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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with His Grace Bishop Angaelos, general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK. Show more
A report from New Zealand about prospects for lamb exports to the UK and EU after Brexit, the history of potato blight and how Dairy Aid Scheme money is going unclaimed by farmers. Show more
David Attenborough introduces the male cuckoo. Show more
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster as MPs get ready for the election campaign. Show more
Sue MacGregor reunites five musicians who embraced the anarchy of punk music and created a unique style of their own. Show more
Spiritual reflection and prayers on a topical subject, led by Leslie Griffiths. Show more
Lily Cole talks about being on stage. We explore what some couples are doing with unused frozen embryos. And we hear from French women about what they think of Marine Le Pen. Show more
Michael returns to his old neighbourhood and old loves. Stars Ian Porter and Sara Stewart. Show more
Documentary. Leading copyright lawyer and author Richard Taylor explores the history of copyright, its uncertain future in the internet age and if the law is overreaching itself. Show more
Henry and Vera make a radio broadcast with Hilda on the need for honesty in marriage, but an open microphone reveals more to the listeners than a scripted conversation ever could. Show more
On this day in 1917, six German destroyers attacked two British patrol boats in the early hours of the morning, and Sylvia Graham's patriotism is invigorated. Show more
You and Yours
Speeding fines; Sir Andrew Dilnot on care costs; The rise of the electric bike
45 minutes
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Peter White on the new, bigger speeding fines in England and Wales. Plus the growing popularity of electric bicycles and social care expert Sir Andrew Dilnot on the costs of care. Show more
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Analysis of news and current affairs with Mark Mardell. Including Paris attack latest, Unite union chief election and analysis of Labour Party campaign on class sizes.
Do we need chaos in order to progress? Bettany Hughes visits a campaigning teenage refugee from Syria, a theoretical physicist and the Palace of Westminster to discuss. Show more
Everyone is celebrating at The Bull, and Rex fails to impress. 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
Gardeners' Question Time
The Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park - Correspondence Edition
43 minutes
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Peter Gibbs and the panel answer listener correspondence from The Savill Garden, Windsor. Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and Bunny Guinness delve into the postbag. Show more
Short story by Zoe Strachan. Northern Soul and a crumbling modernist ruin come together in a story of missed chances and lasting love. Read by Ann Louise Ross. Show more
Last Word
Michael Bogdanov, Louis Sarno, Sheila Abdus Salaam, Dick Potts, Don Rickles
28 minutes
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Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on theatre director Michael Bogdanov, ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno, judge Sheila Abdus Salaam, ecologist Dick Potts and comedian Don Rickles. Show more
More or Less
Living standards and Kate Bush maths
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Investigating the numbers in the news. Jeremy Corbyn said this week that living standards are falling. More or Less checks it out. Show more
The Listening Project
Erica and Lloyd - The Importance of Art
5 minutes
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The balancing act of motivating their pupils while playing pranks on their fellow staff. Enter the art room at your peril... Introduced by Fi Glover. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
21/04/2017 Theresa May maintains foreign aid budget
30 minutes
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Theresa May promises to maintain the foreign aid budget but refuses to guarantee the triple lock on pensions.
Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, Helen Lewis and Susan Calman are Miles Jupp's guests for the first episode in the series. Show more
Pip cannot apologise enough, and Lily takes charge. Show more
Front Row
Gemma Arterton, Post-war public art, Martin Parr, Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
30 minutes
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British actor Gemma Arterton discusses her WWII film Their Finest, Bette Midler's Broadway return in Hello, Dolly! is reviewed and Martin Parr looks back on his career. Show more
Michael returns to his old neighbourhood and old loves. Stars Ian Porter and Sara Stewart. Show more
Any Questions?
Lord Ashdown, Thangam Debbonaire MP, George Eustice MP, Ann Widdecombe.
48 minutes
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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Truro High School in Cornwall with a panel including Lord Ashdown, Thangam Debbonaire MP, George Eustice MP and Ann Widdecombe. Show more
A.L. Kennedy reflects on the way our past shapes our present and our future. Show more
Home Front - Omnibus
Episode 72: 17-21 April 1917 (Season 10 start)
58 minutes
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The first omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Chinese Labour Corps set up camp in Folkestone. Show more
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The World Tonight
Champs Elysees outrage gunman is named
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In France, the terror attack overshadows the last days of campaigning ahead of Sunday's election. Show more
Rabbit revels in a lack of consequences for his behaviour and insists that Ruth prove her love to him. Read by Toby Jones. Show more
Albanian opera singer Ermonela Jaho chooses the life of Mother Teresa. With Matthew Parris and biographer Anne Sebba. From 2017. Show more
Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
The Listening Project
Brenda and Joan - The Retired PE Teachers' Home
5 minutes
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Grandchildren can keep you busy in retirement. Or you can go and live with former colleagues among the discarded vaulting horses and whistles. Introduced by Fi Glover. Show more
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In Karen McCarthy Woolf's drama in couplets, inspired by the Underworld episode in Homer, Odysseus's mother strives to contact her son, who is working a night shift as a cab driver. Show more
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