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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Cheryl Meban. Show more

Hen harriers have had their most successful breeding season in a decade - but is it enough to bring the species back from the brink? Show more

Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the echo parakeet, found only in Mauritius. Show more

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Evan Davis and guests discuss whether we're being offended too easily and whether victimhood has gone too far. Show more

4 Extra Debut. Helen Arney and Dr Kat Arney explore the Victorian legacy: do grey squirrels mean the Victorians were vandals? From 2017. Show more

The Rev Sharon Grenham-Thompson explores the legacy of St Francis of Assisi at the headquarters of the Franciscan Order in Rome. Show more

Margaret Hodge on anti-semitism in the Labour Party. Feminist magazine Spare Rib's recipes. And what's going on in your brain when you swipe left or right on a dating app? Show more

Commentary on the second day of the first Test between England and India, from Edgbaston, with Jonathan Agnew, Prakash Wakankar, Michael Vaughan, Phil Tufnell and Graeme Swann. Show more

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Joe Lycett chats to guests and the general public about their obsessions and guilty pleasures.

Jill smells a rat, and Hannah is on the warpath. Show more

Stella Duffy, Kei Miller, Julian Baggini, Aowen Jin and Philip Venables attempt to define inspiration. Plus, how can an orchestra play an entire symphony from memory? Show more

Teenagers Amy and Ryley are falling for each other. How will Amy tell him she is trans? And when should she tell him? Will he still like her? She is going to have to find out. Show more

Passengers on trains run by Northern and Govia Thameslink have faced weeks of disruption. David Aaronovitch asks why this happened and if new timetables will resolve the crisis. Show more

As K-pop and K-drama go global, what are the secrets of their success? Simon Maybin explores what puts the pop into Korean pop culture. Show more

The Parker solar probe soon launches for the closest mission ever to the sun. Plus, we meet the scientists who are making a real difference to equality and diversity in the lab. Show more

Evan Davis and guests discuss whether we're being offended too easily and whether victimhood has gone too far. Show more

MDC officials arrested as Zimbabwe's election commission announces results. The US imposes sanctions on two Turkish ministers because of the detention of an American pastor. Show more

Willa harbours the secret of who shot Denise, but it is only a matter of time until the truth comes out. Read by Barbara Barnes. Show more

Tony, Bill, Andree and Sid head to Swansea in search of Harry Secombe. Stars Kevin McNally. From April 2017. Show more

David is a hoarder and his house in Belfast has reached gridlock. Will he be able to de-clutter it enough to deal with a potentially devastating case of dry rot? Show more

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Charlotte Higgins meets with maze-maker and celebrates the most famous subterranean maze – the London Underground. From 2018. Show more

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