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A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock, a Catholic priest working in the Archdiocese of Cardiff

Defra expands 'blue belt' around coast, but marine biologists say conservation zones are useless if fishing is still allowed. Badger baiting is still a serious problem says RSPCA. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the white-tailed eagle. Show more

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Derren Brown, illusionist and mentalist, chooses the eight tracks, book and luxury he want to take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

Male and female sexual desire: how do we escape the stereotypes? We look at female friendship in the film Booksmart. And, Theresa May's resignation one week on. Show more

Gudrun's love of Jesus and her will to return to the Sacred Land, inform the greatest decision she’ll make. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more

Professor David Runciman asks if the long relationship between our government and the voters has irrevocably broken down. Show more

Alex Edelman takes a comic look at the millennial generation. Are they really apathetic, egocentric, spoilt wasters? From 2017. Show more

1994: The first free elections are held. 100 years of South Africa's troubled past and present. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

Calls for more help for vulnerable energy customers. The new efforts involving the fire service and mental health charities to help hoarders clear out their homes. Show more

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The pencil claims to be a miracle product of the free market, but is that true? Why do engineers, as well as economists, think the pencil is underrated? Show more

Jim puts his foot in it and Alistair offers support Show more

By Juliet Gilkes-Romero. Liverpool 1919. Recently returned from fighting for King and country in World War One, black ex-servicemen are finding it harder than most to find work. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from Tyneside. Show more

A father frantically searches a busy high street after losing sight of his son. Read by Stuart Graham. Show more

Matthew Bannister on physicist Murray Gell-Mann, newsreader Nan Winton, CIA agent James McCord and singer Gregory Gray. Show more

What does it mean to say that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world? Plus, how to answer multiple choice questions. Show more

Friends talk about taking back control of terms that might be used against them as slurs. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.

Labour has suspended a member of its ruling body -- for saying the Israeli Embassy co-ordinated complaints of anti-Semitism against the party.

Last in the series. And the last with the genial Miles Jupp in the chair. He is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter, Zoe Lyons and Simon Evans. Produced by Victoria Lloyd. Show more

The bunting trickster is revealed and Philip receives a surprising offer Show more

1940s showgirls enjoy themselves in City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, the phenomenon of BTS and K-pop, and Russian artist Natalia Goncharova. Show more

Gudrun's love of Jesus and her will to return to the Sacred Land, inform the greatest decision she’ll make. Stars Kate Phillips. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from The David Evans Court Theatre in Tring, Herts, with Lord Falconer, Belinda de Lucy MEP, Layla Moran MP and Jeremy Wright MP. Show more

Val McDermid argues that - at a time when public discourse is so polarised - it's vital to keep our public libraries open. Show more

Sci-fi sparks wonderful ideas of our future journeys to work, but present day reality leaves a lot to be desired. From 2018. Show more

President Trump threatens new tariffs to prevent further immigration from Mexico Show more

1994: The first free elections are held. 100 years of South Africa's troubled past and present. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

Author Kamila Shamsie chooses a childhood hero, the Pakistani human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir. With Matthew Parris. From 2019. Show more

Min’s determined to marry a Sikh who wears a turban. After a decade of looking, family and friends want her to widen her search by the time she’s 38, but will she? Show more

Friends and former colleagues talk about how their friendship grew out of adversity. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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Anne Frank would have been 90 this year had she survived the Holocaust. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome with reminiscences from Eva Schloss, a survivor who knew Anne. Show more

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