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Three weeks on from the start of heavy rains in Lincolnshire, we catch up with some of the farmers whose fields were flooded. Show more

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Writer Tristan Gooley on the wood pigeon. Show more

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The growing enthusiasm for women's football. Should UK employers have a legal duty to prevent sexual harassment at work? And space engineer Anuradha TK. Show more

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's provocative, uncompromising style made her work both controversial and high risk. What compelled Daphne to take on these influential forces? Show more

Ellie and Ollie were once a lesbian couple. Grace Dent follows the story of Ollie’s transition from female to male and how the couple negotiate the change. Show more

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi are joined by Bryn Terfel, Brian Bilston and Marina Sirtis for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Jesca Hoop. Show more

Adrian makes regular trips to the hospital for his radiotherapy treatment. His suspicion that something is going on between Daisy and Fairfax-Lycett continues to grow. Show more

Delays in new anti-fraud measures for bank customers.
The major brands trying to make reusable packaging more mainstream.
Making it easier to switch mobile phone company. Show more

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Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting up a business, with leading entrepreneurs revealing their stories of ambition and failure. Show more

Emotions run high at Greenacres as they struggle to come to terms with events. Show more

Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the scandalous first night of GB Shaw's Pygmalion, with Charlotte Page as his irrepressible leading lady, Mrs Patrick Campbell. Show more

Russell Davies welcomes the third batch of semi-finalists competing for the title Brain of Britain 2019 Show more

Netflix chef and author of 'Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat', Samin Nosrat says anyone can learn to cook delicious food. Samin shares a life of food memories with Sheila Dillon. Show more

Zoë Comyns tells the story of how one man caused ecological disaster when he was inspired by a Shakespeare play to release 100 starlings into the USA. Show more

Violent content online has rightly been condemned. Yet while we criticise those facilitating the supply we rarely talk about the demand. Aleks Krotoski asks who views it and why.

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

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Police in Hong Kong have regained control of the territory's parliament after it was occupied by activists. The protests were against China's growing influence in the region.

Radio 4's antidote to panel games sees Tim Brooke-Taylor and Tony Hawks pitched against Pippa Evans and Richard Osman with Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Jazzer feels compelled to act and Alistair preaches caution. Show more

Cornelia Funke on her novel based on the film Pan's Labyrinth; filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck discusses his latest work Never Look Away; V&A Dundee director Show more

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's provocative, uncompromising style made her work both controversial and high risk. What compelled Daphne to take on these influential forces? Show more

Simon Jack pursues the unfinished examination of press ethics launched by the Leveson inquiry. Show more

With unprecedented access to the work of MI5, Dominic Casciani asks how the security services, business and the public should perceive and respond to the threat of terrorism. Show more

In America children can get married legally in almost every state. Jane O'Brien has been investigating why and how this happens and talks to the people trying to stop it. Show more

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Adrian makes regular trips to the hospital for his radiotherapy treatment. His suspicion that something is going on between Daisy and Fairfax-Lycett continues to grow. Show more

This month Sarah Dunant looks at the history of people making irrational decisions, in the modern form of anti-vaccination movements, conspiracy theories and climate change denial. Show more

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Art critic Laura Cumming unravels the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child, using clues found in the family photo album. Read by Laura Cumming and Susan Jameson. Show more

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