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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.

The Trade and Agricultural Commission has released its report looking into the possible impact of the UK-Australia trade deal. Show more

London chef and restaurant owner Cyrus Todiwala on his love of the city's house sparrow. Show more

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

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of our ancestors whose span on Earth extended at least five times more than Homo sapiens has so far, and who was found from Africa to Asia. Show more

In a new 8-part series 'Roar' Meera Syal plays Anu, a character making radical life changes in 'The Woman Who Returned her Husband' Show more

Putin’s war on Ukraine has sent hundreds of thousands of Russians into exile, for political or economic reasons. In Georgia, some now help Ukraine. But they’re not always welcome. Show more

Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel Invisible Man, is about being black in 1930s America. 70 years after its publication, what can it say about the black experience today? Show more

Gap Finders: We explore how computer scientist and banker Anne Boden found the gap in the banking world by developing new technology to form Starling Bank. Show more

They can cost ten times more but what exactly does sustainability mean? Does paying more mean they’ll last longer? Greg Foot literally tests some to destruction to find out. Show more

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In Liverpool Neil is invited through the shop door of a preserved Kosher Butcher's shop which describes the city's history of refugee sanctuary and settlement. Show more

Elizabeth is not impressed and Jazzer offers a shoulder. Show more

Playwright and screenwriter Peter Flannery has rewritten his multi-award-winning television series for BBC Radio 4. Show more

Emily Knight takes a walk along the sandy beaches of the Norfolk coast, and also back into Deep Time, on the hunt for ancient mammoths and the humans who lived alongside them. Show more

Actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. Show more

Chris Power on new novels by Lucy Caldwell and Louise Kennedy set in historic Belfast.; the new face of fictional "spinsters"; and the plight of dissident Russian writers today. Show more

Oscar-winner Paul Franklin tells how visual effects changed and how they changed cinema. Of dinosaurs, Bullet Time and Gollum - the fusion of man and digits. Show more

Could magic mushrooms be the key to a revolution in treating depression? Also, llama nanobodies; and seeing ancient stars. Show more

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

The government agrees multi-million pound deal to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Tim Vine tells some jokes and chats to the Great British Public. Show more

Ruairi makes a shocking confession and there are celebrations at Brookfield. Show more

Reviews of Paul Verhoeven's film Benedetta and the exhibition Let the Song Hold Us at Liverpool's Fact Gallery; Alan Lane, Artistic Director of Slung Low Theatre Show more

How should we manage people with mental health issues who are convicted of terrorism? Raffaello Pantucci explores some new proposals that don't automatically lead to prison. Show more

The Taylors are in their 50s when they face major turning points: a new career beckons for Jane, Gilbert can no longer walk. A mountain view has a remarkable effect on the couple. Show more

Could magic mushrooms be the key to a revolution in treating depression? Also, llama nanobodies; and seeing ancient stars. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of our ancestors whose span on Earth extended at least five times more than Homo sapiens has so far, and who was found from Africa to Asia. Show more

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

2021's Booker winner, following the decline and fall of one South African family through four funerals. Today: Anton is struggling with work, his marriage and life.... Show more

Tim Vincent and regular panellists Mick Ferry and Russell Kane are joined by comedian and author George Lewis and Coronation Street's Simon Gregson to discuss organisation. Show more

Suggs takes you on a trip through a familiar part of London, Europe’s busiest shopping street, also known as Oxford Street. Show more

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The inventor Louis Le Prince has managed to make the first ever moving picture on film but the competition is fierce. Show more

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