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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Ruth Yimika Afolabi

Millions of birds, wild and farmed, are dead because of bird flu. For the first time, the disease has remained at high levels in the wild bird population throughout the summer. Show more

Writer and Orkney native Amy Liptrot recalls her work as the RSPB's corncrake officer on the look out for this largely nocturnal bird in the wee small hours for Tweet of the Day. Show more

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

Sean Curran reports as chancellor Jeremy Hunt rips up his predecessor's mini-Budget - and Liz Truss is accused of dodging questions.

Bambos Kyriacou tells Jim Al-Khalili why he studies the behaviour of fruit flies. Show more

BBC Radio 1Xtra's Reece Parkinson meets Dr Lucy Chambers from Diabetes UK to discuss type 1 diabetes, swap stories about travel, and talk about the future for diabetes treatment. Show more

Geena Davis on her memoir. Dr Virginia Davies on some of the issues you raised after our interview with Merope Mills. Sibling age gaps. Modern slavery and working rights. Show more

Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca, which despite domestication survives in some of the world’s harshest mountainous areas Show more

An exploration of celebrity culture in the last 70 years through facets of Elizabeth Taylor’s life. Show more

On this week's phone-in programme Call You and Yours we're asking - have you turned the central heating on yet...or are you too worried about rocketing energy bills? Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom. This time it's the Femme Fatale. Show more

George needs a favour, and disaster strikes at Beechwood. Show more

Starring Henry Goodman. David is not happy about the new volunteer who's helping him guard the first osprey’s eggs in the Peak District in 400 years. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show from Aberdeen, Scotland. Show more

Life is tough for the pangolin, a prime ingredient of Chinese medicine. Peter Hadfield travels to Vietnam to meet a local conservationist fighting hard for this ant-eating mammal. Show more

Neil MacGregor, the chair of this year's Booker prize jury, discusses the way fiction writers have responded to the extraordinary events in which they have been working. Show more

Writers Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson recommend books to Harriett Gilbert, by writers Elizabeth Bowen and Janice Galloway. Harriett recommends a biography of Sonia Orwell. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines

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Jeremy Hunt used his Cabinet as Chancellor to say spending cuts are on the way.

The time has come – the Lad Himself must get a job. But he needs to find a wife first… Stars Tony Hancock. From February 1955. Show more

Mia is embarrassed by a relative’s antics, and there’s a surprise for Joy. Show more

Nica Burns on @sohoplace, the first new theatre to open in London's west end for 50 years, and costume designer Jenny Beavan on campaigning for fair pay. Show more

From the harrowing 999 calls of people waiting for help to the paramedics stretched to breaking point, File on 4 goes on the front line of the ambulance crisis. Show more

Dr Paul Jarman is a totally blind Doctor of English Literature and he believes there is now a serious lack of braille books for academia since the RNIB's takeover of the NLB. Show more

951 days shielding and counting. Shannon describes life apart from her husband and teenage daughter because her compromised immune system means she can't risk catching Covid-19. Show more

Bambos Kyriacou tells Jim Al-Khalili why he studies the behaviour of fruit flies. Show more

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After seeing her daughter perform an inappropriate dance, Kate tries to enrol her in ballet classes. Show more

When your neighbour takes your pizza, you’ve accidentally ended up paying for a friend’s childcare for too long or your coat doesn’t have pockets, Marian and Tara have views. Show more

Sean Curran reports as MPs question ministers about the treatment of protesters at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester and the fallout from the Tory mini-budget goes on.

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Read by Arthur Lee. Today, banana sandwiches, banana republics and why multinationals can be a good thing. Show more

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