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Reflection and prayer to start the day with Fr Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church, Melrose. Show more

Farmers earn less than a penny for much of the supermarket food they produce, a free-range turkey producer fears he won't sell his turkeys, and a stud and an IVF clinic for horses in Gloucestershire. Show more

Presenter Dermot O'Leary has been into bird-life since his early teens and loves gazing into the garden to watch busy little birds like the coal tit as they feed. Show more

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

Baz Luhrmann, director, 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

Renowned sitar player Anoushka Shankar. Why is social media obsessed with nurseries and toys in muted colours? A new test which could diagnose the exact type of UTI. Show more

Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century-long thread of communism in Britain, focusing on the final years of the Communist Party and the meaning of communism today. Show more

When working-class Tony falls in love with upper middle-class Imogen, their sons are forced to live under the same roof and behave like the brothers neither of them ever wanted. Show more

Could the US - or the world - ever live up to the lofty ideals expressed in Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech? Show more

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Why are the rich, rich and the poor, poor, and was it always this way? How can we measure inequality to find out what’s really going on? Show more

Tracy is given something to think about, and Kirsty offers some romantic advice.

Ground-breaking action-thriller, adapted from the novel by James Swallow. Legendary agent Sam Fisher teams up with a new NSA recruit. Show more

Night owl or early bird? Ella Al-Shamahi investigates why we are all different when it comes to sleep. Can we blame our sleeping habits on Neanderthal genes? Show more

Peter Gibbs and the GQT team answer your questions from Banstead Downs. Show more

State of the Union by Rachael Fulton, read by Sally Reid.
Jan has a captive audience for her musings on the state of the nation and the state of her marriage. Show more

Matthew Bannister on rugby player Doddie Weir, campaigner Hebe de Bonafini, singer Irene Cara and virologist Cornelia Schroeder. Show more

Andrea Calderwood is joined by the head of Radio 2, who responds to listener comments about Scott Mills' new afternoon show. And listeners react to the Today guest editor line-up. Show more

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

Three unions announce strike dates in a dispute about pay and conditions.

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Jamie MacDonald, Lucy Porter and Ed MacArthur. Show more

A calming voice is needed in a crisis, and Rex questions himself. Show more

Composer Isobel Waller-Bridge and producer Michael 'Mikey J' Asante add the last five tracks to the current playlist, taking us from a club in Istanbul to a Christmas classic. Show more

Alex Forsyth presents political debate and discussion from the Plaza Cinema, Skipton, with Nazir Afzal, Baroness Chapman, David Davis MP and David Kerfoot. Show more

As ever-increasing height becomes the norm, Will Self reflects on the downsides of the lofty life. Show more

Greg Jenner dives into the BBC archive, hearing five clips from the past century, and explores the changes between then and now. Show more

A fresh series of strikes has been announced by unions threatening the travel plans of people across the UK in the run-up to Christmas. Show more

Can Eileen and Alice ever find love and friendship again? Show more

As more US states legalise marijuana the team explore how the America's relationship with the drug has changed. Show more

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Maria Ressa and Rappler discovered that groups and individuals on Facebook were organising and promoting lies. But getting the powerful to pay attention to this proved difficult. Show more

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