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Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer, Minister of Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh.
Lorraine Howells is a beef and sheep farmer in the Rhymney Valley but with none of her family interested in taking it on, she's passing it to farmworker Lee Pritchard. Show more
Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit. Show more
Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Ian Hislop concludes his series in conjunction with the British Museum celebrating sedition through the ages with a search for what motivates and drives dissent and dissenters. Show more
Helen Arney and Dr Kat Arney explore the Victorian legacy: toilets – a Victorian triumph or flushing away resources? From 2017. Show more
A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music, led by Vicky Walker. Show more
Commentary on the first day of the fourth Test between England and India from the Ageas Bowl with Jonathan Agnew, Alison Mitchell, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Sunil Gavaskar. Show more
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The latest shipping forecast.
As Peter is forced to visit town, Julian’s in charge and spies a chance to finally make his mark. Stars Simon Callow. From 2016. Show more
Jazzer steps up, and Pat has a suggestion.
Front Row
Nick Leather on Mother's Day, Natasha Carthew, Drawing comic-book characters
30 minutes
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Mother's Day writer Nick Leather on his TV drama. Natasha Carthew discusses her festival for working-class writers, plus what it takes to draw a comic-book character. Show more
Magical drama about Gareth and Diane, pub landlords in a mysterious village perched on the wild Welsh coast. Gareth makes a shocking discovery about Guto. Show more
In the 1980s it took three years to save a deposit for a house. Today it takes 19. And renting in the private sector costs a fortune. Why can't we fix the housing crisis? Show more
Ruth Alexander visits the Museum of Failure in Sweden to learn the secrets of success. What can we learn from commercial mistakes and is failure always a part of success? Show more
BBC Inside Science
Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize
30 minutes
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How an electronic device implanted in the brain could stop epileptic seizures, and why freshwater species are being lost twice as fast as in any other ecosystem Show more
Ian Hislop concludes his series in conjunction with the British Museum celebrating sedition through the ages with a search for what motivates and drives dissent and dissenters. Show more
The World Tonight
Senior Labour MP Frank Field resigns from parliamentary party.
45 minutes
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Veteran politician says Labour leadership has become "force for anti-semitism". Show more
Jaws by Peter Benchley
9. 'The fish is too much for us.'
14 minutes
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Against his shipmates' advice, Hooper decides to descend in the diving cage in search of the shark. Read by Henry Goodman. Show more
Hancock needs to be married to get a job. Stars Kevin McNally stars as The Lad Himself. 1955 episode re-recorded in 2015. Show more
Aleks Krotoski wonders if it's really possible to convey a sense of joyful abandon online... Show more
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
In 1988, 11-year-old Tom Gregory became the youngest person ever to swim the Channel. Patrick Kennedy reads his memoir. Show more
The latest shipping forecast.
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