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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.

The Liverpool Agricultural Discussion Society has voted to retain a ban on female members and guests. Show more

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David Attenborough presents the ptarmigan. Show more

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Katherine Rundell, Emma Smith and Megan Walsh discuss the importance of books with Kirsty Wark Show more

The director and choreographer of a new musical about the pop icon Cher. Show more

The final episode of Misha Glenny's history of Poland reaches the twentieth century - rebuilt after one war, Poland is again divided in the next. Show more

In part two of comedian Shaparak Khorsandi's witty and personal look at the state of UK education, she considers the challenges for parents choosing their child's new school. Show more

A food charity says it's turning hundreds away every week as the cost of living starts to bite. Hollow promise of the funeral plan provider that went bust. Carwash comeback. Show more

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Leicester Museum and Art Gallery choose fragments of a German Expressionist Anti-war painting to illustrate their intention to uphold the city's reputation as a city of sanctuary. Show more

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Climate scientist Dr Ben Santer proved global warming was due to CO2 back in 1995. The story of how he was vilified to prevent the world reducing emissions, starring Shaun Evans. Show more

Kirsty Lang chairs the notoriously difficult quiz challenge, this week featuring the North of England against the South of England. Show more

Dan Saladino speaks to food suppliers and farmers in Ukraine about the impact of war. Show more

From a shipwreck in the English channel, to a runaway bride in a hermit's cell, eavesdrop on a lost world as Paterson Joseph rewinds the clock to November 1120. Show more

Ernie Rea asks if communal prayer and worship 'in real life' is still at the centre of faith after Covid's digital revolution. Show more

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

The man who killed the Conservative MP, Sir David Amess, has been convicted of murder. And Ukraine's president says tens of thousands of people may have died in Mariupol.

David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Henning Wehn, Zoe Lyons, Sindhu Vee, and Marcus Brigstocke talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more

David receives a surprising offer and Tracy is intrigued. Show more

Richard Cadell and The Sooty Show; Annilese Miskimmon on The Handmaid’s Tale opera; actor Liz Carr; gender neutral dance calling Show more

Abigail Disney investigates contemporary wealth inequality in the UK and meets the British millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax. Show more

A string of fatal accidents has turned hunting into a hot topic in the French elections. France has more hunters than anywhere in Europe
but some argue they are out of control. Show more

Kavita Puri hears stories from British South Asians about life in the early noughties: how technology brought the Indian subcontinent closer and how a new play led to a backlash. Show more

Katherine Rundell, Emma Smith and Megan Walsh discuss the importance of books with Kirsty Wark Show more

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2021's Booker Prize-winning novel charting the crash and burn of a white South African family through four decades and four funerals. Today: a confession, violence and tragedy... Show more

The online sci-fi dictionary is a treasure trove of words related to fantasy and science fiction. Show more

Surreal, silly vibrations from somewhere near the Irish border, created by Michael McCullagh and Phil Taggart. Parish Is Burning is what you hear in Ireland when you're lost. Show more

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The story of the invention of the motion picture and the mysterious man behind it. Show more

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