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Cutting through the red tape - a parliamentary inquiry into problems for food exporters. Show more

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Sir David Attenborough presents the blue bird of paradise from Papua New Guinea. Show more

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John Preston, Julia Langdon and Emily Bell discuss the rise and fall of the business tycoon Robert Maxwell, and the changing face of today’s media landscape. Show more

Susannah Constantine has recently written about her alcoholism. Sober now for seven years, she wrote the article because she felt a lot of women are struggling during lock down. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Madhur Jaffrey recalls her childhood in Delhi, where her love of food was equalled by her love of acting. Stars Archie Panjabi. Show more

Jordan Lee is one of 20 BAME Covid Leaders tasked with combating vaccine hesitancy in West Yorkshire. Rebuilding trust is key as they begin to combat the avalanche of fake news. Show more

In this episode of How To Vaccinate the World, Tim Harford and a panel of expert guests discuss the dangers, and perhaps the advantages, of vaccine nationalism. Show more

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Bestselling crime thriller by Richard Osman, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. Now there are two murders to investigate. Show more

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A Salmon struggles on a weir as writer and naturalist Paul Evans reflects on Sabrina and the fish of no return in the first of five illustrated talks about Rivers. Show more

Join Greg Jenner in 17th-century London to look at the many mistakes made as the city attempted to battle the famous fire of 1666. Show more

Detective series starring Hugo Speer as DCI Stone created by Danny Brocklehurst. Episode 1 'Dad' written by Vivienne Harvey." Show more

Competitors from South London, South Yorkshire and Surrey join Paul Gambaccini for the last of this year's heats of the music quiz. Show more

Sheila Dillon hears stories from refugees in the UK, who are integrating and building new lives through food - while drawing on flavours and memories from their homelands Show more

The writer Anna Freeman returns with a new series of stories about lives changed by art. This week, stories of things washed up and things washed away. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince get their chef's hats on to look at the science of cooking. They are joined by gastronomes Katy Brand, Grace Dent, Harold McGee and Mark Miodownik. Show more

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Door-to-door testing in several postcodes in England is to be introduced to try to curb the spread of the South African covid variant in the community.

David Mitchell asks Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Miles Jupp and Holly Walsh to spot the truths hidden among the lies. From 2021. Show more

Jazzer’s got love on the brain and Oliver is worried about Grey Gables. Show more

Jill Halfpenny on new drama, The Drowning; the British Library acquires the archive of the Theatre Royal Stratford East; a new book explores queer writing through the centuries. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Madhur Jaffrey recalls her childhood in Delhi, where her love of food was equalled by her love of acting. Stars Archie Panjabi. Show more

James Naughtie examines the legacy inherited by President Biden, and what might come next. Show more

Are we predisposed by our personality to be drawn to certain political policies or ideologies? And if so, should we take account of this when our views differ from other people? Show more

The US election and the Covid-19 pandemic meant 2020 was a huge year for bad info. The BBC’s disinformation experts track where the big lies came from and the harm they caused. Show more

John Preston, Julia Langdon and Emily Bell discuss the rise and fall of the business tycoon Robert Maxwell, and the changing face of today’s media landscape. Show more

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Bestselling crime thriller by Richard Osman, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne. Now there are two murders to investigate. Show more

Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Petula Clark, Marian Keyes, Melanie Challenger and Kingsley Ben-Adir for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

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Samira Shackle's debut is fast paced journey through Karachi in the company of those who live there and have navigated the violence of the past thirty years. Vineeta Rishi reads. Show more

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