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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sarah Joseph.

North Yorkshire young farmers have been drafted in to help tackle rural loneliness. Show more

David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the sedge warbler. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

The latest news from Westminster. David Cameron is questioned by MPs about lobbying of ministers and officials on behalf of a financial company which has now gone bust.

Billie Piper, actor, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Iranian musician Mentrix on challenging traditions. Show more

A contrite Fitzpiers begs Grace to give him another chance. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and starring Katy Sobey, Holli Dempsey and Sacha Dhawan. Show more

Having documented her four-and-a-half years as a 'prison wife' in a bog, Josie Bevan now confronts the failings of the prison system. Show more

Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through a real-life police case. This week Alfie talks about the police's role in 'Sierra Deltas' or Sudden Deaths. Show more

When an Antarctic expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching, in Jon McGregor's new novel. Today: Robert desperately tries to show what happened back on Bluff Point.. Show more

Debenhams closes it's doors after 250 years on the British high street and Londoners turn their backs on the flat share. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.

Anita Anand and Chris Mason meet some of the listeners who have got in touch with Any Questions and Any Answers. Today, we hear from Rowena. Show more

Josh and Rex walk on eggshells and Ruari offers an olive branch. Show more

A car, a clandestine encounter. Two Black men come to terms with their identities and life trajectories in this explosive drama. Show more

Perhaps the most famous Chinese person in history, Confucius was the philosopher and ethicist who advocated a path of calmness in the midst of social turmoil. Show more

Peter Gibbs and the team are at the Oxford Botanic Garden. Show more

Tanika Gupta tells the story of a young refugee who finds safety under the stage of a London theatre. Read by Shervin Alenabi. Show more

Matthew Bannister on actor Olympia Dukakis, editor Eric McGraw and poet Anthony Thwaite. Show more

Listeners raise their concerns about cuts to BBC radio drama and ask if it's still a priority for Radio 4. Show more

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Boris Johnson has said that a rise in cases of the Covid-19 variant, first identified in India, could disrupt plans to fully lift restrictions in England at the end of June.

Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines with Danny Finkelstein, Zoe Lyons, Catherine Bohart and Darren Harriott. Show more

What can we look forward to when cinemas reopen? Tim Robey and Yuan Ren review Nomadland and share their top picks. Show more

A contrite Fitzpiers begs Grace to give him another chance. Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and starring Katy Sobey, Holli Dempsey and Sacha Dhawan. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion, with panellists Mims Davies MP, Stephen Kinnock MP, Dr Philippa Whitford MP and historian Niall Ferguson. Show more

As New York emerges from the worst of the pandemic, Adam Gopnik ponders the absence of joy...or even relief. Show more

Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes meets her younger self in the archives in conversation with John Wilson. Show more

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When an Antarctic expedition goes wrong, the consequences are far-reaching, in Jon McGregor's new novel. Today: Robert desperately tries to show what happened back on Bluff Point.. Show more

The singer Arlo Parks tells Matthew Parris why she chooses the singer Elliott Smith as her Great Life. Show more

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Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith asks what it feels like to be an octopus, exploring wider questions about animal consciousness. Read by Tim McInnerny. Show more

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