| 00:00 | 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:15What can the world's greatest fighter pilot tell us about decision making? 00:45Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary's, Amersham. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:301/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:302/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:303/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:304/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:305/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
| 00:00The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4. 00:152/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today? 00:30A young girl plans to flee her claustrophobic life. 00:48The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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| 01:00 | 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
| 01:00BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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| 05:00 | 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani. 05:45Hare coursing survey, supermarket sets net zero targets for farm suppliers, beef industry. 05:56The latest weather forecast for farmers. 05:58Orcadian writer Amy Liptrot on the greylag goose, which is widespread on the islands.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani. 05:45We discuss 'equivalence' in food production for future trade deals. 05:58Actor Samuel West recalls how a riddle in Hamlet was unpicked on a bird-watching trip.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani 05:45Is a labour shortage in the fields putting workers at risk? 05:58Bill Oddie presents the rook.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani 05:45We discuss a new scheme to pay English farmers for sustainable farming. 05:58Nature writer Melissa Harrison muses on the amusing mimicking sounds starlings can perform
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Vishvapani. 05:45Task force to look at reintroducing lynx & wolves; Shellfish exports; Online bull auction. 05:58Writer Melissa Harrison braves a dip and finds herself face to face with a kingfisher.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43A reflection and prayer to start the day with Rev David Campton 05:45The lead prosecutor in the trial for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
| 05:20The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 05:30The latest news from BBC Radio 4 05:43Bells on Sunday comes from St Andrew's, Nether Wallop, Hampshire 05:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
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| 06:00 | 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 06:00The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers. 06:07Big Cats! Rick Minter in Gloucestershire 06:30Some good news for farms with holiday cottages in Wales. 06:57The latest weather forecast
| 06:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 06:05John McCarthy considers the centrality of love in our lives. With writer Salley Vickers. 06:35Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with the song and folklore of the blackbird. 06:57The latest weather forecast
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| 07:00 | | | | | | 07:00Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
| 07:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 07:10A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Ed Stourton. 07:54Felicity Finch makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Radio 4 Appeal Fund 07:57The latest weather forecast
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| 08:00 | | | | | | | 08:00The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. 08:10A Service led by Rev Cheryl Meban and Helen Warnock. 08:48Sarah Dunant ponders what effect this year will have on future conversation. 08:58Actress Greta Scacchi compares the birds she knew in Australia with those in London.
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| 09:00 | 09:00Amol Rajan with Mary Ann Lund, Horatio Clare and Ahmed Hankir. 09:451/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
| 09:00Inside the mind of a forensic botanist, Mark Spencer. 09:30Can mothers and daughters really be friends? The BBC News correspondent asks her mum. 09:452/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
| 09:00Could ending poverty be as simple as giving people money with no strings attached? 09:304/5Will Self explores the science behind mineral water. 09:453/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
| 09:00Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the five major extinction events on Earth so far. 09:454/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
| 09:00Mark Strong, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. 09:455/5Film critic Helen O’Hara celebrates Hollywood’s female pioneers.
| 09:00Paralympian Ali Jawad, Poly Styrene's daughter Celeste Bell, presenter Nicky Campbell.
| 09:00News with Paddy O'Connell including historian Lord Hennessy's assessment of the Covid year
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| 10:00 | 10:00What does the Sussexes' interview with Oprah tell us about them and the Royal Family? 10:456/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:00Pros and cons of educating your children at home. Trisha Goddard on the power of Oprah. 10:457/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:00Emma hears from women campaigning for better protection against image based sexual abuse. 10:458/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:00Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire 10:459/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:00Alleged abuse in GB gymnastics, definitions of 'woman', gender pay gap, Vaginal pessaries. 10:4510/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 10:301/3David Mitchell investigates meetings from the ancient "thing" to Zoom.
| 10:00One resident finds themselves in a terrifying situation and Susan has concerns. 10:54An extended version of Tweet of the Day featuring the magpie.
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| 11:00 | 11:00An individual with a story to tell, and some answers to find, in today's Britain. 11:30Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
| 11:00Will banning 'conversion therapy' end the practice of trying to change people's sexuality? 11:30One artist's memories of Damascus, captured in minature.
| 11:001/3Chris van Tulleken on the human behaviours that make viruses jump from animals to people. 11:30A series of dark comic plays from Alexei Sayle.
| 11:00Ten years on from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a visit to Fukushima's nuclear zone 11:301/3James Fox steps into the future to ask how technology is transforming the art world.
| 11:001/6What conspiracy theory - and conspiracy fiction - claim to tell us about power. 11:30Leo’s Edinburgh home is besieged by unexpected visitors.
| 11:00Emily Ashton is joined by Maria Miller, Clive Lewis, Steve Brine and Liz Kendall. 11:30The Papal visit to Iraq and a meeting with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
| 11:00Dame Louise Casey, crossbench peer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne. 11:45The struggle to win married women's right to own property and be counted as full citizens.
