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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner, a tutor at South Wales Baptist College. Show more

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. A plan to fight rural crime, the future of tourism in the countryside and chairing the ERFRA Committee. Show more

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RSPB Yorkshire staff are reflecting on birds all this week for Tweet of the Day. First, volunteer Steve Vickers recalls childhood memories of the eider duck. Show more

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Fertility experts say do not delay, but 50% of UK babies are born to women over 30. Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss if biology is at odds with the pressures of modern life. Show more

Ex-Black Panther and political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography is dramatised by debbie tucker green. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Assata. Show more

Gubs and Gary are getting married. But Gubs is Sikh and his father says he will not go to the wedding. With weeks to go, Gubs wonders if his dad will change his mind. Show more

Fiona hopes to rekindle her relationship with her mother – but has Annie reformed? Stars Susan Calman and Ashley Jensen. From 2017. Show more

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With so many travel tips available free online, is there still a market for printed travel magazines? Plus the housing association renting out some of its properties on Airbnb. Show more

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A senior minister from the UAE tells us why he believes it's right to blockade Qatar. The government has plans for porn sites to demand credit card details for age verification. Show more

Bridget Kendall hears how, in the 1980s, US nuclear weapons came to English villages - and how this shaped the lives of a local farmer, a peaceful protestor and a US pilot. Show more

Eddie comes up with a plan, and Jill continues her opposition. Show more

Dylan's life is thrown into turmoil when he receives a call from a girl screaming for help in this dystopian drama by Piers Black-Hawkins, winner of Alfred Bradley Bursary Award. Show more

Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat in the current series of the wide-ranging music quiz, from Media City in Salford. Show more

Series exploring the world of food. Dan Saladino heads to rural Tennessee to meet teacher, writer and fermentation revivalist Sandor Katz. Show more

Simon Callow examines the work of artists in the 19th and early 20th centuries who explored same-sex desire in a coded manner at a time when sex between men was illegal. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince dabble with some chemistry, as they talk about the life and death properties of oxygen: the toxic molecule we cannot live without. Show more

Schools in England are being promised an extra one-point three billion pounds over the next two years. Labour says the money is nothing more than a "sticking plaster".

A return visit to Halifax for old-timers Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor with Susan Calman and John Finnemore on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Matt is keen to impress, and Christine has heard a rumour. Show more

Front Row broadcasts from the Thames to celebrate 300 years since Handel first performed Water Music, with the world premiere of a piece commissioned specially for the occasion. Show more

Ex-Black Panther and political activist Assata Shakur's autobiography is dramatised by debbie tucker green. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Assata. Show more

Documentary. Al Letson explores how new kinds of high-tech childproof guns, designed to reduce accidental deaths, are causing a firestorm of resistance across America. Show more

An extended interview with political theorist Yascha Mounk, who argues that liberal democracy is in grave danger. Show more

Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with the beautiful song and folklore of the blackbird. From 2017 Show more

Fertility experts say do not delay, but 50% of UK babies are born to women over 30. Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss if biology is at odds with the pressures of modern life. Show more

Theresa May demands cabinet unity, but can the prime minister enforce discipline among her ministers? Show more

Frank sells vinyl and if he listens, very carefully, he can hear what record you need. Until a mysterious woman faints outside his shop and changes everything. Show more

Mark plays 'hedgehogs' with grown-ups and visits a board games cafe. Why are so many adults playing kids' games? From 2016. Show more

Sean Curran reports from Westminster. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism. Read by Matthew Beard. Show more

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