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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Sheila Watson, Archdeacon of Canterbury.

Fishermen in England warn a new online-only system for logging their catches doesn't work. From 1 April if details aren't logged online, fishermen have their licences withdrawn. Show more

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John Aitchison presents the Canada goose. Show more

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

Andrew Marr discusses Alice in Wonderland with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Gillian Beer, Katherine Rundell and Damien Kempf. Show more

Self-harm trends triggered by One Direction's Zayn Malik's decision to quit - what is the role of social media? Life at a food bank, and the General Election campaign. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Liverpudlian shop assistant Hanna tries to help out a couple of friends down on their luck. Before she knows it, it's turned into a mission. Stars Laura Dos Santos. Show more

Jolyon Jenkins asks why UK children are hooked on the computer game Minecraft. Does its alternate universe stimulate creativity or make them disengage from planet Earth? Show more

Sandy is haunted by the song Green Grow the Rushes, Oh, and recent events seem to match its verses. Is it all a countdown? What will happen when the song gets to 'One'? Show more

Historian Justin Champion, neuropsychologist Paul Broks, theologian Naomi Appleton and philosopher Jules Evans discuss how to live a good life. Melvyn Bragg presents. Show more

The tourism trade tries to attract the pink pound. Better help for dementia patients and their families. The cost of erecting mobile phone masts. Selling off National Park land. Show more

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Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.

Dr Michael Dixon argues that better healthcare could be achieved if there were less dependence on doctors. Show more

Shula has a donkey at the ready. Meanwhile, Tony is getting tetchy. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Tom Hollander stars as Patrick Moore. It’s 1957: a lack of astronomy qualifications may kill off his TV career before it begins. Show more

The second semi-final in the 2015 series of the general knowledge quiz, with Russell Davies. Show more

As the 'sugar debate' rages on, sales of sweets seem stable. Sheila Dillon asks what is still driving British people's love affair with confectionery. Show more

Dr Zareer Masani asks if religious fanaticism, moral policing and state censorship are threatening freedom of expression and cultural life in the world's largest democracy. Show more

Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious role of the scapegoat. Show more

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After an incredibly successful debut earlier in this series, David Tennant is back on the show, joining Julian Clary, Stephen Fry and Paul Merton on Radio 4's classic comedy show. Show more

Susan is alarmed, and Pip has got lots to think about. Show more

John Wilson talks to Tracey Emin as her infamous artwork My Bed returns to public display. Plus Stan Tracey's son Clark discusses his father's jazz album Under Milk Wood. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Liverpudlian shop assistant Hanna tries to help out a couple of friends down on their luck. Before she knows it, it's turned into a mission. Stars Laura Dos Santos. Show more

Michael Robinson explores the booming and lucrative business of multinational companies suing governments and asks if these little-known lawsuits threaten the democratic process. Show more

Tim Whewell tells the story of how Gaza's only grand piano is being restored and of how music, for so long played behind closed doors, is being reintroduced to school children. Show more

A global antibiotic resistance crisis looms, but antibiotics drugs do not make pharma the profits that other medicines do. Roland Pease looks for ways to avert a medical dark age. Show more

Andrew Marr discusses Alice in Wonderland with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Gillian Beer, Katherine Rundell and Damien Kempf. Show more

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David Cameron says voters have a "stark choice" between him and Ed Miliband in Downing Street

Molly McGrann's novel about the discovery of a dead man's double life and its dark secrets. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Susan Jameson. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Bossy maternity nurses Rita and Sheila care unconventionally for a new mum. Stars Julia Davis and Marc Wootton. From March 2015. Show more

Sanjeev Bhaskar, star of Goodness Gracious Me, presents his favourite pieces of writing to the audience at the Radio Theatre. His readers are Adrian Lester and Claire Benedict. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Robert Macfarlane on vivid places and the words they conjure up: happy days in Suffolk at the home of a famous swimmer. From 2015. Show more

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