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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Bishop Richard Chartres, dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal. Show more

A new group has been launched, bringing a code of conduct for shoots and an assurance mark for game meat, but anti-shooting groups say these are 'desperate measures'. Show more

Theatre director Tara Robinson recalls seeing a treecreeper close up in Spain while she and her partner were relaxing by the pool. Show more

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

The best of Monday's debates in the Commons and the Lords with Susan Hulme. Show more

Dr Cat Hobaiter spends much of her time in the rain forests of Africa studying the gestures of chimps. She tells Jim Al-Khalili about what she thinks the gestures mean. Show more

Michael Jenkins became a father unexpectedly, aged 18. He talks to other young dads to find out how they have coped. Show more

A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by Canon Steve Williams. Show more

Anita Dobson on her new role, Plus men who train to seduce, gender-linked investment funds and the economic cost of child marriage. Show more

It's a dark time. Heathcliff is now the master of Wuthering Heights and is seeking revenge. Stars Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more

Plastics are fantastically versatile materials that have changed our lives. It is what we do with them, when we no longer want them, that has resulted in the global plastic crisis. Show more

Uilleann pipes maker David Lim welcomes musicians Mike McGoldrick and Jim Horan to his workshop, revealing a unique insight into how the instrument is made and played. Show more

How deaf students in the USA forced their university to appoint a deaf president instead of a hearing person. Show more

Consumer phone-in. Call You and Yours: What's changed since the Grenfell fire? Show more

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Alan Dein asks several generations of five families from across the UK revealing questions about money and marriage. Show more

Freddie's plan backfires, and Jennifer fears she has made things worse. Show more

Cassius persuades Brutus that Caesar's ambition is a threat to the republic and a conspiracy is formed. Show more

4 Extra Debut, Josie Long presents stories where words linger long after they are uttered, including a reflection on a eulogy. From 2018. Show more

The permafrost is thawing, and the glaciers retreating. What will be left of the Alps? Peter Hadfield reports. Show more

Michael Rosen and Laura Wright look at the history behind and witty wordplay used in shop names, with guest Greg Rowland of the Semiotic Alliance, which invents names for products. Show more

Hedy Lamarr, actress, inventor, and the most beautiful woman in the world, chosen by Suzy Klein. Show more

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It's 'Pest Control to Milton Jones', as he becomes an expert in clearing vermin. Show more

Emma receives an unexpected gesture, and Pip has a brainwave. Show more

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Phoebe Waller-Bridge on playing a female droid in the Star Wars franchise, plus Andrew Sean Greer on his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Less. Show more

It's a dark time. Heathcliff is now the master of Wuthering Heights and is seeking revenge. Stars Ben Batt and Chloe Pirrie. Show more

Were some women who gave birth at the Marianvale mother and baby home in Northern Ireland forced to have their babies adopted? File on 4 investigates what really happened. Show more

Peter visits Russia to investigate the reality of a rumour he heard during the Cold War - of factories with almost full employment for the visually impaired. Show more

Claudia Hammond visits the RHS Feel Good Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. Plus how to avoid exam stress and the All in the Mind awards. Show more

Dr Cat Hobaiter spends much of her time in the rain forests of Africa studying the gestures of chimps. She tells Jim Al-Khalili about what she thinks the gestures mean. Show more

South Korean President Moon arrives in Washington for talks with Mr Trump. Show more

Faith becomes a popular cultural figure and Emmett a wealthy venture capitalist. They meet to do business. 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

Susan Hulme follows the exchanges in the Commons as the environment secretary Michael Gove is put on the spot over new measures to tackle air pollution in cities. Show more

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Professor Sir John Lawton is an ecologist and birdwatcher since he was a boy. As the climate changes he's seen bird populations in the UK collapsing and replaced by new types. Show more

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