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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Monica M Grady CBE, professor of planetary and space sciences. Show more

Plastics are at the heart of the government's 25-Year Environment Plan and next month there will be discussions on a tax for single-use plastics: what is the reaction from farmers? Show more

Behavioural biologist Professor Andy Radford describes a vocal exchange between green woodhoopoes. Show more

News from Westminster.

Kirsty Young interviews satirist and writer Charlie Brooker. Show more

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music. Led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss. Show more

Award-winning actor Meryl Streep on her latest film, The Post, and Sigrid - winning act of BBC Music Sound Of, 2018. Plus Joanna Cannon on her novel about friendship and mortality. Show more

Shardlake is on board the Mary Rose, it is sunk in battle with the loss of hundreds of lives. Starring Justin Salinger. Show more

Documentary. Aleks Krotoski explores the amazing world of fictional food made real. Show more

Despite his girlfriend's irritation, historian Mark Easterbrook can't resist looking into the recent deaths. Show more

In the classic James Bond movie, Goldfinger says he has a laser than could reach the moon. Is this possible? Rutherford and Fry investigate. Show more

From this weekend, businesses cannot charge people using bank cards, but how water-tight is the new law? And confusion reigns over what constitutes using a mobile phone in a car. Show more

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Paul Seabright explores our trading past: contact with others, opportunities and anxiety in trade. From 2018. Show more

Adam is outmanoeuvred, and Kate is at her wits end. Show more

DCI Stone tracks down one of the key suspects in the current murder case. Written by Cath Staincliffe. Show more

Eric Robson and the horticultural panel are in Lancashire. Matthew Wilson, Bunny Guinness and Anne Swithinbank field the audience questions. Show more

Written and read by Ian Sansom. A day clearing out the garden, at his wife's request, leads to an unexpected stocktaking of one man's life so far. Show more

Matthew Bannister on astronaut John W Young, editor Peter Preston, musician Ray Thomas, judge Sir Brian Neill and pilot Heather Stewart. Show more

Investigating the numbers in the news. Do missed appointments cost the NHS £1 billion? And do you always earn more with a degree? Presented by Tim Harford. Show more

A six-year-old finds his mother's memories of a childhood without smartphones incomprehensible. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump cancelled a visit to UK because he would have faced mass protests.

Miles Jupp and team v The News. Lining up in this edition are Angela Barnes, Lucy Porter, Lloyd Langford and Peter Oborne. Show more

Toby receives a shocking instruction, and Roy fears for the future. Show more

Tom Hanks discusses his new film, The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg, French heritage lottery funding and Simon Rattle on conducting the rarely performed The Genesis Suite. Show more

Shardlake is on board the Mary Rose, it is sunk in battle with the loss of hundreds of lives. Starring Justin Salinger. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wyedean School in Sedbury, Gloucestershire, with Graham Brady MP, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Claire Fox and Matthew Parris. Show more

Howard Jacobson ponders why misanthropy is out of fashion. 'Where have they gone?' he asks, 'such great haters of mankind as Juvenal, Swift, Flaubert'. Show more

Omnibus edition of Paul Seabright's investigation into our trading past. Paul explores the very earliest history of trade and the links between trade and war. Show more

Is President Trump racist? There's widespread outrage over comments he's said to have made about developing countries, African Union spokesperson Ebba Kalondo comments. Show more

Mrs Hawkins makes good use of her contacts, hoping to put her professional troubles firmly behind her. Read by Maggie Service. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Former MP Gisela Stuart chooses industrialist and politician, Joseph Chamberlain. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more

News from Westminster.

A mother and her 10-year-old son reflect on their relationship with his father and with the other relationships in her life. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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Ed Stourton on the BBC in wartime, its new reporting unit - and a correspondent is parachuted behind enemy lines. From 2018. Show more

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