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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Stephen Cottrell, the archbishop of York. Show more

We report on growing rice in a drought in Italy; and music, for pigs. Show more

Chris Packham presents the bell miner of eastern Australia. Show more

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Will tipping points in the Amazon and in cloud formation accelerate climate change? Justin Rowlatt discovers how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet. Show more

The women from the Netflix series Get Organised with The Home Edit give their pro tips. Show more

Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal - but is there a human cost to this story? Show more

It's the 50th anniversary of Cheryl's disappearance and the police have an announcement to make. Show more

How Mark Game, founder of the charity The Bread and Butter Thing found a gap in the market providing different types of support to low income areas struggling with food poverty. Show more

Greg Foot investigates claims that massage guns help you warm up before exercise, perform better during it, and recover quicker afterwards. Show more

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How long is a normal menstrual cycle and how do humans compare to other mammals? India finds out. Show more

Fingers of suspicion are pointed in Ambridge, and Natasha’s mum makes her presence felt. Show more

Little Miss grows up with physical impairment, and a love of 1990s pop culture and her sisters. Sometimes tricky, often funny, always energetic new drama by Matilda Feyisayo Ibini. Show more

Antonia Quirke and Miles Warde walk the length of Kerrera, the island just off the west coast of Scotland near Oban, and speak to people about living there. Show more

Botanist, author and television presenter Frances Tophill makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf Plant Your Future. Show more

Johny Pitts talks to debut novelist Tess Gunty about The Rabbit Hutch and Jackie Kay discusses the writing of Jamaica Kincaid. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince take a unique view of our own planet with astronauts Nicole Stott and Chris Hadfield, space scientist Carolyn Porco and comedian and writer Katy Brand. Show more

Inside Science dedicates the show to the recent heatwave. What did it do to our attitudes to climate change, and our crops? And can we use the excess heat to heat us this winter? Show more

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

Birmingham welcomes thousands of athletes as the Commonwealth Games are set to begin

Comedian Jon Long teams up with scientist Dr Tara Shine for a new hybrid comedy magazine show that emits all sorts as they aim to (carbon) capture all things climate. Show more

Freddie is mightily impressed and Eddie places his bets Show more

Iranian director Panah Panahi's film Hit the Road and a novel about wartime Hollywood, Mercury Pictures Presents, reviewed. Plus the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra at the Proms. Show more

How well is Britain set up to cope with extreme weather events, and does the government need to focus more on adapting to climate change? Show more

What are the challenges faced by UK house builders? Can they build whatever they want, or are they a hostage to local councils, town planning and new rules for building 'green'? Show more

Inside Science dedicates the show to the recent heatwave. What did it do to our attitudes to climate change, and our crops? And can we use the excess heat to heat us this winter? Show more

Devi Sridhar, professor of Global Health at Edinburgh University, hears from scientists whose working lives have been affected, and in some cases revolutionised, by the pandemic. Show more

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After the fire brigade have demolished Douglas’s tower, Mrs Bridge feels increasingly preoccupied. She seeks reassurance from her husband. Show more

Shaun Keaveny meets Sarah Kendall who reckons Newcastle, Australia is better than his sofa Show more

Dr Phil Hammond hears the stories of staff and patients at a new children's hospital. How does humour help us cope? From 2021. Show more

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The reign of the pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti was one of self-aggrandisement, spending lavishly on building vanity projects. Show more

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