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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Rachel Mann. Show more

Government publishes environmental targets, but conservation groups say it doesn't include key targets for water quality. Soil sampling in Northern Ireland. Christmas shopping. Show more

Alison Steadman provides a seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period. Show more

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

On taking psychedelics to treat depression Show more

Scotland's ospreys are approaching Guinea-Bissau on their epic Autumn migration. Emily Knight talks to the conservation team following their progress. Show more

Cally Beaton on swapping a TV executive career to becoming a comedian; teacher Andria Zairakou on the number of children she sees coming into school hungry and unwashed Show more

Kirsty is 26 years old when she suddenly becomes paralysed from the waist down. After many tests and scans, nothing physically wrong is found. So what has caused her symptoms? Show more

The music writer presents a seasonal edition of her series of meditations on different aspects of music - featuring bells. Show more

Will Blunderfield is the son of a doctor. So how did he end up swapping traditional medicine for extreme wellness practices? Show more

Greg Foot investigates whether cheaper, legal imitations of expensive perfumes pass the sniff test. Can they get close to the originals and last just as long? Show more

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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.

If our consumption of news is so problematic is abstinence the only solution? But how can you be a responsible, contributing member of society if you don’t know what’s going on? Show more

Ruth shares a painful memory, and Emma feels under pressure. Show more

Dramatist Lucy Gannon invites us into her retelling of the enchanted Christmas tale, starring Nikesh Patel and Karl Johnson. Show more

Short Yuletide docs and festive adventures in sound with Josie Long. Show more

Psychologist Wendy Johnson drills into the contentious debate around nature and nurture and Chris considers how much power he has to change his and Xand’s relationship. Show more

Mothers and sons, separated by the war, share their weekly calls, revealing concerns. Show more

Chuck Berry became a star in the 1950s with songs like Maybellene and Johnny B. Goode. Slade frontman Noddy Holder discusses the good (and bad) of a rock 'n' roll pioneer. Show more

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

The NHS Confederation says the service has entered "dangerous territory", members of the armed forces have been put on standby to cover for the action

Geoff, a British comedian turned Swede is now happily installed with his growing family in Yxsjo in this comedy which also stars some of Sweden's best known comic actors. Show more

Fallon comes to a realisation, and is Brian’s hospitality welcome? Show more

Terry Hall of The Specials, remembered by Pete Paphides, and interviewed in 2019 by John Wilson; the state of UK theatre, with Nica Burns; the best board games of the past 40 years. Show more

Reporter Paul Connolly investigates how families across the UK are facing the prospect of losing their children to the care system because they can't afford to look after them. Show more

We pay a visit to a Santa's grotto that was designed specifically for visually impaired children, we discuss accessible video games. and we have a very special guest. Show more

Fergal Keane on how going to war zones became an addiction for him and how he lives with PTSD. Also Professor Daryl O'Connor's research into Covid and mental health. Show more

On taking psychedelics to treat depression Show more

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Taliban to ban women from going to university in Afghanistan.

And a 97-year-old German woman is sentenced for her role in the Holocaust

Author Felix Jeffries would be working on his overdue novel, if only his fellow guests at the Villa Rosa weren't so distracting... Read by John Heffernan. Show more

Comedian Rhys James doesn't have any opinions. Over two episodes he'll be trying some on, from both sides of the argument, to see how they fit. Show more

Susan Hulme reports as senior MPs question Rishi Sunak on health service strikes and Ukraine.

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Agatha finds herself a dashing husband, and turns her hand to writing a detective novel, as Lucy Worsley continues her account of the extraordinary life of the 'Queen of Crime'. Show more

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