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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. Show more

A fifth of the UK's agricultural land should shift to growing trees, energy crops and restoring peatland, according to the Committee on Climate Change. Show more

Nature writer Melissa Harrison braves a dip in Dorset and hears the high 'pip' of a kingfisher and realises. She must be sharing with the water with one of her favourite birds. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why a Westminster protest against 'Popery' in June 1780 led to widespread rioting across London, lethally suppressed. Show more

Trojan War from an all-female perspective, playing Hortense and Queenie at the National Theatre, TRICK theory by Esther Wojcicki, and childhood obesity. Show more

The Druids Rest is forced to close its doors for the first time since Gareth and Diane’s arrival in Glan Don. Stars Elis James. Show more

How does a lonely, Spanish shepherd find love when single women have left for the city? Show more

Singer and song collector Sam Lee travels to the mountains of Epirus in Greece and encounters the haunting sound of Europe's oldest folk music. Show more

Miranda comes clean to Charlie about her night with Adam, who happens to be their synthetic companion. Read by Anton Lesser. Show more

New figures reveal what a battering the High Street took in 2018, and would you wear plastic transparent trousers?

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Robotics engineer Mark Rosheim on how he pieced together Da Vinci’s drawings to build working models. And the Bristol Robotics Laboratory inspired by Leonardo’s ideas. Show more

Susan makes a worrying discovery and Freddie is given a ray of hope. Show more

Detective drama. Leo Bill stars as Bertalan Lazar, a special investigator in Hungary during the Cold War. A seemingly routine case puts Lazar's career on the line. By Philip Palmer Show more

Ian Marchant visits the Sussex Weald, once the epicentre of the international arms trade, because of its ironstone reserves. What remains of this industrial landscape? Show more

John Simpson makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Prisoners of Conscience. Show more

Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the rich heritage and bright future of working class writing and consider how it can be defined today. Show more

Presented by Antonia Quirke. Writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz talks about Colette, the true story of the author who had to use her husband's name to publish her novels. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford discusses sex, gender and sport in light of the Caster Semenya case and the latest Denisovan discovery - a jaw bone form the Tibetan Plateau Show more

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The family of Elli Kissi-Debra, who died after an asthma attack, have won the right to a new inquest

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares a story ‘Active Shooter’ and more diary extracts. From 2019. Show more

Lily's past comes back to haunt her and will Helen get to the truth? Show more

The National Theatre's new stage adaptation of Andrea Levy's prize-winning novel Small Island reviewed. Plus screenwriter Craig Mazin on his TV drama about the Chernobyl disaster. Show more

The Druids Rest is forced to close its doors for the first time since Gareth and Diane’s arrival in Glan Don. Stars Elis James. Show more

The opioid crisis in the USA is well documented, but how far is the UK immune from a similar epidemic? David Aaronovitch speaks to experts. Show more

Lesley Curwen looks at the fast-changing process of getting hired in companies, big and small and asks will the face to face interview survive? Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford discusses sex, gender and sport in light of the Caster Semenya case and the latest Denisovan discovery - a jaw bone form the Tibetan Plateau Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why a Westminster protest against 'Popery' in June 1780 led to widespread rioting across London, lethally suppressed. Show more

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Miranda comes clean to Charlie about her night with Adam, who happens to be their synthetic companion. Read by Anton Lesser. Show more

Mitch's university reunion is not what he expects and the pub quiz team battle on without him. Stars Angus Deayton. From 2018. Show more

Labour calls for police investigation into leak that led to the sacking of Gavin Williamson. Show more

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Robert Macfarlane reads his venture to Lofoten archipelago on the tip of Norway, to find some ancient cave wonders. Show more

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