Playwright Tom Stoppard has died aged 88. Actors Tom Hollander and Dame Harriet Walter tell us he was the greatest writer of his generation. We digest the week in Westminster as the Chancellor denies she misled the public over the UK’s finances prior to the Budget. Also, Petroc Trelawney’s guide to Advent music across the UK.

Key players fly to Geneva to discuss President Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine. We speak to a woman born in Kherson and a current resident of the city on the front line. Plus: Chris McCausland on the technological breakthroughs improving the lives of blind people.

With the President squaring up to the BBC, veteran Radio 4 broadcaster John Humphrys gives us his views about the crisis at the corporation. Also on the programme, we hear about tourists chasing pigs in the New Forest during pannage season. We have a briefing on briefing from Patrick Maguire, Chief Political Commentator at The Times. And the papers are reviewed by Ulrika Jonsson, Calum Leslie from Radio 1 and Anna Gross of the Financial Times.

10 people have been stabbed, 9 with life threatening injuries after an attack on a UK train. Eyewitness accounts and the latest. Also Michael Palin on fellow Python Terry Jones.

Health secretary Wes Streeting admits the wrongful release of Hadush Kebatu's adds to the sense Britain is "broken". Plus, we celebrate the first snow of the season in the Cairngorms and hear the Prime Minister's 'Private Passions'.

Fresh damaging reports about Prince Andrew. Veteran royal watcher Jenny Bond gives her verdict. Also: gambling job loss warnings, sauna culture and the cut-off Island of Tiree.

We hear from Hostage Square as families await the return of their loved ones. Gazans looking for homes in the rubble and look ahead to the talks in Egypt tomorrow. Also on the programme, we celebrate a former Nobel laureate with a hopeless school report by asking the great and the good about theirs. And actor Tom Hollander talks to Paddy about acting and AI.

Amid growing hopes of a ceasefire in Gaza, we hear from Sharone Lifschitz, whose parents were taken hostage. The son of John Le Carre calls for other writers to tinker with George Smiley and reinvent him. Two authors discuss. Plus, Lord Kinnock on Labour woes. On the newspaper review – the broadcaster Kay Burley, the actor Adam Pearson and the classicist Natalie Haynes.

The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell

What will change when the UK and other allies declare that Palestine is a state? Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran and Lord Walney discuss. Plus, Steve Rosenberg on the Intervision red carpet and a call for music listening devices designed for dementia patients. Michael Gove, Stephen Bush and Karin Von Hippel review the papers.