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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Debbie Thrower, of the Bible Reading Fellowship and founding Anna Chaplain. Show more

We celebrate Alan Stennett, a man who has given a lifetime of service to the farming community and the BBC. Show more

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Helen Moncrieff, Shetland Manager for RSPB Scotland, reveals why she gets so excited when northern wheatears return to Shetland for the breeding season. Show more

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

Frances Wilson, Salman Rushdie and Simon Armitage discuss the rehabilitation of DH Lawrence and the relationship between the writer and their work. Show more

We celebrate some of women's most recent sporting successes with a group of female influencers in the sporting world and discuss how to maintain this momentum. Show more

Grace Dent presents a series documenting the untold dramas of 21st-century Britain. Sam Peach returns to student Niyi to see what's changed. Show more

Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Chrissie Hynde, Harriet Walter, George Egg and Ríoghnach Connolly for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

A grief-stricken English woman flees to her Swiss chalet at the end of the First World War, seeking solace amid the fresh air and dramatic scenery. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more

Landlords and letting agents will be able to carry out bailiff enforced evictions again. It is estimated over 400,000 people renting households may be at risk. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

Liza Ward revisits her youth in 1990s Manchester to reveal how her life was blighted by the effects of poverty and gang crime – and how she found a way to overcome them Show more

An elderly man and a 14-year-old boy accidentally meet on a train both, in their own way, seeking escape from their normal lives. An unlikely but comic bond ensues. Show more

Why would anyone be a goth? What is the appeal of this dark and spooky subculture that embraces death, pain and sadness? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Steve Punt hosts the battle of wits as students from the University of Southampton take on their professors. From May 2021. Show more

Dan Saladino looks at Covid's impact on food in India and efforts to feed communities. Lockdowns and job losses have disrupted access to food in this country of 1.4 billion people. Show more

Music journalist Jude Rogers speaks to musicians, neuroscientists and researchers to discover why music helps us through crisis and change in adulthood. Show more

Aleks hears how damaging legacy software can be if it's not maintained properly. Show more

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

Scientist warns the UK is seeing a third wave of Covid infections

Sue Perkins shows and tells nature with Martin Hughes-Games, Dr. Chris Thorogood and Felicity Ward. From May 2021. Show more

It’s the end of an era for Ed, and Lee makes an impression. Show more

Paulette Randall, Associate Director of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and the first black woman to direct a play in London's West End, on her rich career. Show more

Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth begin their series exploring how art and science have inspired each other with Joseph Wright of Derby's A Philosopher Giving A Lecture On The Orrery. Show more

Nick Wallis provides an update into developments in the Post Office scandal, including startling new revelations from the Court of Appeal. Show more

Remote working and online shopping have left towns and cities facing an existential crisis. But can we seize this moment as an opportunity to reinvent them? Show more

Armando Iannucci travels through time to find out why it seems to be accelerating alarmingly as he gets older. Can physicists, psychologists and philosophers unlock the mystery? Show more

Frances Wilson, Salman Rushdie and Simon Armitage discuss the rehabilitation of DH Lawrence and the relationship between the writer and their work. Show more

In-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective

A grief-stricken English woman flees to her Swiss chalet at the end of the First World War, seeking solace amid the fresh air and dramatic scenery. Read by Ruth Gemmell. Show more

Combine Disneyland Paris, a 4-track demo and three guys from Glasgow. Et voila, Daft Punk! Show more

A new after hours series re-imagining a long night of the soul. The space between sleep and wakefulness is alive, the real and the imaginary blur for composer Axel Kacoutié Show more

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Britain in the 1980s was a place of habitual racism, inequality and poverty. Akala explores the links between colonialism, slavery and class conflict and their repercussions today. Show more

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