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Radio 4's daily prayer and reflection, with Pastor Andrew Roycroft.

The government is going to establish a registration scheme for short-term holiday lets. Show more

Ruth Cromie of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the eider duck. Show more

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

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the uprising in 1798 led by the United Irishmen, who were inspired by American and French revolutions, and the impact this had across Ireland. Show more

Reaction to the release of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Netflix documentary. Show more

Giving communities targeted in America’s ‘war on drugs’ a chance to share in the legal cannabis boom. Show more

An exploration of John Taylor & Co’s bell foundry in Loughborough and some of their most iconic bells - including Great Paul at St Paul’s Cathedral and AC/DC’s 'hell’s bell'. Show more

In our Gap Finder interview today, Felicity speaks to Lottie Leefe, The Divorce Concierge. Her business, the Dura Society, helps women when they separate, or if their partner dies. Show more

Greg Foot investigates whether cheaper, legal imitations of expensive perfumes pass the sniff test. Can they get close to the originals and last just as long? Show more

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

Abraham feels he has no choice but to do something drastic to keep himself safe. Show more

Emma plays the host with the most, and can Tracy get back on track? Show more

Ten-year-old Tommy Whelan has recently been fostered and is running through the streets of south Liverpool, trying to get back to his nan's house. Show more

The Mendip hills in Somerset had a secret decoy role to play in Britain's wartime history. Helen Mark finds out about the 'starfish sites'. Show more

The Rev Dr Sam Wells, vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for the work of St Martin-in-the-Fields with people experiencing homelessness. Show more

AJ Pearce answers listener questions about her novel Dear Mrs Bird, set in London in the 1940s. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Sarah Kendall, Dame Linda Partridge and Dr Andrew Steele to discover whether science is on the brink of curing all the ailments of old age. Show more

Can international efforts plan a more sustainable future? Show more

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

The pair used the show to condemn the racist overtones of some press coverage

Nathan Blakely was a popstar, but he died and was reincarnated - as a leafcutter ant. Series 3 of the comedy starring Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire and Ed Gamble. Show more

Leonard attempts to do the right thing and Chelsea has big plans Show more

Orlando on stage and Pinocchio on film reviewed, and Damian Lewis on A Spy Among Friends. Show more

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected second chamber if Labour win the next election. How would that work and is it a good idea? Show more

Adventures into the night with writer Dan Richards who invites us into the world of the overnight ferry from the Shetland Isles to Aberdeen. Show more

Can international efforts plan a more sustainable future? Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the uprising in 1798 led by the United Irishmen, who were inspired by American and French revolutions, and the impact this had across Ireland. Show more

Also tonight: the first execution of an Iranian protester

And the impact of mental health on the “economically inactive”

By Tarjei Vesaas. Keeping her promise to Unn, Siss isolates herself from her school-friends. Show more

John Shuttleworth’s agent, Ken Worthington, is threatening to retire. But where will this leave John and who will secure his petrol money? Show more

Susan Hulme reports on MPs' reaction to the news that the Government's approved the opening of the first UK coal mine for 30 years

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A 1930s mass observation study of the British public began to focus on people's dreams and during the most recent pandemic, people also started having very specific dream states. Show more

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