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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Francis Davis, academic and social entrepreneur. Show more

Caz Graham asks if there is anything in the chancellor’s autumn statement for farm businesses and the countryside. Show more

Actor Samuel West laments how the beautiful collared dove is saddled with a morose call that sounds like the chant of a bored football fan echoing down our streets. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron, a major literary landmark in the French Renaissance. Show more

Actor Jodie Whittaker on life post Doctor Who and starring in new drama One Night. Show more

Who are the Americans calling themselves ‘political refugees’? From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states. Show more

Writer and former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis and Cambridge's youngest black professor, Jason Arday, discuss books about war, rugby and tightrope walking (sort of). Show more

Today's Gap Finders is Sach Kukadia from luxury jewellery brand 7879. Show more

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Sean Bean presents a series exploring the ways in which wartime experiences have filtered down through the generations. Show more

Jim reveals a painful secret, and Ed has a proposition. Show more

A psychological horror story set in the mysterious world of mycelium. Social worker Cassie is troubled by spreading mould. But no one will listen to her when she warns of danger. Show more

Might Shakespeare help resolve some challenging contemporary issues? Today, Emma Smith in conversation with Mercy Muroki on whether the monarchy can unite the nation. Show more

Helen Mark learns about the Highland Boundary Fault, which separates the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands, and finds out how it led to one village being nicknamed Shaky Toun. Show more

Charlotte Smith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Children in Need. Show more

Crime writer Femi Kayode on his new novel, Gaslight. Show more

It's 1976 and Joni is on a solo road trip. In the rear view mirror: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, the cancellation of a tour, and a breakup with drummer John Guerin. Show more

The key takeaways from the evidence of top scientists this week at the Covid public inquiry. Show more

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The revised figures are a new record and much higher than originally thought

Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through a real-life police case. This week Alfie talks about the police's role in 'Sierra Deltas' or Sudden Deaths. Show more

There’s a breakthrough at Grey Gables, and Brian has his eye on the prize. Show more

Bradley Cooper's film Maestro's portrait of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, a reality TV version of Squid Game and our love-hate relationship with Brutalist architecture. Show more

In recent weeks, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October, the world’s focus has been on Gaza. But what is happening in the other Palestinian territory, the West Bank? Show more

Carolyn is open about her love for Dave and the role that sex plays in their relationship. He is 23 years younger and from a different background but wants to make a life with her. Show more

The key takeaways from the evidence of top scientists this week at the Covid public inquiry. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Marguerite, Queen of Navarre (1492 – 1549), author of the Heptaméron, a major literary landmark in the French Renaissance. Show more

Net migration into the UK was a record 745,000 last year, figures show - far higher than originally thought. Show more

The routine of her job at Jacob’s publisher and domestic life with Jonathan are a happy combination for Katherine, but she has yet to encounter Roger again. Show more

Amol and Nick ask whether the Autumn Statement heralds the biggest tax cuts since the 1980s – or whether we are paying more tax than ever. Or might both things be true? Show more

Alicia McCarthy reports as MPs question the choice of David Cameron as foreign secretary.

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43 days after the start of the 1907 Peking to Paris car race, the Italian team can see the Volga. Only 48 years earlier, Edwin Drake had established the first modern oil well. Show more

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