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Tom Sutcliffe explores chemistry's past and present with Ijeoma Uchegbu, Mark Miodownik and Kit Chapman.

Bhishma Asare from Rap Therapy tells Rachel Burden how rap and poetry workshops can help disadvantaged children build confidence and learn to express themselves.

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

From nuclear power to nuclear weapons Jim Al-Khalili explores the art and literature that was inspired by the atomic age of the 20th century.

1/5. The true story of a captain's wife forced to take the helm in the most perilous seas, beating the odds at the brink of Antarctica to save herself, her husband, and their crew.

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News and discussion of consumer affairs.

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1/5. James Peak buys bits and pieces for Tony's antique stall in Enfield Town. In this episode, James meets a man whose life was changed for the better when he lost an eye.

Adam needs to talk things through, and Kirsty steels herself.

2/6. A disappointed Ellie tries to jog Mitch's memory regarding their abandoned date, while Will and Louisa have a night out to remember. And then to forget. Stars Angus Deayton.

A move from China to the UK aged nine meant a new language for Cindy. How did that change her upbringing and view of the world? She meets Asifa, language and communication expert.

Writer and podcaster Coco Khan nominates the little-known but formidable Edith Garrud, the jujitsu fighting suffragette who turned Edwardian expectations on their head.

Told he has to go to hospital for a scan, Ciaran Tracey must confront his scanxiety and enter the big white electromagnetic tunnel. Little did he know it could talk.

What happens when your conversations with AI start to feel more real than the world around you? We follow the stories of people who fell into a dangerous spiral of AI delusion.

3/7. Jay Rayner is joined by Melissa Thompson, Shelina Permalloo, Lerato and Jeremy Pang at Theatre Peckham to answer questions on melon, dry rubs, and find out about Nigerian Suya.

Full coverage of the day's news.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

1/6. David Mitchell invites Henning Wehn, Holly Walsh, Miles Jupp and Lucy Porter to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as hats, drugs, Germany and the BBC.

David has an idea, and Kirsty anxiously awaits a response.

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

David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the implications of the war with Iran for the global economy and ask whether the outlook has now changed forever.

Scientists are working towards stockpiling a novel vaccine for a virus that could evolve to cause a future pandemic.

Tom Sutcliffe explores chemistry's past and present with Ijeoma Uchegbu, Mark Miodownik and Kit Chapman.

Bhishma Asare from Rap Therapy tells Rachel Burden how rap and poetry workshops can help disadvantaged children build confidence and learn to express themselves.

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

1/10. August 1933. Michael has returned from England to Kranach, the small town in Nazi Germany, and is looking forward to seeing Lexa Kluger and her family again.

A British-Caribbean family battle grief, loneliness and challenges to faith to rediscover love and joy. Stars Don Warrington.

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