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Charlotte Smith is at the CropTec Show in Peterborough, looking at the latest innovation in sprayers and testing the mood among farmers as farm payments change. Show more

Author of the Jack Frost detective prequel thrillers James Henry picks the diminutive, non-native little owl, beloved by Florence Nightingale, for his Tweet of the Day. Show more

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

Carl Hester, equestrian rider, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would want with him if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

The journalist Arwa Mahdawi discusses rejecting a rigid and masculine model of leadership, the character of Cinderella and sexual harassment in schools. Show more

Economist Sam Bowman tells Helen Lewis why he thinks building more houses will fix a surprising range of social problems - and how he thinks this can win wide democratic backing. Show more

Kevin Eldon and his all-important cast return with a love song, a dead scarecrow, a Jiffy Bag and Kylie Minogue. From 2017. Show more

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Damaged Goods: almost 70% of people have received damaged items when ordering online - why and what can be done about it? Show more

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When Ophelia Byrne goes to find out how the border in Ireland was finalised nearly a century ago, a chance discovery in the archives makes her question the entire process Show more

Jazzer asks for help and Chelsea lends a hand. Show more

A body strung up on a crane. The crane towering over the sink hole that swallowed a house. A man in a hare mask who doesn't appear to exist. Lucy Catherine's supernatural thriller Show more

In 1961 Alfredo Duran was one of several hundred Cuban exiles who invaded their homeland in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro. Show more

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

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Matthew Bannister on ornithologist Ian Wallace, partisan Rossana Banti, model Ivy Nicholson, guide Cedric Robinson MBE. Show more

World at One's Editor responds to listeners’ criticisms about carrying a long interview with one of the brothers of Ghislaine Maxwell. Show more

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

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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches in the BBC's Radio Theatre in front of a remote audience. Show more

Ali Goldsworthy explains why campaigns which succeed by polarising can cause long-term harm. Show more

Afrobeat musician Dele Sosimi and soprano Clare Norburn help Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye compile the final playlist of the series. Show more

Chris Mason presents political debate from Slough and Eton CofE Business and Enterprise College with Kate Andrews, Lord Falconer, Miatta Fahnbulleh, and Maggie Throup MP. Show more

Tom Shakespeare ponders the myriad attractions of University Challenge. Show more

Grace Dent presents a field guide to failure. With contributions from Jon Ronson, Andy Martin and Stephen Pile, author of The Book of Heroic Failures. From Apr 2015. Show more

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Meg Mason's whipsmart and achingly tender novel about modern love. Today: Ingrid's baby makes and unexpected entrance, and Martha and Patrick make an unexpected decision... Show more

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In Qian Julie Wang's powerful memoir about growing up as an illegal immigrant in America, she is taken on a life-changing journey, and the past catches up. Katie Leung reads. Show more

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