on how the world depends on us, on the limits of human knowledge and why we are bound to ask questions we cannot answer. Show more

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While the narrator is delighted that the sisters have agreed to keep her company at the chalet, Kitty and Dolly remain tight-lipped about the past. Read by Ruth Gemmell. 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

Writer Johny Pitts and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman talk to Harriett about the books that have inspired and entertained them. Show more

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In the UK, we are taught that William Wilberforce was the man who ended the slave trade and that Britain led the way. But is this the whole story? Akala examines the facts. Show more

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