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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Steve Chalke. Show more

Former suppliers to Bernard Matthews say they'll be left out of pocket after a deal to sell the company means the new owners haven't taken on its debts and pension liabilities. Show more

Martin Hughes-Games presents the story of the curlew. The UK is a vital wintering ground for flocks of curlews. Show more

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Christiane Amanpour, journalist and broadcaster, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Show more

A dig into our archives to celebrate our 70th. Breastfeeding discrimination case. Lisa Dwan and Beckett. 70@70: Lauren Laverne's special playlist gift. Cassa Pancho & Ballet Black. Show more

Marjorie fears for young Alan when he goes missing from the ward at night. Margaret Wilkinson's drama inspired by TB nurse Marjorie Wilson's interviews about Stannington Sanatorium. Show more

Laurence Llewelyn Bowen considers the exponential rise in tattoos across the UK. He looks at the many and various factors that are driving people to get tattooed now. Show more

Award-winning writer and comedian Deborah Frances-White continues her global search for her birth father. From 2016. Show more

Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries. What is the strongest thing in the universe? The doctors put a variety of materials to the test. Show more

Consumer news and issues. Winter turbulence for low-cost airlines and the local community groups tackling the housing crisis by building their own affordable homes. Show more

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Gretchen Gerzina explores the life of the best-known black man in 18th-century Britain, Olaudah Equiano. A former sailor and slave, he was a world traveller who bought his freedom. Show more

In The Bull, the interview panel is waiting, and Kate and Roy have a heart to heart. Show more

By Rob Gittins. Based on the true story of Operation Julie. In 1977, police swooped on an isolated farmhouse in Wales from where a large proportion of the world's LSD originated. Show more

Eric Robson and the horticultural panel visit the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Christine Walkden answer the audience questions. Show more

In Sara Maitland’s mischievous fairy tale a princess who has lived by the rules regrets her empty life - until an unexpected opportunity comes her way. Read by Pauline Knowles Show more

Matthew Bannister on conductor Sir Neville Marriner, exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth, rower Beryl Crockford, psychologist Professor Louis Herman and songwriter Rod Temperton. Show more

Roger Bolton finds out about iPlayer personalisation with the director of myBBC, Gillian Reynolds discusses new boss of BBC Radio James Purnell, plus binaural Beckett on Radio 3. Show more

Fi Glover with a conversation between a couple who are who are dealing with the impact on their relationship as one of them transitions from female to male. Show more

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Jeremy Hardy, Paul Sinha, Angela Barnes and Dane Baptiste are on the panel joining Miles Jupp for the long-running satirical quiz of the week's news. Show more

Helen makes a shocking discovery, and Neil searches for a solution. Show more

Mel Gibson's new film Blood Father reviewed; composer Karl Jenkins on his cantata in memory of the Aberfan disaster; the director of Oasis documentary Supersonic; Beyond Caravaggio. Show more

Marjorie fears for young Alan when he goes missing from the ward at night. Margaret Wilkinson's drama inspired by TB nurse Marjorie Wilson's interviews about Stannington Sanatorium. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the University for the Creative Arts in Epsom, Surrey, with Hilary Benn MP, Munira Mirza, Laurie Penny and Andrew Tyrie MP. Show more

Howard Jacobson deplores the fashion for 'whooping' as a mark of approval and sees it as a species of social blackmail. Show more

Gretchen Gerzina explores the lives of black people who settled in Britain during a time of slavery. Show more

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Chancellor Philip Hammond calls for calm and says the economy remains strong. Show more

Nurse Wright completes her watch and faces the committee over the fate of Anna O'Donnell. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Vince Cable, Ann Widdecombe and Harriett Gilbert pick books by Robert Harris, Jonathan Dimbleby and Ernest Hemingway. From 2016. Show more

Jarvis Cocker follows a fox hunter, joins a soldier on a top secret mission and accompanies a young man nervously preparing for his first date. Show more

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between old friends who harbour few illusions about each other. Show more

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Returning to Libya after an exile of 30 years, Hisham Matar meets his Uncle Hmad, who witnessed the massacre at Abu Salim prison in June 1996, during which 1,270 prisoners died. Show more

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