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Spiritual reflection to start the day from the Festival City of Edinburgh with the Rev Lezley Stewart of Greyfriars Kirk. Show more

CCTV will be mandatory in slaughterhouses, the government has announced today. David Gregory Kumar asks Lord Gardiner about what they hope to achieve. Show more

The BBC's Frank Gardner remembers watching white-throated kingfishers chasing a Eurasian kingfisher in Israel. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Kirsty Young interviews Dr Kevin Fong, consultant anaesthetist and science broadcaster. Show more

As he is dying, Thomas summons his rival Joshua Reynolds, and his wife makes a surprising revelation. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more

Following another another set of convictions for child sex abuse, we attempt to get a sense of what women in the affected communities are saying and how they're feeling. Show more

Karla agrees to assist the police to find out the truth about the man she married. Starring Meera Syal. Show more

Cyril Radcliffe was given five weeks in 1947 to draw the line of partition between India and Pakistan. Jannat Jalil asks who he was, how he drew the line and with what results. Show more

Auntie Pamela’s call gets Sophie fired up about the life she could be living. Stars Lucy Beaumont and Maureen Lipman. From 2015. Show more

On this day in 1917, the Labour leader resigned from the Cabinet under pressure from the press, and in Folkestone, Jessie directs her powers of persuasion at Dennis Monk. Show more

Pension holders whose complaints are to be upheld by the ombudsman are being persuaded to sign gagging orders. Plus the affordability of rent in London. Show more

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Series exploring the art and politics of the artists' manifesto. From the Futurists to Fluxus, from Dada to the present - a story of modern art through the written word. Show more

Lily helps in an emergency, and Kenton is called upon. Show more

When Richard and Clare inherit a house, they also inherit a sitting tenant, John Hector, who treats the house as his own and the local town as his own personal fiefdom. Show more

As part of GQT's 70th anniversary celebrations, the team visit the four points of the UK compass to explore the variety of climate and environment. This week it's North v South. Show more

By John Boyne. An Irish man looks back on his younger days working in London and the prejudice he faced due to his sexuality and status as an immigrant. Read by Peter McDonald. Show more

Matthew Bannister on musician Glen Campbell, businesswoman Dame Helen Alexander, writer Clancy Sigal, childbirth campaigner Prunella Briance. Show more

In this special science edition, Roger Bolton puts listener views on radio science coverage to guests including presenters Jim Al-Khalili and Robin Ince. Show more

Grandchildren can keep you busy in retirement. Or you can go and live with former colleagues among the discarded vaulting horses and whistles. Introduced by Fi Glover. Show more

Trump says US military 'locked and loaded' to deal with North Korea. 11 members of traveller family convicted of running slavery ring. Tata changes pensions in bid for security.

John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan welcome conductor Rainer Hersch, doctor Beth Healey and artist Kaffe Fassett. From 2017. Show more

Lexi takes control, and could there be mutiny in the Bridge Farm dairy? Show more

An exploration of the life and legacy of the playwright Joe Orton whose plays, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Loot, and What The Butler Saw, challenged British theatre in the 1960s. Show more

Karla agrees to assist the police to find out the truth about the man she married. Starring Meera Syal. Show more

Ritula Shah presents political debate from the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, London with a panel including Menzies Campbell and Kemi Badenoch MP. Show more

Adam Gopnik on why bringing up children is an art - not a science. Our task - as parents - he says, is to teach them the art of living. Show more

The second omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in the week, in 1917, when many in Folkestone watched 40 British planes encircle enemy aircraft over the channel. Show more

Uhuru Kenyatta has been officially re-elected as president of Kenya. The opposition rejects the result, complaining of fraud. Show more

Lottie and Quentin must fight to defend their family from the crazed violence of Oliver Randall's killer. Show more

Actor and writer Stephen Fry chooses the creator of Jeeves and Wooster, PG Wodehouse. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

There is an old joke that talking to yourself is first sign of madness but we now know its an essential mental tool . So how much of what we do online is that same inner speech?

Memories of privies and rubbish collection on Derry's close-knit Fountain Estate before and after the War. Introduced by Fi Glover. Show more

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As he is dying, Thomas summons his rival Joshua Reynolds, and his wife makes a surprising revelation. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. Show more

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