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3/8. Fielding dozens of calls for help on a calm night is part of the coastguard call operator's role. But empathy doesn't and shouldn't come into it.

4/5. It's the Great North Run and Tom's sister Tilly is in town. Tilly is having trouble understanding Lauren, while Tom realises he's actually booked to run a different race entirely.

1/4. Three members of staff, one dysfunctional train station, zero passengers. Big-name comedy that drives a train through sitcom-land via a platform crowded with very silly jokes.

Mandy Baker reports on Prime Minister's Questions - and more.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

3/5. Tom Stoppard turns to his activism and friendship with Vaclav Havel. Read by Alex Jennings.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

Spiritual reflection with Ronnie Convery, Director of Communications for the Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow.

Inheritance tax and MPs, drought cost and cider orchard care.

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

Simon Schama's favourite episode: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 154 sonnets printed in 1609 of which some are famous, many are glorious and several are unsettling.

Is Elon Musk funnier than Jerry Seinfeld? Is Stewart Lee dead? and is Greta Thunberg the antichrist? Sarah Wynn-Williams joins Armando and a hallucinated Stewart Lee to discuss.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince join forces to tackle the hot topic of nuclear fusion.

4/5. Tom Stoppard writes his country house play Arcadia about mathematics, history, love and death. Read by Alex Jennings.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Have you had a text message about a new job opportunity? It's a common tactic for criminals at the moment - taking up the offer could be a very expensive mistake.

How did the revolutionary communication tool, Skype, lose its connection to the world of global video calls?

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4/5. The plan to question Augusto Pinochet is thrown into disarray when the Spanish judge pursuing him learns the Chilean dictator is about to flee London.

Pat offers a helping hand, and Tony makes his pitch.

Writer Alice is about to get her first big TV break - until a colleague confides in her and she's caught in a scandal. Whose side is she on?

Chief executive officer of the Climate Change Committee Emma Pinchbeck tells Martha Kearney about her love of the natural world.

Actor and comedian Michael Palin makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Trees for Cities.

The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.

David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.

A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

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2/4. Taylor tries to charm an important student from her college, with unforeseen results. Meanwhile, Delroy tries to butter up Angie before delivering some news he knows she won't like.

Ed faces a heartbreaking situation, and there's rivalry building for Hannah.

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

David Yelland and Simon Lewis look at the PR brilliance of three Austrian nuns whose story has gone global.

Ian Hislop on Private Eye, Manchester Evening News goes behind a paywall, YouTubers filming city life, football piracy & Gary Lineker's new Netflix podcast deal.

Stuart Maconie is joined by guests Angie Le Mar, Phil Ellis and Nabil Elouahabi, with music from Seb Lowe and Goodnight Louisa.

Is Elon Musk funnier than Jerry Seinfeld? Is Stewart Lee dead? and is Greta Thunberg the antichrist? Sarah Wynn-Williams joins Armando and a hallucinated Stewart Lee to discuss.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

4/8. The call operator admits to offering false hope to the migrants in the sinking dinghy - she lied when she said 'help is coming'.

Conversations about tomorrow, from Today.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

4/5. Tom Stoppard writes his country house play Arcadia about mathematics, history, love and death. Read by Alex Jennings.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

Spiritual reflection with Ronnie Convery, director of communications for the Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

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

Gordon Buchanan, wildlife cameraman and presenter, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

Leyla Kazim discusses some of the year's best food writing with writer and chef Ruby Tandoh, and The Food Programme team share their favourite titles.

5/5. Tom Stoppard, turns to Leopoldstadt, his most recent play, and his roots. Concluded by Alex Jennings.

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A celebration of urban wildlife from across the world. Tom Heap and Helen Czerski uncover the species that live alongside us in our towns and cities.

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5/5. Augusto Pinochet's convalescence in London is interrupted by a late-night visit from a handful of police officers, with an international warrant for his arrest.

Ed faces a heartbreaking situation, and there's rivalry building for Hannah.

Jaz finds a surprise resident on Mars. And Rita and Jaz venture onto the surface. A near-future murder mystery in the remotest possible location.

Seventeen years before she was born, her brother passed away. In this intimate story, Shadé Joseph speaks to the brother she never got to meet, believing he's out there, listening.

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

The word on the street is that the Northern Lights will be seen in the Pembrokeshire skies tonight. Short story by Natasha Kaeda, read by Sara Gregory.

Matthew Bannister tells the life stories of people who have recently died, from the rich and famous to unsung but significant.

In the aftermath of major surgery to remove a tumour from his head, engineer Michael Ashcroft turned the shock and agony into award-winning artistic creativity.

News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

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6/6. A bold, audacious take on the week's news, with a blend of the silly and the serious.

George faces a dilemma, and there's a breakthrough for Susan.

Saxophonist Emma Rawicz and pianist Keelan Carew join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye to add five more tracks to the playlist.

Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities.

The announcement of birth control pill approval, the end of prohibition in the US and the only Englishman to ascend to papacy. Radio 4 discovers fascinating stories from the past.

Anne Applebaum, Jake Subryan Richards, Selina Todd, Clare Jackson and Rupert Read are on the panel of guests joining Matthew Sweet for a conversation about the shaping of history.

In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective.

5/8. Help is promised but none arrives. The occupants of the dinghy make futile attempts to stop it sinking, the outboard motor has failed.

Join Americast for insights and analysis on what's happening inside Trump's White House.

News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.