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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra from the Muslim Council of Britain. Show more

The Scottish government is launching a task-force to address the role of women in agriculture, as a report suggests women in farming are insufficiently recognised and represented. Show more

Mya Rose Craig recalls her first really striking encounter with any bird, the nuthatch, not long after she began at primary school in Bristol. Show more

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The story of how an obsessive interest in history killed the Polish writer Stanislawa Przybyszewska, told by Hilary Mantel. Show more

A gig in Sweden leads Eddie to make an important discovery about her family's past. Eddie Izzard reads from her memoir. Show more

Karen and gay husband Jack are called to account by their surprisingly grown-up teenagers. Naomi and Ella are having to work things out in spite of their self-absorbed parents. Show more

Brett Westwood encounters arguably the world's toughest animal, despite it being less than a millimetre long and extremely cute. From 2017 Show more

Laura Barton takes a close listen to the music of one of Britain's long-isolated locations, Cornwall. Show more

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How satisfied are you with the modern NHS? Would you pay a bit more in tax to improve it. The BMA says we're falling behind the rest of Europe in the amount we spend on health. Show more

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In the wake of the Grenfell fire, the London mayor says he cannot be sure that hospitals in the capital are safe and calls for more government money to protect buildings. Show more

Jeremy Bowen analyses the conflict in Yemen and the role of Saudi Arabia. Show more

Justin has a hard day at the office, and Clarrie worries that Eddie has overdone it. Show more

Charismatic National Front candidate Vincent Ferre stirs up dangerous social unrest as he campaigns to become the next mayor of Grenoble. Can the city survive if he is elected? Show more

Jay Rayner visits Newtownards in Northern Ireland. Paula McIntyre, Rachel McCormack, Tim Anderson and Professor Barry Smith are the experts. Show more

New films look back to a famous retreat and a leader that turned the tide of war, but is it time to start re-evaluating what happened at Dunkirk and Churchill's role in WWII? Show more

What do the growing number of older people accused of sexual offences mean for the criminal justice system? Plus the law and holograms and the agenda for the new justice secretary. Show more

Actor Bill Paterson and tech philosopher Tom Chatfield talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert. Works by Christopher Hitchens and Terry Pratchett are on the table. Show more

Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.

Nicola Sturgeon has shelved plans for a second independence referendum by Spring 2019.

Alexei on the role of the entertainer, why he’ll never go on Strictly and why Newsnight needs to be 11 hours long. From 2016. Show more

Harrison thinks it is time to move on, and Jill is keen to be involved. Show more

Ian Rankin on 30 years of Rebus, American photographer Gregory Crewdson, the National Rural Touring Awards for arts events in isolated areas, and a new live classical music app. Show more

Karen and gay husband Jack are called to account by their surprisingly grown-up teenagers. Naomi and Ella are having to work things out in spite of their self-absorbed parents. Show more

An investigation into claims that some families of children with ME are being accused of abuse by the authorities. Matthew Hill reports. Show more

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted. Peter White hears about the latest research on circadian sleep disorders in blind people. Show more

Claudia Hammond hears how therapy can change people's personalities surprisingly quickly, yet despite major new research in the field, has the self-help craze gone too far? Show more

Jolyon Jenkins reports on the men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female tyranny, and the separatist 'men going their own way', who have given up on women. Show more

In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective, as experts tell the programme current fire risk assessments for buildings are 'complete garbage'. Show more

By Nick Walker. Annika and Mikel travel to Bergen to investigate a strange case involving a submarine. Show more

Teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs evoking memories of fights, virginity loss, house parties and school. From 2015. Show more

Joanna Shinn reports from Westminster. The health secretary defends his handling of the discovery of a massive backlog of NHS letters by a private company. Show more

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