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How do you keep control of your life as you get older? Paralympic athlete Karen Darke talks to 81 year old Diana Davies about age being a number not a condition. Show more

How is gaming helping women's physical and mental health? And reporter Deborah Cohen discusses the latest evidence around puberty blockers. Show more

Dramatisation of Vikas Swarup's whodunit, set in India. Suspect number two: the Bollywood actress with the guilty secret. Show more

Naturalist Brett Westwood considers the journeys that both cuckoos and people make from the DRC to get to the UK. Exploring why and how they come and perils encountered en route. Show more

Verity Sharp listens to how the world’s musicians, sound artists and poets are responding to the loss of species. Show more

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Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach, A chance encounter with a woman has made a lasting impression on a prisoner on day release. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard. Show more

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In a week that explores man's new found self expression through words and numbers, Neil MacGregor describes the British Museum's most famous mathematical papyrus Show more

Elizabeth considers her options and Freddie is up to his neck in it. Show more

By Gabriele Kögl. Best single drama in last year's Prix Europa. Set in rural Austria. On her 80th birthday, an old woman recounts a life of sacrifice, and weighs up its value. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more

When and how is the universe going to end? Science sleuths Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2020. Show more

Writer Jerry Brotton navigates the transformation from paper to digital mapping, from print to pixels, and asks what is being gained and lost. Show more

American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson and radio DJ and writer Stuart Maconie talk about favourite books with Harriett Gilbert, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Show more

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PM launches plan to revive economy after pandemic. Labour says there's nothing new in his promises. Local lockdown imposed in Leicester after a big rise in Covid-19 cases.

Policeman turned comic Alfie Moore gives an audience police powers in a case concerning a missing gnome. From 2017. Show more

Ed has his arm twisted and Emma takes on a challenge. Show more

Are the arts facing an existential crisis in the this country? John is joined by leading figures including Sir Simon Rattle. Show more

File on 4 explores concerns black and ethnic minority officers in the UK suffer race discrimination and continue to be underrepresented in number and seniority throughout forces. Show more

The RNIB responds to the highly critical report by the Charity Commission into the running of their residential homes. Lord Blunkett talks to us about post-lockdown challenges. Show more

From lakes, rivers and canals to coastal landscapes, how does so called Blue Health benefit our well-being? And how the right mix of diet and exercise can reduce memory decline. Show more

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Gripping contemporary novel by Lottie Moggach, A chance encounter with a woman has made a lasting impression on a prisoner on day release. Read by Maggie Service and Will Howard. Show more

TV personalities Vicky Pattison and Ercan Ramadan join Catherine Bohart and Sarah Keyworth to talk about getting together, public perceptions and relaxing in airports. Show more

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With Hussein's health deteriorating, the family must try to get out of Moscow fast and try to get to the UK, where they believe the NHS is their best chance to help him. Show more

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