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Michael Lewis, Jill Rutter and Andrew Roberts explore public service, leadership and the people who hold states together when systems come under strain.

As part of BBC 5 Live's Teen Summit, Imogen and Joshi, from youth group While We Still Can, tell Rachel Burden how they're trying to stop people using plastic water bottles.

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

In a moment of uncertainty for the countryside we hear from rural workers in and around three English villages, exploring their inner lives and hopes and fears for the future.

1/5. A radical new look at how the Cambridge Five spies helped Stalin build his Red Empire. It's the early 1930s and Kim Philby is the first to be recruited by a Soviet agent.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

The latest weather forecast.

News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.

1/11. Derren Brown explores how a runaway immigrant named Eric Weisz first found the motivation to morph into the ultimate showman, Harry Houdini.

It's Pip and Stella's wedding day, and Vince proves a knight in shining armour.

3/4. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders star as respected novelist Florence and movie star Selina, in a sparkling comedy series about two sisters at war, by Veep writer David Quantick.

The sprinter whose trail-blazing outfits were matched by her breathtaking speed over the summer of 1988.

Poet Raymond Antrobus and writer Guy Gunaratne share favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.

3/13. Is yawning the body's way of cooling down our brains? Hannah and Dara investigate why it can be contagious and discover the fishes who do it underwater.

How has Childline changed in the four decades since it started.

James Fox asks how Michelangelo's David became one of the most famous artworks in the world.

Full coverage of the day's news.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

2/6. Laura Smyth tells Paul Merton her pet peeves - including brunch, self service checkouts, and headphone dodgers on trains.

One resident finds themselves in a desperate situation, and there's a shock for Ruth.

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

Will we still be able to grow enough food as temperatures rise and rain fall becomes more erratic? What changes will farmers need to make to keep feeding the nation.

Also, Steve Backshall answers the age old question... can a human be swallowed by a whale, the first finalist of the John Maddox Prize, and there's cause for joy for coral.

Michael Lewis, Jill Rutter and Andrew Roberts explore public service, leadership and the people who hold states together when systems come under strain.

As part of BBC 5 Live's Teen Summit, Imogen and Joshi, from youth group While We Still Can, tell Rachel Burden how they're trying to stop people using plastic water bottles.

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

1/10. Unmoored by childhood tragedy, a musical prodigy comes to terms with a life well lived in the new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Barbara Kingsolver. Read by Laurel Lefkow.

4/5. News about Dad comes through, and Maita and Julian decide to drive to Nigeria. Five-part thriller by Eno Mfon & Darragh Mortell, starring Saffron Coomber & John Pfumojena.

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