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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with David Waters. Show more

Food labelling, an overview. Natural England launches its Species Recovery Grant Scheme. Deadlines for phasing out peat for professional growers. Show more

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Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the jack snipe. Show more

Residents in a south London block of flats are considering legal action against a housing association, after their neighbour lay dead for two and a half years. Show more

Adam Gopnik, Hannah Critchlow and Rebecca Struthers sharpen their skills, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

From Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, to the recent success of the Dutch populist leader Caroline Van De Plas, who leads the Farmer Citizen Movement. Show more

The story of two Derry boys during the height of The Troubles who were never supposed to be friends and a unique audio record of a 50-year-old friendship which defied the odds. Show more

Lucy Worsley explores the story of Elizabeth Taylor, a backstreet abortionist in late 19th-century Melbourne, Australia, who spent decades playing cat and mouse with the law. Show more

Buying drugs online - what are the rules? Also: energy bills and a flip phone revival. Show more

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

1969. Young Billy Stevenson climbs the chimney of a half-demolished house. He’s about to drop back down when he notices a tin box hidden in the brick. Could it be treasure? Show more

There’s another shock for the Aldridge family and Helen makes her feelings clear Show more

John Wilson talks to award-wining author Margaret Atwood about the experiences that shaped her writing. Show more

The three competitors who've triumphed at every stage of this year's contest face Paul Gambaccini's questions in the final of the wide-ranging music quiz. Show more

Are we still a nation of pudding lovers? Sheila Dillon asks if and why good pudding matters with cooking from some of the UK's best pudding makers. Show more

Imagine a small wooden city - cold, fortressed, but prone to fire. Misha Glenny on the early days of Moscow before the empire. Show more

Rabbi Jonathan Romain speaks about the tragic loss of his son sparking a discussion on the place of faith and ritual in the grieving process. Show more

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

Teachers in England are planning more strikes after rejecting the government's pay offer.

Sue Perkins challenges Paul Merton, Jennifer Saunders, Julian Clary and Lucy Porter to speak for 60 seconds without repetition, deviation or hesitation. Show more

It’s all hands to the pump at Bridge Farm, while George finds himself on the spot Show more

Samira discovers a previously unheard recording of The Beatles gig for the boys of Stowe School, 4 April 1963. Hugh Laurie on Agatha Christie. Show more

Marianna Spring returns to her investigation into conspiracy theories about UK terror attack victims, and reports on moves to hold those responsible for spreading them to account. Show more

The Vaccine Task Force made the UK among the first countries in the world to roll out jabs for Covid-19. Have we learned enough from its successful efforts? Show more

Philip Ball tells the story of Madame Lavoisier, translator of oxygen. At a time when science was almost a closed book to women, her skills facilitated a revolution in chemistry. Show more

Adam Gopnik, Hannah Critchlow and Rebecca Struthers sharpen their skills, with Tom Sutcliffe. Show more

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Ex Chancellor Lord Lawson dies at 91

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NASA names 4 astronauts for new manned moon mission.

In Elizabeth Day's psychological thriller a happy couple are trying for a baby when a young woman comes into their orbit. Soon their lives will implode. Pippa Nixon reads Show more

Do we know the world through objective reality or subjective beliefs? Professor Abigail Williams explores the philosophy of facts versus feelings. Show more

You’ve seen the news, the blogs and Naomi’s infamous Snap. Now for the first time the hostages tell the inside story of what really happened on those two dark days in December. Show more

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It is 1953, and Britain is preparing to crown its young queen, Elizabeth II. The nation is also poised to hear news from Mount Everest. Has the British team made it to the top? Show more

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