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Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Rev Lezley Stewart of the Church of Scotland.

Charlotte Smith look round a packhouse which handles 13,000 tonnes of soft fruit every year, and visits a farm to ask how they reduced the environmental footprint of their fruit. Show more

Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the great black-backed gull. Show more

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

Bono, singer, songwriter, activist and U2 frontman, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne. Show more

What will be uncovered when a light is shone in the dark corners of Britain's most elite boarding school? Alex Renton presents a story of class, power and privilege. Show more

Philip Jackson, Mark Benton, Alison Steadman and Shobna Gulati star. Jeff decides that the answer to all his and Andy's problems to rent a pair of bikes for the day. Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.

Marina Cantacuzino talks to Ivan about his past as an organiser for the racist English Defence League. Show more

Elizabeth looks out for her family, and Chris makes plans for Martha. Show more

Just as Jake and Maya think their mission is complete, everything changes. Show more

Neil MacGregor focuses on Aztec human sacrifices, and animal sacrifice in ancient Greece. Show more

Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Show more

Kerry Hudson responds to developments in AI as she wonders what might happen if we brought cold hard logic to bear on everyday human dilemmas. Read by Karen Bartke. Show more

Matthew Bannister on cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James, palaeontologist Yves Coppens, film producer Revel Guest OBE and doctor Samuel Bhima. Show more

How accurately are official figures picking up the new covid wave? Show more

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

Huw Edwards is forced into making the news a little less gloomy. Priti Patel reveals an innovative new way for the government to blame others for its mistakes. Show more

Is Russ a raver at heart? Josh can be a gent sometimes. Show more

Saxophonist Jess Gillam and pianist Iain Burnside - with the help of drummer Woody Woodmansey - take us from the bleak hills of Yorkshire to Portugal, with Cerys and Jeffrey. Show more

Edward Stourton presents political debate and discussion from Washington Academy, Tyne and Wear, with Richard Holden MP, Alison McGovern MP, Seb Payne and Professor Katy Shaw. Show more

Zoe Strimpel makes the case for more billionaires - the richer the better. Show more

Writer Paul Farley cooks a pot of Scouse as he explores the complex flavours of the Scouse accent in Liverpool. From 2015. Show more

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

A novel based on the early life of the poet Charles Causley, the mother who raised him single-handed, and the clandestine love he hid from the world. Read by Tristan Sturrock Show more

The TV Doctor and mental health advocate Alex George joins evolutionary biologist, paleoanthropologist and stand up comic Ella Al-Shamahi to discuss favourite books. Show more

Mark D'Arcy with news, views and analysis of events at Westminster. In this edition he takes the parliamentary temperature following debates on Northern Ireland legislation.

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The noise created by ship engines has drastically disrupted the ways in which creatures of the sea experience their sensory world. Small changes could reap huge benefits. Show more

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