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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Claire Campbell Smith. Show more

Natural England has announced that the badger cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire has been extended for another five years - the programme hears from all sides of the argument. Show more

Orcadian writer Amy Liptrot reflects on the greylag goose on Orkney, where seemingly no car journey can be completed without seeing a field of geese, in this Tweet of the Day. Show more

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

Sue MacGregor reunites the designers who transformed fashion in the 1980s and paved the way for the modern fashion industry. Show more

General expectations of masculinity and role models from his past catch-up with Robert - and there's a reckoning... Show more

Blogger and YouTuber Grace Victory, the impact of female party leaders in Scotland on the nature of its politics, the risks of cardiac arrests for men during sex, and camels. Show more

With love rekindled, John is now ready to take the next step towards commitment - a holiday. Starring Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more

Reverend Kate Bottley investigates the increasing demand for professional funeral singers in Britain as mourners seek to create memorable events around funerals and cremations. Show more

Sten sponsors Ashkan, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who has applied for asylum. Starring Thomas Oredsson. From 2017. Show more

On this day in 1917, Wilfred Owen wrote 'Many of us who came to the Hydro slightly ill are now getting dangerously well,' and Adeline Lumley is also beginning to find her voice. Show more

A more accurate test to make sure you better know the MPG achieved by a new car, the risks of investing in crowd funded technology projects, and a new use for the red phone box. Show more

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Lynsey Hanley tells the story of postwar house-building and the rise of the new towns. Were places like Harlow disorientating dystopias or an idyllic escape from London's slums? Show more

Contemporary drama in a rural setting. Lilian tries to explain herself, and competition is fierce at Bridge Farm. Show more

By James O'Neill. Black comedy set in rural Ireland. Feckless Danny survives a car crash. His partner Catherine thinks he is very lucky. Maybe there is someone looking after him. Show more

Peter Gibbs presents the horticultural panel show from Lerwick, Shetland. Matthew Wilson, Matt Biggs and Anne Swithinbank answer this week's questions. Show more

Story by David Szalay. Two men take up their customary positions by the waterside. One depends on the other because he is new to the 'job' and must learn. Read by Nyasha Hatendi. Show more

Matthew Bannister on comedian Dick Gregory, intelligence agent Jeannie Rousseau, conservationist Wayne Lotter, IRA informer Sean O'Callaghan, guitarist John Abercrombie. Show more

Investigating the numbers in the news. The difficulties of finding the true number of people who died in the fire. Show more

The mother of a severely disabled daughter admits to her friend the enormous price she has paid in keeping her child. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Kenya's Supreme Court in Kenya declares last month's presidential election null and avoid citing irregularities in the way it was run.

John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan welcome Stephen Fry, comedian Kathy Lette and literary adventurer Andy Miller. From 2017. Show more

Contemporary drama in a rural setting. Adam wants the truth, and Lexi clears up some confusion.

Patti Cake$ reviewed, Nicole Krauss on new novel Forest Dark, James Ngcobo of Johannesburg's Market Theatre on The Suitcase, and is an all-female Lord of the Flies a good idea? Show more

With love rekindled, John is now ready to take the next step towards commitment - a holiday. Starring Anna Calder-Marshall. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Mariners' Hall in Beer, Devon, with Minette Batters, Billy Bragg, Lisa Nandy MP and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP. Show more

A reflection on a topical issue. Sir Roger Scruton argues that Europe needs to rediscover its Christian roots. Show more

The fifth omnibus of Season 11, Broken and Mad, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when severe gales across the country uprooted trees and damaged crops. Show more

Kenya's Supreme Court annuls the result of the presidential election and, in an unprecedented move in African political history, orders a re-run. Show more

A woman who escaped the Holocaust is haunted by visions of her lost childhood friends in Germany. Miriam's voice is getting stronger. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Novelist Tracy Chevalier chooses the Dorset Jurassic Coast fossil hunter, Mary Anning. With Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

Allan Little talks to Professor Jon Oberlander of Edinburgh University and tech philosopher Tom Chatfield in the last of his discussions in the spirit of the Enlightenment. Show more

Claire and Findlay - When Your Parent Has MS: A support worker whose father had MS understands what a 12-year-old is going through. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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