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A reading and a reflection to start the day, with George Craig, a retired senior civil servant and a Methodist local preacher in Cardiff.

With large parts of the country being affected by very low rainfall, Anna Hill meets a farmer struggling to break-up the ground. Charlotte Smith presents. Show more

Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the fulmar. Show more

Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Sue MacGregor meets people involved in the Victoria Climbie inquiry, the catalyst for widespread reforms to child protection. Show more

Spiritual reflection and prayers on current topics, led by the Very Rev Dr Graham Forbes. Show more

We go to a village in Nepal where women stay away from others during their periods. What's it like to host a Syrian refugee? And part two of our series on maternal mental health. Show more

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Peter Gibbs and his panel of experts visit Snape in Suffolk. James Wong, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer the horticultural questions. Show more

By Carys Bray. Pearl makes a throwaway comment that leads Edna to reflect on a past holiday and the essential unknowability of other people. Read by Susan Jameson. Show more

Matthew Bannister on writer Robert Pirsig, ambassador's wife Shobha Nehru, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, cartoonist Leo Baxendale, musician Bruce Langhorne. Show more

A mother and son contemplate how the adoption of a younger brother has changed things at home. Fi Glover presents. Show more

Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.

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Tories take seats from all parties in local elections in England, Wales and Scotland. Labour has struggled in many of its heartlands. UKIP's vote has collapsed.

Satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp, who is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Angela Barnes, Sarah Kendall and Danny Finkelstein. Show more

Pip wants to pay her penance, and Toby wants to make things better. Show more

Jamaica's first Poet Laureate Mervyn Morris; how the French cultural landscape could look following the presidential election; the lasting appeal of monochrome films. Show more

A date with an immensely tall woman from Wiltshire has only succeeded in making Richard feel even more insignificant. And then his son Toby tells him a few unpalatable home truths. Show more

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Hurstpierpoint Village Centre in West Sussex, with Stuart Andrew, Nigel Farage, Sarah Olney and Emily Thornberry. Show more

Howard Jacobson argues that talk of the dangers of artificial intelligence is premature. Show more

Third omnibus of Season 10, Our Daily Bread, set in Folkestone, in the week, in 1917, when the Archbishop of Canterbury warned, 'We mean to come out of this war with clean hands.'. Show more

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In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. The Conservatives make big gains in local and mayoral elections. Show more

New evidence prompts police to take a look at another apparent suicide and what Nel knew about it. Starring Arthur Darvill. Show more

Peaches Golding OBE, nominates African American politician Shirley Chisholm. With Dr Kate Dossett and Matthew Parris. From 2017. Show more

Steve Punt investigates more unusual cases. Mating fish? Mind control? Steve turns detective as he goes in search of a low level hum. Show more

A father who was adopted relishes the fact that he shares DNA with his daughter, while giving her fiance a qualified welcome to the family. Fi Glover presents. Show more

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Director Nicholas Hytner looks back at the birth of NT Live and recalls The National's 50th Anniversary commemorations in 2013. Show more

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