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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with writer and broadcaster Sarah Joseph. Show more

Farmers are growing sweeter veg, but the compounds making them taste bitter are also a defence against pests. Professor John Pickett explains how this happens and what it means. Show more

Chris Packham presents the blackbird. Show more

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Jim Al-Khalili discusses quarks, popularising particle physics and nuclear spies in Britain with Professor Frank Close of Oxford University. Show more

Fergus Keeling explores 'life after 60' and the creative spirit with hat designer Tricia Hamilton. Show more

Masih forms an underground political book group and begins to publish secret pamphlets calling for greater freedom in Iranian society - a dangerous occupation. Show more

Actor Laura Linney on making her British stage debut. Plus, women outnumber men in Spain's cabinet, Woman's Hour asks what impact will this have on the country. Show more

Amelia failed to start her agenda before the first meeting fell apart. Will anyone turn up for the second? Stars Rosie Cavaliero. Show more

Are rates of mental illness in young people really escalating? If yes, why? And if no, why do we think they are? Show more

Frances Fyfield is in Paris for her latest series celebrating the handwritten scores of famous pieces of classical music. Today it's a choral favourite - Gabriel Faure's Requiem. Show more

To keep the Quiet Zone quiet, you need a mega-truck reminiscent of Ghostbusters. Emile Holba goes on radio wave patrol with the man in charge of 'interference', Chuck Niday. Show more

Consumer phone-in. 140 students killed themselves in 2016. How easy is it to be involved in your child's mental health when they are at university? Show more

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Cambridge Analytica claimed they could predict someone's personality from their Facebook likes. It was the basis of their pitch to 'micro-target' voters. But does the method work? Show more

Ed contemplates humiliation, and Peggy fears the worst. Show more

What would happen if the UK broke apart? In this everyday story of British folk, David and Ruth Fletcher face the UK's next civil war. Show more

Josie Long hears stories of observation - from glimpsing who you might become to an artist who secretly surveilled her father. Show more

Tom Holland is joined by Dr Matthew Green for herring, wine, a tour of the disappeared and why Southend's past shouldn't be its future. Show more

Is online justice a good idea? British Columbia has an online tribunal dealing with small claims and disputes. Could this work in Britain? Joshua Rozenberg reports from Vancouver. Show more

Two former doctors, writer Adam Kay and broadcaster Farrah Jarral, join Harriett Gilbert to talk about favourite books by Mohsin Hamid, David Sedaris and Per Petterson. Show more

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Debbie McGee reminisces about her years as a hard-working student at the Royal Ballet School. With Rufus Hound. From 2018. Show more

Alistair is resolute, and Pip feels the strain. Show more

Film critic Kim Newman explores the impact of Polanski's chiller Rosemary's Baby. Plus the troubled life of James Joyce's daughter Lucia. Show more

Amelia failed to start her agenda before the first meeting fell apart. Will anyone turn up for the second? Stars Rosie Cavaliero. Show more

Forensic science is expected to solve most crimes. But there are concerns the system is no longer up to the job and only radical overhaul will avoid miscarriages of justice. Show more

Disabled Students' Allowances are there to help with the extra costs incurred by having a disability. We hear from Sam Hoskin, who has had to fight for his funding. Show more

Claudia Hammond on technology to predict and act upon the memory problems that often accompany Parkinson's disease and the latest finalist in the All in the Mind health awards. Show more

Jim Al-Khalili discusses quarks, popularising particle physics and nuclear spies in Britain with Professor Frank Close of Oxford University. Show more

US to halt military exercises with South Korea Show more

By Louise Erdrich. It is the day of the planned hospital breakout. Show more

Phil's business fails to be nominated for a 'North West of the North West Small Business Award, so Phil gets a job hosting them. Meanwhile, Lolly must find a celebrity guest. Show more

All the news from Westminster with Sean Curran, where there are key Commons votes on the EU Withdrawal Bill. Show more

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