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A short reflection and prayer with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll. Show more

Why bigger isn't always better, Farming Today hears about a new report in praise of small scale farming. Show more

Rower and two times Olympic gold medallist Alex Gregory tells the story of his childhood pet, a house sparrow called Sparky. Show more

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David Greig opens his first year as artistic director at The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh with his adaptation of the The Suppliant Women, written by Aeschylus 2,500 years ago. Show more

In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich set out to write her first book telling the as-yet-untold stories of the Russian women who had fought in the Second World War. Show more

Imrie Morgan and Satia Sa Dias on their award-winning podcast called Melanin Millennials. What to say when someone's had a miscarriage. Allegra Huston on her book, Say My Name. Show more

Winterbourne travels to Rome to see the beautiful, free-spirited Daisy Miller again. With Julianna Jennings. Show more

Brett Westwood investigates our obsession with bats. From Dracula to Batman and Goth, bats have infiltrated our culture and our psyches. Show more

In October 1861, Henry James suffered an injury that he called a 'horrid...obscure hurt'. Was it a back injury or a more intimate wound? Professor John Sutherland investigates. Show more

On this day in 1917, Pope Benedict XV issued his Peace Note, describing the war as driven by a universal madness, and in Folkestone, Dorothea experiences a private sadness. Show more

Call You and Yours: Might you be borrowing more than you can afford? Would you be able to keep up all your debt repayments if interest rates started to rise? Show more

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Posters on walls, foil ashtrays, cereal packets - Jude Rogers relives her first move away from home to university. From 2017. Show more

Anisha is drawn in, and Alistair frets about the past. Show more

By Gary Ogin. A young man wakes up as a bearded Orthodox Jew. What does his secular Jewish family do? Fast-paced comedy about religion and identity. Show more

Jay Rayner and his culinary panellists visit Hull, UK City of Culture for 2017. Show more

Tom Holland presents the last in the series. He examines an 800-year-old document that is the world's oldest environmental charter and explores the Iron Age origins of Heathrow. Show more

The youngest person in the House of Lords when he was given a peerage at the age of 33, Lord Wei meets Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester where he grew up in Milton Keynes. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

British Gas says government policies to blame for 12.5% hike in some electricity prices

The globetrotting, trash-picking, aisle-rolling storyteller shares A Number of Reasons I've Been Depressed, Lately. From 2017. Show more

There is a knot to unravel at the Dower House, and Harrison presents his offer. Show more

Nicholas Hytner chooses his Queer Icon; Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty on his first novel in 16 years, Midwinter Break; and Samira rides the Mail Rail. Show more

Winterbourne travels to Rome to see the beautiful, free-spirited Daisy Miller again. With Julianna Jennings. Show more

Following the Grenfell Tower fire, a radio meditation on the enduring dream, and the potential nightmare, of tower block life. Show more

A blind and hearing impaired customer of a specialist travel company questions its policy for holidaymakers with additional needs. And an audio described circus. Show more

Margaret McCartney unpicks recent headlines suggesting its okay not to finish your antibiotics. Plus lung cancer screening in the high risk and can you die a broken heart? Show more

David Greig opens his first year as artistic director at The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh with his adaptation of the The Suppliant Women, written by Aeschylus 2,500 years ago. Show more

The UN secretary general has called on the authorities in Venezuela to prevent further violence. Two opposition leaders were arrested overnight and sent to military prison. Show more

Amanda Craig's state-of-the-nation novel. Jobless, their marriage on the rocks, the Bredins can't afford to stay in London, so they're renting out their home and moving to Devon. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Phill Jupitus, Prof Nick Bostrom and Prof Anil Seth to ask if we are simply the product of an advanced computer simulation. Show more

Personality tests and knowing how to cheat - Josie Long presents stories of people testing their mettle. From 2017. Show more

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In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich set out to write her first book telling the as-yet-untold stories of the Russian women who had fought in the Second World War. Show more

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