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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Alison Murdoch, Tibetan Buddhist, writer and editor. Show more

What economic impact will equine flu have on our rural communities? And farmers in Cambridgeshire say they feel threatened and intimidated by illegal hare coursers. Show more

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Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat. Show more

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Kirsty Wark with the evolutionary psychiatrist Randolph Nesse, neuropsychologist AK Benjamin and poet George Szirtes. Show more

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Al Smith's award-winning series set in an ambulance control room returns. As severe weather sets in the pressure on the ambulance service reaches breaking point. Show more

Grace Dent revisits four powerful stories recently featured in The Untold and finds out where they went next. Show more

A solar burp is coming. Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel are here to show you how. This week - situational awareness. Comedy with Sue Johnston and Pearl Mackie. Show more

4 Extra Debut. West Berlin, 1988: The author Erich Ackermann meets a handsome young waiter who wants to be a writer. Read by Wolf Kahler. Show more

In 2017 Guy Kennaway's mother Susie asked him to help her die. She is still alive, but what followed was so interesting that he wrote a book about it. Show more

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How The Satanic Verses affair forced individuals to choose a side. Show more

Emma's attempts to help backfire and Elizabeth struggles to keep up appearances Show more

As Tumanbay prepares for a royal wedding, the return of a certain prominent palace official offers hope for new alliances. Show more

The most fiendish quiz anywhere on radio pits the teams from Wales and the north of England against one another this week, with Tom Sutcliffe chairing. Show more

Asma Khan's all-women chef team, is about to become the first UK kitchen on Netflix's series Chef's Table. Sheila asks why there are not more women in Britain's Asian restaurants. Show more

John Wilson follows PJ Harvey as she creates the score for a new West End theatre production of All About Eve. Show more

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Jo Brand, Prof Jo Dunkley and Dr Adam Masters to look at how we measure the universe. Show more

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Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Josh Widdicombe and Julian Clary join Nicholas Parsons. Show more

There's bad news for Brian and Ian waves the white flag Show more

Sara Pascoe on her Lads Lads Lads tour, the hidden craft of casting directors - what is their alchemical secret? And who is Grammys superstar Kacey Musgraves? Show more

Al Smith's award-winning series set in an ambulance control room returns. As severe weather sets in the pressure on the ambulance service reaches breaking point. Show more

Audrey Gillan catches up with rough sleepers Tara and George in their familiar east London haunts and tries to discover why so many homeless people are dying on our streets. Show more

Are we living in a ‘golden age’ of political conspiracy theories? James Tilley asks what belief in them tells us about voters and politicians. Show more

Kim Normanton tries to discover why so many children now start school without being able to communicate, and what we can do about it. Show more

Kirsty Wark with the evolutionary psychiatrist Randolph Nesse, neuropsychologist AK Benjamin and poet George Szirtes. Show more

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4 Extra Debut. West Berlin, 1988: The author Erich Ackermann meets a handsome young waiter who wants to be a writer. Read by Wolf Kahler. Show more

From Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Zennor, via Great Snoring, Lost and Nempnett Thrubwell, Michael Rosen and guests explore the origins of the UK's town and village names. Show more

Labour demand the resignation of the transport secretary, Chris Grayling. Sean Curran has all the highlights from the day in the Commons and the Lords. Show more

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In 2015, Thomas Page McBee became the first trans man to fight at Madison Square Garden, boxing’s hallowed hall. He was there to find answers to the question of why men fight. Show more

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