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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rania Hafez, senior lecturer at the University of Greenwich and Fellow of the Muslim Institute. Show more

A new report is issued into the performance of Rural Payments Agency, which is responsible for paying farmers their subsidies from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the yellow wagtail. Show more

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Sean Curran reports from Westminster as peers defy the Government and back a second Leveson-style inquiry into the media, while there are tributes to former minister Tessa Jowell. Show more

How do plants know winter is over and it's safe to flower? Professor Dame Caroline Dean explains the genetics of vernalisation to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more

The story of women in economics from the 1920s to #MeToo. What do the last 100 years tell us? The Economist's Soumaya Keynes meets historian Beatrice Cherrier. Show more

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

Germaine Greer talks about the menopause, singer Rita Coolidge is in the studio, and children at weddings: invite them or not? Show more

Following Mr Earnshaw's death, Hindley has become master of Wuthering Heights. Starring Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more

Plastics are fantastically versatile materials that have changed our lives. Mark Miodownik charts the history and rise of plastic as a material for the masses. Show more

Gwenan Gibbard and Robin Huw Bowen visit the Teifi Harps Factory in Llandysul, where Allan Shiers is passing the traditional skills of harp-making on to the next generation. Show more

Dr Paul Broks continues his detective hunt in search of the self. In this episode, he considers a woman with amnesia, and asks if we are nothing more than our memories. Show more

Consumer phone-in. Have you, a relative or a friend been forced to move on from a care home for any reason? How easy or difficult was it? Show more

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Benazir speaks from the grave to lay blame for her murder. Riots mar the burial as the struggle to control the investigation begins. Show more

Susan has concerns, and Freddie is put on the spot.

The mild-mannered wife of a town councillor admits to murdering her husband. And Jean Brash is finding it hard to forgive McLevy, but he does not know what he has done wrong. Show more

Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking and eating experts are in Kettering. Dr Annie Gray, Andi Oliver, Sue Lawrence and Rob Owen Brown delve into the delicacies. Show more

Britain's rabbits are in sharp decline. Tom Heap asks if we should be worried. Show more

Michael Rosen talks to Mark Harris, who volunteers for the Samaritans, about the ways in which talking and listening can best be used to help people in crisis. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Singer Mica Paris chooses singer, dancer and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker. With Matthew Parris. From 2018. Show more

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UN security council discusses Gaza violence amid fresh clashes. US author Tom Wolfe dies.

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Pat faces some home truths, and Jennifer is unimpressed. Show more

Richard Eyre on his new TV production of King Lear. Plus a tribute to Tom Wolfe and, as the Royal Academy of Arts turns 250, what does it mean to be a Royal Academician? Show more

Following Mr Earnshaw's death, Hindley has become master of Wuthering Heights. Starring Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more

Jonathan Freedland recalls the extraordinary day in 1948 when Israel declared its independence, changing the Middle East forever. He meets the last two surviving eye-witnesses. Show more

Dockless bikes make life difficult for a blind pedestrian in Oxford, we talk to the man behind a new reading system, Elia, and a visually impaired sharp shooter bags a gold. Show more

Claudia hears tips to help with insomnia, talks to the nurse who went the extra mile to help give her cancer patient treatment she needed and asks why yawning is contagious. Show more

How do plants know winter is over and it's safe to flower? Professor Dame Caroline Dean explains the genetics of vernalisation to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Funerals in Gaza and anger at the UN after the deadliest day since 2014. Show more

Greer hears a visiting speaker at college, the formidable feminist Faith Frank – and asks a question. Read by Tanya Moodie. Show more

Comic monologue character studies by Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan. With Emma Thompson and Olivia Colman. From 2016. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster where MPs debate the situation in Gaza and the home secretary is questioned about the Windrush affair. Show more

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Keith Houston traces the use of skin in book manufacture and the bloody legacy of parchment. Read by Deborah Findlay. Show more

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