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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Alfred Banya, Head of Chaplaincy at King's College Hospital in London. Show more
Ten coastal encounters, presented by Richard King. Today: an early morning encounter with warden Paul Collins at the Spurn Bird Observatory. Show more
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Dougie Vipond explores the artistic influence the estuary of the River Tay has had on painters and writers through the centuries. Show more
Farming Today
08/07/23 Farming Today This Week. Eggs: hatchery; beak trimming; free-range to barn; bird flu and vaccine. UK-grown flowers.
25 minutes
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Egg production: from a hatchery which produces egg-laying hens, to the controversial practice of beak trimming. Free range and barn eggs, and the quest for an avian flu vaccine. Show more
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Saturday Live
Dawn O'Porter, Robert Kasanga, Nick Hounsfield, Annie Mac
57 minutes
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Dawn O’Porter reigned supreme in the TV landscape, but since 2006 she’s refocused her attention to the written word having penned eight books; her latest is Cat Lady. Show more
Sue Perkins and Lucy Worsley join Greg Jenner to discuss the life of Agatha Christie. Show more
Isabel Hardman of The Spectator analyses the latest developments at Westminster. Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
The Yazidis who survived Islamic State
28 minutes
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Thousands of Yazidis living in Iraq were killed or enslaved by Islamic State, but an underground network run by a local businessman led some women and girls to their freedom. Show more
What did Humza Yousaf and King Charles really say to each other in Edinburgh? Jon Culshaw, Lewis MacLeod, Duncan Wisbey, Jan Ravens and Jess Robinson provide this week's voices. Show more
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Any Questions?
Fiona Hyslop MSP, Lord Offord, Anas Sarwar MSP, India Willoughby
47 minutes
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Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from The Buccleuch Centre in Langholm, Dumfriesshire, with Fiona Hyslop MSP, Lord Offord, Anas Sarwar MSP and India Willoughby. Show more
Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week
The Museums That Make Us
Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton
14 minutes
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Neil travels to Brighton, a city that for two centuries has been famously flamboyant, a quality not lost in the museum and art gallery's collection of contemporary clothing. Show more
Charity has escaped austere post-war England and is on holiday in the South of France. But an act of kindness towards a lonely young boy finds her embroiled in a deadly plot. Show more
Woman's Hour
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Caitlin Moran, Trichotillomania, Prison Officers, TikTok Nans, Olivia Dean
53 minutes
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Best-selling author Caitlin Moran on turning her hand to writing about men. Show more
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Greg Foot investigates whether barefoot shoes are the best thing since sliced bread, or marketing BS. Show more
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Six O'Clock News
08/07/2023 PM says UK opposed to cluster bombs
15 minutes
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Rishi Sunak has made clear the UK is opposed to the use of cluster bombs.
Loose Ends
Kate Nash, Guvna B, Alex Wheatle, Issy van Randwyck, The Coral, Reuben James, Arthur Smith, Anneka Rice
43 minutes
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Anneka Rice and Arthur Smith are joined by Kate Nash, Guvna B, Alex Wheatle and Issy van Randwyck for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from The Coral. Show more
Mark Coles profiles Lee Anderson, an outspoken Red Wall MP and prominent voice in the New Conservatives movement. Show more
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Catherine Bohart to decide which species wins, bees or wasps. Show more
For 37 years Dr Phil Hammond worked in the NHS and exposed its darkest secrets, through Private Eye, on stage and on screen. But now he's having a crisis. What damage did he do? Show more
Toby Jones stars as Sir Joseph Olinska MP, now in the throws of a vicious divorce as the multi millionaire attempts to convince the Judge that he actually has very little wealth. Show more
Jon Holmes's comedy current affairs concept album remixes the news into award-winning satirical shapes. This week - Jacob Rees Mogwai, My Sweet KGB Lord, and It's a Wonderful Nige. Show more
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Series 6
Rakhi Singh and Alexis Ffrench with a coronation classic (and a bonus track!)
42 minutes
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Violinist Rakhi Singh and pianist Alexis Ffrench join Cerys and Jeffrey to add five more tracks, taking us from Westminster Abbey to Highway 61. Show more
A quiz hosted by Steve Punt where a team of three university students take on a team of their professors. This week, from the University of Exeter. Show more
Yeti enthusiasts Andy and Richard are in northern India investigating a murder believed to have been committed by a yeti. Show more
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Poet, playwright and librettist Rommi Smith chooses work by Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marilyn Hacker, Don Paterson and others. Show more
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