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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Richard Hill. Show more

The Government's consultation on the future of farming closes today - Sybil Ruscoe hears from The National Farmers' Union and the Institute of Development Studies. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the redshank. Redshanks spend the winter on the UK's estuaries and wetlands. Show more

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Carlo Rovelli describes to Jim Al-Khalili how political activism and LSD opened his mind to a radically different way of thinking about time. Show more

The Economist writer Soumaya Keynes continues her inquiry into why the study of economics has so few women, and why that matters. Soumaya joins Stephen Machin from the LSE. Show more

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by the Rev Ernie Rea. Show more

Now that we can google everything, do we still need agony aunts to offer us comfort and advice? Population growth and how to stabilise it through universal access to contraception. Show more

In Venice, Kate's plan to unite Merton and Milly gains pace. But are they prepared for the consequences? Stars Aisling Loftus. Show more

Pioneering plant scientists claim plants can communicate, learn and remember, and that they even have 'regional dialects'. So, asks botanist James Wong, is it wrong to eat them? Show more

Accordion maker Emmanuel Pariselle welcomes Andy Cutting and Katie Howson to his workshop in France, with a unique insight in to how the instruments are made and played. Show more

Sam Edwards argues that we should think again about how and what we memorialise, including wars and other major events in our national history. Show more

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An execution, a wedding and exile. Benazir Bhutto becomes the Muslim world's first female prime minister. The story of the Bhutto dynasty and the growing power of its enemies. Show more

Pat makes a discovery, and Harrison is on top of the world. Show more

Rumpole defends a civil servant accused of selling secrets and is embroiled in a wine fraud with an old criminal pal. Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more

Jay Rayner and his culinary panel travel to the end of Cromer Pier. Dr Annie Gray, Andi Oliver, Jordan Bourke and Paula McIntrye answer the questions from the audience. Show more

In the Australian outback survival is tough. If anyone, or anything, takes too much food or water it can spell disaster. Peter Hadfield reports on a surprising threat - camels. Show more

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright talk to Sally Bayley, author of Girl With Dove, about how words both mystified and rescued her during a highly unusual childhood. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Actor Simon Callow chooses a giant of cinema, creator of Citizen Kane, Orson Welles. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more

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President to reveal whether he will pull the US out of the nuclear agreement. Theresa May 'has full confidence' in Boris Johnson, after he criticised proposed customs arrangement.

Milton becomes an expert genealogist and gets stuck up an unexpected family tree. Show more

Olwen puts her foot down, and Lynda forms a bond. Show more

Novelist Ian McEwan on adapting On Chesil Beach for the cinema, older people and the arts and Strictly Ballroom's director and choreographer, Drew McOnie. Show more

In Venice, Kate's plan to unite Merton and Milly gains pace. But are they prepared for the consequences? Stars Aisling Loftus. Show more

As paintings achieve world record prices, John Wilson investigates the pros and cons of the current art market boom. Show more

As a hotel catering for the blind and visually impaired changes hands, we look at the appeal of designated hospitality for the blind versus 'winging it' on your holidays. Show more

Claudia Hammond takes a driverless car ride to assess how pedestrians behave on the road in a world full of autonomous vehicles, and hears of new brain research to predict risk. Show more

Carlo Rovelli describes to Jim Al-Khalili how political activism and LSD opened his mind to a radically different way of thinking about time. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Tehran says it is preparing to restart uranium enrichment 'at industrial levels'. Show more

The morning after the housewarming, Sandy struggles with a sore head - and the memory of his indiscretion with Jo. Abridged by Robin Brooks. Read by Steven Robertson. Show more

Comic monologues of talking to a stranger by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan. With Emma Thompson and Olivia Colman. From 2016. Show more

More Brexit problems for ministers as peers inflict a series of defeats on the EU Withdrawal Bill. Susan Hulme reports. Show more

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In Christie Watson's account of her 20-year nursing career, a teenager is waiting for a new heart. Teresa Gallagher is the reader. Show more

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