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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with His Grace Bishop Angaelos, general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK. Show more

The Environment Agency is cracking down on elver poaching on the River Severn. Could better labelling in garden centres help make more sustainable choices on peat compost? Show more

David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the female cuckoo. Show more

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Liz Sockett studies the super-fast predatory bacteria which kill other bacteria. She tells Jim Al-khalili how Bdellovibrio may come to our aid in the battle against superbugs. Show more

We need a motive. Half of teenage pregnancies disappeared. Could it be that Generation Sensible just isn't having sex? Michael Blastland's on the case. Show more

Alemu Tebeje's poetic drama follows Tamrat from his idyllic boyhood in the mountains of Ethiopia through love, student protest to flight from the police, the big-eyed Cyclops. Show more

US star Megan Mullally from Will and Grace talks about her musical career and how the now Trump-supporting Karen will fare in the Will and Grace reunion series. Show more

An unexpected encounter with Anna strikes just the right note for Michael - could it lead to something more? Stars Ian Porter. Show more

What happens when you have a shock? Our brains deal brilliantly, delving back into our evolutionary history, but you can also train them to be more resilient. Jude Rogers reports. Show more

Kate Molleson travels to Jerusalem to meet a legend of Ethiopian music, the piano-playing nun, Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou. Show more

On this day in 1917, German strikers returned to work after protesting food shortages, and in Folkestone, Alec Poole offers spiritual sustenance to an unorthodox congregation. Show more

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Josh is on the warpath, and Elizabeth is pampered. Show more

Gemma Whelan stars in Catriona Knox's romantic comedy. What does love look like in an instagrammable world of non-binary, gender-fluid, constantly hyphenated thinking? Show more

Jay Rayner and his panel of cooking experts visit Swansea. Rachel McCormack, Annie Gray, Rob Owen Brown and Andi Oliver are this week's panellists. Show more

Five of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific have already been lost to sea level rise. Ellen Husain visits the islands to meet the people on the front line of climate change. Show more

Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright find out how countries got their names and what they mean. Why is Greenland not green? With Professor Richard Coates. Show more

Albanian opera singer Ermonela Jaho chooses the life of Mother Teresa. With Matthew Parris and biographer Anne Sebba. From 2017. Show more

PM says she wants to strengthen her position ahead of Brexit talks. Labour will back the election, on June 8. Nicola Sturgeon said the move was a "huge political miscalculation".

Rob Newman tackles the mysteries of the brain in an odyssey taking in everything from A.I. to Belinda Carlisle. From 2017. Show more

Peggy hears the good news, and Ruth wants to keep a low profile. Show more

Samira Ahmed talks to violinist Kyung Wha Chung and poet Murray Lachlan Young. Pulitzer prize-winning writer Hisham Matar reviews the film Clash, about Egypt in 2013. Show more

An unexpected encounter with Anna strikes just the right note for Michael - could it lead to something more? Stars Ian Porter. Show more

Documentary. Frances Stonor Saunders explores the strange link between Donald Trump, New York's most outrageous nightclub and the infamous McCarthy-era attorney Roy Cohn. Show more

Peter White talks to Tracy Pearson about the RNIB Library's services and Tom Walker reports on the provision of audio at football matches. Show more

Chinese ambassador to the Soviet Union Fu Bingchang had an insider's view of the beginnings of the Cold War. His granddaughter Yee Wah Foo opens up his diaries for the first time. Show more

Liz Sockett studies the super-fast predatory bacteria which kill other bacteria. She tells Jim Al-khalili how Bdellovibrio may come to our aid in the battle against superbugs. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Theresa May says a snap general election will secure 'strong leadership' during Britain leaving the EU talks. Show more

In seeking advice about his marriage, Rabbit finds himself introduced to an alternative partner. Read by Toby Jones. Show more

Kevin Eldon's back with sketches about beatniks, Blofeld, wine gums and castanets. With Amelia Bullmore. From 2017. Show more

A surprise general election has been called by the prime minister. Sean Curran reports on a dramatic day at Westminster. Show more

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Alemu Tebeje's poetic drama follows Tamrat from his idyllic boyhood in the mountains of Ethiopia through love, student protest to flight from the police, the big-eyed Cyclops. Show more

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