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| 12:00 | 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:061/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20Most attempts to be vegetarian fail, so what can you do to make sure you succeed? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:062/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20Call You and Yours: Have you put on weight this last year? 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:063/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20The woman who lost tens of thousands of pounds in a romance scam. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:064/10A new novel from the Kazuo Ishiguro, the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go. 12:20Kittens are in demand, and breeders are selling kittens that are underage and unwell. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 12:065/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson. 12:20Boat and paddle board sales have increased, but so have rescues at sea. 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:03House-builders are using non-disclosure agreements as a condition of fixing faults. 12:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches 12:57The latest weather forecast
| 12:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. 12:033/10Nish Kumar hosts a special episode of Just a Minute. 12:32Jaega Wise hears how oak barrels continue to thrive in the drinks industry. 12:57The latest weather forecast
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| 13:00 | 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague 13:451/5Neil MacGregor with one of world religion's most iconic images - the Buddha.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:452/5Neil MacGregor with gold coins from North India.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:453/5Neil MacGregor, with a dramatic image of power and faith from ancient Iran.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague. 13:454/5Neil MacGregor encounters one of the earliest images of Christ.
| 13:00Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond. 13:455/5A mysterious bronze hand tells the story of religious belief in Arabia before Islam.
| 13:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 13:10Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
| 13:00Jonny Dymond looks at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world. 13:30Capturing the nation in conversation to build a unique picture of our lives today.
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| 14:00 | 14:00Join Greg Jenner for a fun history lesson on the life of palaeontologist Mary Anning. 14:15Catholic Joan will stop at nothing to save the son accused of murder.
| 14:00Negotiations commence at Brookfield. 14:15When the world goes off track, sometimes children understand it best.
| 14:00One resident finds themselves in a terrifying situation. 14:15One in a trilogy of plays by Lucy Caldwell about goodbyes.
| 14:00Tension mounts at the hospital. 14:15Cholera has ravaged a futuristic London as families flee for their lives.
| 14:00Susan has concerns over a loved one 14:15A young midwife prepares for the final countdown... Life on Mars
| 14:00How do we stop violence towards women? 14:45Can mothers and daughters really be friends? The BBC News correspondent asks her mum.
| 14:00Kathy Clugston chairs the gardening Q&A with a panel of experts. 14:453/12A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
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| 15:00 | 15:00The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe. 15:30Dan Saladino looks at the future role of genome editing technology on food and farming.
| 15:00Short documentaries which take place under the light of the moon presented by Josie Long. 15:30Meet the woman charged with keeping the government green.
| 15:00Have you invested money using a trading app? 15:30How to deliver bad news, how actors have been teaching PPE wearing medics to communicate.
| 15:00Big Cats! Rick Minter in Gloucestershire 15:27Prof Peter Mortimer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Lymphoedema Support Network. 15:30James Naughtie talks to Kei Miller about The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion.
| 15:00Kathy Clugston chairs the gardening Q&A with a panel of experts. 15:45A young girl plans to flee her claustrophobic life.
| 15:002/2Mowgli, Bagheera and Baloo meet some unsavoury characters on their journey through Mumbai.
| 15:001/2Rosalind Ayres directs a stellar cast in this masterly, rediscovered, horror-thriller.
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| 16:00 | 16:002/5When a shock wave hits the world, how do artists respond? 16:30Aleks Krotoski hunts for treasure in the digital world.
| 16:00Amy Jeffress, the US lawyer of Anne Sacoolas, speaks exclusively to Joshua Rozenberg. 16:30The news presenter and the author both talk about the books they've chosen.
| 16:00Matthew Syed examines the work of the controversial anthropologist Colin Turnbull. 16:30Piers Morgan looks for a new job and other aftershocks of the historic royal interview.
| 16:00Scouting with Mark Jenkin. 16:30China’s five-year plan; cloning the black footed ferret; seals lending a flipper.
| 16:00Matthew Bannister on an actor, a “little mester”, a physicist, a recording engineer. 16:30The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience.
| 16:00The Art of Repair, Nurses' Pay and the Power of Oprah Winfrey.
| 16:00Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed 16:30The poet Raymond Antrobus explores the art of translating sound for the eye.
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| 17:00 | 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
| 17:00Full coverage of the day's news 17:30What are the rules, pitfalls and costs of setting up an operation in the EU? 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
| 17:00Investigating China’s new strategy of spreading disinformation around the world. 17:40The lead prosecutor in the trial for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. 17:54The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping. 17:57The latest weather forecast.
