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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Zahid Hussain. Show more

Greg Foot is joined by beauty columnist Sali Hughes to explore the facts behind the craze in CBD-based products – are they really The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread? Show more

The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.

Ian Marchant meets musicians inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills, including concert pianist Wu Qian, who found it terrifying when she first arrived from China aged 12. Show more

Charlotte Smith investigates how farming is being impacted by the coronavirus, from labour shortages to wasted milk. She also find peace and entertainment online. Show more

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Comedian Joe Lycett, former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and the Inheritance Tracks of jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more

What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be? David Aaronovitch looks at the early evidence about how we are handling the crisis. Show more

Tales from Germany, Georgia, France, America and Jane Corbin returns to the island of Sri Lanka a year after more than 250 people were killed in attacks on churches and hotels. Show more

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Job retention scheme false hope concerns, banks slammed for transfer fraud response, support for motor finance and payday customers and credit card payment holiday lowdown. Show more

First in the series. Angela Barnes hosts series 102, leading a panel of regular News Quiz comics and journalists in rounding up the news stories of the week. Show more

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Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London with Thérèse Coffey, Vaughan Gething AM, Dame Donna Kinnair and Richard Walker. Show more

And a private charter plane flew into Stansted Airport in Essex this week with 180 Romanian fruit pickers on board. What does this say to you. Show more

Lina is reporting from Aleppo when Taghreed confronts her. Back in London, a dark family secret is revealed. Stars Lara Sawalha. Show more

Booker Prize-winning novelist Bernadine Evaristo. Caring for a person with dementia. How are refuges coping with the impact of Covid-19? Show more

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A number of African countries have imposed lockdowns to try to stop coronavirus in its tracks. Will the continent be able to contain the virus and what impact will it have? Show more

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The government's giving councils in England an additional one-point-six billion pounds to help them cope with coronavirus.

Clive Anderson and Nikki Bedi are joined by Dame Harriet Walter, Matt Lucas and Claire Rutter for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

Mark Coles looks at the life of Dame Vera Lynn, whose song We'll Meet Again was in the Queen's recent address and is striking a chord during the coronavirus crisis. Show more

Grayson Perry discusses the painful yet rewarding process of becoming an artist and assesses the role of the artist in society. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Edward Stourton explores the story of the BBC in the strange period of 1939-1940 with echoes of Covid-19. From 2020. Show more

Frank helps out in a restorative justice conference, but decides to deliver a very different kind of justice when he finds out that his daughter is under threat. Show more

US moon landing imminent, Harry and Janice confront their broken marriage and their reluctance to mend it. Read by Toby Jones. Show more

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Mary Ann Sieghart and a panel of experts discuss the possible long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global health and healthcare. Show more

Russell Davies asks the questions in the latest heat of the prestigious radio quiz. Today's competitors are from Kent, the Wirral, Cornwall and County Derry. Show more

Born and raised on Chicago's West side, Patricia Smith came to poetry late but is the true heir to the great Gwendolyn Brooks with her powerful and exact chronicles of black lives. Show more

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Across every continent, lives have been put on hold. Alan Dein connects with people around the world, looking to the day when they can pick up and restart. Show more

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