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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with autism adviser Ann Memmott to mark Autism Acceptance Week. Show more

The programme looks at how Brexit options might affect food and farming. Plus how farms deal with waste. Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the mimic specialist Greater Hill Mynah from Asia. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Once again there's deadlock over Brexit in the Commons. Sean Curran follows the events of Monday. Show more

Irene Tracey explains to Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain, when subjects feel pain, is transforming our understanding of this puzzling sensation. Show more

Alan Rusbridger talks to the former cabinet minister and now prison chaplain Jonathan Aitken about how his experiences behind bars shaped him. Show more

Women and Wigs - the experience of black women, poet Helen Mort on her debut novel, and what's the best way to care for a parent with early on-set dementia? Show more

Polly's dad offers half-time advice to the struggling Hopperton Hoops and their resentful coach. By Harry Venning. Show more

Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me? Geoff Marsh drills into the science of time perception within and between species. Show more

Tayo Popoola looks at the changing face of the Zimbabwean music scene since the fall of Robert Mugabe. Show more

By Kamila Shamsie. Studying in the US, Isma gets to know Eamonn. He's the son of a former family friend, an ambitious British politician. Read by Lisa Zahra. Show more

Call You and Yours - Have you taken your children out of school to get a cheaper holiday? Fines issued to parents are at a record level according to the latest figures. Show more

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Neurosurgeon and writer Henry Marsh tells the story of the revolution in medical diagnosis brought on by the advent of the CT scan in 1971. Show more

Lily is left frustrated and Alistair meets his new business partner. Show more

Detective Inspector Max Matthews and Detective Sergeant Sean Armitage subject a woman who has reported her elderly father missing to their unique style of interrogation. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Josie Long presents stories about food, from congee on a mountaintop to a nightmarish family meal. From 2018. Show more

Chancellor Philip Hammond has signed the death warrant for domestic gas boilers. From 2025, they are banned from new homes. But what's the alternative? Peter Gibbs reports. Show more

Ninety-one-year-old Barbara Smith investigates why we patronise and condescend to older people. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi chooses Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Nelson's mistress. With Matthew Paris. From 2019. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

Theresa May has emerged after seven hours of talks with her divided cabinet and announced the UK will seek a further delay to Brexit.

Writer Lionel Shriver reads from her frank and personal journals and discusses her formative years. With Rufus Hound. From 2016. Show more

Elizabeth questions her feelings and Will makes a breakthrough. Show more

Toby Jones: from acclaimed actor to script writer in TV series Don't Forget the Driver. The new DC comics film Shazam! And the lasting popularity of the Bach Passions at Easter. Show more

Polly's dad offers half-time advice to the struggling Hopperton Hoops and their resentful coach. By Harry Venning. Show more

How artificial intelligence could increase inequality, with developing countries bearing the brunt of automation, and the economic benefits going mainly to more advanced nations. Show more

50 years of mountaineering, how to do archery when you are blind and Retina UK's survey into the lives of people with genetic eye conditions. Show more

The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode. What does Polly Weston find? Show more

Irene Tracey explains to Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain, when subjects feel pain, is transforming our understanding of this puzzling sensation. Show more

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By Kamila Shamsie. Studying in the US, Isma gets to know Eamonn. He's the son of a former family friend, an ambitious British politician. Read by Lisa Zahra. Show more

4 Extra Debut. From Glasgow - Fred MacAulay's comic line-up with Ria Lina, Eshaan Akbar, Susan Riddell, Hal Cruttenden. From 2019. Show more

A behind-the-scenes political figure is reprimanded by MPs for snubbing Parliament's committees. Sean Curran reports from Westminster. Show more

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The plot to topple Mugabe and replace him with the vice president - called the Northgate declaration - gathers pace, hammered out in the front of a 4x4 away from prying eyes. Show more

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