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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rachel Mann, Anglican priest and feminist theologian. Show more

The need to balance protecting the environment with feeding the population is the challenge facing UK agriculture in the future. Show more

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Chris Packham presents the Arabian babbler of a Yemeni Desert. Show more

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Andrew Marr discusses the politics of our physical appearance with Jill Burke, Elizabeth Goldring, Tom Stuart and Martin Sherman. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. A stranger arrives in Glan Don with a plan that threatens the future of the village. Starring Sion Pritchard and Emma Sidi. Show more

Brand new science is helping explain how Placebo effects work. How could this change the way we think about modern medicine? Show more

Civil war is coming. Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel are here to show you how. This week - home defence. Comedy with Sue Johnston and Pearl Mackie. Show more

Maurice receives some good news about his book and Edith finds her life thrown into disarray. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more

The government is being told to abandon plans allowing more homes to be built without planning permission in England. Show more

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Liza Ward recalls how she became caught up in a web of gang culture, and meets former gang members who are now trying to reverse a new explosion of street violence. Show more

Lily makes a big decision and Clarrie proves to be a source of inspiration Show more

Weakened by occupation, an offer of friendship and protection comes from the Balarac, a formidable group of priest warriors led by blind Grand Master Amalric. With Anton Lesser. Show more

Tom Sutcliffe chairs the fiendish quiz, this week featuring the teams from Northern Ireland and Scotland. Paddy Duffy and Freya McClements take on Val McDermid and Alan McCredie. Show more

In its processed form it doesn't taste of anything, but palm oil is in approximately half the products sold in UK supermarkets. Sheila Dillon asks if we should support palm oil. Show more

John Grindrod reflects on the influential 1961 report Homes for Today and Tomorrow and how past efforts to improve housing space standards can shed light on the present crisis. Show more

Aleks Krotoski asks if the internet has been gentrified. Show more

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Honda is set to announce the closure of its factory in Swindon, with production coming to an end by 2022.

Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Julian Clary join Nicholas Parsons. Show more

Ruairi comes to the rescue and Elizabeth feels guilty Show more

Has #MeToo, access to pornography online and a desire to appeal to younger audiences changed how, and how much, sex is represented in culture? Show more

4 Extra Debut. A stranger arrives in Glan Don with a plan that threatens the future of the village. Starring Sion Pritchard and Emma Sidi. Show more

Edward Stourton looks at the increase in the appropriation of Christian symbols and values by populist movements across Europe. Show more

Does a falling currency help or harm the economy? Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, investigates. Show more

Are we really more distracted than ever before? Historian Rhys Jones explores the history of distraction and how previous generations have fought back. Show more

Andrew Marr discusses the politics of our physical appearance with Jill Burke, Elizabeth Goldring, Tom Stuart and Martin Sherman. Show more

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Maurice receives some good news about his book and Edith finds her life thrown into disarray. Read by Pippa Bennett-Warner. Show more

Michael Rosen talks in depth about dyslexia: what it is and how to understand it. And Professor Maggie Snowling has useful advice for parents and teachers. Show more

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Despite his best efforts to ignore her, Serge Gainsbourg is forced to notice that Jane Birkin seems to be an extraordinary individual. Show more

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