Sean Curran reports as MPs agree to look at giving Parliament more clout to deal with people who defy it or lie to it and Nicola Sturgeon faces pressure over the health service. Show more

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Analysis of news and current affairs with Mark Mardell. Including foreign NHS patients, Nissan Brexit deal and John Lennon's letter to the Queen. Show more

David Halpern tells Bronwen Maddox about the power of nudge from inside the Westminster base of the Behavioural Insights Team. Show more

Helen doubts her actions, and Kate delegates all responsibility. Show more

Fate. A diplomatic mission has seismic repercussions. Inspired by the work of Emile Zola, written by Oliver Emanuel. Show more

Eric Robson and the panel visit Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. James Wong, Pippa Greenwood and Matt Biggs answer the horticultural questions. Show more

Short story by Northern Irish actor and writer Eugene O'Hare. The arrival of her first ever house guest causes Ms Markey to take stock of her own life. Read by Brid Brennan. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Raine, Countess Spencer, comedy writer Jimmy Perry, Greek general Stylianos Pattakos, theatre director Howard Davies and singer Bobby Vee. Show more

Roger Bolton investigates the demise of James McLevy, asks why Michael Gove got so much airtime this week and goes behind the scenes at The Kitchen Cabinet. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a couple who have spent a lifetime apart but are now looking at a future together. Show more

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Susan Calman, Francis Wheen, Mark Steel and Vicki Pepperdine are among the guests joining Miles Jupp for the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more

Rob finds someone who will listen, and Toby seeks inspiration. Show more

Benedict Cumberbatch explains how he prepared to be superhero Doctor Strange, Tasmin Little and composer Roxanna Panufnik are inspired by Vivaldi, and Elena Ferrante's new book. Show more

Shonagon and Yukinari find themselves more embroiled in affairs of state, and the plans of retired Emperor Kazan, than they would ever wish to be. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh with John McGrane, Nuala McKeever, Nuala O'Loan and Jeff Peel. Show more

Howard Jacobson argues that dissatisfaction with life is essential for the health of the human spirit. Show more

Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has written and painted itself into the cultural life of Britain. With music by Jon Nicholls. Show more

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Could a new FBI investigation further undermine trust in Hillary Clinton ahead of the presidential election on November 8th? Show more

A macabre retelling of the Pied Piper story by John Connolly, author of The Book of Lost Things, Nocturnes and the bestselling Charlie Parker mysteries. Read by Peter Marinker. Show more

Lauren Laverne discusses hygge, home and the new domesticity with Susie Orbach, Trine Hahnemann, Dr Rachel Hurdley and Helen Zaltzman. Show more

Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster as MPs back a bill to help prevent people ending up living on the streets. Show more

Fi Glover with a conversation between a third-generation beekeeper and his daughter, who has taken on the mantle but has traded the traditional white protective suit for a pink one. Show more

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Alan Bennett’s diaries. The writer gifts works to the Bodleian Library and hunts for a sound effect for WH Auden breaking wind. Show more

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Commentary on day two of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka, with Jonathan Agnew, Charles Dagnall, Ebony Rainford Brent, Athar Ali Khan and Vic Marks. Show more