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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Eugene O'Neill

Would World Trade Organisation rules allow the UK to prevent imports of food produced to lower environmental and animal welfare standards. Show more

Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in Africa. Show more

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

This week, our guest Lauren looks for advice on whether or not to have a second child. Show more

Singing Nuns with a new album, what will the US elections next month mean for women? what makes a good jobshare? and has Mumsnet become too politicised? Show more

Zoe is growing up under the same weather as anyone else but it seems to mean more to her. A drama by Katie Hims. Hot days revising for exams. Show more

From just a pair of photographs Charlotte and Cole uncover a story involving Einstein, Marconi, the author of The Chamomile Lawn Mary Wesley, infidelity and a trial for murder. Show more

Once they topped the pop charts with songs about love and ice cream vans. Now they're building a pyramid out of dead people. Conor Garrett tries to work out what's going on. Show more

As Joe explains how he reconnected with Jessica, Davy remembers their first visit to George’s pub and the world of possibilities that seemed to open before them. Show more

We would like to hear who or what has comforted you in this tough year. Show more

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Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

Kirsty Logan tells us tales of the revenant, a malevolent ghost made of flesh and bone that haunted medieval England. Show more

Elizabeth makes an impression and Philip’s plan gathers momentum Show more

A thriller by Ayeesha Menon that plays out across London, Riyadh and Mumbai, exploring the global struggles faced by women when it comes to sexual assault and personal freedom. Show more

Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show. Show more

Tom Heap looks back over the last fifty years of environmental campaigning. What has the movement achieved since the early days in the 1970s and what challenges still lie ahead? Show more

Clearing half a century’s-worth of accumulated stuff from the old family home throws up treasures, surprises and long-forgotten memories for Geoff Bird and his siblings Show more

Radio broadcaster Mark Radcliffe and playwright Patricia Cumper nominate their favourite books, with Harriett Gilbert. Books under discussion include Toni Morrison's Beloved. Show more

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

Greater Manchester will move to England's highest tier of coronavirus restrictions from Friday

What if the Right Side of History is the Wrong Side of Nature? How do we break up Big Tech before Big Tech breaks us? Rob Newman has a cunning plan. Show more

Fallon raises a difficult subject and there’s good news for Pip Show more

A collaboration with the Aké Festival: leading black writers and artists discuss Black Lives Matter and related issues of this year in connection to their work. Show more

Helen and Freddy visit the 'child-mother' and uncover a dangerous secret. Part seven of the conspiracy thriller starring Romola Garai and Jonathan Forbes. Show more

A clampdown on tax avoidance left many with huge bills. Now COVID workers have been targeted with new tax schemes - but how risky could they be? Show more

The effort to try and get more knowledge and treatments available for dry AMD. We'll hear from globetrotter Mona Minkara about her best and worst public transport experiences. Show more

A trial testing different ways of improving oxygen levels in the sickest Covid-19 patients, how effective is online physiotherapy - and who's best at swabbing for the coronavirus? Show more

This week, our guest Lauren looks for advice on whether or not to have a second child. Show more

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As Joe explains how he reconnected with Jessica, Davy remembers their first visit to George’s pub and the world of possibilities that seemed to open before them. Show more

New hairdresser Sophie gets knocked down and she is offered a disused salon as compensation. Stars Lucy Beaumont. From 2018. Show more

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Barrister Hashi Mohamed, who arrived in London aged nine as a child refugee uses his own story to explore questions of social mobility in modern Britain. Show more

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