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In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a military coup against the socialist government of Salvador Allende in Chile. The playwright Ariel Dorfman watched what happened next. Show more

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Mary-Ann Ochota discovers the joys of exploring the landscape with horses, as she joins a group taking part in a trek through the Scottish Highlands. Show more

The Countryside Code has been around for 70 years - how can it be better followed? Plus, a consignment of British sheep embryos was shipped to the US this week. Show more

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Comedian Dara Ó Briain joins Greg Jenner and Prof Catherine Fletcher to learn about Leonardo da Vinci. Recorded in front of a live audience and with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Show more

Jay Rayner and his rabble of recipe experts head to Tunbridge Wells for this week's episode. Show more

Politicians and voters menaced by gangs and assassins; plus stories of migrants in Italy, North Korea's food crisis, going carbon-neutral in Denmark and a farewell to South Africa. Show more

High street businesses have a double challenge – coping with their own rising costs and keeping hard-pressed customers spending. We hear how Barnsley’s sellers are adapting. Show more

No time for a deep dive? Catherine Bohart unpacks the news agenda, in a show that goes beyond the headlines and finds the funny in the detail. Show more

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Alex Forsyth presents political discussion from Peterhead Theatre in Aberdeenshire with Stephen Flynn MP, Rachael Hamilton MSP, Daniel Johnson MSP and Alex Salmond. Show more

Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week

After visiting National Museums in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, Neil chooses Oxford to represent an English identity, and finds a message of inclusion. Show more

Dramatisation of Hardy's novel about Tess Durbeyfield, a beautiful, poor young woman from Dorset. After her disastrous wedding night, Angel goes away and Tess gets a farming job. Show more

A selection of the best content inspired by our listeners for Listener Week, including a woman who suffers from kleptomania. Show more

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Charlotte Stavrou and Amit Katwala continue their exploration of our culture of consumption by zooming into our changing relationship with cameras. Show more

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The former Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, has resigned as the Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire

Clive Anderson and Michelle McManus are joined by Eddi Reader, Sumayya Usmani, Ben Hart and Kieran Hodgson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

'The Englishness of English Art' was the theme of the 1955 BBC Reith lectures by art historian Nikolaus Pevsner. Sarah Montague discusses them with artist Grayson Perry. Show more

Writer and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg talks to John Wilson about the formative influences and experiences that have inspired his cultural life. Show more

The notion that Christ had a secret bloodline existed long before The Da Vinci Code. Hugh Schofield investigates how a forgotten BBC documentary supercharged a conspiracy theory. Show more

There is a suggestion that Tony Wednesday might be corrupt and in the pay of Sir Joseph. Meanwhile - Joseph (Toby Jones) is holding out for a huge two billion Russian deal. Show more

A moment of shattering vulnerability brings a gardener and his seemingly hostile new client together, in this original short story from the award-winning author of Trespasses. Show more

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Ellen and Mark explore Brits abroad in the movies, taking a look at everything from 1972's Carry on Abroad to 2023's Cannes prize-winner How To Have Sex. Show more

Russell Davies welcomes competitors from around the UK to compete for the title Brain of Britain 2023. Show more

Andy and Richard’s search continues in the heart of Bhutan’s yeti country – its official yeti sanctuary. Show more

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Seamus Heaney, one of the world's best loved poets, died ten years ago. In the first of four programmes John Kelly investigates of the importance of his birthplace, Bellaghy. Show more

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