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| 18:00 | 18:00Labour says Buckingham Palace must investigate allegations made by the Duchess of Sussex 18:303/10Nish Kumar hosts a special episode of Just a Minute.
| 18:00Buckingham Palace has responded to allegations made by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. 18:302/6Rupert Hardacre returns to his ad agency a much changed man.
| 18:00Thirty-three-year-old Sarah Everard was last seen a week ago in Clapham, in south London. 18:305/6Granny Kumar chats to Konnie Huq and Asma Khan.
| 18:00Prince William has made his first public comments following Oprah interview. 18:30Best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes in conversation with Tara Flynn.
| 18:00Police have confirmed that a body discovered in Kent is that of Sarah Everard. 18:303/7Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches
| 18:00A police officer has appeared in court charged with murdering Sarah Everard 18:15Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
| 18:00Cressida Dick under fire for her force's response to Sarah Everard vigil 18:15Raees Khan chooses the best of BBC Radio this week.
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| 19:00 | 19:00Negotiations commence at Brookfield. 19:15Novelist Oana Aristide, Remembering poet Stevie Smith, and Aleks Krotoski explains NFTs. 19:456/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00One resident finds themselves in a terrifying situation. 19:15Hilary Hahn's Paris; the BAFTAs; reading competitively. 19:457/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00Tension mounts at the hospital. 19:15Netflix drama 'The One', Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, Samuel West regional theatre. 19:458/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00Susan has concerns over a loved one 19:15The joy of cassettes: their rise, decline, near-extinction - and recent resurgence. 19:459/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00Aria Code podcast, Yaa Gyasi's new novel, Sky drama The Flight Attendant reviewed. 19:4510/10Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic
| 19:00The lead prosecutor in the trial for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. 19:15Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover why flies should be celebrated, not swatted. 19:454/5Phill Jupitus discusses pros and cons of worry with Dr Olivia Remes and Prof John Crichton
| 19:0011/12Anne-Marie Duff continues Cynan Jones' gripping series set in the very near future. 19:15Comedian Patrick Kielty sends a love letter to the UK from his hometown of Dundrum. 19:451/3Stag and Hens get together at a rundown seaside hotel.
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| 20:00 | 20:00An old album leads Charlotte and Cole to uncover the story of a pioneering film-maker. 20:30Anand Menon returns to his home city to road test plans to level up the UK economy.
| 20:00Investigating China’s new strategy of spreading disinformation around the world. 20:40Braille library upgrade; Census 2021; Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
| 20:00Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. 20:45A personal, hopeful reflection inspired by an aspect of the story leading up to Easter.
| 20:00Amy Jeffress, the US lawyer of Anne Sacoolas, speaks exclusively to Joshua Rozenberg. 20:30What are the rules, pitfalls and costs of setting up an operation in the EU?
| 20:00Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion. 20:50Sarah Dunant ponders what effect this year will have on future conversation.
| 20:00Did a common culture ever exist in the UK, what did it mean and is it needed now?
| 20:00The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. 20:30Matthew Bannister on an actor, a “little mester”, a physicist, a recording engineer.
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| 21:00 | 21:00Marie Le Conte considers a generation with lives book-ended by two economic crises. 21:30Amol Rajan with Mary Ann Lund, Horatio Clare and Ahmed Hankir.
| 21:00How to deliver bad news, how actors have been teaching PPE wearing medics to communicate. 21:30Inside the mind of a forensic botanist, Mark Spencer.
| 21:00Meet the woman charged with keeping the government green. 21:30Piers Morgan looks for a new job and other aftershocks of the historic royal interview.
| 21:00China’s five-year plan; cloning the black footed ferret; seals lending a flipper. 21:30Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the five major extinction events on Earth so far.
| 21:009/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.
| 21:00Rakie Ayola reads short stories by Leonora Brito. A National Theatre Wales production.
| 21:00House-builders are using non-disclosure agreements as a condition of fixing faults. 21:25Felicity Finch makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the Radio 4 Appeal Fund 21:30Anand Menon returns to his home city to road test plans to level up the UK economy.
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| 22:00 | 22:00Duke and Duchess say a member of royal family voiced concerns about son’s skin colour 22:451/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00Chris Whitty warns of another rise once lockdown is eased 22:452/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00UK PM Boris Johnson dismisses accusations 22:453/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00Beijing approves new laws, paving way for overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system 22:454/10A new novel from the Kazuo Ishiguro, the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go.
| 22:00Uncertainity about vigils planned for tomorrow in Sarah’s memory 22:455/10Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, read by Lydia Wilson.
| 22:00The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 22:15Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
| 22:00With Tobias Ellwood MP, Fleur Anderson MP, Baroness Gisela Stuart and Paul Waugh.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Emma Freud and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00Fi Glover and Jane Garvey are joined by DJ and broadcaster Edith Bowman. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:002/4Tom looks at how our beliefs shape the way we view the working class. 23:159/12A twisted comedy treat. The news remixed. Jon Holmes presents The Skewer. Headphones on. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The news presenter and the author both talk about the books they've chosen. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:003/4Newsjack brings topical sketches and one liners written by you, the Great British public. 23:30News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
| 23:00The contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections, with Tom Sutcliffe. 23:30How 3 months in rural Devon influenced one of the greatest chroniclers of urban New York
| 23:00Scouting with Mark Jenkin. 23:30John McCarthy considers the centrality of love in our lives. With writer Salley Vickers.
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