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

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the life and ideas of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, a pioneering intellectual of the Restoration era.

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.

Adam Rutherford and Jessica Fostekew explore nature's surprisingly valuable deposits.

4/5. The war with Russia places unprecedented pressure on the Grand Armée and the Marshals begin to splinter.

Exposing the secret techniques criminals use to steal your money.

Journalist Fergal Keane makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Every Casualty Counts.

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

News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.

9/11. David Runciman explores the intertwined events of 1956: the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian revolution the US election. How Harold Macmillan snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Lily attempts to build bridges, and Eddie is on a quest.

3/3. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Three plays about the feeding of the five thousand and the personal and political fallout from this extraordinary event.

Clare explores Rathlin Island, six miles off the coast of County Antrim. With her are keen walkers Fiona and Sam Stewart, who love this remote landscape.

Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.

David Aaronovitch presents in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.

A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.

Full coverage of the day's news.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

Clive regrets his pledge to run the London Marathon in Garrett Millerick's new sitcom exploring the frustrations of charity fundraising.

Can relations be repaired for the Pargetter family? And Freddie faces a dilemma.

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 Farzana Baduel.

This is the programme about a revolution in media.

Jo Brand, Romola Garai, Siobhán McSweeney, Tim Spector join Clive Anderson, with music by Passenger and Blossom Calderone.

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. Tim, now exposed, loses his cool with Lucy. She heads to a dive bar while he visits a Pain Clinic...and things begin to unravel between the pair.

Open mind, critical lens. Conversations with radical people about ideas to change the world. Episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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