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2006: Everyone’s adjusting to apartheid’s end and one Britney-loving boy fears getting a new stepdad. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

Serious Fraud Office investigation into pension cold-calling, helping smaller charities compete for donations, and the woes of customers of energy firms that went bust. Show more

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Allan Little explores how Serbian leaders manipulated myth and memory during the Bosnian war to incubate a violent loathing of Muslims, a hatred that inspires today's far-right. Show more

Lynda is faced with an unexpected challenge and Harrison attempts to nail the bunting thief. Show more

Gemma Whelan stars in Catriona Knox's romantic comedy. What does love look like in an instagrammable world of non-binary, gender-fluid, constantly hyphenated thinking? Show more

Another four contenders for the title Brain of Britain 2019 join questionmaster Russell Davies Show more

In Ramadan, Yasmin Khan joins thousands in Bristol to share a giant Iftar in the street. She speaks to Tez Ilyas and about the everyday significance of food and fasting in 2019. Show more

Music writer John Doran seeks out the radical music being made in the margins of Britain. He hears from musicians who have been pushed to the edges of the big cities. Show more

Are we using tech as a digital sedative? And if so, what does that do to our ability to touch and feel? Aleks explores whether we are seeking emotional numbness. Show more

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Gyles Brandreth, Kerry Godliman, Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton join Nicholas Parsons for the panel game where the challenge is to speak without repetition, hesitation or deviation. Show more

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David Morley's compelling drama series uncovers the misery at the heart of human trafficking and modern slavery in today's UK. Show more

Emma is 23 and wants to ban detox teas from being sold on Instagram. Is she right? Show more

Maintenance is an unfashionable word. But as Chris Bowlby discovers, keeping our infrastructure in good condition is one of the most crucial and creative challenges we face. Show more

The decline of honey bees may need radical solutions. Martha Kearney examines whether genetic modification or robotics could stop the potential collapse of the world’s crops. Show more

Jared Diamond, David Runciman and Kate Andrews explore how nations survive trauma and upheaval, with Andrew Marr. Show more

He praises the Queen's spirit of dignity and patriotism. Show more

2006: Everyone’s adjusting to apartheid’s end and one Britney-loving boy fears getting a new stepdad. Read by Tracy Ann Oberman. Show more

This month, Sarah Dunant looks to the past to help us think about the most pressing issue facing the world today - climate change. Show more

After centuries of vibrant, various and sometimes controversial culture, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown asks why Muslim societies are turning increasingly monochrome and Puritanical. Show more

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