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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev Dr Bert Tosh.

After farmers held protest against post-Brexit agricultural policy in Wales, is the new Welsh cabinet secretary for climate change and rural affairs ready for the challenge? Show more

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets neuroscientist Dr Hannah Critchlow to explore the idea that our character and behaviours are hard-wired into our brains before we’re even born. Show more

We head to a leafy oasis in London to talk all things ticks - and see if we can catch some. How worried should we be about them? Show more

The blockbuster movie producer on her new project and working with husband Zack Snyder. Show more

Ellen and Mark explore Patricia Highsmith's Ripley and other social strivers on screen, asking how these interlopers have insinuated themselves into our hearts and minds. Show more

Zeinab Badawi uncovers the kingdom of Aksum, a civilisation venerated as one of the greatest in the ancient world. Read by the author. Show more

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On this week's phone-in we're asking: How are bank branch closures affecting you? We're losing banks from our high streets at a rapid pace. Have you lost yours? Get in touch. Show more

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Mark Miodownik explores how the ancient Mesoamerican innovation of rubber transformed everything in the 19th century. Show more

Azra finds herself caught in the middle, and suspicions are raised for Harrison. Show more

First of four seasonal dramas following life on a wetlands nature reserve in Norfolk over one year, starring Sophie Okonedo and Mark Rylance. Show more

Alan Dein searches the internet to connect with strangers from Indonesia, South Africa, and on board an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. Show more

Giles Fraser speaks to a Shamanic practitioner who firewalks as part of his spiritual practice. We discover how feet are at the heart of many religious practices. Show more

Singer-songwriter Kitty Perrin analyses the career of Dr Feelgood. With the help of music professionals, she looks at the reasons why some bands split while others continue. Show more

David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss truth-telling with Dorothy Byrne, the former head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4. Show more

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The pupil argued the ban on prayer rituals was discriminatory

The man they call Britain’s funniest Milton in the show where he helps anyone anywhere. After all, mention Milton Jones to most people and the first thing they think is ‘Help!’ Show more

Alice struggles to keep a promise, and Jazzer spots an opening. Show more

Sir John Akomfrah represents the UK at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, 200 years since Byron's death, and the appeal of sped-up music. Show more

File on 4 investigates what happened at a Hull funeral home where police found 35 bodies and an unknown quantity of unidentified human ashes Show more

The communications regulator Ofcom has just amended its guidelines surrounding audio description for television and on-demand providers & creative audio description. So what is it? Show more

Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico. The globally popular music reflects what’s going on in the cultural and political scene of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean Island. Show more

Famine grips Bengal but publicly, no-one is calling it a famine. A British journalist decides to take on the censor; what he publishes shocks the world. Show more

Rishi Sunak’s flagship anti-smoking bill passes its first parliamentary hurdle Show more

An unexpected visitor arrives at the Stack home and offers to help them escape. Show more

There's a bucolic nostalgia about today's confession of guilty secrets. Stephen Mangan talks to historian, biographer and novelist Antonia Fraser. Show more

Sean Curran reports on plans to create the UK's first smoke-free generation, and on further wrangling between the government and the Lords on the Rwanda scheme.

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Zeinab Badawi uncovers the kingdom of Aksum, a civilisation venerated as one of the greatest in the ancient world. Read by the author. Show more

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