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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Guvna B, award-winning rapper and Grime artist.

A listener on how adoption affected her family. Show more

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For almost two decades, Elveden in Suffolk has had Sikhs from all over the world flocking to see the graveside of Maharajah Duleep Singh. Bobby Friction visits for the first time. Show more

Anna Hill visits a sugar factory in Norfolk, to follow the process from a mud-covered sugar beet root to a bag of clean, white crystals. Show more

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Stephen Fry on Greek Heroes, JoJo Wood on wood, Bisi Alimi on coming out in Nigeria, Dr Catherine Walter on taking up weightlifting and the inheritance tracks of Jenni Murray Show more

The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode. What does Polly Weston find? Show more

Helen Lewis of The New Statesman looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
The Editor is Peter Mulligan.

'I’ve waited so long for this, I think I might cry,' says the BBC's Brussels correspondent of the EU Withdrawal Bill. Kate Adie introduces stories from around the world. Show more

What should investors make of Brexit political turmoil? 'Try before you buy' credit warning, childminders and tax-free childcare and a digital-only bank lands on the high street. Show more

Hugh Dennis presents the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Show more

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Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Masham Town Hall in Ripon with Lord Adonis, Jake Berry MP, Jenny Chapman MP Juergen Maier and John Redwood MP. Show more

Are politicians playing fast and loose with our lives? Has the whole thing become savagely tribal? Show more

4 Extra Debut. Composer Monteverdi’s latest opera, about Emperor Nero, leads to charges of Blasphemy and Immorality in Rome. Stars Jim Norton. Show more

Actor, comedian and jazz musician Lea DeLaria's homage to David Bowie. How pregnant women and new mothers are treated in prison. The stigma of divorce after a lavish Sikh wedding. Show more

Luke Jones with full coverage of the day's news.

There has been an explosion in the number of craft ale breweries and small-scale gin distilleries. Their products are popular but expensive. What is their appeal? Show more

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Clive Anderson and YolanDa Brown are joined by Mark Knopfler, Nina Wadia, Kate Humble and Liam Charles for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. Show more

One of the world's most dangerous and powerful men is on trial in New York. Show more

Macbeth at The Globe, French film The Workshop, Elena Ferrante's novel My Brilliant Friend comes to British TV, Uwe Johnson's 1800 page meisterwerk Anniversaries, Penny Woolcock Show more

4 Extra Debut. Former footballer Clark Carlisle explores whether the racism black players faced is really a thing of the past. From 2018. Show more

Susan has recently died. Accident? Suicide? Murder? Three people visit her flat in a final communion with the woman they loved. But she is a different woman for each of them. Show more

Modern-day life has given rise to a whole host of incredibly niche jobs which speak volumes about the world we live in. Nick Baker delves into some of the more bizarre. Show more

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Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox, Shiv Malik and Tim Stanley. Show more

Nigel Rees hosts the quotations quiz with Horrible Histories' Greg Jenner, comedians Sindhu Vee and Roy Hudd. From 2018. Show more

A Thankful Village is a place where every soldier returned alive from World War One. Songwriter Darren Hayman is visiting all fifty-four of them in search of a second story Show more

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A ghost story set in an Indian monsoon by an exciting new voice in fiction, Deepa Anappara. Show more

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