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Spiritual reflection to start the day with Bishop David Chillingworth of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

We hear why an insurance company is paying millions to restore a temperate rainforest. Show more

Kane Brides of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on why the humble coot means so much to him. Show more

Junior doctors in England begin a four-day walkout, described by health leaders as the most disruptive in NHS history. Show more

Will Blunderfield is the son of a doctor. So how did he end up swapping traditional medicine for extreme wellness practices? Show more

Consultants miraculously turn around businesses and conjure up ideas. Adam Shaw examines how they have shaped the world around us and how their phrases have entered common language Show more

Hadley Freeman on her memoir Good Girls about having anorexia. Show more

Jolyon Jenkins looks at how the techniques of gaming are increasingly being co-opted to coerce, cajole and control us. Show more

The 'Samson girls' of Joan Eardley's paintings have come to represent a certain image of Glasgow in the postwar years before urban development. Audrey Gillan meets them now. Show more

On today's Call we're asking - what are your holiday plans this year? Show more

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Neurologist Jules Montague and William Miller meet Dave, who has been diagnosed with Dementia With Lewy Bodies, which causes him to see things that aren’t there. Show more

The walls close in on George and Natasha has a controversial idea. Show more

News of an escaped lion turns the lives of the residents of a small Estonian town upside down. Winner of the Best European Drama award at the Audio Drama Awards 2022. Show more

Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about animals. Show more

Can writing about nature help to protect it? Charlotte Smith discusses this with three authors: Helen Macdonald, Paul Evans and Kerri Andrews. Show more

Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David talks to Michael about the dialogue that takes place between him and his patients. Show more

Nicknamed Old Fritz, Frederick the Great of Prussia is associated with a particular type of military proficiency. But there's much more to him than that. Show more

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

Junior doctors across England begin a four-day strike to demand higher pay.

Chris McCausland asks a panel of comedians to live in an audio only world, with Lee Mack and Sikisa taking on Andy Parsons and Sarah Keyworth. Show more

Brad gets his wires crossed, and Jim has a cunning plan. Show more

The Pre-Raphaelite Rossettis at Tate Britain discussed; Wade Davis on The Great War and the Conquest of Everest; award-winning composer and producer Benbrick on A1 and creativity. Show more

Can police be trusted to investigate themselves? File on 4 hears how complaints are regularly dismissed. Show more

Be My Eyes is a service that enables visually impaired people to connect with sighted assistance, but the company are soon to release a new artificial intelligence feature. Show more

How clean are the UK's rivers? James Gallagher speaks to people who swim in them, a citizen scientist who monitors them and a water company executive who takes care of them. Show more

Will Blunderfield is the son of a doctor. So how did he end up swapping traditional medicine for extreme wellness practices? Show more

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Thousands of junior doctors across England start 4 day strike.

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IMF expects UK to be worst performer of any major world economy this year.

Marisa's diary explains the unsettling turn of events. There is only one thing Kate can do to protect the life of her unborn child, so she puts together a plan. Pippa Nixon reads Show more

A satirical take on modern life, with a look at work, relationships, institutions and families. With Toby Williams. From 2022. Show more

Inhabitants of an advanced “smart town” are forced to confront strange aberrations in the technology that runs their daily lives. But what is the algorithm trying to tell them? Show more

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Composer Wang Xilin recounts his dramatic fall from grace after Mao's crackdown on Western music, in Tania Branigan's haunting exploration of China's bloody Cultural Revolution. Show more

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