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Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster, Anna Magnusson.

Retained EU Law bill - the sun sets on the government’s ‘sunset clause’. Show more

Behavioural biologist Professor Andy Radford describes a vocal exchange between green woodhoopoes. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan, which led the Shogun to close the country to foreigners for the next 250 years. Show more

How Interpol are trying to identify 22 murdered women, Rosie and Chris Ramsey on couples who make podcasts, Iranian activist Masih Alinejad, Winning Race Across the World Show more

Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he now? Following Syrian refugees in Turkey as they struggle to find their loved ones. Show more

Ian Hislop presents the great life of Edward Coke, chief prosecutor at the trial of the Gunpowder plot conspiracists. Show more

Today's Gap Finder is Cat Fletcher who founded Freegle, the website that helps tackle waste by giving away stuff people no longer want for free. Show more

Are products that claim to help with snoring the best thing since Sliced Bread - or marketing BS? Show more

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Being a foreign correspondent means being an outsider. Is who we are an obstacle to getting to the real story? Show more

Jim seizes an opportunity, and there’s a surprise for Harrison. Show more

Three generations of men play dominos. But this is more than a game - it is a struggle for power. Rudolph Walker, Paterson Joseph and Stefan Adegbola star in Archie Maddocks' drama Show more

Coleshill in Oxfordshire was once the training headquarters for a secret underground army. Helen Mark finds out about the estate's fascinating wartime history. Show more

Television and radio presenter Nikki Bedi makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Radio 4 Appeal Fund. Show more

James Naughtie and readers are joined by novelist Sarah Winman, answering questions about her novel Tin Man. Show more

Anita Anand delves into the story of Princess Merida, the star of the Pixar movie Brave, alongside the film's director Brenda Chapman and the actor Carrie Hope Fletcher. Show more

Gaia Vince explores how we forecast natural disasters, the steps we can take to mitigate their effects, and how we can try to increase our resilience to them. Show more

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One of UK's worst performing train operators is stripped of franchise and nationalised. Bank of England raises interest rate to 4.5%. UK supplies Ukraine with long range missiles.

Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore returns for another series where the audience are sworn in as police officers to face real life policing dilemmas. Show more

Elizabeth faces a grilling and Lilian is surprised by a painful admission. Show more

Critics Ben Luke and Hettie Judah review Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy and Gwen John at Pallant House. June Givanni on the Pan African film archive. Show more

The Online Safety Bill is a new set of internet laws to protect children and adults. It will place more responsibility on the technology giants to monitor content. Will it succeed? Show more

One random postcode and a story you probably haven't heard before. The postcode generator leads to a rural Norfolk village and its mysterious US military domes. Show more

Gaia Vince explores how we forecast natural disasters, the steps we can take to mitigate their effects, and how we can try to increase our resilience to them. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1637-8 Christian uprising in Japan, which led the Shogun to close the country to foreigners for the next 250 years. Show more

Also on the programme: Pakistan Supreme Court says arrest of former Primer Minister Imran Khan is illegal; and children left in tears by reading exam

Pampa Kampana is now over 200 years old and finally has a position of power within the empire she created - she is appointed queen regent while the king is away at war. Show more

Writer and producer Henry Normal uses poetry, storytelling and comedy to explore life's big questions. In this ninth instalment he's tackling 'community'. Show more

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Revolutionary France pitted the aristocracy against the impoverished masses. But the former watchmaker to Marie Antoinette had allies on both sides of the barricades. Show more

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