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Spiritual reflection to start the day, with Padraig O Tuama. Show more

The winner of the 2017 BBC Food and Farming 'Farming Today Future Food Producer' is revealed, as is the recipient of the award for Countryfile Young Farmer of the Year. Show more

The white-crested laughingthrush is a superb accompaniment to David Rothenberg as he plays the clarinet, the best bird to play along with in this Tweet of the Day. Show more

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Kant's best known ideas: 'Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law'. Show more

Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's first staging of Puccini's La Bohème in over 40 years. From 2017. Show more

Where are the women in the Brexit negotiations? Crime novelist Martina Cole; relocating; Gina McKee on playing the blood-lusting warrior, Boudica. Show more

As her parents try to resolve the petition, Amy gets more support from young people and decides to take her activist campaign to social media. Ted's accident shocks everyone. Show more

Reports from around the world. Panama's idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan. Show more

Art or gimmick? Dr Lance Dann gets down on his hands and knees to take a close up looks at the fashion for miniature art. But can he even find it? Show more

On this day in 1917, 27 were killed in a munitions factory explosion in Arklow, Ireland, and at the Bevan hospital, Victor Lumley's day is volatile. Show more

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Janet Ellis explores the role of the dot in early punctuation and Harold Pinter's love of the pause and listens to the music of the dots. Show more

Susan's hopes are shattered, and Ed feels overlooked. Show more

By Christine Entwisle. A prize-winning deliciously comic drama about a fortysomething woman at the end of her tether who finds resolution in an unlikely place. Show more

Clare Balding is near Blaenau Ffestiniog in north Wales to walk with three generations of the same family: Tegid Davies, his daughter Eryland her son Llewellyn, and dog Twm. Show more

Simon Reeve makes an appeal on behalf of Practical Action. Show more

Short story of a man on the wrong side of conventional morals, later becoming a 2019 award-winning novel. Read by Blake Ritson. Show more

Director Bertrand Tavernier takes Francine Stock on a journey through French cinema, as his new documentary on the Nouvelle Vague and beyond is released. Show more

What was captured during Cassini's final plunge into Saturn? Project scientist Linda Spilker discusses the last images, data and how the mission is driving a desire to return. Show more

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Victoria Coren Mitchell discusses Esther Rantzen’s memories of her grandmother's sedate Hawker Siddely limousine. From 2017. Show more

Lexi has to make plans, and Adam insists on being realistic. Show more

Juliet Stevenson in Arthur Kopit's Wings; Ekow Eshun on Jean-Michel Basquiat; Tony Blackburn looks back as Radio 1 turns 50; and Jenni Fagan on the BBC National Short Story Award. Show more

As her parents try to resolve the petition, Amy gets more support from young people and decides to take her activist campaign to social media. Ted's accident shocks everyone. Show more

Why does the Myanmar government persecute the Rohingya? The UN says it seems to be a 'textbook example of ethnic cleansing'. Who is willing to come to their aid? Show more

Andrew Dickson examines fictional depictions of the worlds of finance and banking. Show more

What was captured during Cassini's final plunge into Saturn? Project scientist Linda Spilker discusses the last images, data and how the mission is driving a desire to return. Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of Kant's best known ideas: 'Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law'. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. President Trump says Chinese banks will stop doing business with North Korea. Show more

By Colin Barrett. Lorna keeps an eye on boozy Bo, a very boozy father and a mother in denial. Fourth commissioned short story to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award 2017. Show more

Patrick Marber and Peter Curran’s riff in the dark covers topics from teeth to a special day for repressing feelings. From 2017. Show more

Denouncing the wage gap and corporate capitalism. Can Elvis change his dyspeptic view of life? From May 2014. Show more

Philip Pullman, Caroline Criado-Perez and Harriett Gilbert talk books by Graham Greene, Tove Jansson and Alice Munro. From 2015. Show more

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Sir Antonio Pappano prepares for the Royal Opera's first staging of Puccini's La Bohème in over 40 years. From 2017. Show more

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