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A reflection and prayer to start the day with Father Martin Magill
Nancy Nicolson visits the Fife farm estate that's helping to make the most of the productive local food scene. Show more
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Conversational voices of those inspired by birds. Gary Moore hears a skylark at the site of the Somme and imagines WWI British soldiers taking comfort in a familiar sound. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
NoViolet Bulawayo, Dipo Faloyin and Julia Gallagher dispel stereotypes of Africa, with Adam Rutherford Show more
Have you watched Inventing Anna or The Dropout? We're exploring the explosion in stories about the female con artist - why are they so popular and what does it say about us? Show more
BBC reporter Sue Mitchell follows the rescue of 35 orphans from behind Russian lines in Ukraine: once they're safe the focus shifts to helping them try and recover from the ordeal. Show more
Tim Vine tells some jokes and chats to the Great British Public. Show more
You and Yours
Global food prices; Cakeage; Social internet tariffs
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How supply issues from the conflict in Ukraine are affecting the price of your lunchtime sandwich Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
The Museums That Make Us
The National Museum of Scotland
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Neil begins a week visiting national museums in Edinburgh, where a Saltire and King's colours from the battle of Culloden describe the complexity of Scottish identity. Show more
The identity of the mysterious Easter bunny is revealed and Ian faces a kitchen crisis. Show more
A playful and surreal drama about the bond between a writer and his mother by award-winning playwright Oliver Emanuel. Show more
Scotland take on Wales in the fiendish cryptic quiz, chaired by Kirsty Lang. Show more
Dan Saladino hears from cooks in Palermo, Marseille and Kyiv about Easter food traditions. Show more
Ralph Ellison's impassioned first novel Invisible Man, is about being black in 1930s America. 70 years after its publication, what can it say about the black experience today? Show more
This extraordinary story of death defeated and salvation secured is at the heart of Christianity. Ernie Rea explores how we understand the Resurrection and it's resonance today. Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
Six O'Clock News
18/04/2022 Russia expands its air-strikes across Ukraine
30 minutes
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Russia further expands its air-strikes across Ukraine.
David Mitchell hosts the comedy panel game. Lou Sanders, Ria Lina, Milton Jones, and Chris McCausland talk with deliberate inaccuracy on a variety of subjects. Show more
Ruairi finds himself in too deep and Roy has a bone to pick. Show more
Front Row
Abdulrazak Gurnah and the Big Jubilee Read from the Library of Birmingham
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Writers Abdulrazak Gurnah and Kit de Waal alongside the Poet Laureate of Birmingham Casey Bailey on stage to mark the Big Jubilee Read at the Library of Birmingham. Show more
Jacqueline Shepherd lost her mum at the age of ten. She explores what happens to little girls who lose their mums early, and how it affects the women they become. Show more
Crossing Continents
Russia's Unwelcome New Exiles
28 minutes
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Putin’s war on Ukraine has sent hundreds of thousands of Russians into exile, for political or economic reasons. In Georgia, some now help Ukraine. But they’re not always welcome. Show more
From seismic strike action to era-defining political change: Kavita Puri hears the stories of British South Asian life in the noughties. Show more
NoViolet Bulawayo, Dipo Faloyin and Julia Gallagher dispel stereotypes of Africa, with Adam Rutherford Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
The second phase of Ukraine war begins
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
April 1941: the Blitz is just beginning in Belfast. The lives of two sisters under wartime duress. Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg. Show more
Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English according to whether she's at home, school or with friends. Show more
It's a world famous work of art, a piece of political propaganda, a mystery. No one knows who made the Bayeux Tapestry. Abigail Youngman looks for clues in the margins. Show more
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Professor Devi Sridhar lays out how a pandemic changed the world - and how we might go about stopping the next one. Written and read by Devi Sridhar. Abridged by Rosemary Goring. Show more
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