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Paul Farmer, charity leader, 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.

Soaring cacao prices broke all records and then they crashed. Dan Saladino explores the fallout, the impact on farmers, their communities, industry players and chocolate lovers.

5/5. Alev Scott interviews women who carry babies for others, some making a living out of it.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Peace talks for the culture wars. In an era of polarisation, propaganda, and pile-ons, Adam Fleming helps you work out what the arguments are really about.

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News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.

5/5. A confession doesn't end once spoken. Beyond it lies the afterlife: what it means to hear and to hold someone else's truth.

Helen provides a shoulder to cry on, and Susan waves an olive branch.

1964. Britain's plan to sell buses to Cuba infuriates LBJ, testing the special relationship just as Cold War tensions rise in the Americas.

Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King. Today: fishing for shrimp in Morecambe Bay with Michael and Joanne Wilson.

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

Original story set on the Gower, south Wales. After her husband's sudden death, Sarah takes inspiration from the resilience of a group of women sea-swimmers. Read by Rhian Morgan.

Radio 4's weekly obituary programme.

Matthew Syed explores how the tiniest items can hold the biggest ideas, and why we shrink the most important people, monuments and icons down to pocket-sized replicas.

Full coverage of the day's news.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

6/6. Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.

Lynda faces a shocking accusation, and Kate has a controversial suggestion.

Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode revisit the decade that transformed Britain's image around the world, exploring how film and TV captured the Swinging Sixties.

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

The Great Schism splits Christian churches in Europe, the Football War takes place in Central America, and a satirical magazine is launched in Britain.

To mark the death of one of the BBC Radio's most celebrated correspondents, another chance to hear David Willey himself recalling 50 years as a broadcaster, 40 of them in Rome.

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

5/5. A coming of age story by Edson Burton, set in an alternative version of 21st century Bristol, where slavery has never been abolished and a disturbing experiment is underway.

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.