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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter. Show more

The runways impacting rivers: people living in villages near the East Midlands Airport are concerned that local water courses are being contaminated by de-iced aircraft. Show more

Large numbers of visitors come to Skomer just to see puffins, however for seabird zoologist Tim Birkhead puffins are monumentally dull birds, in this Tweet of the Day. Show more

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

David Fuller was enthralled by Jordan Peterson, the provocative preacher of the Intellectual Dark Web. So how did his guru let him down? Show more

Erica McAlister on how there's more than meets the eye in the distinctive structural colour of the morpho butterfly wing, whose dazzling sheen is a key for camouflage and commerce. Show more

Two writers discuss the experience of caring for their mothers and, as a new series of Bridgerton appears, we ask who the real Queen Charlotte was. Show more

Professor Ben Garrod meets taste-testers, naked mole-rats and a digital E-Nose to investigate how technology might be expanding our sense of smell. Show more

Meet Lavinia Co-op - transatlantic icon of the radical drag scene. Show more

Call You & Yours: How have you and your family been affected by gambling? Show more

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

The Oyneg Shabes archive had chronicled daily existence in the Warsaw Ghetto since its inception and then, in the summer of 1942, the Great Deportations began. Show more

Helen seeks distractions, and Harrison finds himself with a gap to fill. Show more

Has Laura really discovered who killed her son? Psychological drama exploring the impact of murder. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts this week's culinary panel show from Old Fire Station in Carlisle, discussing Cumberland sausages. Show more

Scotland plans to tackle litter & recycling rates with a bottle deposit return scheme. But is it the right thing for the rest of the UK? Tom Heap and Sepi Golzari-Munro investigate Show more

Dr Jenni Nuttall talks to Michael about the words used by and about women since the beginnings of language. Including some words we should never have lost.

Kofi Annan became the seventh secretary-general of the UN in 1997 after a turbulent time for the organisation. Kofi's been chosen by 'child of the UN', biologist Gillian Burke. Show more

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

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Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in the field, has suggested chatbots could soon be smarter than human beings.

Dawn French and Edward Rowe star in a new sketch show with a Cornish flavour. Park the clichés and open your eyes to the reality of this wondrous funny and feral land. Show more

Kirsty is on the spot, and Jolene smells a rat. Show more

Lenny Henry on his debut as a playwright, August in England, the music and dance of exiled Tibetan monastery Tashi Lhunpo and the sustainability of books discussed. Show more

File on 4 investigates the secretive world of oil shipping, dark fleets and camouflaged cargos Show more

We hear how visually impaired children and young people will be able to experience King Charles's Coronation, through tactile images and detailed audio guides. Show more

Aphasia, loss of speech and language skills, affects many people after a stroke. Many patients get 12 hours of therapy, but ten times that could make all the difference. Show more

David Fuller was enthralled by Jordan Peterson, the provocative preacher of the Intellectual Dark Web. So how did his guru let him down? Show more

Labour's u-turn on free university tuition in England

Motown legend Smokey Robinson's new album

Pampa Kampana has created a new city from seeds aided by the goddess Parvati, and the cowherds Hukka and Bukka are now rulers. Now a handsome foreigner arrives in Bisnaga. Show more

Stephen Mangan asks his guest Ed Byrne to reveal three guilty secrets inside his virtual confessional box. From 2021. Show more

Sean Curran reports as MPs question the government about the British response to the crisis in Sudan.

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After a fall Michael assesses his life, viewing himself from a surprising perspective. He’s a Mantower, looking down from, say, a hundred floors up. His feet look amazingly small. Show more

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