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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Eugene O'Neill

Anaerobic digesters can be used to get rid of food or farm waste, but many are also fed with maize grown specially for the purpose. So how green is the 'green energy' they produce? Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of the Empress who upended the European order while strengthening Austria through reforms, alliances and strategic marriages. Show more

Sister Bliss DJ, songwriter. Starting a business during lockdown. And why is the number of women dying from cocaine use increasing so rapidly? Show more

Every stage of Zoe's life has been marked by the weather. She's stopped driving today because of the thunder. A drama by Katie Hims. Show more

Stories on Thailand's anti-government protests, on Spain's civil war legacy, a migrant worker in Jordan, a long eventful Chinese life, and Rome used as a film-set. With Kate Adie. Show more

We hear from writers - both living and dead - in an eerie exploration of how women have used the ghost story form. Show more

Davy thinks back to how, in their younger days, he and Joe managed to ingratiate themselves with Jessica’s friends. Show more

Social media users are disappointed the products they bought from Instagram adverts are comically smaller than what was advertised. Show more

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Kirsty Logan discovers how ghosts survive, even when we are told they are impossible, because they have great social and psychological value. Show more

Harrison faces a life changing decision and Lily goes too far Show more

Clare confronts Najma about the true identity of Saira's rapist. A thriller by Ayeesha Menon set across London, Riyadh and Mumbai, starring Maya Sondhi and Aysha Kala. Show more

Ghost ponds and overgrown ponds in Norfolk are being recovered and restored in an extraordinary conservation project in which sound is being used to measure the health of a pond. Show more

Paterson Joseph makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Minority Rights Group International. Show more

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

Shirley and Relic: Antonia Quirke continues her look at women and horror with directors Josephine Decker and Natalie Erika James. Show more

Getting reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, author Susannah Cahalan discusses David Rosenhan's famous 1973 psychiatric 'pseudo-patient' experiment and how COVID affects your sense of smell Show more

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

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Extra financial support is being given to workers and businesses in areas hit by tougher Covid-19 restrictions, in an expansion of a government scheme announced last month.

John apologises for a delay and ponders his hobbies. Plus, a tale of Queen Victoria, and robots. With Simon Kane. From 2016. Show more

Elizabeth takes revenge and Brookfield’s change of direction looks set to have severe consequences Show more

Geeta Pendse presents from Nottingham, with local lad James Graham on his new covid rom-com, live music from Liam Bailey and artist Phoebe Boswell on breathing in lockdown. Show more

Helen is confronted by the notorious Valerie Peluso. Part nine of the conspiracy thriller starring Romola Garai and Jonathan Forbes. Show more

Scotland has cancelled its National 5 school exams next year - should the rest of the UK follow? David Aaronovitch asks how can governments ensure assessments are fair? Show more

The pandemic is killing jobs but also creating new opportunities for freelancers. But is the shake-up in the labour market leading to a world of temps and zero hour contracts? Show more

Getting reinfected with SARS-CoV-2, author Susannah Cahalan discusses David Rosenhan's famous 1973 psychiatric 'pseudo-patient' experiment and how COVID affects your sense of smell Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the reign of the Empress who upended the European order while strengthening Austria through reforms, alliances and strategic marriages. Show more

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Davy thinks back to how, in their younger days, he and Joe managed to ingratiate themselves with Jessica’s friends. Show more

Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times.

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Barrister Hashi Mohamed reads his account of social mobility in modern Britain using his own experience to explore questions of race, class, education and language. Show more

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