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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Kate Wharton. Show more

New report calls for overhaul of the way rural crime is dealt with. Serious organised criminals are increasingly preying on rural communities. Show more

Ecologist Penny Anderson had to stop pointing work on her house when a pair of Spotted flycatchers moved into the gap in the wall and built a nest. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the waltz changed the relationship between music, people and the wider culture in Britain from its arrival in the early 19th century onwards. Show more

Award-winning folk singer Cara Dillon discusses her new album, Coming Home. Show more

With millions of pounds spent on tech like drones, and with more police patrolling the French coast, channel crossings are down - but more migrants dying. Show more

Art historian Katy Hessel and author Amy Blakemore discuss their favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Show more

Today’s guest is the Chief Executive and Founder of period pants company, WUKA – after she found a gap in the market for period pants. Show more

Greg tries out a tens machine to find out whether electrical stimulation holds the answer to pain and discomfort. Show more

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'It was one of the most awful decisions I had to make in my political life. But there was no other choice.' Show more

An old face makes a big impression, and Kate is intent on mending fences. Show more

Too many people are living longer costing the Government too much money. Jon Canter's dark comedy has a radical solution, with Tony Robinson and Haydn Gwynne. Show more

A cliff edge walk at St David's in Pembrokeshire with artists Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott, who are creating a book of illuminated folk stories. Show more

Ruth Dodsworth makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Surviving Economic Abuse. Show more

Part of the Daphne du Maurier: Double Exposure season on Radio 4, Octavia Bright looks again at her hugely popular books to reveal the enduring qualities and appeal of her writing. Show more

Emily Knight explores the stories we can tell about our changing planet, through the data collected from billions of tracking devices on thousands of species of animals. Show more

Forest fossils in Somerset provide a window to the world 390 million years ago. Plus, saving the world’s largest flowers and, gardeners told to love their worst enemy... slugs. Show more

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The new extremism definition applies to, but does not criminalise, groups promoting an ideology based on "violence, hatred or intolerance".

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam are loving, long-marrieds in Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy. This week: Everybody’s talking – but not necessarily to each other. Show more

Brian explores his options, and Emma seeks some business advice. Show more

Keir Starmer joins to discuss Labour's new arts strategy, plus director Kore-eda Hirokazu's thriller and author Marilynne Robinson's new look at the Book of Genesis reviewed Show more

What leads some young people to carry a weapon? Joshua speaks to 'Jay' who began carrying a knife in his early teens and asks what can be done to save young lives and futures. Show more

Businesses are failing at a rate not seen for years. Anu Anand meets those dealing with the fall out and explores the role that high, as well as low, interest rates have played. Show more

Forest fossils in Somerset provide a window to the world 390 million years ago. Plus, saving the world’s largest flowers and, gardeners told to love their worst enemy... slugs. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how the waltz changed the relationship between music, people and the wider culture in Britain from its arrival in the early 19th century onwards. Show more

Also in the programme: we hear from a Muslim organisation which has been told it's to be assessed for extremism; and the quest for compensation for
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Emma Fielding reads Du Maurier's classic story of love, daring and a pirate ship in a hidden creek and of Lady Dona St Columb who finds her match at last. Today: A Fight to the End Show more

David Neal, who was sacked as Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, speaks to Amol and Nick in an exclusive broadcast interview. Show more

Alicia McCarthy reports from Westminster where MPs were debating the government's new definition of extremism.

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In Brian Merchant's account of the first time machines imperilled jobs. It's 1812, and the Luddites set their sights on a fortress sized factory, Rawfolds Mill. Hugo Speer reads. Show more

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