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Space for spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh. Show more

This week Defra has published their initial thinking on what legally-binding environmental targets they should set in the Environment Bill. Caz Graham presents. Show more

Sir David Attenborough presents the guira cuckoo of central South America. Show more

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Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Mark Gatiss, Carlo Rovelli and Fay Dowker to ask timely questions about time, and whether it really exists.. Show more

"Work expands to fill the time available for completion". Robin Ince explores the origins and impact of Cyril Northcote Parkinson's law of bureaucracy. Show more

Miriam Margolyes on her role as a grandmother living with dementia in lockdown, Poet Elaine Feeney, Cook the Perfect Coffee Rasgullas with Mascarpone Ice Cream and Espresso Caramel Show more

Suddenly, in 1951 television, a woman could be funny! The inside true-story by the son of I Love Lucy’s writer-producer. How it became a groundbreaking TV comedy. Show more

Spain’s King Juan Carlos – a story of entitlement and dynasty… Show more

The programme that celebrates classical music through the manuscripts on which it first saw the light of day is back in Washington DC to see Bartok's great Concerto for Orchestra. Show more

Paul is tempted by an unusual scheme proposed by Stephen. Show more

How are wedding businesses coping - in what would usually be their busiest month? Show more

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Neil MacGregor's history of humanity told through objects. Today, textiles from Peru that have remarkably survived for over 2000 years Show more

Robert struggles to find the right words and Emma tries to prove a point Show more

Detective drama set in 60s Hungary. Spymaster Franciska Lázár and her police inspector husband Bertalan face formidable new challenges. By Philip Palmer Show more

Songwriter and music producer Pete Waterman revisits his childhood holidays at Braunston Marina and learns about its history at the heart of Britain's canal network. Show more

Gill Wheeler, whose husband Paul has MSA, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Multiple System Atrophy Trust. Show more

Johny Pitts is joined by writers Harriet Tyce and Dreda Say Mitchell to discuss the work of crime writer PD James, on the centenary of her birth. Show more

Earl Cameron and The Pool Of London. Presented by Francine Stock. Show more

Adapting red clay bricks to store electricity, the Royal Academy of Engineering awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting SARS-Cov-2 in sewage. Show more

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

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Steep rise in GCSE pass rate and top grades after computer algorithm abandoned

Marian Keyes reads selections of her nonfiction writing on the theme of Ireland and the Irish with Tara Flynn. From 2019. Show more

Fallon finds herself bombarded and Natasha questions her own judgement Show more

Thea Sharrock on combining CGI and live action in her film about a gorilla living in a mall, and novelist Patrick Gale reviews Educating Rita at the Minack Theatre. Show more

Suddenly, in 1951 television, a woman could be funny! The inside true-story by the son of I Love Lucy’s writer-producer. How it became a groundbreaking TV comedy. Show more

Belarus is gripped by nationwide protests, triggered by what is seen as an unfair election. What’s behind this summer of discontent, and who will determine the country's future? Show more

Companies are wading into the conversation on racial inequality, but what happens when the noise dies down? Show more

Adapting red clay bricks to store electricity, the Royal Academy of Engineering awards for pandemic engineering solutions and detecting SARS-Cov-2 in sewage. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Mark Gatiss, Carlo Rovelli and Fay Dowker to ask timely questions about time, and whether it really exists.. Show more

Doctors in Russia battling to save life of country's most prominent opposition activist

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Jack and Millie discover the 11th commandment - thou shalt not try and please a son's scary ex-girlfriend. From 2018. Show more

Documentary adventures that encourage you to take a closer listen. Show more

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Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's first staging of Puccini's La Bohème in over 40 years. From 2017. Show more

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