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Rebecca Stott reflects on the relations between Ukraine and Russia with a Russian friend. Show more

Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff. Show more

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Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine. This week he reflects on the experience of being a refugee in his own country. Show more

Sue Perkins challenges Dane Baptiste, Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock and Paul Merton to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Show more

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The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has deep conversations with public figures about what they believe. Show more

Kathy Clugston and the team are at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Show more

Sapna must revisit her past to make sense of her present. But nothing can prepare her what she finds there. From best-selling novel The Accidental Apprentice. Stars Rasika Dugal. Show more

A middle-aged Englishman’s life suddenly changes during a stressful family gathering. Stars Michael Palin and Penelope Wilton. Show more

Elizabeth Day talks to Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James about the second installment of his Dark Star trilogy. Show more

Poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama considers metaphysical poet and preacher John Donne's complex faith life through his poetry, 450 years on from his birth. Show more

From sabotaging contraceptives to forcing someone to have an abortion, reproductive coercion is used to gain power and control – but is enough being done to spot the signs? Show more

She took the defining image of the war in Ukraine so far: a family killed by a mortar shell as they tried to flee. Mark Coles profiles the photographer reporting from the conflict. Show more

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A Russian missile attack on a military base in western Ukraine has prompted warnings that the war is closer than ever to NATO territory.

The best of BBC Radio this week.

Jim receives an unexpected gift and there’s a life or death emergency for Kirsty. Show more

Marian and Tara tackle an over-familiar flatmate, a caustic mother-in-law, love at a distance and high school anxieties. Show more

The truth about Monica Logue’s disappearance is revealed to the crew of ‘Dead City’ and the local townspeople. Written by Séamas O'Reilly. Show more

Senior Controller, BBC News Content, Richard Burgess answers listeners’ questions about coverage of the war in Ukraine. Show more

Matthew Bannister on children’s author and illustrator Shirley Hughes, documentary filmmaker Roger Graef, cricketer Shane Warne. Show more

Ensuring you get the benefits you deserve, new online fraud protection, home protection trusts, and why are petrol and diesel prices so high? Show more

Actor, writer and single parent Arabella Weir makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the charity Gingerbread. Show more

Sonia Sodha traces the root causes of violence in society and asks if we can eradicate it. Show more

Carolyn Quinn discusses the Ukraine crisis and refugee policy with Conservative MP Danny Kruger, Labour's Florence Eshalomi and Ireland's Ambassador to the UK, Adrian O'Neill. Show more

Why does human hair go grey and can it turn white overnight from shock? Drs Rutherford and Fry investigate. From 2022. Show more

Desire is about passion, but it's also about ambition. Sarah Cuddon reflects on the nature of desire. Show more

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Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Mary and All Saints, Kidderminster in Worcestershire. Show more

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