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Bringing us to the modern day, Slim tells tales of dating age appropriately, how to plan a funeral, and shares his trick on how to recognise old faces from your distant past.

Stand-up comedian Aurie Styla takes an autobiographical look at technology history, through his own experience as a self-confessed tech nerd growing up in the 90s.

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

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

3/5. Exploring the profound power of mystery, writer Cal Flyn explains how the Scientific Revolution changed our relationship with the natural world.

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.

A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day Fleur Dorrell.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

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

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the biology, physics and chemistry of one of the most abundant elements in the Earth's crust and its impact on our atmosphere and on technology.

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.

80 years after the war against Japan, remembrance of it in Britain, India and Japan is complex. And new discoveries are being made by the descendants of those who were there.

4/5. As she explores the profound power of mystery, writer Cal Flyn finds herself face to face with the divine feminine.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

3/3. In a live show, Evan hears listener's questions about heat pumps that will be answered by an expert panel.

Could lab-grown meat and ancient grains help to feed a growing population? Greg Foot examines the rise of wonder products of the future.

The latest weather forecast.

News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.

4/5. Our parliamentarians are faced with rapidly shifting geopolitical alliances and a world at war. Isabel Hardman asks if they are ready to navigate the demands of wartime politics.

Esme is celebrating on Lady Day, and George has something to say.

In 2022, as Faith nears her 100th birthday, questions of memory, ownership and voice take centre stage, with Serena Hope caught between care, control and justice.

The RSPB has transformed Wallasea Island in Essex into a magical landscape of marshland, lagoons, ditches and sea, and Martha Kearney visits to see the birds that now flock there.

Broadcaster Helen Skelton makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.

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.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

3/6. Top comedian Matt Forde is joined by Salma Shah, John Nicolson and Pierre Novellie to explore how the ancient instinct for tribal belonging is reshaping our politics.

George has plans, and Ben breaks some news to David and Ruth.

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 enjoys music from Bridgerton and a new One Day musical, a memoir filled with the love of food, and guests from Glasgow International Comedy Festival.

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

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

4/5. Driven out of Austria by the Nazi annexation, scientist Etta Blau has found it tricky to build on the pioneering discoveries of her early career. Read by Liza Sadovy.

Conversations about tomorrow, from Today.

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