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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill

Conference to discuss the future of the countryside. Field trials of gene-edited wheat. Show more

Writer and explorer Hugh Thomson suggests his love of the call of the wood pigeon song in an English woodland is as good as that of the nightingale. Show more

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

Did 120 people a day in England die last year whilst waiting for an ambulance? Show more

Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King. Today: at Bottle Alley in Hastings with the painter Ben Fenton. Show more

The veteran columnist and former BBC Social Affairs Editor talks to Woman’s Hour about her new book, An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals. Show more

Josiah Wedgwood, the 18th-century polymath potter, entrepreneur and anti-slavery campaigner. Dr Tristram Hunt on how his company's greatness turned to 21st-century tragedy. Show more

Major Charity Adams, the first African American woman to be commissioned in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, arrives in Birmingham, England, to sort out an enormous problem. Show more

How inflation has pushed up the cost of care and is forcing cutbacks. The new wave of co-working spaces as more people work remotely. Why clock making is an endangered craft. Show more

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Martha Kearney invites ten leading figures of today to the newly refurbished National Portrait Gallery to champion a favourite picture from the Gallery's star-studded collection. Show more

Justin spies an opportunity, and Elizabeth tries to offer reassurance. Show more

Part of Radio 4's celebration of Oscar Wilde, Marcy Kahan's play about the young Oscar, his tour of America and the making of a modern celebrity. Max Bennett and Dervla Kirwan star Show more

We break down what’s happening in the housing market looking at property prices, mortgage products and equity release. Show more

The head of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Chief Executive of MIND discuss why mental health services are struggling and what can be done to help. Show more

Laurie Taylor considers the impact of the asset management industry on our everyday lives and explores the exclusive world of hedge fund managers. Show more

Lucy Williamson reveals the story behind her interview with controversial influencer Andrew Tate. Show more

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

Emergency services are searching around 30 submerged towns and villages to rescue people

If you were given the chance, what would you banish to Room 101? Steph McGovern tells Paul Merton her pet hates include political vox pops and confusing toilet signs. Show more

Tom reaches the end of his tether, and Susan has a brainwave. Show more

Laura Robertson reviews The Liverpool Biennial, which opens this weekend. Why political farceur Dario Fo's plays speak today. Dave Johns on adapting I, Daniel Blake for the stage. Show more

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Tim Stanley, Ash Sarkar, Inaya Folarin Iman and Matthew Taylor. Show more

As poor European immigrants arrive in their millions, 'old stock' Americans feel under threat. Eugenic theories of 'replacement' and 'race suicide' penetrate everyday culture. Show more

Lucy Williamson reveals the story behind her interview with controversial influencer Andrew Tate. Show more

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Willie is spellbound as Lesley continues her story with a shocking account of Ethel Proudlock's trial, in Tan Twan Eng's new novel set in 1920s Penang. Show more

Featuring stand-up recorded at Up The Creek Comedy Club in Greenwich, comedian Twayna Mayne explores gender and her Black British Identity. Show more

John is in a ponderous mood, contemplating life as time goes by, showing it’s impossible to be “past it”. From August 2019. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster as the deputy prime minister stands in for Rishi Sunak at PMQs and Labour accuses the government of trying to block the Covid inquiry.

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Physicist Helen Czerski's new book explores the ocean's workings. Today, she looks at how ocean dwellers stay hydrated despite their salty home. Lyndsey Marshal reads. Show more

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