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Misha Glenny and guests discuss the origins of the gladiatorial and beast fights from the funeral games of the early Roman Republic to the Colosseum under the Emperors.

Armando Iannucci and guests decode the utterly baffling world of political language.

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

Award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce talks to John Wilson about his cultural influences and career.

4/5. Colyton in Devon is home to a wheelwright's workshop and a successful tannery. Both trades have reinvented themselves for the 21st century and remain much in emand.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with people at the top giving insight into what matters.

Greg Foot investigates the so-called wonder products making bold claims.

The latest weather forecast.

News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.

4/5. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall celebrates beans, peas and pulses from around the world. Could they be the key to transforming the nation's fibre intake.

Problems escalate for Kirsty, and there's an emergency at the shop.

When a backpacker is found drowned on a Hebridean island, a grieving sister travels from Buenos Aires to uncover the truth. A gripping drama by Lucia Haynes, starring Dawn Steele.

Clare joins writer Nicola Chester for a circular walk from her home in the village of Inkpen in West Berkshire.

Broadcaster Jane Garvey makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Good Faith Foundation's 'Warm Welcome' campaign.

Michael Rosen talks to James Geary about his lifetime obsession, the short, witty philosophical sayings known as aphorisms.

Artificial Intelligence burst into the mainstream back in 2023. Several years on, is it any clearer what AI is for, and how it might develop.

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.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

4/4. Ashley's story reaches its hilarious denouement as she's papped at her mum's funeral, her dad flees on a bizarre pilgrimage, and she solves a canine conundrum.

It's judgement day for Justin, and Rex has suspicions.

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

Who's in the news for all the wrong reasons? With David Yelland and Simon Lewis.

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

Stuart Maconie is joined by actor Nigel Havers and comedians Rosalie Minnitt and Mike Wozniak, and there's music from The Feeling's Dan Gillespie Sells and Stealing Sheep.

Armando Iannucci and guests decode the utterly baffling world of political language.

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

9/10. In search of more sculptures, the writer and the old man set off for the ruined cabin out of town.

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