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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with poet, writer and history teacher Jaspreet Kaur. Show more

The UK is not meeting tree planting targets and the forestry body Confor wants an urgent review of the system for tree planting applications and approvals. Show more

Musician Fyfe Dangerfield loves being in places which feel removed from modern life where the prehistoric looking grey heron can be a great leveller. Show more

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Barack Obama discusses the challenges he faced confronting political, cultural and racial divisions in America, as the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office. Show more

In 1987 David Frost spoke to Senator Joe Biden, who was seeking his party’s nomination for president. This is the first time the interview has been broadcast. Show more

Young people are one of the key driving forces behind climate activism and fighting for the future of the planet. We hear from 3 young women who made it on to our 2020 Power List. Show more

The Recipe For Love by Agnieszka Dale. A man called Spice is becoming bored with his life - until a chance encounter changes everything. Show more

“First we were enslaved. Then we were poisoned.” That’s how many on Martinique see the history of their French Caribbean island that’s a paradise for tourists. Show more

Tracey Dobbs is a photographer with a new studio in Abertillery in the South Wales valleys. Amy Wheel meets her to discover how she works, creating images that last a lifetime Show more

Colson Whitehead's heart-breaking, Pulitzer-winning novel, set in Jim Crow-era Florida, read by Rhashan Stone. Today: it's the day of the inspection. Can Elwood bring NIckel down? Show more

Value for money private health insurance. The home care agencies on the brink of collapse because of coronavirus. Should we have a legal right to time off work for bereavement? Show more

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“For maximum emotional impact the victims would include a high proportion of children.” When James Le Mesurier fell to his death he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Show more

Chris takes desperate measures and Alice faces a horrific ordeal Show more

Greta Scacchi and Nicholas Murchie star in a political thriller of secrets and lies. A civil servant dedicated to open government finds his wife's name on an incriminating document Show more

Two historic community land buyouts have been agreed with Buccleuch Estates in the south of Scotland. Caz Graham visits Newcastleton and Langholm to hear their visions for the land Show more

Presenter Matt Baker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Children in Need. Show more

Chris Power talks to Jonathan Coe about bringing actor Billy Wilder to life in new novel Mr Wilder & Me. Also Kamila Shamsie on reclaiming fairy tales and Alex Wheatle on CLR James. Show more

Ron Howard on the challenges of making films about real people. Film-maker Carol Morley makes the case for Muriel Box, Britain's most prolific female director. With Antonia Quirke. Show more

Operation Moonshot mass testing for SARS-Cov2; Big Compost Experiment one year on; Gulf of Mexico meteorite killed the dinosaurs but started new life forms. Show more

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Comedian Mark Steel visits Stratford-upon-Avon, with a COVID-friendly outdoor show from a tree stump in a field. From 2020. Show more

The Carters attempt to pick up the pieces and Freddie makes a mistake. Show more

The 2020 Booker Prize ceremony live from the Roundhouse, London, with last year's winner Bernardine Evaristo, chair of judges Margaret Busby and a contribution from Barack Obama Show more

Remembering Jack Merritt, murdered in the London Bridge attack a year ago. Show more

From the NHS Test and Trace Service to the lack of PPE at the start of the crisis - projects branded as incompetently delivered. But do we fail to notice the constraints they face? Show more

Operation Moonshot mass testing for SARS-Cov2; Big Compost Experiment one year on; Gulf of Mexico meteorite killed the dinosaurs but started new life forms. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what being oneself has meant to philosophers from Aristotle to Sartre and since and how compatible authenticity is with morality Show more

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Colson Whitehead's heart-breaking, Pulitzer-winning novel, set in Jim Crow-era Florida, read by Rhashan Stone. Today: it's the day of the inspection. Can Elwood bring NIckel down? Show more

Tim Vincent hosts the new comedy panel show about modern day fatherhood. This episode looks at how dads cope with being away from their children. Show more

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Toussaint makes challenging reforms across society before he approves his own nomination to become Governor of the Colony and, in a canny legal move, assumes full authority. Show more

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