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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Bishop Joe Aldred of Churches Together in England. Show more

Charlotte Smith evaluates agri-environment schemes and asks how they are likely to change after Brexit. She is joined by Matt Shardlow of Bug Life and farmer Richard Bramley. Show more

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Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines welcomes the often maligned bullfinch into his garden to dine on his fruit tree buds. Show more

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

Andrew Marr on art and civilisation with Mary Beard, Simon Schama, Tacita Dean and David Olusoga. Show more

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

Sheila Hancock on treading the boards nightly at 85. The day after the Oscars we discuss what difference, if any, it makes when celebrities speak out about causes. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Dr Manson remains good friends with the cynical Dr Denny, who observes his 'love sickness'. Stars Richard Fleeshman. Show more

Georgie Glen narrates the stories of the frequent flyers, who go to extreme lengths to achieve airline status and rack up air miles. Are they playing the system - or being played? Show more

Sophie needs a lucrative opportunity to afford those designer specs to impress her boyfriend. Stars Maureen Lipman. From 2018. Show more

The post office states in the Times that it accepts no liability for post lost due to enemy action, and in Folkestone, Sylvia receives a letter from her son. Show more

News and discussion of consumer affairs. A report on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new laws designed to protect individuals' personal information. Show more

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Nick Robinson speaks to shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry. They talk about how life's challenges have shaped her as a person and discuss the benefits of singing. Show more

Jazzer tries to help, and Jim takes the plunge. Show more

Set fifteen years before Waking the Dead began, this prequel by Barbara Machin reveals the origins of the iconic cold case team, in a heart-stopping five-part crime thriller. Show more

The second heat of the 2018 season of the nationwide general knowledge quiz, with Russell Davies in the questionmaster's chair. Show more

Tim Hayward travels the country to meet some of the people who breed and champion rare breeds of British pigs like the Oxford sandy, the large black and the Tamworth. Show more

Musician Ayanna-Witter Johnson talks about her creative life and the challenges of being a young songwriter, cellist and singer. Show more

Aleks Krotoski discovers how a face changes a robot from a simple machine to a social being, and asks how we will be affected by devices that look us in the eye and smile at us. Show more

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The man - who spied for Britain - was exposed to an unknown substance along with a woman in Salisbury

Nicholas Parsons invites Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds on subjects like Broccoli, Conkers and Bonnie Prince Charlie. Show more

Will comes to a decision, and Adam receives an interesting offer. Show more

Lynne Ramsay's thriller, You Were Never Really Here and pioneering percussionist Colin Currie launches his own recording label with Steve Reich's composition, Drumming. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Dr Manson remains good friends with the cynical Dr Denny, who observes his 'love sickness'. Stars Richard Fleeshman. Show more

Nick Cohen argues the liberal left is failing Muslims fighting inequalities endorsed by culture and religion in their communities. He calls this the 'racism of the anti-racist'. Show more

In the 2016 Brexit referendum, far more graduates voted remain than those with few qualifications. Edward Stourton examines the impact of the education gap on politics. Show more

How much do we know about where our food comes from - and how much influence do we have? Charlotte Smith concludes her investigation into the complex world of global food chains. Show more

Andrew Marr on art and civilisation with Mary Beard, Simon Schama, Tacita Dean and David Olusoga. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and a woman have been hospitalised after exposure to an unknown substance. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Glasgow, 1957: A businessman wants answers about his family's murder, but what must he do to get them? Read by Liam Brennan. Show more

Actress Josie Walker, science writer Henry Nicholls and former gambler Justyn Rees Larcombe meet Libby Purves in this new nocturnal conversation programme. Show more

Susan Hulme reports from Westminster, where Conservatives unite behind Theresa May's latest Brexit speech, but Labour says the UK's aims were 'no clearer' after '20 wasted months'. Show more

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Iwona Blazwick, Whitechapel Gallery director, profiles overlooked Surrealist Eileen Agar, asking why she hasn't received the same lasting celebration as her male contemporaries. Show more

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