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The British sprint cyclist making sporting history, against the odds. After illness and injury, the 36 year-old has equalled the record for the most Tour de France stage wins. Show more

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Thinking about what it means to be grown up, journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik finds his thoughts turning to the question of what we can still carry with us from childhood and youth. Show more

Richard Baynes meets the people putting their energy into clear-felled forestry land to create productive woodland crofts at Tignabruaich on the Cowal peninsula in Scotland. Show more

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Edward Stourton takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week. Show more

Broadcaster and journalist Cathy Newman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Feed the Minds. Show more

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Bishop June Osborne preaches in a service from St Peter's Senghenydd exploring rebirth and renewal after trauma. Show more

Sara Wheeler sings the praises of the indoor municipal pool and explains why she, for one, prefers to do her lengths between four walls. Show more

Singer Will Young on the woodland kingfisher. Show more

News with Paddy O'Connell, including a look ahead to the easing of Covid rules in England. Reviewing the news are Alexei Sayle, Rachel Johnson and Sathnam Sanghera. Show more

The nerves set in for Ben and the truth comes out for Helen. Show more

An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the goldcrest with Chris Watson, Chris Baines and Rosa Gleave. Show more

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Olympic gold medal winner, 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

Rory Sutherland explores how a three-word slogan transformed a mundane sports good into an entire lifestyle philosophy, and generated a marketer's most sought-after quality: cool. Show more

Radio 4's antidote to panel games comes to you today from the Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House but with a virtual audience drawn exclusively from the North of England. Show more

Sheila Dillon speaks to Henry Dimbleby about the final part of the National Food Strategy – the government-commissioned plan for transforming the UK’s food system. Show more

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Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.

Fi Glover captures the nation in conversation about the nation itself, about being British, remaining British and the 'so-called' best and worst places to live in Britain. Show more

Kathy Clugston and her panel of experts answer gardening questions. Show more

Nature writer Conor Jameson reflects on the impact of Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring, and the resonance that her work still has today. Show more

An 18th century comic romp through a handsome young man's misadventures on the road. In Shaun McKenna's remixed version, the Fielding narrative is influenced by Mrs Fielding. Show more

Chris Power speaks to Miranda Cowley Heller, a former HBO executive turned novelist, about her debut, The Paper Palace and rounds up the best Summer reads. Show more

The award-winning singer Arlo Parks selects poems requested by listeners, with Roger McGough. Show more

The inside story of a cyber extortion attack by Russian hackers that plunged a group of UK schools into a crisis. Will they pay the multi-million pound ransom, or lose their data? Show more

The British sprint cyclist making sporting history, against the odds. After illness and injury, the 36 year-old has equalled the record for the most Tour de France stage wins. Show more

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The Prime Minister and Chancellor have made a U-turn and announced they will now self-isolate. Show more

Sean Cooney chooses the best of BBC audio this week. Show more

A chance encounter leads Dee to memories she’d rather forget. Linda Robson performs Jenny Eclair’s comic monologue. From 2020. Show more

After coming out as almost bang in the centre of an online political compass test, Alun wants to know what being a 'centrist dad' actually means. Show more

In a special commission from Graeme Macrae Burnet, a schoolboy's passion for music sets him on a collision course with his father. Read by Alasdair Hankinson and Robin Laing. Show more

How impartial should sports commentators be during home nation games? Some listeners think they are too biased, Roger Mosey, the former director of BBC Sport, gives his views. Show more

Matthew Bannister on Egypt’s First Lady Jehan Sadat, poet Michael Horovitz, chemist Richard Ernst, actor Dilip Kumar. Show more

More than 20,000 bereaved families can now claim financial support once restricted to married couples. Show more

Broadcaster and journalist Cathy Newman makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Feed the Minds. Show more

What impact are social justice movements having on scientific research and development? Show more

Ben Wright is joined by Conservative MP Bim Afolami, Labour frontbencher Lucy Powell, and journalists Kate Andrews from the Spectator, plus the Guardian's Jessica Elgot. Show more

Director Carol Morley on Muriel Box, Britain's most prolific female director and arguably most neglected. Presented by Antonia Quirke. Show more

Thinking about what it means to be grown up, journalist Abdul-Rehman Malik finds his thoughts turning to the question of what we can still carry with us from childhood and youth. Show more

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Matthew Syed explores how a maverick mother from Massachusetts and a wave of pioneering programme makers revolutionised kids’ TV, and what they reveal about the developing mind. Show more

Bells on Sunday comes from the church of Holy Trinity, Skipton in North Yorkshire. Show more

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