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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day.

A shortage of migrant labour and a bumper crop has left one Scottish farmer staring at a field of rotting fruit. Show more

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Michael Palin presents the scarlet macaw from Costa Rica. Show more

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Fi Glover hosts guests in the mobile booth to celebrate Stoke's pottery history and the contemporary scene, which includes ceramics but also much more. Show more

Gail Emms talks to Olympic rower Helen Glover of post-retirement difficulties from her world class badminton career. From 2018. Show more

A philosophical meditation on 21st-century reality, inspired by the death of the author Laurence Scott's parents. Read by Stephen Mangan. Show more

The Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin on knife and gun crime and the legacy of the Windrush generation. Show more

Crime or incompetence? When Max returns from travelling he discovers that most of his expected inheritance has disappeared. Who is responsible and what has happened to the money? Show more

Grace Dent follows Jade, a games designer with autism. She is heading to a world-famous games festival in New York. Can she navigate her condition and make the trip a success? Show more

Jenkins learns the crew have taken the lift to the Moon, where carnivorous plants await them. Stars John Sessions. From 2018. Show more

On this day in 1918, four escaped prisoners of war were captured near Waltham Abbey, while in Devon, Victor and Daniel manage to get away for a while. Show more

Consumer affairs. The wine buyers hoping to persuade us to drink wine sold in cans, and the parcel insurance you cannot claim on, if your item is lost or damaged. Show more

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Is hedonism getting hacked? And if it is, how do we hack our happiness back? Leo Johnson explores radical philosophies of happiness. Show more

Alice struggles to come to terms with recent events and Freddie looks to the future. Show more

A woman waits in a hospital bed while her husband tears across London with a priceless suitcase that may or may not contain one egg - their only chance of having a baby. Show more

Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as students from Merton College, Oxford take on their professors. From July 2018. Show more

Food writer Yasmin Khan explores British-Pakistani food stories as she charts the rise and fall of Birmingham's Balti Triangle. Show more

Rex Bloomstein goes inside the parole system to reveal how decisions are made regarding the release of prisoners, including those convicted of violent offences. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Danny Wallace, Hannah Fry and Timandra Harkness to ask: how big is big data, and what wisdom lies hidden within it? Show more

Customs' bill amendments accepted by government

A return visit to Swindon for old-timers Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor with Rory Bremner and Pam Ayres also on the panel and Jack Dee in the chair. Show more

Shula is shocked by a request, and Jennifer causes concern. Show more

Pierce Brosnan on his role in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, arts funding news from Ireland, and summer reading recommendations for holidaymakers in Spain, Malta and Greece. Show more

Crime or incompetence? When Max returns from travelling he discovers that most of his expected inheritance has disappeared. Who is responsible and what has happened to the money? Show more

In 1918, historian Oswald Spengler published The Decline of the West. In World War II, the west triumphed - but 100 years on, Amol Rajan asks if Spengler's prophecy is coming true. Show more

As Donald Trump seems poised for a trade war on two fronts - with China and Europe - Ed Stourton asks how far will the American president go to put 'America First'. Show more

Brett Westwood journeys into dangerous waters to explore our relationship with the fearsome and predatory pike. Show more

Fi Glover hosts guests in the mobile booth to celebrate Stoke's pottery history and the contemporary scene, which includes ceramics but also much more. Show more

After face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump has defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 presidential election. Show more

Sue Townsend's hilarious diary of a teenager growing up in the East Midlands in the 1980s. Adrian goes on holiday with his parents to Skegness and makes an unwelcome discovery. 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

Sean Curran reports from Westminster on a tense debate about Brexit customs arrangements - culminating in a very narrow win for the Government on its Customs Bill.

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A philosophical meditation on 21st-century reality, inspired by the death of the author Laurence Scott's parents. Read by Stephen Mangan. Show more

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