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Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Paul Davies and Caroline Smith explore space, quantum frontiers and what meteorites reveal about life beyond Earth, with Tom Sutcliffe.

1/5. Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom.

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

Sally Tilt and Dr Kerensa Hocken, two forensic psychologists who work in prisons, interview people who have committed offences to understand their lives and the causes of crime.

1/5. The very start of this story of friendship is captured in a photograph, taken in Piccadilly 1965. Fresh from newly independent British colonies the men featured look full of hope.

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1/5. While Augusto Pinochet is in London, recovering from surgery, a lawyer races to seize an unlikely opportunity to catch the Chilean dictator and, perhaps, bring him to justice.

Chris makes his feelings clear, and Eddie has a brainwave.

2/4. 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.

12/5. It's 1946, and Hope and Jim Kiffin are faced with a dilemma.

The Interior Design Master and novelist present their book choices.

9/13. Listener Andrew wants to know what would happen if the earth lost it's wobble. Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain explore a cascade of climate, ecosystem and evolutionary consequences.

Our spy novel image of the enigmatic foreign agent at the hotel bar may need a rethink. Gordon Corera investigates a new amateur front line in the world of espionage.

3/6. Jay Rayner and the panel are in Birmingham answering questions on noodle soup and microwave meals. Joining Jay are Jocky Petrie, Tim Anderson, Jeremy Pang and Zoe Laughlin.

News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

National and international news from BBC Radio 4.

4/6. Henning and Tony grapple with Swanee Kazoo, Lucy offers new definitions for the Uxbridge English Dictionary and Rory tries his hand at some 80s German pop.

Amber struggles with her emotions, and Joy has reservations.

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

David Aaronovitch and guests discuss the latest attempts to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.

This week, a world-first gene therapy treats rare Hunter syndrome. Could these personalised medicines be used more widely? And farewell to a telescope reaching retirement.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Paul Davies and Caroline Smith explore space, quantum frontiers and what meteorites reveal about life beyond Earth, with Tom Sutcliffe.

1/5. Emily Knight celebrates 60 years of James Bond on the big screen, with an alternative cast of Bond characters... from the animal kingdom.

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

1/8. The radio operator who took the calls for help from a sinking dinghy presents herself at the police station in Cherbourg.

3/5. A psychological horror story set in the mysterious world of mycelium. Social worker Cassie is troubled by spreading mould. But no one will listen to her when she warns of danger.

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

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1/5. The very start of this story of friendship is captured in a photograph, taken in Piccadilly 1965. Fresh from newly independent British colonies the men featured look full of hope.

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BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.

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

The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.

Spiritual reflection with Ronnie Convery, Director of Communications for the Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

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

2/4. Rutger Bregman gives the second of his 2025 BBC Reith Lectures called Moral Revolution. He argues that small groups of committed citizens can still change the world.

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

Composers Vince Pope and Claire Wickes join Anna Phoebe and Jeffrey Boakye as they add five more tracks to the playlist.

2/5. The very start of this story of friendship is captured in a photograph, taken in Piccadilly 1965. Fresh from newly independent British colonies the men featured look full of hope.

The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.

News and discussion of consumer affairs.

The latest weather forecast.

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2/5. A body found in a Santiago canal in 1976 becomes, 20 years later, the key to a Spanish prosecution against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Amber struggles with her emotions, and Joy has reservations.

A naive young Brit arrives in China and is drawn into a spiralling web of espionage, blackmail and geopolitical intrigue that follows him all the way to Taiwan.

9/10. With lynchings of Black Americans on the rise, a reporter begins documenting the crimes, sending her on a dangerous journey through the violence of the Jim Crow South.

Why is René Girard having a moment - and is his Christian message being neglected? Giles Fraser has a Girard 101.

Sprechgesang or 'talk-singing' is the sound of modern pop and rock - but why? Adrian Goldberg joins the dots from Schoenberg to Sleaford Mods to prove that songs are best spoken.

Chris and Xand explore why beliefs about our bodies are so powerful, and if changing them can alter our health.

News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

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3/7. Frank Skinner hosts the show based on what we all do at least once a day - shop online and leave a review. An all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad and the baffling.

Brad faces a sad goodbye, and Ian makes a suggestion.

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

The lies and blame within the UK's adoption system. Some adoptive parents say they've been given so little support that they've been forced to return their children back into care.

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted.

Tamana Ayazi, Afghan journalist and film-maker, joins Omid on his latest rescue mission, saving two rare collections of Afghan music cassettes before the Taliban destroy them.

Famed producer Giles Martin wades into the murky waters of AI's rise in music, investigating the economic risks, creative rewards, and existential fallout of the new technology.

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

2/8. Having voluntarily attended the police station for interview, the French coastguard call operator insists it is not her job to have opinions about migrants.

6/10. Danny Robins returns for more spine-chilling tales from listeners.

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