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A short reflection and prayer with Jonathan Rea. Show more

A new report says badger culling is making a 'modest but real' difference to the spread of bovine TB but that farmers should be doing more to prevent cattle spreading the disease. Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the goldfinch. Show more

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Sean Curran with the latest news from Westminster, where MPs express concerns over police powers to 'stop and search' and arguments rumble on over the Budget. Show more

Mike Stratton talks to Jim al-Khalili about his genetics research which culminated in the discovery of the BRCA 2, one of the main genes involved in hereditary breast cancer. Show more

Lynne Truss explores the experiences of travel and whether hope triumphs over reality with traveller and writer Geoff Dyer. Show more

How important is laughter to a child’s development? Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on war reporting. Could maternal absence be a factor in rising knife crime figures? Sikh divorce. Show more

Three days until the school trip and Skye can't seem to shake off the new weird posh boy at school. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more

Taking a last jaunt down memory lane, Martin Jarvis and Christopher Matthew wonder – is it time to call it a day? From 2017. Show more

What does climate change sound like? Artist Peter Shenai casts bells from Hurricane Katrina data and asks New Orleanians who lived through the storm to ring each one. Show more

How do you make good moral decisions when you have no time to make them? Giles Fraser takes Aristotle's Virtue ethics onto the 21st century battlefield. Show more

Call You and Yours hears from disabled people about their shopping experiences. What needs fixing in the retail space for people with physical and mental disabilities? Show more

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Martha Kearney and Andrew Dilnot explore government spending. Show more

Emma hatches a cunning plan and Adam fears for the future Show more

Can art be redemptive? Tough questions are posed by writer Thomas Eccleshare's first radio play. Show more

Jay Rayner and the panel visit Dover Castle in Kent. Dr Annie Gray, Tim Anderson, Jordan Bourke and Sophie Wright answer the culinary questions. Show more

What impact is the rise of the wet wipe having on our sewerage system, our waterways and our wildlife? Tom Heap investigates. Show more

The extraordinary case that rewrote the way America is governed Show more

Harriett Gilbert invites authors Kamila Shamsie and Jeffrey Archer to choose their favourite books Show more

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UK and EU negotiators reach draft agreement for MPs to approve

Mark Watson attempts to make sense of life looking at Scandinavia - a northern utopia? Does it even exist? From September 2016. Show more

Emotions run high on Peggy's birthday and Neil is not impressed Show more

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald reviewed, viruses turned into art, Fernand Léger, and Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad's novel reimagined for the stage. Show more

Three days until the school trip and Skye can't seem to shake off the new weird posh boy at school. Stars Sydney Wade. Show more

File on 4 asks if the system of subsidies to reduce farm pollution has been ‘gamed’ - amid allegations that oversight and audit have been weak. Show more

In Touch hears from blind veterans attending the London Remembrance ceremony, and one blind veteran discovers an unknown connection with his blind father. Show more

Claudia talks to Jo, Susan and Chanelle about their experience of group therapy at a personality disorder clinic in South London. Psychotherapist, Merryn Jones talks treatment Show more

Mike Stratton talks to Jim al-Khalili about his genetics research which culminated in the discovery of the BRCA 2, one of the main genes involved in hereditary breast cancer. Show more

Cabinet members being briefed tonight in Downing Street Show more

Adrian gets a new job and his love life finally takes off. He decides to move to London to be with Bianca. Show more

Ross Noble presents his surreal magazine show with stories from around Britain. With guest Nick Knowles. From 2018. Show more

Sean Curran follows the debate as MPs press for the government's legal advice on Brexit to be made public. Show more

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Santanu Das explores what the 1918 armistice meant to the victorious Allies' colonial subjects after the First World War. Show more

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