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Playwright and screenwriter Peter Flannery has rewritten his multi-award-winning and highly acclaimed TV series Our Friends in the North as an audio drama for BBC Radio 4. Show more

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NATO approves deployment of thousands more troops to eastern Europe. Ukraine claims to have destroyed massive Russian warship. P&O boss admits breaking the law over mass sackings

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It's a month now since Russian forces invaded Ukraine. The west have sanctioned Russia and provided aid packages to Ukraine but what more can it do to help Ukraine win the war? Show more

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We discuss how to improve diversity in science; why both of Earth’s poles are experiencing heatwaves; and the search for the most beneficial kind of hedge to plant. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of dilemmas, where King Creon threatens death to anyone who buries a traitor and that traitor's sister, Antigone, defies him. Show more

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