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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi YY Rubinstein. Show more

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Helen Mark explores the aviation heritage of 'Bomber County' and finds out how Lincolnshire's former airfields are being used today. Show more

Farming and countryside news. Soil is arguably the world's most precious natural resource. Charlotte Smith discovers the science behind the soil. Show more

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Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.

Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.

The Rev Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir talk to singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn and hear the Inheritance Tracks of Cmdr Chris Hadfield, the Canadian space-walking astronaut. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Musician Soweto Kinch offers his view of Birmingham, a city of artistic endeavour and surprising cultural nuances. From 2014. Show more

Peter Oborne of the Daily Telegraph on the anguish of Syria, the travails of the pub trade, Ed Miliband's favourite historian and the difference a whistleblower can make. Show more

Why Central America is awash with guns and other reporters' stories from around the world, presented by Kate Adie. Show more

Paul Lewis presents the latest news from the world of personal finance, looking at how HSBC are preventing some customers withdrawing large amounts of cash. Show more

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by special guests Lloyd Langford and Grace Petrie for a comic take on the week's news. With Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from the Gwyn Hall in Neath, Wales, with Carwyn Jones AM, Jill Evans MEP, Michael Fabricant MP and Lord Steel. Show more

Education and health in Wales, and the rights and wrongs of the UK taking in Syrian refugees. With Julian Worricker. Show more

4 Extra Debut. A group of jobseekers pool their skills to steal a Ming vase and return it to its rightful owner. But who is conning whom? With Lee Ross, Ken Bones and Sean Murray. Show more

Composer Gabriel Prokofiev, grandson of Sergei Prokofiev, asks whether composers such as Schoenberg killed off 20th-century classical music for all but a small elite audience. Show more

Sophie Ellis-Bextor. African singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo. Edith Cavell. How do men feel about their body image, and how does it affect their self-esteem? With Jane Garvey. Show more

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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Dan Croll and Peggy Sue. Show more

After the LibDems' internal disputes over Lord Rennard, Fiona Evans takes us back to primary school, and to four newly elected candidates of the school council. Show more

John Wilson reports on the largest unsolved art theft ever. Show more

Nick Robinson asks if history has been fair to Lord North, who is remembered as the prime minister who lost America. Show more

Ruby from The Great British Bake Off, Jonny Mitchell from Educating Yorkshire and Mel from Big Brother describe what it is like to become the centre of a media storm. Show more

A devastating road accident has life-changing effects on Garp and his family. Stars Lee Ingleby and Miranda Richardson. Show more

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From Cain and Abel to today, Mariella Frostrup and guests explore sibling rivalry, how parents should deal with it and whether it can be ended. Show more

Russell Davies asks the questions in the seventh heat of the nationwide general knowledge quiz.

Roger McGough with poems by Christina Rossetti, including Goblin Market. The reader is Shirley Henderson. Visits to your greengrocer may never be the same again. Show more

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A young man on the fringe of the fashion world comes to understand the allure and the disappointment of New York. Read by Andrew Scott. Show more

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BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.

Coverage of the fifth One Day International between Australia and England, from the Adelaide Oval. With Alison Mitchell, Charles Dagnall, Tim Lane, Dirk Nannes and Damien Fleming. Show more