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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Latifa Akay, director of education at Maslaha. Show more

A major supermarket has introduced a new scheme using DNA to trace meat products back to the exact animals they came from. Could it help prevent a re-run of the horsemeat scandal? Show more

Chris Packham presents the great bustard. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Henri Bergson on how our experience of time as a duration differs from the scientific measurement of time, and why that matters. Show more

When to start potty training, the joys and perils of going away with friends, and a new adaptation of Jude the Obscure Show more

Everyone loves Sara’s bookshop and they want to ensure she can stay on - not least Tom, her love interest. Starring Anna Koval. Show more

The flight that vanished over the world’s largest wilderness, and the scandal of how pilots are forced to lie about their destinations. Show more

Ex-inmate Carl Cattermole explores the power of concerts that have taken place in jails, from John Martyn via Olivier Messiaen to the Sex Pistols. Show more

Charlie and Miranda plan to adopt young Mark, but the synthetic human makes an untimely intervention. Read by Anton Lesser. Show more

Here come the strides - the brides swapping the fairy-tale dresses for fairy-tale trousers and the drop-out students pursued for a full year's rent by universities.

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1842: Victoria’s old governess, Louise Lehzen, slips away from Windsor Castle without saying goodbye. Show more

Mia's worries increase and it's all hands on deck at Brookfield. Show more

A deadly cat-and-mouse game continues in this crime drama set in communist Hungary in 1963. By Philip Palmer. Show more

The story of Stonehenge and its community told through today's makers and trades people – those who are still working with their hands who have gone on to inspire an artist. Show more

Foreign correspondent Colin Freeman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Street Child. Show more

Louise Doughty talks about her novel Apple Tree Yard, a courtroom drama about an affair and the downfall of a scientist. James Naughtie presents, and readers ask the questions. Show more

Mads Mikkelsen talks to Antonia Quirke about playing a plane crash survivor in Arctic, while Claire Denis discusses her controversial science fiction drama High Life. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford discusses reform of forensic science in England and Wales, the best way to water the tomatoes and the mystery of the reappearing knee bone. Show more

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The Church of England - and the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey - have been severely criticised for the way they handled an inquiry into abuse by a paedophile bishop.

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares short stories including ‘CNN’ and ‘Boo Hooey’. From 2019. Show more

Jazzer's up for a fight and Tom's forced to come clean. Show more

Mark Haddon, controversy around artist Jimmie Durham, what the discovery of a burial site tells us about Anglo-Saxon culture, Michelle Terry on Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 and Henry V Show more

Everyone loves Sara’s bookshop and they want to ensure she can stay on - not least Tom, her love interest. Starring Anna Koval. Show more

With measles infections on the rise in the UK, should vaccinations be made compulsory? Show more

China and Belarus are building a giant industrial eco-city. They see it as the European hub of a modern, turbo-charged version of ancient east-west trading routes. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford discusses reform of forensic science in England and Wales, the best way to water the tomatoes and the mystery of the reappearing knee bone. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Henri Bergson on how our experience of time as a duration differs from the scientific measurement of time, and why that matters. Show more

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Charlie and Miranda plan to adopt young Mark, but the synthetic human makes an untimely intervention. Read by Anton Lesser. Show more

Mitch's plan to watch the Aussie tennis final alone goes up in smoke and Louisa needs a date. Stars Angus Deayton. From 2018. Show more

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament, presented by Susan Hulme Show more

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In the early 80s the far right is on the rise as the Sharmas move to their second shop. Written and read by Babita Sharma.
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