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Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand explores our fascination with immortality, its significance within both the scientific and faith communities and the desirability of life eternal. Show more

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Monica Ali discusses the UK's use of immigration detention centres and, in particular, indefinite detention. Show more

RSPB Yorkshire staff member Liane Holdsworth recalls the thrill of watching a kestrel. Show more

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Sheila Dillon reveals the winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2019, at a ceremony in Bristol. Show more

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Critics claim the Brexit debate has shown that the mainstream media is not impartial. But Jonathan Coffey asks what is impartiality and how does it function in a polarised society? Show more

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Fi Glover presents the omnibus edition with three conversations about the power of love and family. Show more

On the eve of France’s presidential election, the nation’s first Arab candidate has victory in his grasp just as the French-Algerian Nerrouche family prepares for a grand wedding. Show more

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Academic Katie Edwards examines the roots and prevalence of dialect poetry in her native Yorkshire. She discovers numerous humorous poems about place and identity. Show more

How surveillance software designed to track drug-dealers and terrorists is being used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and lawyers carrying out legitimate activities. Show more

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Tony sets himself a mission and Shula blames herself for recent events. Show more

A plastic surgeon has her work cut out when she meets a man in 17th-century Paris. Stars comedy trio Peepolykus. From 2017. Show more

By Nick Walker. Annika flies north to investigate a strange death in the permafrost of Spitsbergen. Show more

Feedback goes behind the scenes of Miles Jupp’s last News Quiz, and asks regular panellist Hugo Rifkind what it takes to chair the popular panel show. Show more

Matthew Bannister on broadcaster John Tidmarsh, lawyer Sylvia Denman, actor Paul Darrow, campaigner Sheila Turner and singer Leon Redbone. Show more

Changes to free over-75s BBC TV licence, investigation into leasehold mis-selling, the British Steel pension scandal and listener concerns over Woodford fund suspension. Show more

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Women are paid less than men and do more unpaid work. What's going on and can we fix it? Show more

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